Expected Topics for Current Affairs
- Current events of international importance:
- India’s presidency at G20
- The russia-ukraine conflict deadlock
- What is the current status of the war between the two nations? How is the West helping Ukraine to hold on to its territories? Why has Russia not been able to achieve its goals for the war? Is there a possibility for a negotiated settlement?
- India’s stand on this conflict.
- Terrorism: Problem, solution and steps taken
- India as the voice of the Global South
- India-Egypt relation
- India-Bhutan relations
- India-China border issue
- India and Australia relations
- India-Nepal relationship
- Japan’s New Plan for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
- The Indus Water Treaty
- Soft power diplomacy
- India’s foreign policy in disoriented/turbulent World order
- The U.S.-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET)
- Operation Dost & India’s role as First Responder
- BIMSTEC vs SAARC
- Political and economic crisis in India’s neighbourhood- Pakistan, Srilanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Myanmar.
- COP27 outcomes, concerns and India’s announcements at cop27.
- Food security: Rising global food prices
- India-UK Free Trade Agreement talks
- IPCC AR6 synthesis report
- Chinese-brokered agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran
- The UN 2023 Water Conference
- The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
- The collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank
- Current events of national importance:
- India at 75- Achievements and challenges ahead.
- Recurring waves of Covid-19 and India’s preparedness and response.
- The discovery of lithium reserves in India
- The National Green Hydrogen mission
- The delay in the decennial Census
- Can india be a developed country by 2047?
- EWS verdict
- Khalistan movement
- Mission Prarambh
- India-U.S. space cooperation
- Cheetah reintroduction
- Goods and Services Tax reform
- Brahmapuram fire
- Chatgpt & AI
- Promotion of millets
- The IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023
- Debates related to old pension scheme
- Joshimath Land Subsidence – impact and measures need to prevent this silent disaster
- Social Progress Index
Less expected but seen in news (Do them if time permits):
- 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China
- Vanuatu’s initiative for ICJ’s advisory opinion
- Rumours about attacks on Hindi speakers
- AUKUS
- China’s debt trap diplomacy
- The Rising Demand for De-Dollarisation
- India-Romania Defense Agreement
- UK’s new immigration law
