Make in India at 12: Manufacturing Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forward
Exam Relevance UPSC GS-II: Government Policies and Interventions | Policy Implementation | Centre–State Coordination UPSC GS-III: Industrial Policy | Growth and Employment | Investment | Infrastructure | Indigenisation of Technology Prelims: Make in India | PLI Schemes | GVA | IIP | GFCF
KAVACH 4.0: Strengthening Railway Safety Through Indigenous Technology
Exam Relevance UPSC GS-III: Infrastructure—Railways | Indigenous Technology | Science and Technology Applications | Disaster Management. UPSC GS-II: Government Policies and Interventions | Public-Service Delivery. HPAS GS-III: Transport Infrastructure | Science and Technology | Disaster Preparedness. Prelims: KAVACH | Automatic Train Protection | RDSO
81st UNGA: India’s Call for Reformed Multilateralism
Exam Relevance UPSC GS-II: International Institutions | India’s Foreign Policy | Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings | Effects of Global Policies on India. UPSC GS-III: Food and Energy Security | Supply Chains | Climate Change | Economic Security. HPAS GS-II: International Relations |
Article 371K for Ladakh: Special Safeguards and Asymmetric Federalism
Exam Relevance UPSC GS-II: Indian Constitution and Amendments | Federalism | Centre–Union Territory Relations | Protection of Vulnerable Sections. HPAS GS-II: Indian Polity and Governance | Constitutional Safeguards | Tribal Administration in Himachal Pradesh. Prelims: Articles 240, 244, 368 and 371–371J | Fifth
US Russia Sanctions Bill: Impact on India’s Trade and Energy Security
Exam Relevance UPSC GS-II: India–US and India–Russia relations; effects of developed countries’ policies on India; strategic autonomy. UPSC GS-III: International trade, energy security, inflation, infrastructure and external-sector stability. UPSC/HPAS Prelims: Tariffs, economic sanctions, crude oil imports, strategic petroleum reserves and current account deficit. HPAS
SEMICON India 2026: India’s Semiconductor Push
Exam Relevance: UPSC Prelims/HPAS: Semiconductors, Semicon India Programme, Chips to Startup Programme and Pax Silica. UPSC Mains GS-II: International cooperation and strategic partnerships. UPSC Mains GS-III: Science and technology, industrial development, infrastructure and technological self-reliance. Why in News? Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON
Kishau Multipurpose Project: Key Facts, Yamuna Water Sharing and Significance
The Kishau Multipurpose Project has come into focus after six Yamuna basin states signed an agreement to move ahead with the long-pending project. Located on the Tons River along the Himachal Pradesh–Uttarakhand border, the project is significant for water storage,
India’s Shakti Ki Saptadhara
Context During the Independence Day address on 15 August 2026, the Prime Minister outlined “Shakti Ki Saptadhara”—seven strategic streams for advancing Aatmanirbhar Bharat and achieving Viksit Bharat by 2047. What is Shakti Ki Saptadhara? The term Saptadhara literally means “seven streams”. It draws
Loktak Lake: Largest Freshwater Lake in Northeast India
Loktak Lake in Manipur is Northeast India’s largest freshwater lake, famous for phumdis, Keibul Lamjao National Park and the endangered Sangai deer.
Anaimangalam Copper Plates Returned to India
Anaimangalam Copper Plates, also known as the Leiden Plates, are 11th-century Chola-era inscriptions that record land grants, maritime links and religious pluralism during the reigns of Rajaraja Chola I and Rajendra Chola I. Recently, these historic plates came into news