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UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Environment and Geography MCQs on chrysanthemum garden, rare earth elements and more (Week 133)

October 24, 2025 7:37 pm

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2026? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Environment and Geography.

Art and Culture with Devdutt Pattanaik | Are horses native to India?

October 24, 2025 6:04 pm

The earliest uncontroversial evidence of horse remains on the Indian Subcontinent dates to the early Swat culture (around 1600 BC), long after Harappan cities ceased to exist. But what do cave paintings of horses in Bhimbetka say? 

UPSC Essentials | Mains answer practice — GS 1 : Questions on significance of the monsoons in India and Ken-Betwa Link Project (Week 125)

October 24, 2025 5:30 pm

UPSC CSE Mains 2026: Are you preparing for Civil Services Exam? Here are questions from GS paper 1 for this week with essential points as the fodder for your answers. Do not miss points to ponder and answer in the comment box below.

Knowledge Nugget: What UN FAO’s latest forest report reveals for UPSC aspirants

October 24, 2025 6:55 pm

UPSC Current Affairs – Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025 by the FAO: Has India’s forest cover improved? What are the other key takeaways from the FAO’s latest report? In ‘Beyond the Nugget’, also learn about the Green India Mission and its role in forest conservation.

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Economy MCQs on Minimum Support Price, Foreign Direct Investment and more (Week 133)

October 23, 2025 8:20 pm

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2026? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Economy.

Why the study of growth is always a study of renewal

October 24, 2025 2:44 pm

Growth cannot be measured only in numbers or output. It is a story of renewal - of how societies reorganise, how ideas travel, and how knowledge and inventions redefine the boundaries of progress. But how does it connect to this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics? 

Knowledge Nugget: What the Global Burden of Disease Report reveals — a must-read for UPSC aspirants

October 24, 2025 6:56 pm

Heart disease has emerged as the leading cause of death in India, reflecting the growing impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). What are the other key insights from the GBD report, and what steps has the WHO taken to address them?

UPSC Issue at a Glance | Nobel Prize 2025 Overview: Winners, Themes and Key Takeaways

October 23, 2025 2:05 pm

This year's Nobel Prizes have awarded discoveries and achievements that have benefitted humankind in a myriad of ways. Who all won the 2025 Nobel Prize and why? Here is an exclusive coverage of 2025 Nobel Prize for your UPSC CSE and other competitive exams.

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology MCQs on hippocampus region, superbug and more (Week 133)

October 22, 2025 7:14 pm

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2026? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Science and Technology.

Is the waning of globalisation giving way to sovereign nationalism?

October 23, 2025 8:46 am

The financialisation of the global economy in the 1970s gave a significant impetus to globalisation. Paradoxically, this very impetus has also contributed to a growing backlash against it over the last decade, triggering debates whether the post-Cold War world is becoming a site of sovereign nationalism. How did this reversal unfold?

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