Today’s news, read against the UPSC syllabus.

Each day’s newspaper, read against the 60 items of the UPSC mains syllabus — what is worth knowing, how much it matters, and how it could be asked in the exam.

Or follow a story

Little that matters happens in one day. These are running now — each one gathered into a single page, in the order it happened.

• NEET-UG and National Examination Integrity Controversy 84 entries
• Election Commission of India electoral roll revision exercises 76 entries
• US-Iran nuclear negotiations 54 entries
• Ram Temple donation embezzlement investigation 28 entries
• Mekedatu dam project dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu 26 entries
• All stories 533

Start from the syllabus

• General Studies I
  Heritage, history, geography and society 12 items
• General Studies II
  Governance, constitution, polity, social justice and international relations 20 items
• General Studies III
  Economy, technology, environment, security and disaster management 19 items
• General Studies IV
  Ethics, integrity and aptitude 9 items

Or start from a topic

The exam asks about specific things — a scheme, a court judgement, an index, a summit — far more often than it asks about a subject in general. 846 of them are listed here, and new ones are added as they appear in the news.

• Browse topics 1102 entries