The syllabus, and what the news adds to it.

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

• Conservation threats to the rare white-bellied heron in Northeast India 8/10
• Escalation of U.S.-Iran conflict and its impact on global crude oil markets and Indian economy 8/10
• Impact of global conflicts on India's FTA negotiations 8/10
• Judges Inquiry Act proceedings against former High Court judge Yashwant Varma 8/10
• India-U.K. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) 8/10
• Supreme Court ruling on electoral roll revision and welfare benefits linkage 8/10
• The full edition 34 topics

• 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

The exam asks about nameable things — a scheme, a judgement, an index, a summit — far more often than it asks about a subject. 97 of them are indexed here, and the list grows as new ones appear in the news.

• Browse topics 353 entries