Chronicle: Nurturing talents since 1990

• 1 India’s Bioenergy Potential Scaling Sustainable Alternatives for the Future

• 1 Role of Climate Variability in Shaping Poverty in India
• 2 India’s Food Waste Paradox amid Persistent Hunger
• 3 Women Entrepreneurs: Driving Economic Growth, Innovation, and Social Change
• 4 Impact of Emergence of AI: Unlocking Potential, Addressing Risks
• 5 Reducing Groundwater Stress through Water-Efficient Crop Innovation
• 6 Industrial Disasters: Causes, Costs, and Solutions
• 7 Disappearing Lakes in India: A Threat to Socio-Ecological Sustainability
• 8 Anti-Defection Law: Relevance, Loopholes and Reform Needs
• 9 Maritime Choke Points of India: Strategic Gateways Shaping Trade, Energy Security
• 10 India’s Online Gaming Rules, 2026: A New Era of Digital Governance
• 11 Outer Space Governance: The New Global Frontier

• 1 Soil Sakhis: Redefining Agriculture in Maharashtra’s Drylands
• 2 India’s Agricultural Growth with Record Output and Rising Exports
• 3 Bonus Issue
• 4 RBI Proposes New Digital Payment Fraud Safeguards
• 5 Kandla Port Upgrades Methanol Bunkering Capabilities

• 1 India’s Rural Models and Development Diplomacy
• 2 9th Indian Ocean Conference
• 3 Odisha Becomes First State to Launch Marine Spatial Plan
• 4 AICTE Launches Third Edition of VAANI Scheme
• 5 FIU-India and SEBI Sign MoU to Combat Money Laundering and Financial Crimes

• 1 India Rejects China’s Renaming of Places in Arunachal Pradesh
• 2 India Extends OCI Card Eligibility in Sri Lanka to Sixth Generation
• 3 India-Republic of Korea: Joint Strategic Vision for Special Strategic Partnership
• 4 India-Austria Relations Strengthened Through Multiple Agreements
• 5 Japan Eases Arms Export Rules

• 1 Indian Army Releases First UAS & Loitering Munitions Roadmap
• 2 India Advances Defence Capabilities with Key Procurement Agreements
• 3 Indian Navy Commissions INS Taragiri Stealth Frigate
• 4 Indian Navy Inducts ‘Dunagiri’ Stealth Frigate
• 5 ‘Malwan’ Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft

• 1 India’s National Repository for Deep-Sea Fauna
• 2 First-Ever National Bat Assessment
• 3 Emperor Penguin as a Sentinel Species
• 4 Mass Death of Himalayan Griffon Vultures
• 5 CMS COP15 Expands Protection for Migratory Species

• 1 Land Inequality in India
• 2 Maternal Mortality Remains Concentrated in Select Countries: Lancet Study
• 3 ILO Report on Universal Social Protection
• 4 India Leads Global Adoption of AI in Personal Healthcare
• 5 Chhattisgarh Model: A New Paradigm for Women Empowerment

• 1 India’s First Petroglyph Conservation Park to be Set Up in Leh
• 2 Samrat Samprati Museum
• 3 Stepped Reservoir Unearthed at Elephanta Island
• 4 Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar: Architect of Equality and Modern India
• 5 Jagadguru Basaveshwara

• 1 “Majha Gaon, Arogyasampann Gaon”
• 2 Samrat Samprati Museum Inaugurated
• 3 Safe Mobility Program
• 4 Minimum Wage Revision
• 5 MoUs Signed at ‘Dugdha Swarn Mahotsav’

Security

External State And Non-State Actor Challenges

• 1 Two-Front War Challenge for India
• 2 Neighbourhood First Policy and Security
• 3 Development as a Security Strategy
• 4 Proxy Wars and External Sponsorship

Data And Cyber Security

• 1 Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
• 2 Data Colonization as a National Security Challenge
• 3 India’s Digital Sovereignty
• 4 Ransomware as a Security Threat

Border Management And Trans-Border Security Issues

• 1 Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System
• 2 Security Implications of Illegal Trans-Border Migration
• 3 Security Challenges of Porous and Unfenced Borders
• 4 Free Movement Regime FMR in North-East

Maritime And Coastal Security Architecture Concerns

• 1 SAGAR Doctrine and Maritime Security
• 2 Security of Island Territories
• 3 Undersea Infrastructure Security
• 4 Coastal Security Coordination Challenges

Terrorism/Extremism

• 1 Digital Radicalization and Youth
• 2 Lone-Wolf Terrorism
• 3 Deepfakes and Information Warfare

LWE And North-East Insurgency

• 1 SAMADHAN Doctrine and LWE
• 2 Tribal Development and Security
• 3 Post-Insurgency Security Vacuum
• 4 PESA and FRA as Security Tools

Organized Crime/Money Laundering

• 1 Cryptocurrency and Money Laundering
• 2 Global Cooperation Against Terror Financing
• 3 FATF and Anti-Terror Financing Mechanisms
• 4 Narco-Terrorism Linkages

Media And Social Networking Sites

• 1 Social Media and Misinformation: Role in Communal Tensions
• 2 Encrypted Communication and Security: Traceability vs Privacy Concerns
• 3 IT Intermediary Rules as Security Framework: Regulation of Digital Platforms

Security Forces And Institutional Framework

• 1 National Security Strategy: Imperative for Integrated and Coordinated Security Architecture
• 2 Legal Gaps in Emerging Security Threats: Need for Updated Frameworks

Space Security And Emerging Technologies

• 1 Space Governance and Global Norms: India’s Role in a Treaty-Less Domain
• 2 Satellite Warfare and GPS Spoofing: Risks to Navigation and Defence
• 3 UAVs Threat: Attacks on Military Installations

Model Mock Questions & Answers

Paper-III

• 1 Model Questions for National Security
• 2 Model Questions for Global Affairs

Global Affairs

Bilateral Relations

• 1 India–USA Relations
• 2 India–China Relations
• 3 India–Russia Relations
• 4 India–EU Relations

Regional Groupings

• 1 ASEAN
• 2 BIMSTEC
• 3 Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD)
• 4 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Global Groupings

• 1 Group of Twenty (G20)
• 2 Group of Seven (G7)
• 3 Group of Seventy-Seven (G77)
• 4 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

International Organisations

• 1 United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
• 2 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
• 3 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
• 4 International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Summit And Conferences

• 1 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14)
• 2 World Government Summit 2026
• 3 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting
• 4 17th BRICS Summit