La Niña and Its Impact on North India’s Winter Air Quality
01 October 2024 | The Study UPSCThis analysis of Gufran Beig’s article titled “The La Niña’s Shadow” in The Indian Express (October 1, 2024), explains how...
Geography
Editorials
India’s Fight Against Food Waste: Strategies, Challenges, and the Path Forward
30 September 2024 | The Study UPSCThis essay critically examines the article “Food That Doesn’t Feed” by Ashok Gulati and Raya Das, published in The Indian...
International Relations
Chinese Weaponisation of Critical Mineral
27 September 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: On August 15, 2024, China imposed export restrictions on antimony, a critical mineral for defence and strategic sectors, continuing...
Science and Technology
Discovery of Volcanic Beads on the Moon
26 September 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: A recent study published in Science suggests that the moon may have experienced volcanic activity as recently as 120...
Editorials
China’s Recent Export Controls on Critical Minerals: Implications and Global Responses
26 September 2024 | The Study UPSCThis essay analyses Abhishek Sharma’s article, “China’s Warning Shots with Minerals that Run the World” (The Hindu, September 26, 2024),...
Editorials
Global Warming and Its Impact on Weather Forecasting: The Path to Reliable Predictions
26 September 2024 | The Study UPSCThis essay, based on Professor Raghu Murtugudde’s article “How Global Warming Affects Forecasting” (The Hindu, September 26, 2024), highlights how...
Editorials
Mission Mausam: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Prospects
14 September 2024 | The Study UPSCInspired by The Hindu Editorial (Sept 14, 2024) titled “Weather Gods: On ‘Mission Mausam’: Attempts at Controlling the Weather are...
Geography
Places in News: Sicily
27 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: On August 19, 2024, the 56-metre British-flagged luxury sailing yacht Bayesian sank during a severe storm off the coast...
Geography
Places in News: Nigeria
27 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Nigerian coup on August 27, 1985, was a significant military takeover that resulted in the ousting of Major...
Geography
Super Blue Moon
26 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Recently, the full moon day (Purnima) coincided with the sighting of a ‘super blue moon’. More on news:...