| Subject | The Indian Express | Headlines | Relevance(P & M) |
| GS 2 (Health, Government Policies & Interventions, Issues Related to Women Gender) |
1 | Cabinet Clears Push to raise marriage age of women from 18 to 21 | 1. Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 2. Maternal Mortality Rate |
| GS 2 Constitutional Bodies, Transparency & Accountability, Judiciary, Parliament, Indian Constitution, Right to Information) |
9 | Cabinet Clears Aadhaar Voter Id Linking | 1. Representation of the people Act 2. Electoral Reforms |
| GS 2 (Executive) |
9 | CCEA nod to extension of irrigation scheme | 1. PMKSY 2. Renukaji Dam Project 3. Lakhwar Multipurpose Project |
| GS 2 India and its Neighbourhood, Bilateral Groupings & Agreements, Groupings & Agreements, Involving India and/or Affecting India’s Interests, Effect of Policies & Politics of Countries on India’s Interests) |
14 | From 1971 to now, Bangladesh’s long journey | History of Bangladesh |
| GS 3 (Money Laundering) |
10 | Supreme Court cautions against ‘indiscriminate’ use of money laundering law | Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 |
| GS 3 (Mobilization of Resources, Banking Sector & NBFCs, Monetary Policy) |
14 | Mind the Risk | 1. prompt corrective action (PCA) 2. capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR) 3. NBFCs |
| GS 2 (Role of Media & Social Networking Sites in Internal Security, Challenges, Social Empowerment) |
15 | The Idealism Within | Q. There is a danger in Indian society that polarisation has pushed us into “Left” and “Right” silos, from which everyone else looks like either “anti-nationals” or as “fascists.” Discuss. |
| GS 2 India and its Neighbourhood, Bilateral Groupings & Agreements, Groupings & Agreements, Involving India and/or Affecting India’s Interests, Effect of Policies & Politics of Countries on India’s Interests) |
16 | Putin and Xi show united front amid rising tensions with US | 1. The South China Sea 2. China-Russia Ties and its impact on India. |
| The Hindu | |||
| GS 2 (Fundamental Duties) |
6 | A false conflation between duties and rights | 1. The Swaran Singh Committee 2. Article 51A 3. Allowing the language of fundamental duties to subsume political debates would hit the moral principles of the republic. Discuss. |
| GS 3 Direct & Indirect Farm Subsidies, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Pricing, Growth & Development) |
7 | The price of food must figure in the policy | Q. How to frame an agricultural policy that ensures that farming is profitable but not at the cost of a high price of food. Analyse. |
| 7 | The Speaker who stifled debate | The Speaker has ample power to quell disorderly behaviour, but thereafter, the House is the master. Discuss. | |
| GS 2 (Important International Institutions, Groupings & Agreements Involving India and/or Affecting India’s Interests, Regional Groupings) |
9 | Durga Puja gets intangible cultural heritage tag | UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity |
| GS 3 (Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology, Defence Technology, Indigenization of Technology) |
10 | Indigenous efforts to make UAVs crosses a milestone | 1. The indigenous Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) 2. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 3. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) |
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