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Year-long PDFs, stitched by subject.

Every high-yield news item from a full calendar year, grouped by theme, cross-referenced to the syllabus. The three subjects that dominate UPSC current affairs, first — the rest follow through the monthly archive.

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  • GS IIIJan – Dec 2025

    Environment, Ecology & Biodiversity

    Every Why-in-News item, organised into chapters you can read end-to-end — or dip into topic by topic when a question surfaces.

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  • GS IIJan – Dec 2025

    Indian Polity & Governance

    Every Why-in-News item, organised into chapters you can read end-to-end — or dip into topic by topic when a question surfaces.

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  • GS IIIJan – Dec 2025

    Science & Technology

    Every Why-in-News item, organised into chapters you can read end-to-end — or dip into topic by topic when a question surfaces.

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The latest current affairs from our desk.

A live feed of the nine most recent UPSC current affairs articles published on AnantamIAS — each opens with Why-in-News, the GS paper it feeds, a practice question, and an FAQ accordion.

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  • General StudiesGS III

    ISRO launches Advanced Imaging Satellite EOS-05

    Why in News? ISRO successfully launched the 2,367-kg EOS-05 Earth-observation satellite aboard GSLV-F17 from Sriharikota on September 4, 2026. The satellite was precisely injected into a…

  • Environment & EcologyGeneral Studies

    Toxic Pond Threatens Rare Turtles in Haryana

    Why in News? Untreated sewage has allegedly contaminated the pond within the Shri Guru Gorakhnath Community Reserve at Kajalheri village in Haryana’s Fatehabad district. Pollution, destruction…

  • General StudiesGS II

    Bonded Labour Persists in India’s Agricultural Sector

    Why in News? Authorities rescued 32 alleged bonded labourers, including seven women, from a sugarcane field at Ganganadoddi village in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district. Thirty workers had…

  • General StudiesGS II

    NCPCR campaign rescues over 3800 from Child Labour

    Why in News? A nationwide campaign coordinated by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) led to the rescue of over 3800 children and…

  • General StudiesGS II

    The Gulf is Calling, and New Delhi Must Listen

    Context India’s engagement with West Asia has traditionally rested on energy imports, trade, migrant labour and remittances. New Delhi followed a cautious multi-alignment strategy: maintaining simultaneous…

  • Environment & EcologyGeneral Studies

    No Takers for ₹37,500-Crore Coal Gasification Scheme

    Why in News? Reports suggest that the government’s ₹37,500 crore incentive scheme for surface coal and lignite gasification had received no applications ahead of its September…

  • General StudiesGS II

    UNCLOS remains the ‘Constitution of the Oceans’

    Why in News? Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Tommy Koh, who presided over the final negotiations of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea,…

  • General StudiesGS I

    Tamil Nadu’s Birth Decline and the Demographic Transition

    Why in News? Tamil Nadu recorded about 45,000 fewer births in 2025 than in 2024, renewing debate about low fertility, population momentum and ageing. Registered births…

  • General StudiesGovernance

    Perimenopause Care Enters State Health Policy

    Why in News? Tamil Nadu and Karnataka announced dedicated approaches to perimenopause and menopause care, bringing midlife women’s needs into routine public health services. Tamil Nadu…

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Current affairs grouped by GS paper.

Twelve subject hubs, each with the ten most recent articles laid out in a scannable list. Click any title to read the full Why-in-News + GS-mapping breakdown, or open the subject hub to see every article we've ever published in that paper.

GS II · 791 articles

Polity & Governance

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  1. 01Police-Station CCTV: Modernisation Must Deliver Accountability
  2. 02Census 2027: The Caste Open-Column Method
  3. 03India’s Youth Power: An Electoral Force Still in the Making
  4. 04Courtroom Clips: Open Justice Meets Context Collapse
  5. 05Regulating Purse-Seine Fishing
  6. 06Constitutional faultlines in FCRA Amendment Bill 2026
  7. 07SC orders oversight on Bar Council’s policy decisions
  8. 08River Interlinking is not the solution for India’s Water Crisis
  9. 09Allahabad High Court Quashes NSA Detention
  10. 10Over 7200 CBI cases under Prevention of Corruption Act pending trial
GS III · 878 articles

Economy

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  1. 01No Takers for ₹37,500-Crore Coal Gasification Scheme
  2. 02NSE Co-Location and Dark Fibre Cases Reach Closure
  3. 03India-Belgium Partnership: Defence, Fintech and Semiconductor Cooperation
  4. 04India’s Gig Work: Full-Time Labour Without Full Protection
  5. 05Regulating Purse-Seine Fishing
  6. 06India’s JCR Sovereign Rating Upgrade Explained
  7. 07Pichavaram Mangroves and Natural Capital Valuation
  8. 08India’s Data Centre Boom meets its Climate Reality
  9. 09India’s Balance of Payments in Q1 2026-27
  10. 10Ahmedabad Joins India’s International Hub-and-Spoke Aviation Network
GS III · 748 articles

Environment & Ecology

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  1. 01Toxic Pond Threatens Rare Turtles in Haryana
  2. 02No Takers for ₹37,500-Crore Coal Gasification Scheme
  3. 03Stubble-Fire Monitoring: Beyond Satellite Fire Counts
  4. 04Supersized El Niño to be strongest ever recorded: UN
  5. 05Pichavaram Mangroves valued at ₹2485 Crore
  6. 06UNEP sets out Overshoot Pathway to manage Global Warming Limit breach 
  7. 07Climate Overshoot: The Peak-and-Decline Pathway
  8. 08Pichavaram Mangroves and Natural Capital Valuation
  9. 09India’s Data Centre Boom meets its Climate Reality
  10. 10Robots to Combat Water Hyacinth in Vembanad Lake
GS II · 589 articles

International Relations

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  1. 01The Gulf is Calling, and New Delhi Must Listen
  2. 02UNCLOS remains the ‘Constitution of the Oceans’
  3. 03Forging Consensus: India at 26th SCO Summit
  4. 04India and Belgium ramp up Bilateral Defence Cooperation
  5. 05India-Belgium Partnership: Defence, Fintech and Semiconductor Cooperation
  6. 06Reducing India’s exposure to the U.S. Tariff Risks
  7. 07SCO Bishkek Declaration: Outcomes and India’s Sovereignty Test
  8. 08India rejects Hague Court’s Indus Waters Treaty Ruling
  9. 09Nepalganj Road-Bahraich Broad-Gauge Upgrade
  10. 10India and Uzbekistan agree on Uranium Deal
GS III · 784 articles

Science & Technology

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  1. 01ISRO launches Advanced Imaging Satellite EOS-05
  2. 02Indian-Language AI Models for Education and Public Services
  3. 03Stubble-Fire Monitoring: Beyond Satellite Fire Counts
  4. 04EOS-05: Imaging Earth From Geosynchronous Orbit
  5. 05Khagantak-243 Glide Bomb Drop Trial
  6. 06Government notifies Semicon 2.0 Scheme
  7. 07How Mustard Self-Incompatibility Can Support Hybrid Breeding
  8. 08INS Nipun: Deep-Sea Diving and Submarine-Rescue Support
  9. 09Machine-Learning Materials Screening: New Candidates for CO2 Conversion
  10. 10Aditya-L1 detects Possible Precursors to Solar Flares
GS I · 231 articles

History

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  1. 01CERD General Recommendation 40 and Reparatory Justice
  2. 02Vaishya Tekri: Testing Ujjain’s Mauryan Stupa Hypothesis
  3. 03Gyan Bharatam Survey Reports More Than 1.19 Crore Manuscripts
  4. 04Sarnath: UNESCO Inscription Recognises a Living Buddhist Heritage
  5. 05Keeladi Excavations: New Brick Structures Deepen the Sangam-Age Record
  6. 06Lothal Heritage Complex: Recreating a Harappan Maritime Town
  7. 07Prambanan temple: Indonesia’s Hindu heritage site and the India connection
  8. 08Syama Prasad Mookerjee: 125th birth anniversary of the Jana Sangh founder
  9. 09Rakhigarhi Ancient DNA: What Harappan Skeletons Reveal About India’s Ancestry
  10. 10The ‘Dancing Girl’ of Mohenjo-daro: Art, Identity and a Naming Debate
GS I · 451 articles

Geography

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  1. 01Supersized El Niño to be strongest ever recorded: UN
  2. 02EOS-05: Imaging Earth From Geosynchronous Orbit
  3. 03Godavari Water Reaches North Andhra through Polavaram Canal
  4. 04River Interlinking is not the solution for India’s Water Crisis
  5. 05Pichavaram Mangroves and Natural Capital Valuation
  6. 06India rejects Hague Court’s Indus Waters Treaty Ruling
  7. 07Indian Standard Time becomes Mandatory National Time Reference
  8. 08Mission Rangeen Machhli 2031: Ornamental Fisheries for Island Livelihoods
  9. 09Nepalganj Road-Bahraich Broad-Gauge Upgrade
  10. 10Cauvery Backlog Plea Tests Federal Water Enforcement
GS I · 333 articles

Society

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  1. 01Tamil Nadu’s Birth Decline and the Demographic Transition
  2. 02India’s Youth Power: An Electoral Force Still in the Making
  3. 03Master Plan for Delhi 2047 Notified
  4. 04Census 2027 Population Enumeration: Parental Data and New Fields
  5. 05Extreme Heat During Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes in India
  6. 06Nepal Communal Clashes: Secularism and Stability in the Border Belt
  7. 07Odisha PVTG Nutrition: Anaemia and Adolescent Stunting Gaps
  8. 08Canada Study-Permit Cuts: Why Indian Students Face the Largest Impact
  9. 09Census 2027: Tamil Nadu Opens Digital Self-Enumeration
  10. 10Ravidassia Religion and Census Recognition: Identity, Data and Constitutional Questions
GS IV · 310 articles

Ethics & Integrity

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  1. 01Return of Profanation as a New Political Language
  2. 02SC calls on students to educate elders in Waste Management
  3. 03AI Agents, Consumer Control and Accountability
  4. 04AI-Designed Viruses: Scientific Promise and the Biosecurity Governance Gap
  5. 05Animal-Free Research Methods and India’s Biomedical Testing Transition
  6. 06AI-Fabricated Precedents: The Supreme Court’s Warning on Manufactured Justice
  7. 07Calcutta HC on Public Parading of Accused: State Power vs Human Dignity (UPSC GS2/GS4)
  8. 08​Gang of seven: On the AAP defections
  9. 09Subhas Chandra Bose: the paradox of a revolutionary’s theory and praxis
  10. 10A modest plea for Constitutional Morality
GS I · 201 articles

Art & Culture

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  1. 012026 Ramon Magsaysay Awards 
  2. 02Vaishya Tekri: Testing Ujjain’s Mauryan Stupa Hypothesis
  3. 03Gyan Bharatam Survey Reports More Than 1.19 Crore Manuscripts
  4. 04Sarnath: UNESCO Inscription Recognises a Living Buddhist Heritage
  5. 05Keeladi Excavations: New Brick Structures Deepen the Sangam-Age Record
  6. 06Jagannath Dham Trademark: Protecting Puri Temple’s Sacred Identity
  7. 07Mission Senehjori: Turning Muga Silk Waste into High-Value Yarn
  8. 08Lothal Heritage Complex: Recreating a Harappan Maritime Town
  9. 09Bhojshala Dispute: Supreme Court to List All Petitions Against the High Court Order
  10. 10Lok Samvardhan Parv: showcasing India’s minority artisanal heritage
GS III · 228 articles

Internal Security

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  1. 01UNCLOS remains the ‘Constitution of the Oceans’
  2. 02Police-Station CCTV: Modernisation Must Deliver Accountability
  3. 03Manipur’s Widening Ethnic Conflict: Naga-Kuki Fault Line
  4. 04Khagantak-243 Glide Bomb Drop Trial
  5. 05Allahabad High Court Quashes NSA Detention
  6. 06INS Nipun: Deep-Sea Diving and Submarine-Rescue Support
  7. 07India-Uzbekistan Outcomes: Critical Minerals, Heritage and Connectivity
  8. 08Makkah Defence Pact: First Committee Meeting Begins Operationalisation
  9. 09Türkiye-PKK Peace Process: Reintegration Tied to Verified Disarmament
  10. 10India’s Central Asia Visit: Uzbekistan Agenda and SCO Priorities
GS III · 93 articles

Disaster Management

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  1. 01Climate Overshoot: The Peak-and-Decline Pathway
  2. 02What are Hanging Glaciers?
  3. 03India-Nepal Power Trade: Flood Damage Reverses Seasonal Electricity Flows
  4. 04Zaporizhzhia Power Loss: Why Off-Site Electricity Is a Nuclear Safety Pillar
  5. 05Shared Disaster beyond Borders and Geopolitics
  6. 06Aditya-L1 Solar Flare Precursors: From Small Brightenings to Space-Weather Warning
  7. 07Western Disturbance linked to Nepal Flash Flood
  8. 08How Can States Use Disaster Funds for Heatwaves?
  9. 09Making India’s Food System Climate-Proof 
  10. 10Nepal Flash Flood: How a Glacial Collapse Became a Transboundary Himalayan Disaster

Yearly archive

Every year, indexed.

The full searchable table of every article we've published in a calendar year — with subjects, publish date, and per-article PDF download.

How we do current affairs

Three rules every article on AnantamIAS follows.

Because current affairs for UPSC without the syllabus mapping is just news. And news without a question to answer is just noise.

  1. 01

    Open with Why in News?

    The hook is never the headline — it's the trigger. What event, judgement, or policy decision brought this topic into the UPSC crosshair this week? That context survives; the headline doesn't.

  2. 02

    Map it to the GS paper — and the sub-topic.

    Every article explicitly states which Mains GS paper it feeds, and which syllabus sub-topic it sits under. So when you revise a topic, the article is already indexed against your notes.

  3. 03

    Close with a practice question.

    A 15-marker or a Prelims MCQ, depending on the topic's exam load. Written by the faculty who reads Mains answer copies, not scraped from a bank. That's why they read as if UPSC could have asked them.

FAQ

What aspirants ask us about current affairs.

Which source should I follow — AnantamIAS or a newspaper?

Both. Read The Hindu or Indian Express daily for raw reading habit and diverse opinions. Use the Compass digest to know which of the day’s stories actually matter for UPSC, mapped to the syllabus with context.

How many current affairs articles do I need to read a day for UPSC?

About 5–10 substantive items in Foundation year, 10–15 closer to Prelims. We publish ~20 a day across subjects — don’t read all, read the ones that fall inside your active revision window.

Is the monthly current affairs PDF enough, or do I need the daily?

Monthly is revision-ready. Daily is learning-ready. Use daily to add fresh material to your notes, then re-read the monthly PDF in the final 60-day Prelims sprint — by which point the story has settled into its lasting takeaway.

Do you cover state-specific current affairs?

We cover state-level developments only when they carry national significance — federal-dispute rulings, inter-state river issues, Governor–state conflicts. For state PSC preparation, state-specific papers still have the edge.

Will current affairs from 2024 / 2025 still matter in the 2026 UPSC exam?

Yes — for any topic where the policy or framework continues (e.g., DPDP Act 2023, Women’s Reservation Bill, Kuno cheetahs, G20 legacy). UPSC increasingly asks for trend recall, not just the freshest news.

Can I download all current affairs as a single PDF?

Every daily archive page has a Print / Save as PDF button that bundles all of that day’s articles into a single print-ready document. Monthly PDFs are available from the Compass section above for the three biggest subjects.

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