Abbreviation: ITDTW (Issues to Track Down This Week), SM (Supplementary Material): Both are KANT IAS Initiatives for Mentorship.
Today’s Editorial/Columns/Opinions
- Pakistan at the UNSC, the points of its compass GS II
- The missing spotlight on urban local government polls GS II (For Offline Students: Tomorrow’s Peer Learning Discussion Topic)
- Should the executive have the power to pardon? GS II (For Offline Students: Tomorrow’s Peer Learning Discussion Topic)
Other Articles from Today’s Paper
- Union Cabinet approves Bills on simultaneous polls GS II
- Gukesh is youngest world chess champ GS II
- Apex court freezes suits on claims over places of worship GS II
- CAG report flags violations, lapses in enforcement of T.N. CRZ notification GS III
- RTI award for Kerala for exemplary performance GS II
- No power to monitor quota execution by other Ministries, departments: DoPT GS II
- Beijing’s war against air pollution GS III
- Many fake narratives on privatisation, says Railway Minister GS III
- India confers honorary rank on Nepal Army chief GS II
- Consumer inflation eases slightly to 5.5% in November GS III
- CEA seeks a fix for mental health crisis afflicting the young GS III
- Track cases in NCLT, NARCL to minimise delays, FinMin tells banks GS III
- Bottom trawling by Indian fishermen must stop: Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Minister GS II & III
- Media groups slam Israel over ‘journalist massacre’ GS II
Note
If you are a beginner in reading, prioritise articles from the start. Do not read for more than one hour; it is perfectly fine to read only one article per day in the initial months. Try to learn some vocabulary (3 to 5 words as discussed in the mentorship class), and then gradually increase your speed. Focus on quality over quantity; speed will naturally improve over time. For example, if you read only one or two articles per day for the first six months (180 days), you will cover 180 to 360 articles with quality and revisions. This number is sufficient to grasp the basics thoroughly. You will still have the remaining six months of the year, which will be ample time to increase your speed and cover more topics. So, be patient, avoid following the crowd, and adhere to the guidance provided in the class.