Abbreviation: ITDTW (Issues to Track Down This Week), SM (Supplementary Material): Both are KANT IAS Initiatives for Mentorship.
Today’s Editorial/Columns/Opinions
- Research security should be a national priority GS III (For Offline Students: Tomorrow’s Peer Learning Discussion Topic)
- India’s cities, their non-communicable disease burden GS III (For Offline Students: Tomorrow’s Peer Learning Discussion Topic)
- First step GS II
- What India’s AI Safety Institute could do GS III
Other Articles from Today’s Paper
- North T.N., Puducherry bear the brunt of Fengal GS II
- Bangladesh upheaval has not led to a spike in border interceptions: data GS II
- Plastic treaty talks fail amid split over production cuts GS III
- In our fight against climate change, could the seas turn the tide? GS III ITDTW & SM
- CAQM yet to submit data on increase in stubble ‘burnt area’ to apex court GS III
- ‘Digital arrest’: woman forced to strip, duped of ₹1.78 lakh GS III
- Facing fund crunch, Garima Grehs are struggling GS I
- ‘Substandard’ IV fluid blamed for maternal deaths in Karnataka GS III
- On the freedom of religion in Bangladesh GS II
- Why the U.S. Department of Justice wants Google to divest its Chrome browser GS III
- PM flags cyberfraud, port security at annual police meet GS II
- Festival rush missing, yet net GST revenues up 11.1% GS III
- 40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, Union Carbide’s toxic waste yet to be removed GS II & III ITDTW & SM
- Centre working on national policy document on female labour force participation GS III
- New HIV infections declined 44% in 2023, AIDS-related deaths down 79%, says Nadda GS III
- Trump warns BRICS nations of 100% tariffs if they undermine U.S. dollar GS II
- ‘Syria’s second-largest city of Aleppo slips from government control, falls to militants’ 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.