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GS-3BORDER SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE (SUNDARBANS)

The Fence That Has to Negotiate With a Tiger Reserve

BSF Director-General Praveen Kumar inspected the Sundarbans from July 11 to 14, reviewing fencing progress and holding outreach meetings with local residents concerned about land acquisition. This marks the first time physical fencing has been attempted in this ecologically sensitive stretch of the India-Bangladesh border.

Sub TopicBORDER FENCING, ECOLOGICAL TRADE-OFFS & INTERNAL…SourceBORDER SECURITY FORCE (BSF)

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GS-3URBAN HEAT & PUBLIC HEALTH

The Hour India's Cities Can't Get Back

The study, "Climate Change is Costing People Sleep," was published by Climate Central on July 15, 2026 and covered over 1,300 cities worldwide including more than 100 in India. It adds a new, underreported public health dimension to India's climate conversation, one that current Heat Action Plans are not designed to track.

Sub TopicCLIMATE CHANGE, URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT & SLEEP LOSSSourceTHE INDIAN EXPRESS

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GS-3SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY & DRUG DISCOVERY

IIT Bombay's New Method Could Make Drug Discovery Faster, Cheaper, More Sustainable

The research addresses a long-standing bottleneck in synthetic chemistry - selectively targeting one carbon atom among many indistinguishable ones in a straight chain - and was developed in collaboration with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, positioning it as a genuine platform technology for India's drug discovery ecosystem.

Sub TopicSELECTIVE C-H ACTIVATION AND PLATFORM SYNTHESIS OF…SourceTHE INDIAN EXPRESS

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GS-3CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CYBERSECURITY

Kudankulam's Walls Held. The Data Leaked Anyway.

The breach, detected on May 29, 2026 and reported publicly this week, is the second major cyber incident to hit Kudankulam after a 2019 malware infection and highlights how India's critical infrastructure protection strategy must now account for vulnerabilities well outside the plant's own walls. Sensitive infrastructure blueprints of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant were leaked on the dark web after a ransomware group…

Sub TopicTHIRD-PARTY SUPPLY CHAIN VULNERABILITIES IN NUCLEAR…SourceNUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF…

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GS-3INDIA-UK TRADE DIPLOMACY (CETA)

India-UK CETA: The Textile Exporter's Decade-Long Wait Just Ended

CETA and the DCC formally took effect this week, four years after negotiations began, making this India's first comprehensive trade agreement with a developed G7 economy and a template for its ongoing talks with the European Union. The India-UK CETA and Double Contributions Convention officially came into force on July 15, 2026, slashing bilateral tariffs and exempting temporary Indian professionals from UK social security…

Sub TopicASYMMETRIC TARIFF CONCESSIONS AND LABOUR-INTENSIVE…SourcePIB

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GS-3INDUSTRIAL POLICY & SEMICONDUCTOR MISSION

Semicon 2.0's Real Shift: From Funding Fabs to Funding the Supply Chain

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs cleared these projects on July 15, 2026, as part of a broader push to localise high-tech manufacturing amid global memory chip shortages and geopolitical uncertainty over supply chains. The approvals mark the second, redesigned edition of India's semiconductor strategy since the first mission was launched in 2021.

Sub TopicSEMICON 2.0'S SUPPLY CHAIN LOCALISATION AND MSME VALUE…SourcePIB

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