Two students start with the same syllabus. The one who revises wins. Always.

UPSC issue explainers

Each card takes one official release and explains it the way a GS answer needs it: what happened, the background, why it matters, facts to revise and a practice question, with the official UPSC syllabus line it maps to. Up to two explainers on days that have them, each built from one official release (PIB) — not every day has one.

Yojana, Kurukshetra and PRS bill summaries →Polity and governance 2026 →International relations 2026 →Economy 2026 →Environment and ecology 2026 →

30 Oct 2026

GS-2PM-KISAN's 24th instalment: direct income support, DBT delivery and a scheme extended to 2030-31
GS-2India and the Belgium–Luxembourg union hold their 19th Joint Economic Commission in Luxembourg

29 Oct 2026

GS-3Rabi MSP 2027-28: Enhanced Price Support for Farmers

26 Oct 2026

GS-3Defence Acquisition Council clears proposals worth about ₹2.12 lakh crore
GS-3Flex fuel vehicles: the motor vehicle rules now name E85 and E100

25 Oct 2026

GS-3Ramsar sites: India now has 103 wetlands of international importance
GS-212th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in New Delhi: parliamentary diplomacy

24 Oct 2026

GS-311 crore Farmer IDs: what the Digital Agriculture Mission is building
GS-3Access and Benefit-Sharing: ₹1.04 crore from crop genetic resources goes to the States

Reading the editorials

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