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• A comprehensive revision checklist has been released for UPSC Civil Services Mains 2026 aspirants, focusing on 15 essential International Relations (IR) topics. • The guide highlights critical areas including the India-UK FTA, Arctic geopolitics, UNSC reforms, neighbourhood ties, and the concept of "Pax Silica." • These topics are linked to Previous Year Questions (PYQs) to help candidates understand how recent global developments impact India's foreign policy.

• A comprehensive revision checklist has been released for UPSC Mains 2026 aspirants, focusing on 15 essential Polity and Governance topics. • The guide aims to help candidates bridge the gap between static syllabus requirements and evolving current affairs, which often pose a significant challenge. • This resource is critical for final preparations as the Mains examinations are scheduled to commence on August 21.

• The Hubble Space Telescope has detected light from a distant galaxy known as MXDFz4.4, which researchers previously believed should have been invisible. • This "impossible" light suggests that the galaxy existed during a period when the early universe was thought to be opaque. • The discovery is significant because it may provide critical insights into the process of cosmic reionization, explaining how the universe transitioned from opaque to transparent billions of years ago.

Activists argue business model is ‘plantation tourism’ designed to benefit elite and disadvantage most JamaicansCampaigners go to court to fight privatisation of Jamaican coastDevon Taylor remembers when the Mammee Bay shoreline in St Ann, Jamaica, was filled with children frolicking in the ocean after school, fishers haggling with locals over the price of their daily catch and craft vendors carving souvenirs under almond trees.“I grew up on Mammee Bay,” Taylor says. He recalls fetching seawater in bottles for his grandmother when she was no longer able to go to the beach, learning to swim in the shallows, and watching generations of fishers cast their nets. “That beach raised us. It fed us.” Continue reading...

President made contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after pleading with allies to help US secure Strait of HormuzSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxDonald Trump drew a backlash on Sunday for suggesting US efforts to protect the Strait of Hormuz were unnecessary – and that “maybe we shouldn’t even be there at all” because his country has plenty of oil of its own.The president made the contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after pleading with European and Nato allies to enter the war in Iran to help the US secure the strait amid the largest oil supply disruption in history. Continue reading...