Current Events of National and International Importance · UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh)

What the official syllabus says

UPPCS Preliminary Examination, Paper I: General Studies-I:

Current events of national and international importance.
Current events of national and international Importance: On Current Events of National and International Importance, candidates will be expected to have knowledge about them.
Note: Candidates are expected to have general awareness about the above subjects with special reference to Uttar Pradesh.

Topics in detail

The official line is short, so the checklist below sorts current events by area. For each event, learn the static background behind it (the Article, the institution, the place on the map, the science concept), because questions usually join the news item to that background. Uttar Pradesh events get their own list, as the note to the syllabus asks for special reference to the state.

National: government and polity

New laws passed by Parliament and their main provisions; important ordinances and bills
Constitutional amendments and the Articles they change
Important judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts, and the constitutional questions they settle
Elections: general and state elections, the Election Commission's decisions and electoral reforms
Appointments to constitutional and statutory posts (Election Commission, CAG, chairs of commissions)
New government policies, missions and schemes: ministry, aim, target group

National: economy

Union Budget and Economic Survey: main announcements and terms
Reserve Bank of India: monetary policy decisions, new rules for banks and payments
GST Council decisions; tax reforms
Agriculture: minimum support prices, procurement, crop and food security measures
Infrastructure projects: railways, highways, airports, ports, power and renewable energy
Reports and indices that rank India (published by Indian and international bodies) and India's position in outline

National: science, environment and health

Space missions of ISRO and their objectives; launch vehicles in use
Defence: new missiles, ships, aircraft and exercises with other countries
Health: disease outbreaks, vaccination drives, new health programmes
Environment: new protected areas, tiger reserves and Ramsar sites; species in the news; pollution measures
New technologies in the news: artificial intelligence, semiconductors, biotechnology, green hydrogen

International

Summits and meetings: UN General Assembly, G20, BRICS, SCO, Quad, Commonwealth, ASEAN-related meetings
International organisations: new members, new heads, major decisions (UN bodies, WTO, IMF, World Bank, WHO)
India's bilateral relations: visits, agreements and disputes with neighbours and major powers
Conflicts and crises in the world: the places involved and their location on the map
Climate negotiations: UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties and their outcomes
Places in the news: countries, capitals, straits, rivers, mountains and islands

Persons, awards, sports and days

National awards: Bharat Ratna, Padma awards, gallantry awards, Jnanpith and Sahitya Akademi awards, national sports awards
International awards: Nobel Prizes, Booker Prize, Magsaysay Award and others in outline
Sports: major tournaments (Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, world championships) and Indian achievements
Books and authors in the news; obituaries of eminent persons
National and international days and the themes declared for them

Uttar Pradesh

State budget: size, priorities and new heads of spending
New schemes, missions and policies of the Uttar Pradesh government; changes to old ones
Investment, industry and infrastructure projects in the state: expressways, airports, industrial corridors and parks
Events held in the state: fairs (the Kumbh and Magh Mela at Prayagraj), festivals, summits and sports events
Appointments to state posts and institutions; awards given by the state and to persons of the state
Environment and wildlife news from the state: protected areas, wetlands, species, river cleaning
Rankings of the state and its districts in national indices
New districts, divisions, towns or administrative changes when they occur

Overlaps

Current affairs of the state are also a line of Mains General Studies V, and current affairs of regional, national and international importance a line of Mains General Studies II. The static background for each area is on the other pages of this paper.