Topic of the Day

The Topic of the Day

The Topic of the Day initiative by BYJU’s is to help the IAS Aspirants  understand various concepts that are a part of the UPSC Syllabus. A brief analysis of various topics will be posted from subjects like Art & culture, History, Economy, Geography, Science and Technology, Environment and Ecology etc on a daily basis.

Topic of the Day will not only be useful for IAS aspirants in the Prelims preparation but will also provide fodder for Mains exam. Understanding the basic concepts will help the aspirants build a strong foundation for their UPSC Civil Services Exam preparation. It will also help them in covering the current affairs part along with the topics from the static part of the UPSC syllabus and  get a clear idea on how to correlate issues in news with conventional topics and prepare notes on the same.

Indian Independence Day
Indian Independence Day is celebrated every year on August 15 to commemorate the nation's independence from the United Kingdom. But independence...
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Kathak – A Brief Overview of Indian Classical Dance
Kathak is a prominent ancient Indian classical dance and is thought to have started from the wandering bards of North India known as Kathakars,...
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Manipuri Classical Dance – UPSC Art & Culture Notes
Indian classical dance forms are very important for the art and culture segment of the UPSC syllabus. Manipuri is an important classical dance of...
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How is Kuchipudi Dance Different from Bharatanatyam?
There are 4 main differences between Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam. Kuchipudi Bharatanatyam It is a classical dance form from Andhra Pradesh...
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Topic of the Day – Forecast of Natural Disasters by ISRO
ISRO is chipping away at frameworks to figure the catastrophic events that could be utilized as contribution by States/disaster management...
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Social Security Schemes – UPSC GS-II
Social Security Schemes are such schemes where Government tries to provide monetary assistance to those people who have no income or inadequate...
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Topic of the day:  Sagar Vani and India Quake
Sagar Vani and India Quake are mobile apps which were released by the Government of India for dissemination of information regarding natural...
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Topic of the Day – National Agriculture Market (NAM)
Government schemes and programmes are essential parts of the UPSC syllabus. Every year, many questions can be asked from government schemes in...
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Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims), 2017
In this article, IAS Exam aspirants can find the details of the Admiralty Act, India. Parliament gave its nod to a bill that seeks to...
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What is Asia Pacific Group (APG)?
The Asia Pacific Group has released its Annual Business Report which highlights the achievements of the APG over 2019-2020 against the goals and...
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Bitcoin: Notes for UPSC Exam
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency developed by an unknown person or a group of unknown persons using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. It was first used in...
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Varna System for UPSC
Today’s Topic of the Day is ‘Varna System’ which is one of the topics in NCERT History textbook Class VI and NCERT textbooks are the prime source...
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The Sun: Geography Notes for UPSC Exam
The topic about the Sub  will help the aspirants to know the basic concepts and make their foundation strong while preparing for UPSC IAS Exam....
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SAMADHAN: Notes for UPSC Exam
Left-wing Extremism in the form of Naxal and Maoist insurgencies have been a constant threat to India's internal security. It has taken countless...
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October Manifesto
The October Manifesto was the precursor to the Russian Empire’s first Constitution of 1906. The Manifesto was issued by Nicholas II under the...
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India Innovation Index Framework
India Innovation Index Framework was launched by NITI Aayog, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) and Confederation of Indian...
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Negative Mass [UPSC Science and Technology Notes]
The negative matter is a matter whose mass is of opposite sign to the mass of regular matter. It is an imaginary type of matter which, if it...
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What is Dark Matter in Simple Terms?
Dark Matter is an unknown matter which is not visible. The reason behind its invisibility is, it does not absorb, reflect or emit light. This...
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Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR): Notes for UPSC
Various research centres and government agencies are an important part of the general awareness segment of the UPSC Syllabus. It also forms part...
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Supercomputers
Supercomputers have a high level of computing performance compared to a normal purpose computer and its performance is measured in FLOPS...
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