Monthly Current Affairs

The electrocution of a radio-tagged captive-bred White-rumped Vulture in Mudumalai highlights the urgent need to make power infrastructure and habitats safer for the successful recovery of this critically endangered species.

The Index of Services Production (ISP), which is set to be launched in July 2026, is the first monthly indicator in India that measures the production in the formal services sector. ISP is an addition to the existing index, IIP, but excludes informal sector services and some government services.

Three inscriptions dating back to 1554 CE by the Vijayanagara rulers have been found by ASI in the Seshachalam forests in Andhra Pradesh. These inscriptions, which are written in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada languages, describe the activities of Sadasiva Deva Raya.

The Ashtalakshmi Growth Model is a development vision for India’s North-East based on the idea that the eight states together represent eight forms of national prosperity.