Current Affairs (Thematic), Module Index

What this module is

This module is the durable spine of current affairs for CAPF. It collects the structural facts that the news cycle keeps reusing (which organisations exist and where they are headquartered, who publishes which index, how schemes and awards are organised, which exercises pair with which partner, where the strategic locations are) and leaves the dated values (this year's rank, this month's winner, the latest rate) explicitly flagged as "verify the latest". The CAPF Paper I current-events clause is largely solvable from this durable layer, because most "current affairs" questions are static-GK questions dressed in a topical hook.

This module pairs with the static current-events notes under Index and with the dated daily briefs under Index. Where a topic is fully covered in those modules, this index links across rather than duplicating. For the official clause mapping see syllabus index; for the approved source policy see sources index.

The durable-versus-dated principle

The rule for this whole module: write the durable fact in full, and mark every dated value with "verify the latest". This protects accuracy and matches how CAPF actually tests current events.

Notes in this module

• durable international relations, the UN system, the IMF, World Bank and WTO, and the groupings (SAARC, ASEAN, BIMSTEC, SCO, QUAD, BRICS, G20) with headquarters, founding years and India's role.
• durable government schemes, the flagship schemes by theme as a durable frame, plus the security and border-development angle.
• durable defence and security, the three services and tri-service structures, joint exercises by partner, the defence organisations, and the CAPF security circuit.
• durable economy reports and indices, the major global and Indian indices and reports mapped to their publishers.
• durable polity and governance, the constitutional and statutory bodies, recurring governance reforms, and the e-governance and rights themes that recur in the news.
• durable environment and climate, the climate conventions and bodies, India's targets, biodiversity and pollution frameworks, and the protected-area system.
• durable science and technology, the space programme, the nuclear establishment, the IT and digital-public-infrastructure themes, and the biotech and health-research bodies.
• durable sports awards and honours, the sports and their terms and venues, the national civilian and gallantry awards, and the literary and science honours.
• places in news static, the strategic straits and chokepoints, the conflict and border locations, and the summit and headquarters geography.
• year in review framework, a repeatable method for compiling a twelve-month review before the exam.
• monthly brief template, a reusable template for a structured monthly current-affairs digest.

How CAPF tests current events (recap)

Paper I current-events questions are objective MCQs with negative marking and reward recognition, not analysis. The recurring formats are single-fact recall (where is the SCO headquartered), matching (index to publisher, exercise to partner, organisation to headquarters), statement-type ("which of the following about BRICS is correct"), and the static-current blend (an entity is in the news, but the question tests its durable fact). The CAPF paper leans harder than a generic GK paper on the security and defence angle, so durable defence and security and the internal-security material in human rights and internal security carry extra weight.

Suggested reading order

1. durable international relations (the largest single source of questions).
2. durable economy reports and indices (high yield, low effort).
3. durable defence and security (the CAPF-distinctive layer).
4. durable government schemes and durable polity and governance (governance recall).
5. durable environment and climate, durable science and technology, durable sports awards and honours, places in news static.
6. year in review framework and monthly brief template for the method to keep current.

Related modules

• Index (the sibling static current-events module).
• Index (the dated daily and monthly briefs).
• topic frequency for what to prioritise.
• sources index for the source policy.