Best UPSC Current Affair Magazines

Current Affairs are a very important part of the civil service examination, because many questions in this section are asked at each stage of the examination. Current affairs are a dynamic and uncertain segment that confuses everyone. A person should have a full proof strategy to prepare for the "current affairs" part. However, before doing this, students should review and analyze the questionnaire from the previous years in order to have a basic understanding of the type of questions commonly asked in the "Current Affairs" section. Current Affairs are occurrences of national and international importance. Therefore, you must continue to work hard to achieve success.

The market and the Internet are flooded with content, which can be overwhelming for any aspirant. In this part of the preparation, "More the merrier" is not a useful phrase.

Top Sources for Current Affairs

Drishti IAS Current Affairs

Drishti IAS’ current affairs have been rated as one of the best and most valuable resources when it comes to preparing current affairs for UPSC.  The best part about Drishti IAS is that it deals in both Hindi and English language. Drishti IAS Current Affairs (Hindi) are extremely informative and helpful. It contains a detailed coverage of each topic. 

Their Daily News analysis is divided into two parts i.e. The Daily News & the Important Editorials. Their daily news section is a compilation of the most important and relevant topics picked from a variety of newspapers like The Hindu, Live-mint, The Indian Express. Apart from this, it also includes a large variety of national and international news websites like PIB, BBC, AL Jazeera, CNN etc. 

All the news articles are meticulously formatted, highlighted, bulletised and tagged to provide the aspirants the ease of reading and research. Relevant and descriptive info graphics and diagrams are used in the news articles.  And a similar procedure is followed for the Important Editorials. Drishti IAS also provides the users an option to subscribe to their newsletters and regular (daily/ monthly) updates are sent to all the subscribers via mail.

Insight IAS Current Affairs

Today, Insights is synonymous with UPSC exam preparation. Insights have changed the way UPSC  exams are prepared.

Insights IAS provides students with an excellent free online resource for the preparation of Current Affairs. It provides the following services

Insight Daily Current Affairs Notes: This section is where you can find regular updates on current affairs except for Sundays along with this, this page also contains General Studies Quiz.

Insight Current Affairs RTM Questions: The RTM refers to revision through MCQ’s. This section provides you with a wide variety of MCQ’S on daily current affairs which will help you remember the facts for a longer time and will help you strengthen your core concepts.

PIB Notes: Insights provide Press Information Bureau (PIB) brief notes along with relevant backgrounds. PIB provides the users with authentic information about the issues related to the government policies.

Daily Quiz (Current Affairs): The questions in this section are based on daily PIB, The Hindu news articles & editorials. This quiz will help in tackling problems from General studies paper 1 and the questions are in conceptual as well as factual form. 

Daily Quiz (Static Part):  This quiz will help the aspirants to deal with static parts of the syllabus which includes the following topics 

1. History of India and Indian National Movement.

2. Indian and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.

3. Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.

4. Economic and Social Development Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.

5. General issues on Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization.

6. General Science.

Mind-Maps on Current Issues: Insights have put a tremendous amount of effort in designing these mind maps according to the demand of the UPSC exams. Insights’ meticulously designed mind- maps will provide the aspirants with the comprehensive linkages to connect a number of dimensions of each topic and issues.

Some other initiatives of Insights IAS

• Daily Current affairs
• Daily Quiz (Current + Static)
• Secure Initiative for Answer writing
• INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan for UPSC Civil Services Prelims
• Current Affairs Revision through Daily MCQs
• Test Series
• RSTV debates Summaries

Vision IAS Current Affairs

When it comes to UPSC preparations, Vision IAS is a leading name. Vision IAS’s current affairs have helped numerous aspirants to clear UPSC. They provide notes in not just English language but also in Hindi language.

The news articles uploaded by Vision IAS are from various popular newspapers and magazines like The Hindu, Indian Express & PIB with related backgrounds.

They provide quiz sections which help the aspirants in revisions. Along with this, Vision IAS also provides mind-maps based on current affairs. 

Vision IAS’ compilation of RSTV big picture and All India Radio News not just saves the aspirant’s time but it also breaks the monotony of long study hours and makes learning fun. 

Vision IAS provides various other free services such as – 

• Vision IAS’ Current Affairs- This section covers current affairs on a daily basis and gives an overall compilation of current affairs on a monthly basis. There  are more than a 1000 articles present in this section

• Vision IAS’ Infographics-  As it is well quotes “A picture is worth a thousand words” , these infographics are designed to help the aspirants create a picture memory of the events.

• Vision IAS’ AIR News Analysis- For anyone who missed the on air news analysis, Vision IAS provides a free podcast of all the important topics discussed