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Exclusive for Subscribers from Monday to Friday: Have you ever thought why Directorate of Enforcement and criticisms of the Surrogacy law in India are relevant to the UPSC Exam? What significance do topics like India’s Manned Mission to Space, Currency depreciation, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Women’s Empowerment have for both the preliminary and main exams? You can learn more by reading the Indian Express UPSC Key for October 17, 2023.

India's official employment data shows that while the unemployment rate has fallen, the quality of jobs getting created is getting worse even as monthly earnings have remained largely stagnant since 2017

Dive deep with The Indian Express’ UPSC weekly news express which covers some of the important topics of current affairs news from this week to help you prepare for UPSC-CSE. Try out the Points to ponder and MCQs . Check your answers provided towards the end of the article.

We must interpret our latest PLFS data with caution as a rising worker-population ratio could reflect disconcerting trends.