TOPICS	SUBJECT	PAPER
THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP	SPORTS	PRELIMS
PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS	BIOLOGY	PRELIMS
RARE EARTH MAGNET SCHEME	SCHEME	PRELIMS
THE MADHAVA PERUMAL TEMPLE	ART AND CULTURE	PRELIMS
BHAVANISAGAR DAM	GEOGRAPHY	PRELIMS
STATEMENT	GEOGRAPHY	PRELIMS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORT:	REPORT	PRELIMS

THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP 

the 2026 fifa world cup will be the 23rd fifa world cup, the quadrennial international men’s soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of fifa. the tournament will take place from june 11 to july 19, 2026.

PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare, devastating brain infection caused by the free-living ameba Naegleria fowleri (often called the “brain-eating ameba”). Acquired when contaminated water enters the nose during swimming or nasal irrigation, the ameba travels to the brain, causing rapid, fatal tissue destruction.

RARE EARTH MAGNET SCHEME

• The Indian government’s Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets (REPM) is a ₹7,280 crore initiative aimed at building an integrated domestic manufacturing ecosystem for high-strength rare earth magnets.
• The plan establishes a complete end-to-end domestic supply chain—from rare-earth oxides to finished magnets—to reduce heavy reliance on foreign imports and support strategic industries like defense, aerospace, and electric vehicles (EVs

THE MADHAVA PERUMAL TEMPLE 

The Madhava Perumal Temple is dedicated to Hindu deity Vishnu, located in Mylapore, Chennai, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, dedicated to Vishnu.

BHAVANISAGAR DAM

Bhavanisagar Dam (also called Lower Bhavani Dam) is a major masonry-cum-earth dam situated on the Bhavani River in the Erode district of Tamil Nadu, India

STATEMENT

Sierra ‌Leone has agreed to take in hundreds of West African migrants ​who are being deported by the United States

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORT:

• exposing marketing tactics and strategies driving the growth of nicotine pouches”
• a new world health organization report warns that tobacco companies are exploiting regulatory gaps to target youth with flavored, aggressively marketed nicotine pouche