Current Affairs for Prelims | PT 360 UPSC 2026
1 Year Current Affairs for Prelims + 5 Years Contemporary Issues
Rs. 1099 Only
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What is Current Affairs for Prelims | PT 360 UPSC 2026 by Synopsis IAS?
It is a detailed and comprehensive Course for Prelims Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues for UPSC CSE Aspirants, designed by Krishna sir.
What is Included in the PT 360 Course?
- This course covers Contemporary Issues of Recent 4-5 Years and 1 Year Current Affairs.
- Lectures for Contemporary Issues content.
- Mains CA not included.
CURRENT AFFAIRS Vs. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
| Current Affairs | Contemporary Issues | |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | New topics recently in the news (e.g., Bills, Policies, Executive Decisions, International Agreements, New Species, New Space Mission, New Technology). | Evergreen topics that have been in the news for many years (e.g., Flood, Anti Defection Law, Anti Microbial Resistance, Role of Biotechnology, Border Security, Cyber Security, Food Processing). |
| Duration of Relevance | Short-term news that later becomes part of contemporary topics. | Long-term relevance; often discussed and debated over the years. |
| Examples | 15th Finance Commission, Data Protection Bill, New Environmental Policies. | Anti-Defection Law, AMR, Food Processing, Border Security, Cyber Security, Biotechnology, etc. |
| Note-Making Weightage | Should occupy 10–20% of your notes. | Should occupy 80–90% of your notes. |
| Relation to Syllabus | Dynamic in nature; new and evolving topics. | Static: Should be considered as part of the static syllabus; not to be confused with current affairs. |
| Prelims Question Nature | Mostly factual: "either you know or don’t know". | Tricky and analytical: require application of knowledge and elimination techniques. |
| Mains Question Nature | Can be factual (e.g., on latest Finance Commission recommendations, bills, policies). | Tricky, analytical, and highly relevant for GS papers and essay-type answers. |
Approach: Subjects → Topics → Subtopics
- Subjects: 1. Indian Polity, 2. International Relations, 3. Science and Technology, 4. Internal Security, 5. Economy and Agriculture, 6. Environment, Geography and Maps, 7. Social Issues, 8. Art and Culture, 9. Governance, Ministries, Schemes, Policies, Acts and Bills.
- Subjects Segregated Into Topics: Eg. Social issues PT is segregated into 9 subtopics: 1. Women. 2. Children. 3. Other Vulnerable Sections. 4. Education. 5. Health. 6. Drug Abuse Issues. 7. Food and Nutrition. 8. Index and Reports. 9. Miscellaneous.
- Topics Segregated Into Subtopics: E.g. The Women Topic has following subtopics: 1.1 International Initiatives. 1.2 Marriage, Divorce, and Inheritance. 1.3 Violence and Harassment. 1.4 National Initiatives. 1.5 Motherhood. 1.6 Women Education. 1.7 Women Health. 1.8 Schemes Schemes related to women are covered in Governance PT under Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Course Validity
- Content Uploading Time: 15-30 December 2025 for Contemporary topics. From January 2026, for 1 year current affairs.
- PT 360 Batch for Prelims 2026: If you have enrolled on or after 5 April 2025, the validity shall be till UPSC Prelims 2026, and it will include PT360 course for UPSC 2026 Also.
Faculties
Multiple Faculties
Course Pages
300+ Pages
Course Duration
50 hours
Validity
Prelims 2026
Course Content / Syllabus
UPSC Prelims Current Affairs
General Details
Lectures: There are pre recorded lectures by the highly qualified and experienced faculties.
Study material: Course study material will be available for registered students in downloadable and printable PDF format on the student dashboard.
Personalized student dashboard: Registered Students get a Personalized student dashboard with a login password. You can watch the lectures anywhere, anytime and any number of times.
Two-way feedback: We take students’ feedback seriously. We can remove or replace faculties if the feedback is not good.
It is a Paid Batch for UPSC CSE aspirants. However, a number of videos are uploaded at YouTube for Demo and Awareness purpose.
Course Completion Date: 2 weeks before exam (as this is a current affairs course)
Validity: Prelims 2026
How is this course different from similar courses by other coachings?
STUDY MATERIAL
Other coachings provide integrated content for Prelims and Mains (including static content which is not current affairs at all).
Most of the students do not know what is relevant for Prelims and what is relevant only for Mains. The integrated content makes it difficult for the student to extract relevant information for Prelims. Such content also increases the time of revision and number of pages.
Still, a number of topics are left out. Students are forced to follow two or three coachings, along with a newspaper like The Hindu, Indian Express, Dainik Jagran etc.
Ultimately, students tend to confuse and get stressed. A number of students even do not appear in the exam due to the phobia of Current Affairs, PT type compilations, The Hindu, Indian Express.
At Synopsis IAS, in PT 360, we extract only the prelims specific topics for current affairs.
However, this course is still relevant for Mains: You just need to update the analytical part and your Mains content is done. Also, pointers from this course can be used as fodder for Mains. Like examples, case studies, court judgements etc.
The Static Portion is not added unnecessarily in this course. We have listed the static topics in news with their news context.
No other Study Material / Book needed: For making content, we start with NCERTs, and refer newspapers, standard text books, reference books, research papers and journals. We update the content with current affairs regularly. After making content for any topic, we also refer to the other major institutes notes to ensure that we don't miss any important point or topic.
Still, the content is available in approx 1/3rd pages as compared to the other institutes.
Krishna sir is the content head at Synopsis IAS. The course content is thoroughly reviewed by him. He has gained 7+ years of experience in Research and Development while in services at DAE, GOI.
LECTURES
We do not waste unnecessary time in selling coupons for courses, marketing, and promotions. The faculties just teach, teach and teach, and do not beat around the bush. The lecture duration is short – If other institute has covered the same topic in 1 hour, we cover that just in approx. 15-20 minutes.
MEDIUM OF COURSE
We teach in easy Hinglish language. The content slides for the course are in Hinglish (One line English, One line Hindi).
The course is available in English and Hindi Mediums. The Study Material is in Three Languages: First file is in English, Second file is in Hindi, Third file is Bilingual (one line English, one line Hindi). The Lectures are delivered in Hinglish.
GUIDANCE
When it comes to guidance, noone can even come closer to Synopsis IAS. The Synopsis IAS institute is based on the vision of a person, who left services just to teach and provide genuine Guidance.
There are Strategy Videos by Krishna Sir: He has discussed the strategy to prepare for UPSC in cover in a realistic way in his most popular Guidance Series.
COST
The course is available for a very less price compared to any other online or offline coaching.
Content Developers and Faculties
Multiple Faculties
Rating
Students Rating: 4.4 (1089)