Daily Current Affairs — 9 March 2026
32 articles • UPSC Prelims & Mains
AI & Future of Work: Anthropic’s Labour Market Study
Context A recent labour market study by Anthropic highlights the growing gap between the theoretical capabilities of AI and its actual workplace usage, and reveals early signals of structural shifts in employment. Key Highlights of Anthropic’s Labour Market Study Introduction of a New Metric: A new measure called ‘Observed Exposure’ to assess the impact of AI on jobs. It combines task-level occupational data, academic estimates of AI capability, and real-world usage data from the Claude AI syste
From Women’s Development to Women-led Development
Context India stands at a defining moment of her development journey with the narrative shifting decisively from women’s development to women-led development. Status of Women in India Early Education: India has achieved gender parity index with gross enrolment reaching 1.0 at the foundational, preparatory, middle, and 1.1 at the secondary level. Higher Education: Female enrolment rose from 1.57 crore to 2.18 crore and Female GER improved from 22.9 to 30.2.
Women in Indian Armed Forces
Context On International Women’s Day (8 March), the expanding leadership and operational roles of women in the Indian Armed Forces highlight their growing contribution to national defence and gender equality. Historical Trajectory of Women in Indias Defence Services The role of women in India’s defence services has evolved steadily from limited support functions to increasingly diverse operational and leadership positions.
India’s ‘leaky pipeline’ Problem
In News Recently, it has been observed that Globally, women are underrepresented in STEM, a problem often called the “leaky pipeline.” About Women remain significantly underrepresented in STEM globally and in India, despite progress in education access. Women constitute only 35% of STEM graduates across the world and earn only 40% of STEM PhDs. Further, based on data from 146 nations, women scientists comprise only 30% of the STEM workforce, which includes academic jobs and faculty positions.
Why India’s ‘leaky pipeline’ in research is unlike rest of the world
Source: The Hindu(Page7) | Syllabus: GS3(Science and Tech)
One Nation, One Election — remedy worse than disease
Source: The Hindu(Page8) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
Cooling effect: on the wane
Source: The Hindu(Page7) | Syllabus: GS3(Environment)
The need to recognise ‘volunteer’ care work
Source: The Hindu(Page9) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
The new Canada-India economic alignment emerges
Source: The Hindu(Page8) | Syllabus: GS2(IR)
Why did U.S. SC reject Trump’s tariffs?
Source: The Hindu(Page10) | Syllabus: GS2(IR)
Why are Finance Commission grants to cities still so limited?
Source: The Hindu(Page10) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
Why are AI-generated animal videos on the rise and what harm can they cause?
Source: The Hindu(Page11) | Syllabus: GS3(Science and Tech/Environment)
‘Dominant caste men used sexual violence as tool’: After unease, Supreme Court reviews handbook
Source: Indian express(Page1) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
India’s renewable transition caught between stranded power and institutional inertia
Source: The Hindu(Page13) | Syllabus: GS3(Environment)
Revisiting ‘The Wealth of Nations’ and its abiding suspicion of concentrated power
Source: Indian express(Page8) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)/GS3(Economy)
War has reached India’s shores, strategic silence isn’t an option
Source: Indian express(Page8) | Syllabus: GS2(IR)
Regulations to implement new rural job Act yet to be finalised
Source: The Hindu(Page1) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
The jobs that AI could most certainly replace, as per an Anthropic study
Source: Indian express(Page10) | Syllabus: GS3(Science and Tech)
From women’s development to women-led development: The journey to Viksit Bharat
Source: Indian express(Page9) | Syllabus: GS1(Women Empowerment)
Motion to remove Speaker sets stage for a stormy session
Source: The Hindu(Page5) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
Railways launches app for women staff to report harassment
Source: The Hindu(Page6) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
Orunodoi scheme
Source: The Hindu(Page6) | Syllabus: GS1(Women Empowerment )
How duty cuts in cancer drugs will ease burden for patients
Source: The Hindu(Page9) | Syllabus: GS2(Health)
PM Modi launches, inaugurates development projects worth Rs 33,500 crore in Delhi
Source: Indian express(Page4) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)/GS3(Economy)
Andhra Pradesh’s draft population policy: How a shift from ‘population control’ tries to address decline in fertility rates
Source: Indian express(Page12) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)/GS3(Economy)
Why fertilisers could be the war’s soft underbelly victim for India
Source: Indian express(Page12) | Syllabus: GS3(Economy)
Women in Indian Armed Forces – Expanding Roles and Opportunities
Source: PIB | Syllabus: GS1(Women Empowerment)/GS3(Economy)
How votes for Rajya Sabha elections are calculated
Source: Indian express(Page12) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
HPV vaccine programme is welcome. But we must only treat it as one piece in the larger puzzle
Source: Indian express(Page9) | Syllabus: GS2(Health)
West Asia crisis triggers panic sale of seafood products by aqua farmers in Andhra Pradesh
Source: The Hindu(Page3) | Syllabus: GS2(IR )/GS3(Economy)
Cheetahs moving from Kuno to Rajasthan showing ‘natural territorial behaviour’: NTCA
Source: The Hindu(Page4) | Syllabus: GS3(Environment)
India taps alternative crude supplies as conflict in West Asia drags on
Source: The Hindu(Page4) | Syllabus: GS2(IR)