Weekly series · Map videos + notes

Places in News for UPSCWeekly Map Videos and Notes

Places in News is a weekly video series on the places from the week’s news, explained on a 3D map. Each place comes with the background and the UPSC angle: Prelims PYQs and a Mains link.

Every video carries Hindi and English audio tracks, plus free PDF notes in English and Hindi.

Latest Episode

October 2026 Week 1 covers UAE–Israel, Ladakh, Yemen, Poompuhar, Tigray, and the rewilding at Buxa Tiger Reserve and Desert National Park.

How We Pick the Places

Each episode takes the places from that week’s news; October 2026 Week 1 took 6 places from 1–7 October. Every place gets a map, the background and the UPSC angle: a Prelims PYQ and a linked Mains question.

All Episodes

Every weekly episode, newest first, is listed below with its places and video.

October 2026

Places Covered A–Z

Every place covered in the Places in News series is listed below in alphabetical order, with its episode.

AAksai ChinOct Week 1
BBab-el-Mandeb StraitOct Week 1Buxa Tiger ReserveOct Week 1
DDesert National ParkOct Week 1DjiboutiOct Week 1
GGreat Indian BustardOct Week 1
IIMEC corridorOct Week 1IsraelOct Week 1
KKaveri river mouthOct Week 1
LLadakhOct Week 1
PPoompuharOct Week 1
TTigray (Ethiopia)Oct Week 1
UUnited Arab Emirates (UAE)Oct Week 1
YYemenOct Week 1