Current affairs grouped by GS paper (filter view; topic-level grouping uses syllabus_topic).
DPIIT's One District One Product initiative has identified 1,244 products across 773 districts, a Commerce Ministry reply said on 24 July 2026. States choose the products. Market access tools include GeM's ODOP storefront, PM Ekta Malls under SASCI, and the PMFME scheme for food-processing ODOP lines.
24 Jul 2026
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting released the Television Rating Policy, 2026, replacing the 16 January 2014 guidelines. Net-worth criteria fall from Rs 20 crore to Rs 5 crore, metered homes rise from 50,000 to 80,000, and agencies face annual independent audits, cross-holding curbs and graded penalties.
24 Jul 2026
Indian Railways' Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal policy has commissioned 142 GCTs with about 224 MTPA freight handling capacity and roughly Rs 10,000 crore of private investment. Freight handled at these terminals in 2025-26 was 146 MT. In-principle approvals cover 310 more locations.
23 Jul 2026
The Department of Space told Parliament on 23 July 2026 that Aditya-L1 studies solar wind, the corona, near-UV signatures and interplanetary magnetic fields from a halo orbit around Sun-Earth L1. Achievements include the first spectroscopic signatures of a CME's onset phase and detailed analysis of photospheric iron fluorescence across 47 X-class flares in 2024.
23 Jul 2026
DRDO's Gas Turbine Research Establishment designed India's first indigenous expendable turbojet engine in the 350 kg thrust class. Industry partner Azad Engineering, Hyderabad manufactured and assembled the engine and delivered it to GTRE on 22 July 2026, the Defence Ministry said.
23 Jul 2026
DRDO conducted the maiden flight-test of the Kusha long-range surface-to-air missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha on 23 July 2026. The missile intercepted an electronic target simulating a high-speed, high-altitude aerial threat. Missiles, radars and the command centre are indigenous DRDO-industry products.
23 Jul 2026
A study using AERONET data from 171 sites over more than 30 years classifies seven aerosol types worldwide. It finds South Asia is largely affected by dust mixed with pollution, which produces the highest aerosol radiative forcing and atmospheric heating rates among regional patterns discussed.
23 Jul 2026
On 23 July 2026 the Prime Minister announced that fast-track courts will be set up so that those involved in paper leaks face swift and stringent punishment. He said authorities had been directed to take all necessary steps. The move sits beside the Public Examinations law strengthened in the Monsoon Session.
23 Jul 2026
About 99.6% of Indian Railways' broad-gauge network is electrified, a Railways release said on 22 July 2026. Some 48,072 route km were electrified in 2014-26 against 21,801 km in about 60 years before 2014. Diesel for traction fell from 293 crore litres in 2015-16 to 108 crore litres in 2024-25.
22 Jul 2026
On 22 July 2026 the Coal Ministry released AAROH, India's first annual report on scientific mine closure, documenting 42 closed coal mines. It signed an implementation agreement with Germany's GIZ (EUR 10 million to 2030) and inaugurated Coal NEER plants that treat mine water for drinking.
22 Jul 2026