Current affairs grouped by GS paper (filter view; topic-level grouping uses syllabus_topic).
The Index of Eight Core Industries declined 0.4% in March 2026 over March 2025 (provisional). Fertilizers, crude oil, coal and electricity shrank; natural gas, steel and cement grew. Cumulative April–March 2025-26 growth was 2.6%. The eight core industries have 40.27% weight in IIP.
20 Apr 2026
MoSPI's Household Social Consumption: Health survey (NSS 80th round, Jan–Dec 2025) finds health insurance covering about 47.4% of rural and 44.3% of urban people, up from about 14% and 19% in 2017–18. Institutional deliveries reached about 96%. Median out-of-pocket medical spend per hospitalisation was about ₹11,285.
20 Apr 2026
Indian Railways clarified that persons with disabilities holding a valid Unique Disability ID (UDID) card can travel in unreserved Divyangjan coaches (SLRD/LSLRD) of Mail/Express trains if they hold valid travel authority. Those with railway concessional-fare facility are similarly treated as bona fide passengers. Unauthorised use will draw action under the Railway Act, 1989.
20 Apr 2026
Outcomes of the Vice President's visit to Sri Lanka (19–20 April 2026) include extending OCI eligibility to the sixth generation of the Indian diaspora and simplifying OCI for Indian Origin Tamils. India completed Housing Project Phase III (4,000 houses for plantation families). Sri Lanka agreed to join the International Big Cat Alliance.
19 Apr 2026
Railway projects worth over ₹90,000 crore are under execution in Odisha, the Railways Ministry said on 19 April 2026 while reviewing Bhubaneswar station redevelopment. A record ₹10,928 crore budget allocation was cited, with 59 stations under the Amrit Bharat Scheme. Network expansion aims to cover all 30 districts.
19 Apr 2026
A PIB backgrounder linked to Budget 2026-27 highlights high-value crop diversification across coastal, North-Eastern and hilly regions. India ranks second in coconut production (FAOSTAT 2024), with the sector supporting about 30 million livelihoods including nearly 10 million farmers. Cashew exports were USD 369.17 million and cocoa USD 295.58 million in 2024-25.
19 Apr 2026
The foundation stone for India's first advanced 3D semiconductor packaging unit was laid at Info Valley, Bhubaneswar, on 19 April 2026. Promoted by 3D Glass Solutions as a Heterogeneous Integration Packaging Solutions project, it involves nearly ₹2,000 crore investment and is meant for AI, high-performance computing, defence and telecom chips.
19 Apr 2026
Protecting monuments often clashes with building around them, and ASI sits in the middle.
18 Apr 2026
With a sovereign-backed pool, Indian ships depend less on foreign insurers.
18 Apr 2026
Extra lines add capacity for both freight and passengers on crowded routes.
18 Apr 2026