Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.
Scientists from S.N. Bose Centre Kolkata, INST Mohali and SRM University Amaravati made a metal-free porous organic catalyst, TTT-DHTD, for the oxygen reduction reaction in zinc-air batteries. It reached about 96% of commercial platinum's performance and stayed stable for 120 hours. Replacing platinum could cut the cost of zinc-air batteries and fuel cells.
7 Oct 2026
MoSPI released the Strategy for Environmental-Economic Accounts in India 2026-2030 on 7 October 2026. It extends the 2022-26 strategy to cover forests, minerals, soil, land, water, carbon stock, biodiversity and more, using the UN's System of Environmental-Economic Accounting. The idea is to show how the economy uses and depletes nature.
7 Oct 2026
The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions has notified regulations for Autonomous Boards and a Central Assessment Committee, and for registering allied and healthcare professionals with unique IDs in State and Central Registers. It also notified a two-year competency-based Diploma in Medical Radiology and Imaging Technology with a six-month internship.
7 Oct 2026
The third Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue opened on 7 October 2026, organised by the Shipping Ministry with ORF. The PM's message called for a free, open, secure and rules-based maritime order. The minister presented Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047, and an India-EU Green Shipping Corridor coalition was launched.
7 Oct 2026
Between July and October 2026 MEA issued a series of statements on attacks on merchant ships carrying Indian crew in the Strait of Hormuz, off Oman, in the Red Sea and in the Black Sea. Several Indian seafarers were killed or injured. On 7 October India again asked for an immediate end to attacks on commercial shipping and seafarers.
7 Oct 2026
A study coordinated by ARIES, Nainital, with 106 scientists from 18 countries, tracked the blazar OJ 287 from 2015 to 2025. OJ 287, about 4 billion light years away, has two supermassive black holes in a 12-year orbit. The study estimated the central black hole at no less than 3.89 billion solar masses.
6 Oct 2026
The Union Cabinet approved an Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority on 6 October 2026, set up as a special purpose vehicle. It will prepare a National Transport Master Plan of ten years or more across all modes, technically appraise and monitor Central projects of ₹500 crore or more, and build a National Transport Data Repository.
6 Oct 2026
The Cabinet on 6 October 2026 approved a ₹10,000 crore government commitment to the SME Growth Fund, announced in Para 28 of the Union Budget 2026-27. The fund, set up as an Alternative Investment Fund, will give long-term equity to growth-stage small and medium enterprises, mostly in manufacturing, including those in Tier II and III city clusters.
6 Oct 2026
DRDO flight-tested an indigenous High-Altitude Platform on 6 October 2026. The lighter-than-air system climbed to 21 km above mean sea level and stayed at 20 km for over 30 minutes before a controlled descent and recovery. It is being developed by ADRDE, Agra, as a long-endurance stratospheric surveillance airship.
6 Oct 2026
The Rural Development Ministry has notified 375 permissible works under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, the law that replaced MGNREGA. That is 41% more than the 266 works earlier. Works fall under four pillars: water security (128), core rural infrastructure (111), livelihood infrastructure (98) and disaster preparedness (38), all planned through Gram Sabha-approved village plans.
6 Oct 2026