Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.
A PIB backgrounder of 29 September 2026 says the Education Ministry has, for the first time, defined literacy as reading, writing and computing with comprehension, plus life skills like digital and financial literacy. A State or UT at 95 per cent counts as fully literate. PLFS 2025 puts India's literacy rate at 81.1 per cent.
29 Sep 2026
On 28 September 2026 a French delegation led by Minister Philippe Baptiste met India's Minister of State for Science and Technology in New Delhi. They discussed the joint TRISHNA satellite, French support for Gaganyaan, and links with India's more than 400 space start-ups, under the India-France Year of Innovation 2026.
28 Sep 2026
At the 70th meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Hobart, Australia (28 September to 2 October 2026), India called for science-based conservation of whales and other cetaceans. The meeting marks 80 years of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in 1946. India has been an IWC member since 1981.
28 Sep 2026
Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) is a 100 per cent centrally sponsored scheme of the Social Justice Ministry, launched in 2021-22. It merges three older schemes and works through Adarsh Gram, grants-in-aid and hostels. By 8 September 2026, 18,093 villages had been declared Adarsh Grams.
28 Sep 2026
At the 28th session of the FAO Committee on Forestry in Rome (28 September to 2 October 2026), India said its forest and tree cover is 82.74 million hectares, or 25.17 per cent of its area. FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 ranks India 9th in forest area and 3rd in net annual forest gain.
28 Sep 2026
MoSPI's Quick Estimate shows the Index of Industrial Production grew 8.0 per cent in August 2026 over August 2025, up from 6.7 per cent in July. Manufacturing grew 9.0 per cent and electricity and gas 12.3 per cent, while mining fell 5.6 per cent. The index, on the new base 2022-23, stood at 123.3.
28 Sep 2026
The Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool (BMIP) is India's first domestic marine insurance pool, with capacity of ₹13,906.50 crore (USD 1.5 billion). Approved on 18 April 2026 and launched on 12 May 2026, it covers Hull and Machinery, Cargo, P&I and War risks, backed by a sovereign guarantee of ₹12,980 crore.
27 Sep 2026
Exercise Tarang Shakti 2026, the Indian Air Force's multilateral air exercise, runs from 26 September to 12 October 2026 at Air Force Station Jodhpur under the theme "Power in Partnership". Seven countries take part: Australia, the USA, the UAE, France, Germany, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The first edition was held in 2024.
27 Sep 2026
NMDC Ltd has commissioned a 2 million tonne per annum pellet plant at Nagarnar, Chhattisgarh, as part of a ₹5,427 crore project. It also includes an iron ore processing plant at Bacheli and a 135 km, 15 MTPA slurry pipeline carrying ore concentrate from the Bailadila mines to Nagarnar instead of by road.
27 Sep 2026
A PIB backgrounder of 27 September 2026 shows how Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 turns organic waste into energy. Prayagraj's bio-CNG plant takes 343 tonnes of waste a day, a Gwalior gaushala makes compressed biogas from dung, and a Hyderabad market runs its streetlights on vegetable waste.
27 Sep 2026