Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.
The Bar Council of India hosted the draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on its website on 18 July 2026 for stakeholder comments. The Law Ministry said the draft was prepared with BCI. Comments are due by 31 July 2026, 3:00 PM, to designated email IDs.
20 Jul 2026
On 20 July 2026 DPIIT released the Index of Core Industries on base year 2022-23, replacing the 2011-12 series. Iron ore is added as a ninth core industry. Provisional June 2026 ICI rose 5.0% year-on-year. The linking factor between old and new overall indices is 1.47.
20 Jul 2026
NPCI reported 55.49 crore users on UPI as of June 2026. In FY 2025-26, UPI handled 24,161.69 crore transactions worth Rs 314.23 lakh crore. UPI runs under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. Security steps include risk-based limits and NPCI's CUISF 2025.
20 Jul 2026
Housing and Urban Affairs told Parliament that urban planning sits with States and urban local bodies under the Twelfth Schedule. NDMA's 2019 heat-wave guidelines ask cities to assess urban heat islands. Heat Action Plans exist in 23 States, 195 districts and 64 cities.
20 Jul 2026
Following the Prime Minister's 28 June 2026 Mann Ki Baat call, a nationwide Catch the Rain campaign ran from 4 July to 4 August 2026. Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari 2.0, launched 1 June 2026, integrates with Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain. Against a target of 1 crore recharge structures by 31 May 2026, more than 1.5 crore were reported.
19 Jul 2026
The Central Consumer Protection Authority began suo motu action against 41 restaurants for adding service charge by default without explicit consent, based on National Consumer Helpline complaints. The practice breaches CCPA's 4 July 2022 guidelines and is an unfair trade practice under Section 2(47) of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. Delhi High Court upheld the guidelines on 28 March 2025.
19 Jul 2026
The Indian Air Force is taking part in Exercise Pitch Black 2026 at Darwin, Australia. Pitch Black is a biennial multilateral air combat exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force. Participation builds interoperability with partner air forces in the Indo-Pacific.
19 Jul 2026
The Aadhaar App crossed 4 crore (40 million) downloads, MeitY said on 18 July 2026. Residents completed 11.65 lakh address updates and almost 49 lakh mobile-number updates on the app. Biometric lock controls were used more than 1.91 crore times. Email updates on the app are free till 31 December 2026.
18 Jul 2026
MNRE said on 18 July 2026 there will be no change in ALMM List-II policy for solar PV cells and no blanket extension. Net-metering and open-access RE projects get a limited exemption from ALMM List-II until 31 December 2026, extended from 31 May 2026.
18 Jul 2026
PIB profiles Vikram-1 by Skyroot as India's first privately developed orbital rocket (350 kg to LEO). Mission Aagaman's window is 12 July to 4 August 2026. Space Policy 2023 opened the value chain to private players; startups rose from one in 2014 to over 400 in 2026.
18 Jul 2026