Current affairs: 19 October 2026
Every item from 19 October 2026, mapped to the syllabus with an exam angle and practice MCQs.
Monday, 19 October 2026
8 items- Swavlamban 2026: Navy’s fifth innovation and indigenisation seminar on 26–27 OctoberGS3 · Defence · Indigenisation
- Supreme Court: no prior approval under Section 17A needed to probe a bribe demandGS2 · Polity · Probity
- Pumped storage hydropower: India’s roadmap for 100 GW of ‘water batteries’ by 2035-36GS3 · Energy · Infrastructure
- NMC withdraws MSMER-2023: medical colleges lose the fixed penalty rulebook, annual disclosure staysGS2 · Health · Education
- India to host 61st CIML meeting on legal metrology in New Delhi, 26–28 OctoberGS2/GS3 · Consumer protection · Trade
- India rejects OIC’s Baghdad resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir as ‘malicious, biased and false’GS2 · International relations
- China to impose export controls on tunnel boring machines from 18 November: what it means for IndiaGS2/GS3 · IR · Infrastructure
- CCPA acts against online sale of explosives: 3,940 sellers delisted from seven platformsGS2/GS3 · Consumer protection · Internal security