Current affairs: 21 October 2026
Every item from 21 October 2026, mapped to the syllabus with an exam angle and practice MCQs.
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
11 items- US PERM freeze on Indian IT firms: what the skilled-migrant crackdown means for IndiaGS2 · International Relations · Indian Diaspora
- UDAN turns 10: 687 routes, 1.72 crore flyers and a Rs 28,840 crore next phaseGS3 · Infrastructure · Aviation
- SCO Heads of Government meet in Dushanbe: Rajnath calls for dismantling the terror ecosystemGS2 · GS3 · International Relations · Internal Security
- Rubio at Jamnagar: US pitches oil and Venezuelan crude to India’s ‘refining superpower’GS2 · GS3 · International Relations · Energy Security
- Police Commemoration Day 2026: Shah pays tribute, sets drug-free India target of 2029GS3 · Internal Security · Police
- Open-weight AI models: why Big Tech gives them away and what it means for IndiaGS3 · Science and Technology · AI
- Ladakh draft framework: L-G to have final say on laws of proposed UT-level elected bodyGS2 · Polity · Union Territories
- Japan’s MMX mission lifts off for Mars to bring back a sample of Phobos by 2031GS3 · Science and Technology · Space
- India–New Zealand FTA: customs sign pact on electronic origin data exchangeGS2 · GS3 · International Relations · Trade
- Core sector grows 7.9% in September 2026; iron ore, electricity and coal leadGS3 · Economy · Industry
- Conversion does not carry over a quota: Supreme Court on Tamil Nadu’s BC Muslim certificatesGS2 · Polity · Social Justice