Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
India marked Global Tiger Day on 29 July 2026 at an NTCA event in New Delhi. Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said India now has 3682 tigers and 58 tiger reserves. NTCA launched an eco-tourism webpage linking all tiger reserves and released five publications, including a security audit of 24 tiger reserves.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NTCA; Tiger Range Countries.
29 Jul 2026
MoSPI has revised the base year of the Consumer Price Index from 2012=100 to 2024=100, it told Lok Sabha on 29 July 2026. The new series came out on 12 February 2026. Its basket has 358 items, up from 299, with weights from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24. Prices come from 1465 rural and 1395 urban markets.
UPSC angle: Prelims: CPI base years.
29 Jul 2026
Under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, 12 pilot projects have been awarded to run 70 hydrogen-powered vehicles, 27 buses and 43 trucks, on 21 routes, with 16 hydrogen refuelling stations, the MNRE told Lok Sabha on 29 July 2026. About ₹410.77 crore is allocated, of which ₹41.582 crore has been released.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NGHM targets.
29 Jul 2026
The Centre imposed stock holding limits on sugar dealers across India from 1 August 2026 to 30 November 2026, the Food Ministry said on 28 July. It said the recent rise in ex-mill sugar prices is not backed by demand and supply. Hoarding and paper trade created a false sense of scarcity. Dealers must declare stocks weekly on a portal.
UPSC angle: Prelims: ECA.
28 Jul 2026
Gross non-performing assets of public sector banks fell to a historic low of 1.9 per cent on 31 March 2026, from 7.3 per cent in 2022, the Finance Ministry told Rajya Sabha on 28 July 2026. PSBs earned their highest-ever net profit, ₹1.98 lakh crore. Total business crossed ₹283 lakh crore. MSME loans grew 19.6 per cent.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NPA definition (90 days).
28 Jul 2026
India has become the world's second-largest supplier of seafarers, with 311,936 professionals or 12.16 per cent of the global workforce, the Shipping Ministry said on 28 July 2026, citing the BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report 2026. Only the Philippines supplies more. In 2015 India was fifth, with 5.2 per cent. The next goal is Mission 20%.
UPSC angle: Prelims: maritime workforce.
28 Jul 2026
India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 7.3 per cent in June 2026 over June 2025, MoSPI said on 28 July 2026. Manufacturing rose 7.8 per cent and electricity and gas supply 10.6 per cent, while mining grew just 1.0 per cent. Growth was 5.1 per cent in May. Capital goods led use-based groups, up 14.2 per cent.
UPSC angle: Prelims: IIP.
28 Jul 2026
Indian Railways ran the first direct commercial container freight train from Kolkata Port to the Biratnagar Customs Yard in Nepal, the Railways Ministry said on 28 July 2026. The 40-wagon train carried canola. It ran under the revised India-Nepal Rail Transit Protocol, with no transshipment at the border, cutting time, cost and handling.
UPSC angle: Prelims: India–Nepal connectivity.
28 Jul 2026
The Agriculture Ministry told Lok Sabha on 28 July 2026 that the draft Pesticides Management Bill has been prepared in line with current needs and the Jan Vishwas Act. It was sent to Ministries and States on 30 December 2025 and put out for public comment on 7 January 2026. It is meant to replace the Insecticides Act, 1968.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Insecticides Act 1968.
28 Jul 2026
India has cut the emissions intensity of its GDP by 37.38 per cent from 2005 to 2022, against a goal of 45 per cent by 2030, the Environment Ministry told Lok Sabha on 27 July 2026. Non-fossil sources reached 54.18 per cent of installed power capacity by 30 June 2026. New 2035 targets raise the bar further.
UPSC angle: Mains: India's climate commitments.
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