Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
The Kosi-Mechi Intra-State Link Project in Bihar has been included under PMKSY-AIBP for balance works of ₹6,143.22 crore, with central assistance of ₹3,652.56 crore, the Jal Shakti Ministry told Rajya Sabha on 27 July 2026. It is due by March 2029. Remodelling of the Eastern Kosi Main Canal has reached 8.5 per cent physical progress.
UPSC angle: Prelims: intra-State links.
27 Jul 2026
Tap water now reaches about 15.89 crore of India's 19.36 crore rural households, or 82.09 per cent, up from 16.71 per cent when the Jal Jeevan Mission began in August 2019, the Jal Shakti Ministry told Rajya Sabha on 27 July 2026. In March 2026 the Cabinet extended JJM to December 2028, raising its outlay to ₹8.69 lakh crore.
UPSC angle: Prelims: JJM norms.
27 Jul 2026
Astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and collaborators have caught a Blue Straggler Star in the act of forming, the Science Ministry said on 27 July 2026. In the binary system TIC 327546480, in the old open cluster Collinder 261 about 9500 light-years away, the star is pulling mass from its companion. It supports the mass-transfer theory.
UPSC angle: Prelims: star types.
27 Jul 2026
Thermal power plants imported 45.4 million tonnes of coal in FY 2025-26, down about 27.4 per cent from 62.5 MT in FY 2024-25, the Coal Ministry told Rajya Sabha on 27 July 2026. Plants designed for imported coal also cut imports, to 2.88 MT in April 2026 from 3.97 MT. More domestic supply under new linkage rules drove the fall.
UPSC angle: Prelims: coal statistics.
27 Jul 2026
Since 2018, India's National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme has offered free screening, diagnostics and drugs for hepatitis B and C, a PIB backgrounder said on 27 July 2026, a day before World Hepatitis Day. The 2021 HIV Sentinel Surveillance found about 0.85 per cent positive for hepatitis B and 0.29 per cent for hepatitis C.
UPSC angle: Prelims: hepatitis types and routes.
27 Jul 2026
On 26 July 2026 the Prime Minister spoke to youth who had stayed a week in border villages of Himachal, Uttarakhand and Ladakh under the Viksit Vibrant Village Programme 2026. Nearly 300,000 youth took part in the selection contest and more than 400 were chosen. The visits link MY Bharat volunteers with the Vibrant Villages Programme.
UPSC angle: Prelims: VVP coverage.
26 Jul 2026
INS Sudarshini, the Indian Navy's sail training ship, left Boston, USA on 25 July 2026 after representing India at SAIL 250 and the International Naval Review 250. The visit was part of her Lokayan 26 transoceanic expedition. She joined SAIL 250 events at Norfolk, Baltimore, New York and Boston, then headed for Ponta Delgada in the Azores (Portugal).
UPSC angle: Prelims: events in news.
26 Jul 2026
At a 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas event in New Delhi on 26 July 2026, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh paid tribute to the soldiers of the 1999 Kargil conflict. Recalling the unanimous Parliamentary Resolution of 1994, he said retrieval of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) is the only pending issue between India and Pakistan.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Kargil war facts.
26 Jul 2026
On 23 July 2026 the USTR finalised Section 301 measures on forced-labour import rules after investigating 60 economies. India faces an additional 10% ad valorem duty, cut from the 12.5% proposed on 2 June 2026. About 45% of India's US exports stay outside this duty; the rest face 10%.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Section 301.
25 Jul 2026
By 30 June 2026 the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme had supported 4.32 lakh rural non-farm enterprises, a PIB backgrounder said on 25 July 2026. SVEP is a DAY-NRLM sub-scheme launched in 2016. About 86% of its entrepreneurs are from SC, ST, Minority and OBC communities.
UPSC angle: Prelims: SVEP parent scheme.
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