Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
India and Israel concluded the second round of negotiations for a proposed Free Trade Agreement at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, from 20 to 23 July 2026. The Terms of Reference signed in November 2025 still frame the talks. Merchandise trade between the two was USD 3.93 billion in FY 2025-26.
UPSC angle: Prelims: India's FTA pipeline.
24 Jul 2026
Under India's BRICS Chairship 2026, NDMA hosted the 3rd BRICS Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction in New Delhi on 24 July 2026. Members unanimously adopted a BRICS Joint Statement on DRR and pledged to speed up the BRICS DRR Work Plan for 2025 to 2028.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Sendai; CDRI.
24 Jul 2026
A study using AERONET data from 171 sites over more than 30 years classifies seven aerosol types worldwide. It finds South Asia is largely affected by dust mixed with pollution, which produces the highest aerosol radiative forcing and atmospheric heating rates among regional patterns discussed.
UPSC angle: Prelims: aerosols and radiative forcing.
23 Jul 2026
On 23 July 2026 the Prime Minister announced that fast-track courts will be set up so that those involved in paper leaks face swift and stringent punishment. He said authorities had been directed to take all necessary steps. The move sits beside the Public Examinations law strengthened in the Monsoon Session.
UPSC angle: Mains: Exam integrity reforms.
23 Jul 2026
DRDO conducted the maiden flight-test of the Kusha long-range surface-to-air missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha on 23 July 2026. The missile intercepted an electronic target simulating a high-speed, high-altitude aerial threat. Missiles, radars and the command centre are indigenous DRDO-industry products.
UPSC angle: Prelims: missiles in news.
23 Jul 2026
DRDO's Gas Turbine Research Establishment designed India's first indigenous expendable turbojet engine in the 350 kg thrust class. Industry partner Azad Engineering, Hyderabad manufactured and assembled the engine and delivered it to GTRE on 22 July 2026, the Defence Ministry said.
UPSC angle: Prelims: GTRE.
23 Jul 2026
The Department of Space told Parliament on 23 July 2026 that Aditya-L1 studies solar wind, the corona, near-UV signatures and interplanetary magnetic fields from a halo orbit around Sun-Earth L1. Achievements include the first spectroscopic signatures of a CME's onset phase and detailed analysis of photospheric iron fluorescence across 47 X-class flares in 2024.
UPSC angle: Prelims: L1 point; payloads.
23 Jul 2026
Indian Railways' Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal policy has commissioned 142 GCTs with about 224 MTPA freight handling capacity and roughly Rs 10,000 crore of private investment. Freight handled at these terminals in 2025-26 was 146 MT. In-principle approvals cover 310 more locations.
UPSC angle: Prelims: GCT.
23 Jul 2026
India's installed wind capacity stood at 57,443 MW on 30 June 2026, the MNRE told Parliament. Wind projects generated 106 billion units in FY 2025-26 after 6,057 MW was added that year. GWEC ranked India 4th globally in wind installations as of 31 December 2025.
UPSC angle: Prelims: wind leaders.
22 Jul 2026
INS Malvan, the second of eight indigenously designed Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, was commissioned at Karwar on 22 July 2026. Built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi, she is also the sixth of 16 ASW-SWCs planned for the Navy, with over 80% indigenous content.
UPSC angle: Prelims: ships in news.
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