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Comprehensive UPSC Current Affairs Summary  | CPI Base Year 2024 Revision & Inflation Trends, Gold ETFs vs Equity Funds, Substantive Motion, India Assumes Command of CTF-154, NITI Aayog Tech Services Roadmap 2035, National Biobank for Lysosomal Storage Disorders, India’s Power Sector Net Zero Pathway, Mud Volcano in Andamans, Bacillus subtilis as Kerala’s State Microbe, Species Turnover Slowdown and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers  (CAP)  |  Nov - Dec 202

Test your UPSC CSE 2026 preparation with today’s Environment & Geography (Every Thursday) Quiz — covering Strait of Hormuz, rat-hole mining, Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve, monazite and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers  (CAP)  |  Nov - Dec 2025, read it here. Previous UPSC Environment & Geography  Quiz 05 Feb 2026 Click Here 29 Jan 2026 Click Here 22 Jan 2026 Click Here 15 Jan 2026 Click Here 08 Jan 2026 Click Here 01 Jan 2026 Click Here 25 Dec 2025 C

Comprehensive UPSC Current Affairs Summary  | India–GCC FTA ToR, India–US Interim Trade Agreement, Chabahar Port Strategic Relevance, Union Budget 2026–27 EoDB Push, BOT Model in Highways, Prakash Singh Police Reforms, UTs with Legislatures Debate, Governor’s Address Issue, Reproductive Autonomy & MTP Law, Technology-Driven Border Management, Agni-III Missile Test, Kavach Railway Safety System, Sodium-ion vs Lithium-ion Batteries, Illegal Rat-hole Mining in Meghalaya, New ‘Bi

Comprehensive UPSC Current Affairs Summary | India–World Bank New Country Partnership Framework 2026–31, Rafah Crossing, Donetsk Peace Talks, World Nuclear Outlook Report, Menstrual Health as Fundamental Right, SJ-100 Aircraft, New Ramsar Sites, Coking Coal as Critical Mineral, New SWM Rules 2026, Himalayan GLOF Risks, Sinking River Deltas, Living Root Bridges UNESCO Bid, PAIMANA Portal, Grain ATMs, Kalbelia Community and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Point ers

Comprehensive UPSC Current Affairs Summary | UN Convention against Corruption (COSP-11 Doha Declaration 2025), Common ATS Framework, INS Vaghsheer & K-4 Missile, Shipbuilding Financial Assistance Scheme, Political Funding Concerns, PRAGATI Platform, Human Capital for Viksit Bharat, GST Appellate Tribunal, Maglev Technology, Narasapuram Lace and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers  (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Table of Content INTERNATIONAL COSP-11

Comprehensive UPSC Current Affairs Summary | Assam ST Status GoM Proposal, New SC Listing Guidelines, Bhagavad Gita Ethical Insights, ITPGRFA GB-11 Outcomes, AI Stages, Burtele Foot Discovery, Hansa-3 NG Launch, SIM Binding Rule, India at UNESCO Executive Board, ITU WTDC-25 and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers  (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Table of Content POLITY & GOVERNANCE Assam GoM Recommends ST Status for Six Communities New Supreme Court

2025 MGNREGA Reforms Explained: New Amendments Mandate Higher Water-Related Spending in Groundwater-Stressed Rural Blocks. The Central Government has amended Schedule-I of the MGNREGA Act  to prioritise water conservation and groundwater-related works  in rural areas. The amendment mandates higher spending on water-related assets in blocks suffering from groundwater stress. What Are the Core Objectives of MGNREGA? MGNREGA was designed as a rights-based employment guarantee sc

Comprehensive UPSC Current Affairs Summary | CGWB Groundwater Quality Report 2025, Multi-Factor Indus Valley Decline Study, Cyclone Ditwah & Operation Sagar Bandhu, ELVEs, Asia Power Index 2025 , India–US MH-60R , Italy Criminalises Femicide, India’s First IIT in West Africa and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers  (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Table of Content INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS India Re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime O

Test your UPSC CSE 2026 preparation with today’s Economy Quiz — covering Export Promotion Mission, Central Pay Commission, CIC – GDP ratio, Debt-to-GDP ratio, migration survey, and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers  (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Click for Daily Current Affairs Summary   Click  for Daily UPSC Mains Question

Comprehensive UPSC Current Affairs Summary | Four new labour codes, Ultra-processed foods, Framework on Traceability in Fisheries and Aquaculture, SFIO, UPI-TIPS, Naegleri fowleri, Meerut Bugle and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers  (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Table of Content ECONOMY Four new labour codes UPF driving surge in obesity and diabetes globally National Framework on Traceability in Fisheries and Aquaculture 2025 Serious Fraud Inves

CSIR-IGIB’s CRISPR Gene Therapy Breakthrough for Sickle Cell Disease in India. India has launched its first indigenous CRISPR-based gene therapy  for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) . The therapy is named BIRSA 101 . The therapy is dedicated to Bhagwan Birsa Munda , a renowned tribal freedom fighter. BIRSA 101  has been developed by the CSIR–Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) . About Gene Therapy Gene therapy  is a medical technique that uses genes to treat, preve

Test your UPSC CSE 2026 preparation with today’s History & Culture Quiz — covering Birsa Munda , " dravya, guna, and karma", World Heritage Sites, Ellora Caves complex, and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers  (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Click for Daily Current Affairs Summary   Click  for Daily UPSC Mains Question

Test your UPSC CSE 2026 preparation with today’s International Relations  Quiz — covering Blue Line, Senkaku Islands, Munduruku Indigenous group, SOFF, Tropical Storm Priscilla and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers  (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Click for Daily Current Affairs Summary   Click  for Daily UPSC Mains Question

Comprehensive UPSC Current Affairs Summary | Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, World Urbanisation Prospects 2025, Water Budgeting, Global Methane Status Report, TnpB, CE20 Cryogenic Engine and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers  (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Table of Content Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2024 World Urbanisation Prospects 2025 Report on Water Budgeting Global Methane Status Report 2025 India 1st Indigenous CRISPR-Based Gene Therapy for Sickl

Test your UPSC CSE 2026 preparation with today’s Environment & Geography  Quiz — covering Turbidity island effect, TFFF, direction of the wind & Cyclone, CETPs, NRLA, Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project, Camels in India  and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Click for Daily Current Affairs Summary   Click  for Daily UPSC Mains Question

Comprehensive UPSC Current Affairs Summary | MoSPI Releases NIC, NAP-AMR) 2.0., PMFBY, Vanashakti Judgment, 6th National Water Awards, Base Effect, CCPI, Gaza Peace Plan and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Table of Content MoSPI Releases the National Industrial Classification (NIC) – 2025 National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2.0 launched Government introduces new modalities under PMFBY Supreme Court

Test your UPSC CSE 2026 preparation with today’s Science & Technology  Quiz — covering NASA’s ESCAPADE, Vyommitra, 2025 Nobel Prize, ram air turbine, Ricin, White blood cells  and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Click for Daily Current Affairs Summary Click  for Daily UPSC Mains Question

Comprehe nsive UPSC Current Affairs Summary | Colonial Mindset in India, 16th Finance Commission, NMCG, IAFS, leopard birth-control programme, Precision biotherapeutics, UN CyberCrime Treaty, ESSC, Sentinel-6B, Ajeya Warrior and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Colonial Mindset in India The Prime Minister urged a 10-Year national pledge  to shed the Colonial Mindset , which refers to attitudes shaped by British cul

Test your UPSC CSE 2026 preparation with today’s Polity Quiz — covering Parliament sessions and joint sitting, State Election Commission, Committee on Public Accounts, Article 19 and citizens rights, citizenship of India, and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Click for Daily Current Affairs Summary Click  for Daily UPSC Mains Question

Compreh ensive UPSC Current Affairs Summary | FAO 2025 Report, launch of FWB , COP30, IFCCT, White Collar Terrorism, ESCAPADE Mission, Anegada Passage, Senkaku Islands and more. If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers (CAP)  |  Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security – FAO 2025 Report The FAO 2025 report  highlights that disasters significantly disrupt global food production . The report states that disasters have caused ~USD