Test your UPSC CSE 2026 preparation with today’s International Relations Quiz — covering Global Environment Outlook (GEO), RESourceEU initiative, women farmers in agrifood systems, Chernobyl nuclear disaster site 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 Environment & Geography Quiz — covering coral reefs, tropical cyclones, volcanic ash, beaked whales, ENSO phases, sand mining, Forest Conservation Act, manatees 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

Named After the Sister River of Mandakini, the Milky Way’s Hindi Namesake — Alaknanda Galaxy Emerges as the Distant Cosmic Sister of Our Own Galaxy Image of the newly discovered spiral galaxy Alaknanda (inset) as observed in the shorter wavelength JWST bands. Several bright galaxies from the foreground Abell 2744 cluster are also seen. [Source: NASA/ESA/CSA, I. Labbe/R. Bezanson/Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Rashi Jain/Yogesh Wadadekar (NCRA-TIFR)] Indian researchers have made a groundbreaking...