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10 October 2026

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  1. Supreme Court backs Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision to drop disqualification proceedings against AIADMK MLAsPolity · asked in UPSC 2022; factual, Prelims-type
  2. Tea Board adds auction centres to help producers realise better pricesEconomy · asked in UPSC 2022; factual, Prelims-type
  3. Critically Endangered Red-headed Vulture sighted in Uttarakhand's MunsiyariEnvironment · asked in UPSC 2012; factual, Prelims-type
  4. India strengthens domestic uranium and thorium-based nuclear capabilityScience & Tech · asked in UPSC 2016; factual, Prelims-type
  5. Gruha Lakshmi: government bars banks from adjusting the Rs 2,000 against old duesKarnataka · asked in KPSC 2023; factual, Prelims-type; Karnataka-specific
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PolityGAPrelims ★★★★★ Mains ★★★☆☆

Can a Speaker's anti-defection verdict be challenged in court? The Kihoto Hollohan answer Polity Prelims tests

Supreme Court backs Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision to drop disqualification proceedings against AIADMK MLAs

खबर में क्यों? The Court's ruling keeps the Speaker's role under the anti-defection law in focus.

प्रीलिम्स The Tenth Schedule was inserted by the 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1985.

मेन्स GS2 Polity: the anti-defection law aims to ensure stability of governments, but vesting disqualification powers in a Speaker who belongs to a party ra…

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EconomyGAPrelims ★★★★★ Mains ★★★☆☆

Which ministry runs the Tea Board? The Tea Act 1953 body behind auction reform, in GS3 plantation questions

Tea Board adds auction centres to help producers realise better prices

खबर में क्यों? More auction centres are part of a reform push to improve what tea growers earn.

प्रीलिम्स The Tea Board is a statutory body constituted under the Tea Act, 1953.

मेन्स GS3 (Agriculture marketing; Plantation sector). Tea growers, especially small growers, often face weak price realisation because of auction concentrat…

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EnvironmentGAPrelims ★★★★★ Mains ★★☆☆☆

Critically Endangered, not just Vulnerable: the Red-headed Vulture IUCN status Prelims species questions test

Critically Endangered Red-headed Vulture sighted in Uttarakhand's Munsiyari

खबर में क्यों? A rare sighting of a Critically Endangered vulture was reported in the Kumaon hills.

प्रीलिम्स The Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) is classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

मेन्स GS3 Environment: species conservation. Sharp vulture declines, driven largely by veterinary diclofenac poisoning, removed a key scavenger from ecosyst…

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Science & TechGAPrelims ★★★★★ Mains ★★☆☆☆

Why India bets on thorium, not uranium: the third-stage U-233 logic GS3 Energy answers need

India strengthens domestic uranium and thorium-based nuclear capability

खबर में क्यों? Domestic uranium and thorium work aims to cut import dependence in nuclear energy.

प्रीलिम्स Statement: The third stage of India's three-stage nuclear programme is designed to use thorium with uranium-233 as fuel.

मेन्स GS3 (Science and Technology; Energy security): India has limited uranium but large thorium reserves, so import dependence in nuclear fuel is a strateg…

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KarnatakaKPSCPrelims ★★★★★ Mains ★★☆☆☆ KPSC ★★★★★

Banks can't touch the Rs 2,000: the Gruha Lakshmi DBT safeguard every Karnataka welfare-scheme answer needs

Gruha Lakshmi: government bars banks from adjusting the Rs 2,000 against old dues

खबर में क्यों? An order protects Gruha Lakshmi payments from being set off against old dues.

प्रीलिम्स Gruha Lakshmi provides Rs 2,000 a month to the woman head of an eligible family in Karnataka.

मेन्स GS-II: welfare delivery and women's empowerment. Issue: DBT payments credited to indebted beneficiaries' accounts were being adjusted by banks against…

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KarnatakaKPSCPrelims ★★★★★ Mains ★★☆☆☆ KPSC ★★★★★

Karnataka nears 700 tigers from 563: Project Tiger census facts Prelims tests, and the conflict angle

Karnataka's tiger count nears 700, up from 563 in the 2022 census, forest department estimates

खबर में क्यों? A State estimate points to a sharp rise in Karnataka's tiger population.

प्रीलिम्स The National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

मेन्स GS3 Environment: Rising tiger numbers show the success of Project Tiger and habitat protection, but shrinking buffer space leads to livestock loss, cr…

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PolityGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Section 144 is gone from the statute book: the BNSS Section 163 swap every Polity answer must know

BNSS Section 163 prohibitory orders imposed in New Delhi ahead of a planned protest

खबर में क्यों? The new criminal procedure code's prohibitory-order provision was used in the capital.

प्रीलिम्स Statement: Section 163 of the BNSS, 2023 is the successor to Section 144 of the CrPC, 1973 for issuing orders in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger.

मेन्स GS2 Polity (Fundamental Rights) and GS3 Internal Security: prohibitory orders balance the Article 19(1)(b) right to assemble against public order, and…

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EconomyGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

India's greenfield share is over double China's: the UNCTAD World Investment Report facts GS3 tests

India's share of global greenfield investment more than double China's in 2020-25: UNCTAD

खबर में क्यों? UNCTAD data show India drawing a larger share of new project investment than China.

प्रीलिम्स The World Investment Report, which tracks global FDI and greenfield project trends, is published annually by UNCTAD.

मेन्स GS3 (Economy): India's rising share of global greenfield announcements points to investor confidence and supply-chain diversification, backed by polic…

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EconomyGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

India grows most of the world's spices, so why map them? The Bharat Spice Map for GS3 agriculture

Bharat Spice Map to drive value addition and global competitiveness of Indian spices

खबर में क्यों? A spice map is meant to link production regions to industry and export needs.

प्रीलिम्स The Spices Board operates under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and promotes development and export of spices.

मेन्स GS3 (Agriculture, Food Processing, Exports). Fragmented spice production and low value addition limit farmer incomes and export competitiveness; a spi…

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EnvironmentGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★☆☆☆

Which 1979 Bonn treaty protects birds on the Central Asian Flyway? The CMS answer GS3 Environment tests

Digital hub launched to protect migratory birds across the Central Asian Flyway

खबर में क्यों? A shared online hub supports cross-border bird conservation along the flyway.

प्रीलिम्स The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is also known as the Bonn Convention and was adopted in 1979.

मेन्स GS3 Environment: Biodiversity and international conventions. Migratory birds cross many national borders, so national protection alone is not enough; …

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EnvironmentGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★☆☆☆

J&K gets Ravi water after 44 years: which three eastern rivers did the 1960 Indus treaty give India?

After 44 years, Jammu and Kashmir gets its share of Ravi water

खबर में क्यों? Ravi water has reached J&K after decades, but canal condition limits its use.

प्रीलिम्स Under the Indus Waters Treaty, 1960, the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej are the eastern rivers allotted to India for its use.

मेन्स GS1 Geography and GS2 International Relations: the Indus Waters Treaty allotted the eastern rivers to India, yet J&K's share of Ravi water went unused…

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International RelationsGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Who creates a war-crimes tribunal? The ICTR body behind Pillay's Nobel that GS2 asks about

Navanethem Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

खबर में क्यों? The Peace Prize honours a jurist associated with international criminal justice.

प्रीलिम्स The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was established by a UN Security Council resolution under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, not by the General Assembly.

मेन्स GS2 (International Relations): international institutions and the rule of law. Issue: rising attacks on the international justice system -> ad hoc tri…

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International RelationsGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Three years of silence, now India-Bangladesh trade talks restart: the non-tariff barrier and duty-free access points GS2 tests

India-Bangladesh trade working group resumes talks after a three-year gap

खबर में क्यों? Trade talks between India and Bangladesh restart, with market access issues on the table.

प्रीलिम्स Non-tariff barriers are trade restrictions other than customs tariffs, such as quotas, technical standards and port or licensing restrictions.

मेन्स GS2 International Relations: India's neighbourhood policy. Persistent trade imbalance and non-tariff barriers, such as port curbs, limit market access…

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⚡ Quick facts 19

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  1. WorldMargaret Hamilton, who led development of NASA's Apollo flight software, died on 30 September 2026 at the age of 90.
  2. AppointedFreedom fighter and socialist activist P. 'Socio' Vasu died on 8 October 2026 at Cheruvannur, Kozhikode, aged 103.
  3. DayWorld Hospice and Palliative Care Day falls on 10 October 2026.
  4. SportsThe Asian Para Games 2026 will be held at Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from 18 to 24 October, with Pramod Bhagat and Bhavina Patel as India's flag-bearers.
  5. ReportEducate Girls, founded by Safeena Husain, won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2025.
  6. ReportDevika Rani was the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
  7. WorldUS President Donald Trump presented the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to six people on 8 October 2026.
  8. WorldUS prosecutors filed a superseding indictment against Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in Manhattan on 8 October 2026, adding charges of conspiracy to torture.
  9. WorldRe:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund announced the Phoenix Species Project, a $200 million commitment to help recover 100 critically endangered species.
  10. WorldA magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off Panama's southern coast and a tsunami warning was issued.
  11. ReportThe Reserve Bank of India cancelled the Certificate of Registration of 13 NBFCs under Section 45-IA(6) of the RBI Act.
  12. ReportThe RBI launched Round 75 of its Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey for July-September 2026.
  13. ReportThe RBI announced a 3-day Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility for 12 October 2026.
  14. SchemeUnion Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated a workshop on 5G Use Case Labs at India Mobile Congress 2026.
  15. ReportThe Reserve Bank of India's Working Paper No. 01/2026 assesses data gaps in state-level inflation for the Covid period.
  16. KarnatakaA rare olive-green snake was reported from Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Hills (B.R. Hills) in Karnataka on 9 October 2026.
  17. KarnatakaBengaluru baker Smriti Nambiar won a silver medal at the WorldSkills competition in Shanghai.
  18. KarnatakaIIM Bangalore ranks 11th globally in the Financial Times assessment of the impact of B-school teaching cases.
  19. KarnatakaMangaluru International Airport will raise weekly flight movements to 195 from 181 in the winter schedule.

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India strengthens domestic uranium and thorium-based nuclear capability
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Gruha Lakshmi: government bars banks from adjusting the Rs 2,000 against old dues
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