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6 October 2026

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5 topics you cannot afford to miss — and why

  1. RBI conducts an overnight Variable Rate Reverse Repo auctionEconomy · asked in UPSC 2013; factual, Prelims-type
  2. Legislative privileges versus free speech before the Supreme CourtPolity · asked in UPSC 2018
  3. Mysuru Dasara preparations: Captain Abhimanyu returns, golden throne assembledKarnataka · asked in KPSC 2015; factual, Prelims-type; Karnataka-specific
  4. Acting Chief Justices appointed for the Telangana and Delhi High CourtsPolity · factual, Prelims-type
  5. GST Council to consider a single registered address for small e-commerce sellersEconomy · factual, Prelims-type
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EconomyGAPrelims ★★★★★ Mains ★★★☆☆

Why does RBI drain cash overnight? The VRRR auction under LAF that Prelims economy questions test

RBI conducts an overnight Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? RBI uses a VRRR auction to mop up surplus liquidity.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ The Liquidity Adjustment Facility includes repo and reverse repo operations through which RBI manages day-to-day liquidity.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS3 Economy (monetary policy): surplus liquidity can weaken transmission of the policy rate and fuel inflation, so RBI uses LAF tools such as VRRR auc…

🔁 PYQ · UPSC 2013Read · 2 min →Test
PolityGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

No single Act defines them: Articles 105 and 194 and the privilege-versus-speech question for GS2 Polity

Legislative privileges versus free speech before the Supreme Court

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? Supreme Court weighs legislative privilege against free speech.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ Article 105 deals with the powers, privileges and immunities of Parliament and its members, while Article 194 deals with those of State legislatures and their members.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS2 Polity: the issue is the clash between legislative privilege and citizens' freedom of speech. Articles 105 and 194 protect proceedings inside the …

🔁 PYQ · UPSC 2018Read · 2 min →Test
KarnatakaKPSCPrelims ★★★★★ Mains ★★☆☆☆ KPSC ★★★★★

Where does the Mysuru Jamboo Savari end? The Nada Habba detail Karnataka culture questions test

Mysuru Dasara preparations: Captain Abhimanyu returns, golden throne assembled

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? Mysuru readies for Dasara.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ Mysuru Dasara is celebrated as the Nada Habba, the State festival of Karnataka.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS Paper 1 (Indian culture) and Karnataka heritage: State-sponsored festivals like Mysuru Dasara preserve living traditions, royal heritage and local …

🔁 PYQ · KPSC 2015Read · 2 min →Test
PolityGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Two High Courts, no full-time Chief Justice: the Article 223 power Polity Prelims tests

Acting Chief Justices appointed for the Telangana and Delhi High Courts

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? Two High Courts get acting Chief Justices under Article 223.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ Article 223 empowers the President to appoint a Judge of the High Court to perform the duties of Chief Justice when the office is vacant or the Chief Justice is absent.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS2 Polity: Judiciary. Vacancies in the Chief Justice's office are filled temporarily under Article 223, but prolonged acting arrangements can weaken …

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Economy
EconomyGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Who actually chairs the GST Council? The Article 279A answer behind this e-commerce sellers proposal

GST Council to consider a single registered address for small e-commerce sellers

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? GST Council meets on 8 October with a small-seller proposal on the table.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ The GST Council is a constitutional body established under Article 279A of the Constitution.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS3 Economy (Taxation) and GS2 (federalism): The proposal to allow a single registered address for small e-commerce sellers addresses compliance burde…

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EconomyGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Four countries, one trade pact: the EFTA list every Prelims International Relations answer on TEPA must get right

India and Switzerland expand market access as the EFTA trade pact turns one

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? TEPA completes a year with five new India-Switzerland agreements.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is a trade bloc of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, and it is separate from the European Union.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS2 International Relations and GS3 Economy (trade): India is using free trade agreements such as TEPA to diversify export markets and draw in investm…

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EconomyGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Pulses, potash and visas: the India-Canada CEPA trade-off that GS2 bilateral questions test

India and Canada begin the fifth round of CEPA talks

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? Fifth CEPA round opens with pulses, potash and visas on the agenda.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ A Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement typically covers trade in goods and services, investment and economic cooperation, not tariffs alone.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS2 International Relations and GS3 Economy. India-Canada trade talks balance India's import needs (pulses, potash) and its demand for easier mobility…

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EconomyGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

768 km down one river to Dhaka: the National Waterway-2 facts GS3 inland waterways questions test

First international cargo leaves Assam's Bogibeel for Dhaka

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? Bogibeel-Dhaka cargo opens a Brahmaputra trade route.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ National Waterway-2 is declared on the Brahmaputra River in Assam, whereas National Waterway-1 is on the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly system.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS3 (Infrastructure) and GS2 (India's neighbourhood). Inland waterways offer a cheaper, greener alternative to road and rail, and the Brahmaputra rout…

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EconomyGAPrelims ★★★★☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Four new airports for West Bengal: the UDAN scheme and the district-wise sites GS3 Infrastructure tests

Four new airports planned in West Bengal under UDAN

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? West Bengal to get four UDAN airports.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) is a regional connectivity scheme of the Ministry of Civil Aviation to connect smaller towns by air.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS3 Infrastructure (aviation). Issue: uneven air access for tier-2 and tier-3 towns -> UDAN regional connectivity scheme under the Ministry of Civil A…

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PolityGAPrelims ★★★☆☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Form 6, Form 7, Form 8: can you say which does what? The electoral roll forms Polity tests

Form 6, Form 7 and Form 8 at the centre of the electoral roll row

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? CJI and the Election Commission dispute claims about Form 6 as roll revision continues.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ Article 324 empowers the Election Commission to supervise, direct and control the preparation of electoral rolls and the conduct of elections.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS2 Polity: Election Commission and electoral reforms. The issue is a dispute over alleged changes to Form 6 during roll revision; Article 324 gives t…

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PolityGAPrelims ★★★☆☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Which Article lets Parliament settle river disputes? The Mahanadi talks tie it to GS2 federalism answers

Odisha and Chhattisgarh signal readiness to settle the Mahanadi dispute through talks

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? Two States prefer negotiation over adjudication on the Mahanadi.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ Article 262 empowers Parliament to provide by law for the adjudication of disputes relating to the waters of any inter-State river or river valley.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS2 (Centre-State relations) and GS1 (rivers). Inter-State river disputes arise from competing claims over a shared basin; Article 262 and the 1956 Ac…

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Economy
EconomyGAPrelims ★★★☆☆ Mains ★★★☆☆

Talks "plateaued" and tariffs called a weapon: the India-US trade questions GS2 bilateral papers keep asking

Finance Minister says India-U.S. trade talks have plateaued

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? India-U.S. trade talks reach a plateau, says the Finance Minister.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ A tariff is a tax levied on imports, whereas a non-tariff barrier includes quotas, licensing and standards.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS2 International Relations (bilateral trade) and GS3 Economy. Issue: U.S. use of tariffs to correct its trade imbalance has stalled the India-U.S. de…

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

US troops leave Iraq, Iran claims credit: the West Asia balance question GS2 must answer

U.S. says its troop withdrawal from Iraq is complete

ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਉਂ? U.S. completes its pullout from Iraq.

ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ Iraq shares a land border with Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Turkey.

ਮੇਨਜ਼ GS2 International Relations: West Asia. Issue: the US completes its pullout from Iraq while Iran presents it as a step towards removing American force…

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⚡ Quick facts 21

One line each · the facts exams ask

  1. WorldSwitzerland's President met Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the India–EFTA TEPA turned one, and five agreements were signed.
  2. WorldIndia and Canada began the fifth round of CEPA talks, hoping to conclude the deal before the Prime Minister's expected visit.
  3. WorldThe Finance Minister said India–U.S. trade talks have plateaued and further demands and concessions will be very difficult.
  4. WorldMontana Governor Greg Gianforte is leading a delegation to India to promote American agricultural exports.
  5. ReportSEBI will partly reverse its derivative settlement rules after receiving about 20,000 suggestions on its consultation paper.
  6. SchemeDelhi will soon issue tenders for EV charging stations at 180 sites under its EV policy.
  7. SchemeGujarat extended the MSP registration deadline for groundnut, moong, soybean and urad to 24 October.
  8. SchemeTamil Nadu allocated Rs 812 crore for the Annan Seer scheme.
  9. AppointedJay Clayton has been named President Trump's new AI czar.
  10. WorldIn Brazil's presidential first round, Lula did not win outright and trailed his challenger.
  11. WorldSpain's Prime Minister called an early election after a defeat over the housing crisis.
  12. WorldAir attacks killed at least 17 people northwest of Mekelle in Tigray as Ethiopian forces and rebels clashed.
  13. WorldA letter to the Centre on Sri Lanka's arrest of fishermen urged reviving the India–Sri Lanka Joint Working Group on Fisheries.
  14. SchemeAndhra Pradesh launched India's first pilot housing project using 3D concrete printing, to build 177 houses.
  15. SchemeThe Municipal Corporation of Delhi cleared the conversion of Lahori Gate Haveli into the Shahjahanabad Museum.
  16. SchemeThe Census of India is conducted under the Census Act, 1948.
  17. ReportAnna Mani was an Indian meteorologist who devoted her life to improving weather forecasting in the country.
  18. Defence150 Bangladeshi immigrants were flown out of Jammu and Kashmir on an Indian Air Force aircraft for deportation.
  19. KarnatakaValmiki Jayanti on 26 October has been declared a general holiday in Karnataka.
  20. KarnatakaKarnataka's GST collection is likely to take a hit, G. Parameshwara said.
  21. KarnatakaThe Karnataka government has approved taking Yakshagana to a global audience using technology, said Purushottama Bilimale.

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Legislative privileges versus free speech before the Supreme Court
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Mysuru Dasara preparations: Captain Abhimanyu returns, golden throne assembled
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Who among the following first began the Mahanavaratri, that is the Dasara festival, at Mysore?

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