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The week in current affairs

Week 40 · 28 September – 4 October 2026

Every story from this week's Daily Briefs, grouped by GS paper — the week's current affairs at a glance, each linked back to its full edition.

87 stories

GS Paper I

6 stories

  1. Sun 4 OctFive new Centres of Excellence for the newest classical languagesGS-1Must know
  2. Sat 3 OctAnak Krakatau builds two new islandsGS-1
  3. Fri 2 OctJaipur risks losing its UNESCO World Heritage tag, warns Rajasthan High CourtGS-1
  4. Thu 1 OctSouthwest monsoon ends 12% below normal, the driest since 2015GS-1 · GS-3 · PrelimsMust know
  5. Mon 28 SepSuper El Nino could bring over 451,000 heat deaths: reportGS-3 · GS-1
  6. Mon 28 Sep110th birth anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal UpadhyayaGS-1 · Prelims

GS Paper II

51 stories

  1. Sun 4 OctParliamentary panels reconstituted; a party loses both chair posts and writes to the Rajya Sabha ChairmanGS-2Must know
  2. Sun 4 OctOpposition launches 'Satyagraha' digital platform amid protests over the electoral rollsGS-2Must know
  3. Sun 4 OctNHRC orders probe into alleged presence of minors at a Mumbai protestGS-2
  4. Sun 4 OctBeijing opens an anti-dumping probe into EU chemicals ahead of trade talksGS-2 · GS-3
  5. Sun 4 OctRajasthan's panchayat elections in four phases from October 23GS-2
  6. Sun 4 OctUS-Russia talks on Ukraine reportedly hinge on a multi-billion-dollar oil dealGS-2
  7. Sun 4 OctRussia agrees to take 70,000 Indian skilled workers this yearGS-2
  8. Sun 4 OctCentre tightens the leash on AGMUT officers: report FIRs and arrests within 48 hoursGS-2
  9. Sat 3 OctNational Tribunals Commission gets its rulebookGS-2Must know
  10. Sat 3 OctTrump threatens to hit Iran 'very hard' over the flydubai cockpit attackGS-2Must know
  11. Sat 3 OctGujarat's Uniform Civil Code Bill gets the President's assentGS-2Must know
  12. Sat 3 OctECI tells BLOs to revisit the deleted list and re-enrol the eligible within a monthGS-2Must know
  13. Sat 3 OctIndia-US trade deal: 'in the short strokes' but not imminentGS-2
  14. Sat 3 OctJ&K's poverty puzzle: whose measure of 'poor' counts?GS-2
  15. Fri 2 OctSIR storm: Form 6 row, EC rollback, HC questions and the Form 7 dharnaGS-2Must know
  16. Fri 2 OctOne Nation, One Election panel cancels its Supreme Court visitGS-2Must know
  17. Fri 2 OctFCRA Amendment Bill: Venugopal flags rushed scrutinyGS-2Must know
  18. Fri 2 OctIndore water tragedy: judicial panel blames institutional failureGS-2Must know
  19. Fri 2 OctBimal Patel takes oath as judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the SeaGS-2
  20. Fri 2 Octflydubai cockpit attack: Indian captain averts disaster, recovering in UAEGS-2
  21. Thu 1 OctOpposition launches a nationwide campaign over the electoral roll revisionGS-2 · PrelimsMust know
  22. Thu 1 OctKarnataka report and a Goa court order question how deletions are happeningGS-2Must know
  23. Thu 1 OctModi and Trump review trade, defence and energy tiesGS-2 · PrelimsMust know
  24. Thu 1 OctA UN declaration on rising seas puts India's eroding coast in focusGS-3 · GS-2 · PrelimsMust know
  25. Thu 1 OctNEET may move online as the government builds computer-test capacityGS-2
  26. Thu 1 OctIndia and Myanmar to hold defence dialogue in GuwahatiGS-2 · GS-3
  27. Thu 1 OctSupreme Court rules out a blanket ban on firecrackersGS-2 · GS-3
  28. Wed 30 SepPetitioner moves curative plea against the ECI appointments lawGS-2Must know
  29. Wed 30 SepECINET and ERONET: the software behind the electoral rollGS-2Must know
  30. Wed 30 SepJaishankar: partners must grasp India's cross-border terror concernsGS-2Must know
  31. Wed 30 SepINDIA bloc calls an Odisha bandh on October 8 over the new mining lawGS-2 · GS-3
  32. Wed 30 SepSurveillance is not the only privacy issueGS-2
  33. Wed 30 SepCongress-ruled states plan a joint education "action plan"GS-2
  34. Wed 30 SepUS Supreme Court lets fast-track deportations to third countries resumeGS-2
  35. Wed 30 SepLula draws the line as Trump leans on Brazil's electionGS-2
  36. Wed 30 SepClean air is a fundamental right: Allahabad HC bans hookah bars in UPGS-2
  37. Tue 29 SepSupreme Court gives ECI four months to settle Trinamool's name-symbol feudGS-2Must know
  38. Tue 29 SepSIR in Bengal: no early hearing, and protests pile pressure on the CECGS-2Must know
  39. Tue 29 SepA former judge explains why the ECI and the Collegium cannot be comparedGS-2Must know
  40. Tue 29 SepCollegium recommends three Chief Justices for elevation to the Supreme CourtGS-2Must know
  41. Tue 29 SepJharkhand High Court orders revival of the State Human Rights Commission in three monthsGS-2Must know
  42. Tue 29 SepFour years on, FSSAI still has no warning labels: Supreme Court seeks answersGS-2Must know
  43. Tue 29 SepTrump-Xi summit ends with tea, archives and a $60 billion trade truceGS-2Must know
  44. Tue 29 SepUAE signals another $25 billion in investments for IndiaGS-2 · GS-3Must know
  45. Tue 29 SepOnly the Governor can sanction a probe against a minister, Poyyamozhi argues in courtGS-2
  46. Tue 29 SepCan children legally hold social media accounts? The Supreme Court asksGS-2
  47. Mon 28 SepCitizenship, voter rolls and a poll panel under strainGS-2 · PrelimsMust know
  48. Mon 28 SepOBC creamy layer: Supreme Court reserves order on prospective effectGS-2 · PrelimsMust know
  49. Mon 28 SepUS-Iran confrontation: Hormuz, drones and oil pricesGS-2 · PrelimsMust know
  50. Mon 28 SepIndia and Canada look to rebuild trade tiesGS-2
  51. Mon 28 SepBreakup is not abetment: Rajasthan High CourtGS-2

GS Paper III

30 stories

  1. Sun 4 OctA tiger reserve's missing trees: 2,500 girdled in Chhattisgarh's Udanti SitanadiGS-3Must know
  2. Sun 4 OctGST arrest powers may go: Council to take up decriminalisation on October 7GS-3Must know
  3. Sun 4 OctRBI Governor warns: today's stability is no guarantee of tomorrow'sGS-3Must know
  4. Sun 4 OctGlobal Innovation Index 2026: Bengaluru and Delhi in the world's top 30 clustersPrelims · GS-3
  5. Sun 4 OctWestern Ghats ESA: citizen mapping finds most of the zone is already protectedGS-3
  6. Sun 4 OctQuantum computing to begin in Amaravati on February 3, 2027GS-3
  7. Sat 3 OctCentre resumes post-facto green clearances after the Supreme Court's Vanashakti rulingGS-3Must know
  8. Sat 3 OctA tigress walks back into Buxa after decadesGS-3
  9. Sat 3 OctPay the Global South for climate damage — if it prices carbonGS-3
  10. Sat 3 OctWhen AI goes rogue, who pays?GS-3
  11. Sat 3 OctIndia's first commercial private thermal eye rides a Falcon 9GS-3
  12. Fri 2 OctFinance Ministry projects 7.3% Q2 growth, above RBI's 6.4%GS-3Must know
  13. Fri 2 OctSupreme Court stays death sentence of IM operative in 2008 Ahmedabad blastsGS-3
  14. Fri 2 OctISRO's Project NETRA gets a radar home in AssamGS-3
  15. Fri 2 OctGujarat announces voluntary relocation scheme for Barda's MaldharisGS-3
  16. Fri 2 OctTelangana Cabinet clears two DA instalments, flags El Nino droughtGS-3
  17. Thu 1 OctRabi support prices announced, with the smallest wheat hike in 17 yearsGS-3 · PrelimsMust know
  18. Thu 1 OctCabinet clears Green Energy Corridor Phase-III with battery storageGS-3Must know
  19. Thu 1 OctBihar approves a Green Hydrogen Policy for 2026GS-3
  20. Thu 1 OctRailways runs its first LNG dual-fuel trainGS-3
  21. Thu 1 OctHome Ministry says the LeT commander network in Jammu and Kashmir is neutralisedGS-3
  22. Wed 30 SepCentre asks the Supreme Court to halt Great Nicobar hearingsGS-3Must know
  23. Wed 30 SepIndiaAI Centre of Excellence to be launched in ThiruvananthapuramGS-3Must know
  24. Wed 30 SepUS waives tariffs on speciality drugs from 20 countries, India includedGS-3Must know
  25. Wed 30 SepAfro-Asian sand snake recorded in Kutch after 150 yearsGS-3
  26. Tue 29 SepRabi planning: Centre wants water budgeting and a push for pulses and oilseedsGS-3Must know
  27. Tue 29 SepSupreme Court refuses to stay charges on UPI payments above Rs 2,000GS-3
  28. Mon 28 SepWeak monsoon threatens rabi; Centre cuts food import dutiesGS-3 · PrelimsMust know
  29. Mon 28 SepElephant smuggled from Nepal; poaching probe widensGS-3 · Prelims
  30. Mon 28 SepUP's sugar output slumps; a new cane variety offers hopeGS-3 · Prelims
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