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The week in current affairs

Week 41 · 5 – 11 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.

30 stories

GS Paper I

2 stories

  1. Mon 5 OctSouthwest monsoon ends 12.6 per cent below normal, the weakest since 2015GS-1Must know
  2. Mon 5 OctFive new additions take India's UNESCO Tentative List to 78GS-1

GS Paper II

14 stories

  1. Tue 6 OctSupreme Court seeks Election Commission's records on changes to Form 6GS-2Must know
  2. Tue 6 OctBombay High Court: what is the purpose of SIR if citizens are being removed?GS-2Must know
  3. Tue 6 OctBangladesh: Hasina's presence in India the "principal challenge" to PM's visitGS-2Must know
  4. Tue 6 OctOne Nation, One Election: Supreme Court cancels proposed meeting with House panelGS-2
  5. Tue 6 OctThree new Supreme Court judges, including the court's second woman JusticeGS-2 · Prelims
  6. Tue 6 OctGreat Nicobar project: Supreme Court declines stay; tribal culture a fundamental rightGS-2 · GS-3
  7. Tue 6 OctPakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye agree on rapid troop deployment in the KingdomGS-2
  8. Tue 6 OctExercise Mountain Guardian: India-UAE joint drill begins in UttarakhandGS-2
  9. Tue 6 OctKaliningrad: Russia's Baltic exclave becomes a new flashpointGS-2
  10. Tue 6 OctIMF clears $345 million more for Sri LankaGS-2 · GS-3
  11. Mon 5 Oct"Second-class citizens without voting rights": a Supreme Court judge on mass roll deletionsGS-2Must know
  12. Mon 5 OctNational Tribunals Commission Rules, 2026 notifiedGS-2Must know
  13. Mon 5 OctIndia goes "beyond advocacy" on Russia-Ukraine, discussing grain and shipping-safety dealsGS-2
  14. Mon 5 OctWorld Teachers' Day: 60 years of the 1966 charter, 44 million teachers still neededGS-2

GS Paper III

13 stories

  1. Tue 6 OctNobel Prize in Medicine 2026 for optogenetics, controlling neurons with lightGS-3 · PrelimsMust know
  2. Tue 6 OctUN pre-COP talks open in Fiji ahead of COP31 in TurkeyGS-3
  3. Tue 6 OctRangarajan: no GST on UPI merchant fees above Rs 2,000GS-3
  4. Tue 6 OctIndia demonstrates its first free-space quantum key distribution link over 5.56 kmGS-3
  5. Tue 6 OctFirst captive-bred Great Indian Bustards released into the wildGS-3 · Prelims
  6. Mon 5 OctDraft Petroleum (Amendment) Bill, 2026: civil fines for licence breaches, prison for serious offencesGS-3Must know
  7. Mon 5 OctRBI expected to end two years of accommodation with a rate hike on October 7GS-3Must know
  8. Mon 5 OctCabinet clears Rs 1.86 lakh crore PM-DHARA for green power transmission and storageGS-3Must know
  9. Mon 5 OctSupreme Court favours conditional relaxation for next-generation green crackersGS-3
  10. Mon 5 OctFirst Agniveer batch completes its four-year term; services suggest refinementsGS-3
  11. Mon 5 OctIndia to revamp its 2015 Model Bilateral Investment TreatyGS-3
  12. Mon 5 OctCHIME detects hydrogen's faint glow from 5 billion years ago, on its ownGS-3
  13. Mon 5 OctGurugram extracts groundwater at 213 per cent of its sustainable limitGS-3

Facts for Prelims

1 story

  1. Mon 5 OctUPSC turns 100: centenary marked with coin, stamp and a three-pillar roadmapPrelims
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