Science and technologyThe Hindu, Page 1GS3Must read
Physics Nobel 2026 goes to Francis Halzen for the IceCube neutrino observatory
How did a cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice become a telescope for 'ghost particles'?
UPSC current affairs today
Wednesday, 7 October 2026. The Hindu, The Indian Express and PIB, cut down to what UPSC can ask, mapped to the syllabus and to every previous-year question. Free and open source.
Today's 5 stories
EconomyIndian Express, Page 19GS3GS2Must read
Cabinet approves ₹10,000 crore SME Growth Fund to put equity into growing small firms
India lends to small firms. Why is the Centre now offering them patient equity instead?
Society, justice and ethicsThe Hindu, EditorialGS2GS3
Editorial: India's leprosy numbers overshoot targets, two decades after 'elimination'
India 'eliminated' leprosy in 2005. Why are thousands of children still catching it?
Polity and governanceIndian Express, Page 12GS2GS1Must read
Sukma gram sabha denies burial land to tribal Christians, citing PESA
Can a gram sabha's power to protect tribal custom be used to deny a fellow villager a grave?
Environment and geographyThe Hindu, Page 12GS3GS2
At pre-COP31 talks in Fiji, India says climate action has no 'one-size-fits-all' path
Ahead of COP31, why does India want adaptation and finance to get as much attention as emission cuts?
Also in today's papers
- Centre proposes five-pronged GST reform ahead of GST Council meeting The Hindu · GS3 · Prelims
- Medicine Nobel 2026 for optogenetics, the use of light to control nerve cells The Hindu · GS3 · Prelims
- US-China ties: repeated summits but strategic rivalry continues The Hindu · GS2
- Household Travel Survey: working women far more reliant on walking and public transport The Hindu · GS1 · Prelims
- Opinion: what a 0.4% merchant charge on UPI payments means for digitalisation The Hindu · GS3 · Prelims
- Opinion: reforms needed for India to lead rather than follow in science The Hindu · GS3
- High trust in UPI linked to greater exposure to cyber fraud, policing report finds The Hindu · GS3 · Prelims
- Cyber fraud victims unhappy with banks' response and recovery, policing study finds The Hindu · GS3 · Prelims
- Defence Ministry signs ₹661.50 crore contract for BrahMos fire control systems for Navy ships The Hindu · GS3 · Prelims
- Provisional Census data expected by March-April 2027 The Hindu · GS1 · GS2 · Prelims
- Press Council of India working at half strength with no journalist or editor members Indian Express · GS2 · Prelims
- Ukraine launches about 900 drones at Russia, targeting fuel infrastructure Indian Express · GS2 · Prelims
- G7 to release 100 million barrels of crude and fuel from strategic reserves Indian Express · GS2 · GS3 · Prelims
- Why NASA plans a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 The Hindu · GS3 · Prelims
- Three years after the October 7 attack, peace in Gaza remains out of reach Indian Express · GS2
- Rising US Treasury yields test India's macroeconomic resilience Indian Express · GS3 · Prelims
- MoSPI may use UPI and government salary data to track health and education services Indian Express · GS3 · Prelims
This week
6 October 2026 Tuesday
- Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 goes to the pioneers of optogenetics
- Supreme Court says it never approved the modified Form 6, issues notice to the EC
- India and Switzerland sign five pacts, including a five-year visa and mobility deal
- Why Buxa is bringing tigers back: a tigress from Bihar starts West Bengal's reintroduction
- Op-ed: Make cancer a notifiable disease so that every diagnosis is counted
5 October 2026 Monday
- Does a valid visa guarantee entry into India? The Delhi High Court says no
- Official rabies death count is under 1% of ICMR's estimate, clouding the 2030 goal
- One year of two-slab GST: Finance Minister cites a wider base and higher collections
- Op-ed: Over-regulation is stifling India's universities; one regulator may not fix it
- Op-ed: In a trade deal with the US, India should value terms that are hard to reverse
4 October 2026 Sunday
- Education Ministry approves five Centres of Excellence for newer classical languages
- Andhra Pradesh moves Supreme Court to restore 34% BC quota in local bodies
- Karnataka seeks ₹7,142.64 crore in Central drought aid for 177 taluks
- No timeline for Sheikh Hasina's extradition, says India's envoy in Dhaka
- India demonstrates a 5.56 km free-space quantum key distribution link in Gandhinagar
3 October 2026 Saturday
- Captive-bred Great Indian Bustards to be released into the wild for the first time
- Centre resumes appraising pending post facto green clearances after Supreme Court ruling
- Centre issues rules creating a National Tribunals Commission to select tribunal members
- Op-ed: Split verdict on the Election Commissioners Act exposes how the Supreme Court sits
- Explained: First official Indian visit to Pakistan since Operation Sindoor
2 October 2026 Friday
- Supreme Court orders curbs on vehicle services until unpaid e-challans are cleared
- EC orders drive to enrol left-out voters in 20 SIR States, drops added Form 6 question
- Op-ed: India's factories are growing, but not creating jobs at the scale needed
- Centre and Ladakh fix standard names for 28 places on the Survey of India map
- Delhi's September AQI hits a five-year low even as PM2.5 and PM10 levels rose
1 October 2026 Thursday
- Monsoon 2026 ends 12.6% below normal, India's weakest season since 2015
- Cabinet clears ₹1.86 lakh crore Green Energy Corridor Phase-III with 50 GWh of batteries
- Editorial: Supreme Court flags ten-fold drug markups, exposing gaps in price control
- Supreme Court rules out a total firecracker ban, open to next-generation green crackers
- Centre notifies CAFE-III fuel-efficiency norms for cars from April 2027
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