Daily UPSC current affairs, briefs, MCQs and flashcards
Today's 8 exam-relevant stories (7 October 2026) from The Hindu, Indian Express and PIB. Each has a syllabus-mapped brief, previous-year questions, a Mains answer, MCQs and flashcards.
- Union Cabinet approves ₹10,000-cr SME growth fund to boost manufacturing
The Union Cabinet has approved a ₹10,000-crore SME Growth Fund, first proposed in the Union Budget 2026, to provide direct equity investments in small and medium enterprises based on select criteria. - Cabinet approves setting up of Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority
The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of the Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority to streamline and coordinate national transport and logistics infrastructure. - Centre to propose five-pronged reform plan at GST Council meeting
The Finance Ministry is set to propose a five-pronged reform plan covering process and structural reforms, ease of doing business, service exports, and e-commerce at the upcoming GST Council meeting. - OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT text in EU under AI Act rules
OpenAI, along with other major tech firms, has agreed to watermark ChatGPT-generated text in the European Union to comply with the EU's AI Act rules, though tests indicate the watermarks can weaken after editing. - Can Ladakh grow saffron? First-ever mass plantation drive begins in Leh
Leh has initiated its first-ever mass plantation drive to test and establish saffron cultivation in the cold desert region of Ladakh. - Ganga Water Treaty is ‘flawed’, needs to be updated: Bangladesh river expert
The chairman of the Bangladesh River Conservation Commission has termed the three-decade-old Ganga Water Treaty flawed due to the absence of a guarantee clause and ecological flow considerations. - CAQM mandates Installation of PTZ Cameras at Industries to ensure Comprehensive Real-time Monitoring of Fuel Use and Compliance in NCR
The Commission for Air Quality Management has mandated the installation of Pan-Tilt-Zoom cameras at industries in the National Capital Region to ensure real-time monitoring of fuel use and environmental compliance. - What the 2026 Physics Nobel winner has done: Capturing messengers from space in ice
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for work on capturing cosmic messengers from space within ice, advancing our understanding of deep-space phenomena.