10 UPSC Prelims MCQs on current affairs of 15 October 2026 with instant answers and English/Hindi explanations: NSAP renaming, NavIC, trade data, Ladakh, drug laws, SIR, Delhi policy.
The Navy commissioned INS Mangrol, the third of eight Mahe-class anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft built by Cochin Shipyard with over 80% indigenous content.
The Cabinet has continued the National Social Assistance Programme till 2030-31 as the Pradhan Mantri Samajik Sahayata Yojana, renamed its sub-schemes and eased disability pension rules.
UPSC editorial analysis of The Hindu, 15 October 2026: narco-trafficking and targeted killings in Punjab (GS3), and the SIR ‘logical discrepancies’ flagged in Delhi’s draft rolls (GS2).
Today’s digest: SC notice on SIR, ISRO’s NVS-03 launch window, September trade data, US envoy on trade, and PM Modi’s Ladakh projects.
Delhi’s Cabinet cleared a 10-year, ₹1,000 crore Industrial Policy 2026 targeting 10 sectors — here’s the multi-dimensional UPSC angle.
Exam-relevant PIB news of 14 October 2026: NSAP renamed and extended, IDBI Bank strategic sale, WPI inflation at 11.39%, SIOFA accession, BHAVYA, MSCARO, sugarcane committee, CTF 154.
10 UPSC Prelims MCQs on current affairs of 13 and 14 October 2026 with instant answers and English/Hindi explanations: IDBI sale, Nobel economics, BIMSTEC, contempt, NHRC, INS Mangrol.
Five exam-relevant items: railway bonus, INS Mangrol, NHRC Foundation Day, Rajya Sabha polls, and the Riyadh airport strikes.
Cabinet cleared Fairfax’s Rs 52,878-crore bid for 60.72% of IDBI Bank, India’s largest financial-sector FDI deal. What it means for banking reform.
Oct 13, 2026: Nobel Economics Prize, BIMSTEC’s first Home Ministers’ Meet, SC contempt deferral, DRR Day & Delhi Police cyber action.
SC defers Delhi protest-SIR contempt pleas to Oct 15 after notices to Delhi Police, Home Secretary & DMRC over Oct 11 order.