UPSC Prelims Current Affairs 17 October 2026: FSSAI’s Tea Pesticide Norms and India’s Space Economy Target
17 Oct 2026 Prelims: FSSAI tea/infant food norms, India’s space economy target, Navy-Seychelles ties, HPEC portal.
17 Oct 2026 Prelims: FSSAI tea/infant food norms, India’s space economy target, Navy-Seychelles ties, HPEC portal.
MAHASAGAR: India’s 2025 maritime vision, its pillars, and how it differs from the 2015 SAGAR doctrine, for UPSC Prelims.
PM-AJAY – 100% centrally funded SC welfare scheme: Adarsh Gram, Grants-in-Aid and hostels. Facts, MCQs, FAQs for UPSC.
INS Samarthak – Navy’s first indigenous Multi-Purpose Vessel, built by L&T, commissioned at Karwar. Facts, MCQs, FAQs.
INS Samarthak, CAQM’s PTZ camera order, PM-AJAY, BHASHINI Sourashtra TTS and Mars analogue sites – today’s Prelims facts.
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.
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.
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.
Oct 13, 2026: Nobel Economics Prize, BIMSTEC’s first Home Ministers’ Meet, SC contempt deferral, DRR Day & Delhi Police cyber action.