Prelims

ISRO’s GSLV-F17/EOS-05 launch, record $740.8bn forex reserves, geothermal energy, PACS grain storage and more from today.

Today’s Prelims digest: the GDP growth row, the Indus Waters Treaty ruling, IST Rules 2026, IRDAI’s insurance registry, and RBI’s G-Sec buyback.

Today’s Prelims-relevant digest: Q1 FY27 GDP at 7.8%, DRDO’s high-altitude parachute test, the V-Dem democracy report, and more.

SCO Summit sign-off, Semicon 2.0 notified, Bihar-Jharkhand’s Sone river pact, INS Nipun commissioned, and NavIC as an authorised IST timing source.

FSSAI warning labels, IST made legally binding, NBA biodiversity payouts, India-Tajikistan UNSC race, and the India-Uzbekistan upgrade.

Today’s UPSC-relevant digest: a rare Arunachal dragonfly, PARIVARTAN’s rollout, sovereign AI, SCO Summit, a Javelin missile deal and India-Canada CEPA talks.

Five facts for today: India-China SR talks, Mizoram monuments, a UP women’s welfare scheme, a shipping roadmap, and a lunar eclipse.

Wheat export ban lifted, Gorkha political solution committee formed, UNCCD COP17, Census 2027 field operations, and AIIA’s Garbhini Mitra course.

Today’s prelims digest: India-Russia IRIGC-TEC, a non-GMO popcorn maize seed launch, a tribal languages conclave, IMD alerts, and the Nathu La Kailash Yatra.

August 23, 2026: BRICS Sports Ministers’ declaration, an FDC drug restriction, Karnataka’s paneer order, NCSK Foundation Day, and an Odisha coast rescue.

Today’s Prelims digest: RBI board reshuffle, India-Mauritius energy MoU, Koizumi’s India visit, PhonePe-GatiShakti pact and the BRICS Youth Ministers’ meet.

Six exam-relevant stories from today: Zonal Council federalism, a Punjab bandh, cargo hub expansion, a Bihar highway, GatiShakti data and coal gasification.