Stay updated with daily current affairs, editorial analysis, and news for UPSC exam preparation.
Get the best experience with offline reading, dark mode, and streak tracking.
Why in news? India and Brazil have been exploring ways to expand their preferential trade agreement. This has renewed interest in MERCOSUR, the South ...
Why in news? India recently hosted the 35th plenary and working‑group meetings of the International Organisation for Standardisation’s (ISO) Sub�...
Why in news? A wooden dhow carrying 18 Indian crew members caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz in early May 2026. The blaze, which injured four peop...
Why in news? India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, visited Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago as part of a three‑nation Caribbean to...
Why in news? Social media users recently shared videos of pastel‑coloured “rainbow clouds” seen in the skies over Indonesia. The spectacle spark...
Why in news? Scientists from the ICAR–National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources recently described a new species of freshwater fish, Labeo kaage, fr...
Why in news? The Ministry of Panchayati Raj announced the winners of the National Panchayat Awards 2025 on 9 May 2026. Forty‑two Panchayats across I...
Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard commissioned ICGS Achal, a new state‑of‑the‑art Fast Patrol Vessel, on 9 May 2026 at Goa Shipyard. The vesse...
Why in news? A scientific paper published in May 2026 analysed the landslide‑triggered tsunami that struck Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord on 10 August 2...
Why in news? A recent survey across the Western Ghats recorded only about 65 percent of the dragonfly and damselfly species historically known from th...
Why in news? Farmers in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have reported severe crop losses due to an outbreak of the “litchi stink bug,” a sap‑sucking ins...
Why in news? Weather agencies reported that a new western disturbance would approach northern India between 11 and 13 May, bringing clouds and possibl...
Why in news? A two‑year‑old male tiger, released into the buffer zone of Panna Tiger Reserve after being rescued from a village, was found dead on...
Why in news? The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances released its March 2026 report on the Centralised Public Grievance Redress...
Why in news? Conservationists reported the first camera‑trap photograph of a tiger in the Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary after nearly 20 y...
Why in news? Reports from Ladakh suggest that an invasive moth species known as the buff‑tip has been damaging trees and crops in the region. The su...
Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that he would attend the 75th anniversary celebrations of the reconstruction of the Somnath Temple...
Why in news? On 7 May 2026 the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force carried out the maiden flight trial of th...
Why in news? The Chhattisgarh government recently recognised habitat rights for 19 Baiga villages covering more than 6,400 people. These rights, grant...
Why in news? The Indian Navy’s research vessel INS Sagardhwani visited Cam Ranh port in Vietnam on its way back from the Sagar Maitri expedition. Du...
