Context: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the Census (Amendment) Rules, 2026, expanding enumerator eligibility to include private-sector employees and teachers.
Issued under Section 18(1) of the Census Act, 1948 , the amendment aims to strengthen manpower for the upcoming digital Census.
A statutory amendment that substitutes the entries against Serial Number 5 in the Table under Rule 3 of the Census Rules, 1990 , formally widening the categories of personnel eligible for appointment as Census enumerato…
Subject: Role of Family Society and Educational Institutions in Inculcating Values Context: Growing concerns over exam-centric education and declining ethical values have highlighted the need to integrate empathy, moral…
About Ethical Education Is the Foundation of a Just Society : Ethical education refers to a pedagogical approach that nurtures character, moral reasoning, emotional intelligence, and civic responsibility alongside acade…
Rather than treating ethics as a standalone rote-learned subject or occasional lecture, it translates universal values—such as honesty, empathy, constitutional morality , and mutual respect—into lived school experiences…
Context: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 in magnitude struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at an intermediate depth of around 130–152 km, according to the National Centre for Seismology and international agencies.
A vast, 1,200-km-long volcanic peninsula covering approximately 370,000 sq km in the Russian Far East, renowned for its extreme concentration of active stratovolcanoes, geysers, sub-arctic biodiversity, and high seismic…
Located in: Situated in far-eastern Russia, flanked by the Sea of Okhotsk to the west and the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea to the east, with its primary administrative center and deep-water port at Petropavlovsk-Kamchat…
Context: The NCISM Chairperson launched CCRAS SPARK 5.0 and CCRAS Ayurshodh 2026 to promote undergraduate research , scholarly excellence, scientific communication, and innovation in Ayurveda.
CCRAS SPARK 5.0: The fifth edition of the Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken (SPARK), offering short-term research opportunities to undergraduate Ayurveda students.
CCRAS Ayurshodh 2026: A national research recognition initiative encouraging scientific communication, original publications, and innovative research in Ayurveda.
Context: A proposed 147-hectare bauxite mining project in Odisha’s Balda hills has raised conservation concerns over the endangered Jeypore ground gecko, recently sighted within the mining lease area.
A rare, nocturnal, ground-dwelling lizard species ( Cyrtodactylus jeyporensis , also classified under Geckoella jeyporensis ), originally documented in 1877 by British naturalist Richard Henry Beddome and presumed extin…
Endemic to high-elevation belts ranging between 900 and 1,400 metres in the Eastern Ghats across southern Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh.
Context: The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol marked its 10th anniversary on October 15, 2026, putting renewed focus on global commitments to curb potent hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) to avert up to 0.5°C of warmin…
A legally binding international treaty amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, mandating the gradual phase-down of the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—…
Organisation: Administered under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Ozone Secretariat and supported financially and technically by the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
Context: The FRRO reportedly issued a ‘Leave India’ notice to actor and OCI cardholder Imran Khan following his participation in a protest against the Chief Election Commissioner in Mumbai.
A special immigration status introduced in 2005 under the Citizenship Act, 1955 , available to foreign nationals of Indian origin (except those with roots in Pakistan or Bangladesh).
Because the Constitution of India (Article 9) strictly prohibits dual citizenship, an OCI cardholder remains legally a foreign national holding a foreign passport.
Context: Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, announced that India’s Ramsar site tally reached 103 following the designation of Sukhna Wetland in Chandigarh and Sauj Jheel in Uttar Pradesh.
About India’s Ramsar Sites Reach 103: Sukhna Wetland and Sauj Jheel Added A major peri-urban man-made reservoir and freshwater wetland (Ramsar Site no.
2602) that serves as an essential hydrological regulator and urban biodiversity refuge.
Context: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry launched the National Strategic Trade Command Centre (NSTCC) at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, establishing a unified analytics hub for trade intelligence and evidence-based…
About The National Strategic Trade Command Centre (NSTCC) : A centralized, high-tech trade intelligence, analytics, and data visualisation command centre designed to synthesize disparate trade data streams into a unifie…
Organisation: Developed and operated by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in close coordination with the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).
Context: On World Food Day 2026 (October 16), the heads of FAO, IFAD, and WFP emphasised technology-driven agrifood innovations to combat global hunger, highlighting India’s digital food security model.
About World Food Day 2026: Food Security in India, Challenges and Way Forward World Food Day is observed annually on October 16 to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945 and mobi…
The 2026 theme emphasizes that traditional agricultural practices alone cannot overcome modern climatic and economic disruptions ; it calls for integrating digital farm extension, biofortification, supply-chain moderniz…
Context: Following the conclusion of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, India has intensified its diplomatic campaign for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Coun…
Conceptual Architecture: Non-Permanent UNSC Elections: Composition and Term: The UNSC comprises 15 members: five permanent (P5) and 10 non-permanent members elected for staggered two-year non-consecutive terms.
Regional Allocation: The 10 non-permanent seats are distributed geographically: African Group (3), Asia-Pacific Group (2), Latin American and Caribbean Group/GRULAC (2), Western European and Others Group/WEOG (2), and E…
Context: Panama declared a national state of emergency after two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 6.6 struck its southern region, followed by more than 100 aftershocks that damaged nearly 900 homes and schools.
A tropical Central American nation organized as a multiparty constitutional republic with a unicameral legislature (National Assembly), globally renowned as the host of the interoceanic Panama Canal and celebrated histo…
Location: Occupies the Isthmus of Panama, a narrow land bridge connecting North and South America, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean.
