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UPSC Current Affairs, 26 October 2026

11 stories from the news of the day, each in short with why it matters for Prelims and Mains. Practise their UPSC-style questions and take the daily quiz in CAShorts.

  1. NationalGS3

    Operation Trident: NCB-led raids and PMLA action hit Myanmar-linked narco-hawala network

    The Narcotics Control Bureau led Operation Trident on 23 October 2026, striking 38 locations in Assam, Mizoram and Manipur at once with Mizoram Police and the Enforcement Directorate. Its target was a Myanmar-linked network moving heroin and methamphetamine and settling the proceeds through hawala. The Directorate froze 1,424 bank accounts under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002.

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  2. EnvironmentPrelimsGS3

    Oil spill off UAE shuts beaches: MARPOL, OPRC and IOPC Funds

    Ras Al Khaimah, the UAE emirate beside the Strait of Hormuz, closed all its beaches until further notice on 24 October 2026. Its statement gave no reason. A day earlier, an offshore oil leak had shut beaches in neighbouring Umm Al Quwain and Sharjah. The UAE said it was working to contain oil leaking from a tanker offshore.

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  3. PolityPrelimsGS2

    UP orders re-check of electoral roll entries fed by computer assistants

    Uttar Pradesh's Chief Electoral Officer has ordered verification of all Form 6, 7 and 8 entries fed by computer assistants since the post-SIR final electoral roll of 10 April 2026. Only booth-level officers may now digitise physical forms, through the BLO App. Officials were warned of action under section 32, Representation of the People Act, 1950.

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  4. EconomyGS3GS2

    RBI opens Bhubaneswar Data Centre for RTGS, NEFT and cybersecurity institute

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Reserve Bank of India's Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on 25 October 2026. The Data Centre will house the RBI's mission-critical systems, among them RTGS and NEFT, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. She added that the Institute would build expertise in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

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  5. NationalPrelimsGS2

    Cyclone Arnab: Andhra Pradesh announces evacuations; NDRF, State forces deployed

    Andhra Pradesh will shift people in Cyclone Arnab's likely impact zones to shelters by 27 October 2026, with State and National Disaster Response Force battalions deployed. Odisha has told eight Ministers to supervise disaster work in eight districts. The India Meteorological Department forecasts landfall near Yanam on 28 October as a very severe cyclonic storm.

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  6. PolityGS2GS3

    Film certifier CBFC probes alleged leak from its e-Cinepramaan portal

    Records from applications for over 500 titles were allegedly exposed in a leak that appears to have come from the e-Cinepramaan portal of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The statutory film certifier says it has found no trace so far of the documents claimed to have been accessed. It has filed a cybercrime complaint and informed CERT-In.

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  7. PolityGS2Prelims

    Andhra Pradesh notifies polls in Kotia villages Odisha claims: inter-State boundary disputes

    Andhra Pradesh has notified panchayat polls for 3 November in three villages of the Kotia gram panchayat that Odisha claims. Odisha's Revenue Minister says the State has moved a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against the notification. Kotia's residents draw welfare benefits from both States, and those in the disputed villages can vote in both.

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  8. PolityGS2Prelims

    OBC creamy layer: Centre awaits SC directions to allocate 958 selectees

    The 958 candidates recommended by the UPSC in the Civil Services Examination 2025 still await service allocation. The Department of Personnel and Training has sought the Supreme Court's directions to allot services on the OBC creamy-layer status determined before the Court's 11 March 2026 judgment, sources said. That ruling held that parental income alone cannot decide such status.

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  9. PolityGS2Prelims

    Section 163 BNSS curbs in Pasighat after Siang dam violence; RAF sent

    Restrictions on public gathering under section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 continue in Pasighat, Mebo and Ruksin in Arunachal Pradesh. Protests against NHPC's proposed 11,200 MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project turned violent in Pasighat on the night of 23-24 October. The Centre has sent about 250 personnel in two Rapid Action Force (RAF) companies.

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  10. EnvironmentPrelimsGS3

    IITM's new lab under Mission Mausam to trace Delhi-NCR pollution sources

    AATAL, an air-pollution laboratory at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology's Delhi branch, was inaugurated on 24 October 2026. Set up under Mission Mausam, it can trace Delhi-NCR's pollution sources in real time. It also studies fine particles' chemistry and potential toxicity. Its evidence is to inform the Commission for Air Quality Management, including on Graded Response Action Plan decisions.

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  11. PolityPrelimsGS4

    Keralam ex-Governor reportedly recommended PSC chief's removal: how Article 317 works

    Keralam's former Governor, Rajendra Arlekar, reportedly recommended to President Droupadi Murmu the removal of Kerala Public Service Commission chairperson M.R. Baiju, citing alleged irregularities at the Commission. The step became public after he left the State. The President has not acted. Under Article 317, removal for misbehaviour needs a Supreme Court inquiry on the President's reference.

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