Day 17 — UPSC Prelims 2026 Current Affairs Revision
Thursday, 30 April 2026
Day 17 of 40 in the PrepDose UPSC Prelims 2026 sprint. 28 curated current-affairs events across 14 domains, with about 34 mins of focused revision and 19 UPSC-style practice questions. Free, no login.
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Lok Sabha Passes Insurance Laws Amendment Bill 2025
Why focus: 100% FDI statutory amendment. GS3 Economy, sets up How-Many-Correct testing automatic route vs approval route thresholds.
In December 2025, the Parliament of India passed the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, which amends the Insurance Act 1938, LIC A…
Read full eventSC Rules GAAR Overrides Tax Treaties
Why focus: SC Judgment on GAAR vs Tax Treaties. Core GS3 Economy, perfect for Assertion-Reason on capital gains exemptions and treaty overrides.
On January 15, 2026, the Supreme Court of India ruled that foreign investors cannot use a Tax Residency Certificate (TRC) from tax havens like Mauritius to clai…
Read full eventSubmission of Seventh National Report to CBD
Why focus: Official CBD submission tracking Kunming-Montreal targets. GS3 Environment, high-probability proxy for How-Many-Correct targets.
On February 26, 2026, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) submitted India's Seventh National Report (NR-7) to the Convention on Biol…
Read full eventWHA Adopts Historic WHO Pandemic Agreement
Why focus: First-of-its-kind WHO treaty. The PABS system is a prime GS2/GS3 proxy trap for Match-the-Following global frameworks.
At the 78th World Health Assembly in May 2025, WHO member states adopted the world's first Pandemic Agreement by consensus. This legally binding treaty, negotia…
Read full eventSEZ Amendment Rules 2025 for Semiconductors
Why focus: Gazette notification altering minimum SEZ land limits. GS3 Economy, numeric traps (50 to 10 hectares) perfect for statement-based MCQs.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry notified the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Rules, 2025, on June 3, 2025. The amendment drastically reduced the minimu…
Read full eventLaunch of PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana
Why focus: Flagship job scheme with specific DBTs. GS3 Economy, expected How-Many-Correct on eligibility caps and quantitative targets.
On August 1, 2025, the Union Government launched the PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) with a massive financial outlay of Rs 99,446 crore. The scheme pro…
Read full eventRTE Act and Minority Institutions Judgment
Why focus: SC Bench analyzing Art 21A vs Art 30. Core GS2 Polity, highly likely to yield Assertion-Reason questions on minority institution rights.
On September 1, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that teachers in minority educational institutions must clear the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) for recruitment a…
Read full eventDRDO Tests Scramjet Combustor For 1,000 Seconds
Why focus: 1000-second scramjet test. GS3 Sci-Tech, tests conceptual clarity between Ramjet and Scramjet (supersonic combustion) in statement formats.
On April 25, 2025, the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad successfully ground-tested an Active Cooled Scramjet Subscale Combustor f…
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