AASHVAST Labs Context: The Indian Army is establishing six AASHVAST laboratories across India to detect and eliminate firmware-level and electronic vulnerabilities in military drones, with one laboratory already inaugurated in
SYLLABUS GS-3: Infrastructure: Energy. Context: Indian Railways launched India’s first LNG-diesel dual-fuel DEMU train from Sabarmati, Gujarat, adding LNG-based propulsion to its alternative-fuel initiatives. More on the News About the
SYLLABUS GS-3: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. Context: The first PRAMAAN certificates under the Indian Forest and Wood Certification Scheme (IFWCS) were presented in New Delhi, marking
SYLLABUS GS-2: Important International Institutions, Agencies, and Fora—Their Structure and Mandate. GS-3: Conservation; Disaster and disaster management. Context: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) recently adopted the UN Declaration on Sea-Level
Birth Anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Context: The 119th birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh was observed on 28 September 2026, remembering his contribution to India’s freedom struggle and his
SYLLABUS GS-1: Distribution of key natural resources across the world. GS-3: Changes in Industrial Policy & Their Effects on Industrial Growth. Context: The Ministry of Mines has notified two offshore
SYLLABUSGS-2: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. GS-3: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. Context: India reaffirmed its commitment to the conservation of whales and
Project Suncatcher Context: Google is set to launch a prototype satellite on October 1, 2026, to conduct the first in-orbit test of Project Suncatcher, exploring the feasibility of space-based AI
SYLLABUS GS-3: Role of External State and Non-State Actors in Creating Challenges to Internal Security; Linkages between development and spread of extremism. Context: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has
SYLLABUS GS-2: Indian Constitution—significant provisions and basic structure; Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary. Context: The Supreme Court in the Jaskaran Jeet Singh Deol v. State