CivilsIASPrep.comUPSC Current Affairs for 2026-10-07
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- Bird islands: On India’s bustard conservation programmeEnvironment · Two captive-bred Great Indian Bustards were released into the wild at Desert National Park, Jaisalmer, marking progress in the conservation breeding programme.
- Tragic unpreparedness: on the Maharashtra heatwave incidentEnvironment and Disaster Management · 13 deaths and over 120 heat stress cases at a public event in Navi Mumbai on April 16 highlight India's inadequate heatwave preparedness.
- UN chief, Pakistan’s Deputy PM hold talks; discuss regional and global issuesInternational Relations · UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Pakistan and held talks with Deputy PM Ishaq Dar on regional and global issues.
- Cabinet clears apex body to handle roads, rail, ports as one networkEconomy · Union Cabinet approved a Special Purpose Vehicle, Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA), to plan, appraise, and monitor transport and logistics projects.
- Karnataka Chief Minister leaves for Delhi ahead of GST Council meetingEconomy · Karnataka CM D.K. Shivakumar visits Delhi ahead of the 57th GST Council meeting on October 8.
- Centre to propose five-pronged reform plan at GST Council meeting on October 8Economy · Centre to propose five-pronged GST reform plan at GST Council meeting on October 8.
- India-U.S. trade deal talks have plateaued; further demands, concessions will be very difficult: FinMinEconomy · Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that India-U.S. trade deal negotiations have plateaued, with further concessions difficult, and highlighted tariff weaponisation.