UPSC Current Affairs for 2026-10-09

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• Failure to finalise US trade deal may hurt India, but new FTAs can cushion tariff blow: RBI chiefEconomy · RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra stated that failure to finalise the India-US trade deal may have some negative impact, but recent FTAs and export diversification can cushion tariff shocks.
• 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.
• SEBC Commission: Odisha’s move goes beyond technicalities of OBC reservationPolity · Odisha government constitutes a commission to assess SEBC political representation and backwardness in local bodies ahead of 2027 elections.
• Deleted West Bengal voters move SC against SIRPolity · Deleted West Bengal voters moved the Supreme Court seeking an SIT probe into the special intensive revision process.
• India’s stakes in the Global Pandemic AgreementInternational Relations · India made official remarks at the UN High Level Meeting on the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention Preparedness and Response in September 2026.
• Flawed by design, exclusionary in impactPolity · Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has allegedly disenfranchised lakhs of genuine electors, following a Supreme Court judgment.
• Bhatti seeks protection of States’ revenues in GST reformsEconomy · Telangana Finance Minister raised concerns at the 57th GST Council meeting about proposed GST reforms impacting state revenues.
• IT Ministry advises social media platforms to take down ‘manipulated’ contentPolity · MeitY advisory urges social media platforms to curb manipulated or out-of-context content beyond AI deepfakes.