Delhi recorded a daily average Air Quality Index of 382, in the 'Very Poor' category, as reported in the Central Pollution Control Board daily AQI Bulletin for 6 November 2026.
GRAP stages and the body that invokes them are a recurring prelims question, and the stage is keyed to a measured AQI band rather than to a season, which is the part candidates most often get wrong.
Linked static GK: The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas is a statutory body created by the CAQM Act, 2021. GRAP is its graded, AQI-triggered action plan; the Central Pollution Control Board publishes the daily AQI bulletin the stages are read against.
A PIB backgrounder on 6 November 2026 explained the NPPA cap of 30 per cent of maximum retail price on trade margins for 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines.
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority capped the trade margin on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines at 30 per cent of the maximum retail price on 17 October 2026.
Trade margin rationalisation is a distinct instrument from price control under the DPCO, and the distinction between scheduled and non-scheduled formulations is exactly what a question tests.
Linked static GK: The NPPA, set up in 1997 under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, fixes and revises prices of scheduled formulations under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order. Trade margin rationalisation lets it act on non-scheduled drugs by capping the margin rather than the price.
TRAI's power to maintain a register of interconnect agreements and make it available for public inspection comes from sub-sections (vii) and (viii) of section 11(1)(b) of the TRAI Act, 1997.
The enabling section of the TRAI Act is the examinable part: candidates are asked which statutory power a regulator is acting under, not the content of the amendment.
Linked static GK: TRAI was established by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. The Register of Interconnect Agreements Regulations, 1999 set the framework for registering interconnect agreements between service providers.
India and Myanmar held their maiden tri-services HADR exercise RAHAT MITRA at Chennai on 5 and 6 November 2026.
defence · upsc-prelims, cds, nda, afcat, ssc-cgl
India and Myanmar commenced their maiden bilateral tri-services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise, RAHAT MITRA, at Chennai on 5 November 2026.
A maiden bilateral exercise with a named partner is the highest-yield defence fact class, and the coordinating service is the detail that separates a prepared candidate from a guess.
Linked static GK: HADR exercises are distinct from combat exercises and are often the first military engagement between neighbours. MAHASAGAR, Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions, is the maritime vision this exercise was placed under.
The maiden BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise concluded at Sri Vijaya Puram on 3 November 2026 under the Andaman and Nicobar Command.
defence · upsc-prelims, cds, nda, afcat
The maiden BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise culminated at Sri Vijaya Puram on 3 November 2026, after engagements conducted from 30 October to 3 November 2026 under the Andaman and Nicobar Command.
Naval ships from BIMSTEC member states took part, including the Indian Naval Ships Taragiri, Karmuk and Saryu, the Myanmar Navy ship UMS King Aung Zeya and the Sri Lanka Navy ship SLNS Gajabahu.
BIMSTEC membership and the tri-service character of the Andaman and Nicobar Command are both standard prelims material, and a maiden grouping-level exercise ties them together.
Linked static GK: BIMSTEC, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, has seven members. Sri Vijaya Puram is the renamed Port Blair, headquarters of the Andaman and Nicobar Command.
The fifth edition of India-United States exercise Tiger Triumph 2026 concluded at Visakhapatnam on 5 November 2026.
defence · upsc-prelims, cds, nda, afcat
The fifth edition of the bilateral tri-service HADR exercise Tiger Triumph 2026 between India and the United States culminated at Visakhapatnam on 5 November 2026.
Edition number, partner country and host city are the three things asked about a recurring exercise, and Tiger Triumph is the main India-United States HADR series.
Linked static GK: Tiger Triumph is the India-United States bilateral tri-service humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise, first held in 2019. A STAFFEX plans an operation; a TTX rehearses the plan without deploying forces.
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, with ICAR-NIVEDI Bengaluru, organised the two-day national tabletop exercise VAJRA-SAT on Foot-and-Mouth Disease serotype SAT-1 preparedness on 4 and 5 November 2026.
Named national exercises and the institute that hosts them are standard one-mark material, and the serotype being absent from India is the detail that makes this a preparedness exercise rather than an outbreak response.
Linked static GK: Foot-and-Mouth Disease is a transboundary viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals. ICAR-NIVEDI, Bengaluru, is the national institute for veterinary epidemiology and disease informatics under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
The Government doubled the OMSS (D) rice sale target for 2026-27 from 25 lakh metric tonnes to 50 lakh metric tonnes and made rice and paddy stock disclosure mandatory nationwide.
The OMSS (D) rice sale target for 2026-27 was doubled from 25 lakh metric tonnes to 50 lakh metric tonnes, with 25 lakh metric tonnes already sold through e-auctions up to 31 October 2026.
The Open Market Sale Scheme is the instrument the Centre uses to cool cereal prices without touching the issue price, and the distinction between a sale target and a stock limit is what a question turns on.
Linked static GK: The Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) lets the Food Corporation of India sell surplus foodgrain in the open market through e-auctions. Stock limits under the Essential Commodities Act are imposed by States with the Centre's concurrence.
The agreement was signed between Digital Bharat Nidhi under the Department of Telecommunications, the Government of Telangana, TRIICL, BSNL and T-Fiber.
Digital Bharat Nidhi is the renamed Universal Service Obligation Fund, and the rename is recent enough that questions still test which fund pays for BharatNet.
Linked static GK: BharatNet is the national rural broadband programme connecting gram panchayats by optical fibre. Digital Bharat Nidhi replaced the Universal Service Obligation Fund under the Telecommunications Act, 2023. The state-led model has the State implement the rollout.
The anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft Amini, built by GRSE Kolkata, was delivered to the Indian Navy on 5 November 2026.
defence · upsc-prelims, cds, nda, ssc-cgl
Amini, an Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft indigenously designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, was delivered to the Indian Navy on 5 November 2026.
Shipyard, class and namesake are the three things asked about a newly delivered vessel, and the Lakshadweep island naming convention for this class is a recurring hook.
Linked static GK: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, is a defence public sector shipyard. Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft are coastal vessels; this class is named after islands of Lakshadweep and is among the largest Indian naval warships propelled by waterjets.
CBFC issued advisory No. M/23/2026 requiring films to be submitted in final and complete form under the Cinematograph Act, 1952.
governance · upsc-prelims, ssc-cgl
The Central Board of Film Certification issued official advisory No. M/23/2026 to all film producers, applicants and industry associations, requiring compliance with the Cinematograph Act, 1952 and the Cinematograph (Certification) Rules, 2024.
A film's title remains liable to scrutiny, review and modification by the Examining or Revising Committee under the Guidelines issued under Section 5B(1) of the Cinematograph Act, 1952 and Rule 25 of the Cinematograph (Certification) Rules, 2024.
Section 5B(1) is the constitutional hook for film certification and is asked directly; the 2024 Rules replaced the 1983 Rules recently enough that the year is itself examinable.
Linked static GK: The CBFC is a statutory body under the Cinematograph Act, 1952. Section 5B(1) sets the grounds on which a film may be refused certification, mirroring the reasonable restrictions in Article 19(2). The Cinematograph (Certification) Rules, 2024 replaced the 1983 Rules.