Free Learning Resources & Daily Editorial Notes

At Pre-COP31 co-hosted by Australia, Fiji and Tuvalu, India called for equal focus on adaptation, mitigation and means of implementation. COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye. MCQs.

5 Oct 2026: President appoints HC Chief Justices Sunita Agarwal (Gujarat), Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya (Delhi) and Aparesh Kumar Singh (Telangana) as SC judges. Article 124 facts + MCQs.

5 Oct 2026: 540 t of APCL methanol leaves Bogibeel, Dibrugarh for Pangaon (Dhaka) via NW-2 and the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route — first such cargo since 1947. Static waterway facts.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for light-gated ion channels and optogenetics — science, static Nobel facts, MCQs.

1 Oct 2026: GOBARdhan Central Sector Scheme for compressed biogas launched (₹23,731 cr, FY27–FY36). NABKISAN lists India’s first WASH social bond on NSE: ₹180 cr at 8.10%.

3 Oct 2026: 480 m Sabarmati River bridge on Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail completed; 8 piers, five 76 m + two 50 m spans, balanced cantilever method. Railway GA notes.

3 Oct 2026: Ministry of Education approved five Centres of Excellence — Tezpur (Assamese), Visva-Bharati (Bengali), Deccan College (Marathi), CU Odisha (Pali), CU Gujarat (Prakrit).

Asian Games 2026 (Aichi–Nagoya): India 4th with 85 medals (21G, 27S, 37B); men’s and women’s hockey gold, LA 2028 berths; Rest of India win Irani Cup.

MeitY (3 Oct 2026): India’s first 5.56 km free-space QKD link between BISAG-N and IIT Gandhinagar; QBER below 5%, 230–260 bps keys; Vedic Kavach PQC platform.

Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 2026 came into force on 1 Oct 2026, replacing the 1891 Act; technology-neutral bank records, digital certification. Banking GA notes and MCQs.

RBI MPC meets 5–7 Oct 2026; repo held at 5.25% for four meetings; CPI 4.82% in Aug; economists expect 25 bps hike — decision 7 Oct. Static MPC facts for Banking GA.

Week carry: IBPS PO Mains 4 Oct; BoB LBO 3 Oct 2482 posts; remember RBI ED Malli, HDFC Bagchi from 27 Oct, Kotak Saha from Jan 2027 without republishing deep-dives.