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🗳️ SPECIAL SUMMARY REVISION (SSR) OF VOTER LISTS 🔹 In News: ECI announced SSR across 17 States/UTs, including poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand. 📌 Key Facts - Purpose: Enrol new voters and update electoral rolls. - No citizenship proof or house-to-house BLO visits required under SSR. - Voter lists to be available as searchable, readable PDFs. - Form 7 applications capped to prevent bulk voter deletions. - Draft and final voter lists will be displayed at polling booths. ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

फसल उत्पादन और समृद्धि में बिहार का गया देश का सर्वश्रेष्ठ जिला, 100 जिलों को पछाड़ कर बना नंबर वन https://www.etvbharat.com/amp/hi/state/gaya-district-ranks-first-in-prime-minister-dhan-dhanya-krishi-yojana-brs26101207369

💡 GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX (GII) 2026 🔹 Released by: WIPO 🔹 Launched: 2007 | Edition: 19th 🔹 Coverage: 139 economies 🌍 Top 3: Switzerland, Sweden, USA 🇮🇳 India: 38th rank 🏆 India’s Position: 1st among 36 lower-middle-income economies and 11 Central & Southern Asian economies. 🎯 PRELIMS: GII → WIPO → Switzerland ranked 1st; India ranked 38th. ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

⚓ EXERCISE IBSAMAR IX – 2026 🔹 Participants: India, Brazil & South Africa 🔹 Framework: IBSA | Biennial since 2008 🔹 Indian Ship: INS Tarkash + Chetak helicopter 🔹 Theme: Stronger Together Towards a Shared Future in the Maritime Domain. 🎯 PRELIMS: IBSAMAR → India + Brazil + South Africa ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

🛰️ TRISHNA SATELLITE 🔹 In News: Indo-French TRISHNA satellite is expected to launch in the next 12–16 months. 📌 Key Facts - Full Form: Thermal Infra-Red Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural Resource Assessment. - Agencies: ISRO (India) + CNES (France). - Previous collaborations: Megha-Tropiques and SARAL.) ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

📊 WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK (WEO) 2026 🔹 In News: IMF revised India’s 2026 growth forecast to 7%. 📌 About WEO - Published by IMF twice a year (April & October). - Provides projections on global growth, inflation, GDP, current account and unemployment. 🌍 Key Highlights - 🇮🇳 India’s growth: 7.4% (2026), 7% (2027). - 📈 India’s inflation: 5% in 2026 vs 2% in 2025. - 💰 Current Account Deficit: 1.5% of GDP (2026). - 🌐 Global growth: 3.1% (2026), 3.4% (2027). 🎯 PRELIMS: WEO → IMF → April & October ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

🌟 MY BHARAT PLATFORM 🔹 In News: MY Bharat organised Neighbourhood Youth Parliaments and Yuva Melas at 1,469 locations under the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Abhiyan. 📌 About MY Bharat - Autonomous body under the Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. - Registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. - A digital platform to empower youth and support the vision of Viksit Bharat. ⚙️ Key Features - Designed for youth aged 15–29 years. - Connects youth with opportunities in government, businesses and non-profit organisations. - Enables profile creation, skill showcasing and networking with mentors. - Offers mentorship, experiential learning, resources and industry connections. - Promotes youth-led development and community transformation. 🎯 PRELIMS QUICK RECALL MY Bharat → Youth aged 15–29 years → Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports → Youth-led development ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

सवाल: 71st Mains Result और 72nd PT कब होगा? जवाब: जब BPSC का मन करेगा! ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

🏞️ PONG DAM | HIMACHAL PRADESH 📍 Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh 🔹 Also known as: Beas Dam 🔹 River: Beas 🔹 Type: Earth-fill embankment dam 🔹 Construction: 1961–1974 🔹 Purpose: Hydroelectricity & irrigation 🔹 Reservoir: Maharana Pratap Sagar 🔹 Bird Sanctuary: 1983 🔹 Ramsar Site: 2002 🔹 Fauna: Bar-headed Goose, Common Teal, Black Stork, Eurasian Coot ⚠️ In News: Fishing activity in the restricted zone raised security concerns. 🎯 PRELIMS: Pong Dam → Beas River → Kangra → Maharana Pratap Sagar → Ramsar Site (2002) ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

🌍 TRADE & DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2026 🔹 Published by: UNCTAD | Annual report since 1981 📊 KEY FINDINGS * 🌐 Global trade (2025): $35 trillion * 📉 Global growth forecast (2026): 2.6% * 🌏 Asia’s share in global growth: 59% * 🤖 Strategic sectors’ share in greenfield investment: 44% 🇮🇳 INDIA * Greenfield investment share (2020–25): 5.7%, versus China’s 2.8% * GDP growth forecast: 7.3% (2026) and 8% (2027) 🎯 PRELIMS: UNCTAD → TDR → India 5.7% → China 2.8% ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, the former South African jurist and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, for her work in promoting peace, international law, and human rights.

🧪 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY 2026 🏆 Winners: Henri B. Kagan & Kenso Soai 🔹 Awarded for: Non-linear effects & autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis 🔹 Asymmetric synthesis: Producing one preferred 3D form (chirality) of a molecule 🔹 Non-linear effect: Small catalyst change → disproportionately large change in product chirality 🔹 Autocatalysis: Product acts as a catalyst to form more of itself 🔹 Soai: Pioneered asymmetric autocatalysis 🔹 Kagan: Key work on non-linear effects in asymmetric catalysis 🎯 PRELIMS: Chemistry 2026 → Kagan + Soai → Chirality → Non-linear effects → Autocatalysis ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

🚛 INTEGRATED TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS AUTHORITY (ITLA) 🇮🇳 Union Cabinet approved ITLA as an SPV for integrated transport & logistics planning. 🔹 Role: Apex body for planning, research, appraisal & monitoring 🔹 Master Plan: 10+ year National Transport Master Plan 🔹 Projects: Technical appraisal & monitoring of projects ₹500 crore+ 🔹 NTDR: Integrates data from GSTN, FASTag, VAHAN, GPS & traffic systems 🔹 Supports National Logistics Policy 2022 & promotes innovation 🎯 PRELIMS: ITLA → SPV → ₹500 cr+ → NTDR → 10+ year Transport Master Plan ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)

🚀 M51.3 MISSILE🇫🇷 France recently test-fired the M51.3, a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, from a nuclear-powered submarine. 🔹 Country: France Type: Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) ✔️Join 🔜 @PCSVERSE (PCS - मंत्रालय)