Thursday
8 October 2026
5 updates for SSC, banking, railway and Andaman exams, each checked against an official source or two news reports.
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5 verified points from 6 and 7 October 2026: three new Supreme Court judges, the India-UAE Mountain Guardian exercise, the Fleet Support Ship Surya, the RBI Governor’s rate guidance and the India-EFTA Prosperity Summit.
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- 1EconomyRBI guidance5.50 per cent
- 2NationalNew Supreme Court judgesThe Centre notified the elevation of Justices Sunita Agarwal…
- 3DefenceMountain Guardian 2026The India-UAE joint military exercise Mountain Guardian runs from 5…
- 4DefenceFleet Support Ship SuryaDefence Minister Rajnath Singh launched FSS-1 Surya, the first of…
- 5InternationalIndia-EFTA Prosperity SummitThe second India-EFTA Prosperity Summit was held on 7 October 2026…
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New Supreme Court judges
The Centre notified the elevation of Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Aparesh Kumar Singh, the Chief Justices of the Gujarat, Delhi and Telangana High Courts, to the Supreme Court.
The Collegium recommended the three names on 28 September 2026.
Source: Deccan Chronicle, LiveLaw
Mountain Guardian 2026
The India-UAE joint military exercise Mountain Guardian runs from 5 to 18 October 2026 at the Foreign Training Node, Chaubatia, Uttarakhand, with 92 troops, 46 from each army.
The exercise focuses on mountain warfare.
Source: Deccan Chronicle, Indian Masterminds
Fleet Support Ship Surya
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched FSS-1 Surya, the first of five indigenous Fleet Support Ships, at Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam, on 6 October 2026 and laid the keel of FSS-5.
These 43,500-tonne ships refuel and resupply warships at sea.
Source: AffairsCloud, Legacy IAS
RBI guidance
After raising the repo rate to 5.50 per cent, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said a rate cut is unlikely soon and the next policy action can only be a hike or a pause.
The repo rate was raised by 25 basis points on 7 October 2026.
Source: Business Today, Upstox
India-EFTA Prosperity Summit
The second India-EFTA Prosperity Summit was held on 7 October 2026 during Swiss President Guy Parmelin’s visit, marking one year of the India-EFTA trade pact (TEPA).
TEPA came into force on 1 October 2025.
Source: Open Magazine, Legacy IAS