Current Affairs One- Liner: 8th October 2026

National: On 6 October 2026 , the Union Cabinet approved two major initiatives: the creation of an Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA) and a ₹10,000-crore SME Growth Fund . ITLA will function as an apex b…

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World Bank Raises India's GDP Growth Forecast to 7.1% for FY27

Current Context:  On 6 October 2026 , the World Bank raised India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 2026-27 (FY27) to 7.1% from 6.6% in its latest India Development Update , citing stronger-than-expected growth, firm domestic d…

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RBI Removes Paytm Payments Bank from List of Scheduled Banks

Current Context:  On 7 October 2026 , the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) had been removed from the Second Schedule to the RBI Act, 1934 , meaning it is no longer classified as…

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Current Affairs One-Liner: 7th October 2026

National: On 6 October 2026 , the Union Cabinet approved the creation of an Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA) as a Special Purpose Vehicle. It will strengthen research, planning, appraisal, monitoring …

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Bi-monthly Monetary Policy: RBI Raises Repo Rate by 25 bps After Over 3 Years

Current Context:  On 7 October 2026 , the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the policy repo rate by 25 basis points from 5.25% to 5.50% . This was RBI’s first repo-rate hike in nearly four year…

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India’s First National Household Travel Survey 2025–26: Key Findings

Current Context:  On 5 October 2026 , the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released key findings of India’s first-ever National Household Travel Survey…

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Delhi Doubles ASHA Incentives, Launches Nursing Home Portal

Current Context: On 5 October 2026 , Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched a cashless medical facility for Delhi Jal Board (DJB) pensioners and family pensioners under the government’s Seva Sankalp Abhiyan . The scheme…

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Current Affairs One-Liner: 6th October 2026

National: On 3 October 2026 , the PM-SETU scheme completed one year of implementation. The programme aims to modernise 1,000 Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) through a Hub-and-Spoke model and industry-link…

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