🚆 GK Express 2.0 Discipline • Clarity • Competitive Preparation TODAY’S FOCUS → INDIAN HISTORY, HERITAGE AND CULTURE 🧠 Thought of the Day “Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.” — Jawaharlal Nehru 📰 Current Affairs Private Bill on Compulsory Census for every 10 Years: Recently, a Private Member’s Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha to amend the Census Act, 1948, to mandate a nationwide Census every ten years. Private Member’s Bills (PMBs) are legislative proposals introduced by Members of Parliament (MPs) who are not Ministers (i.e., not part of the government) 'Rat Hole Mining': A major disaster has unfolded in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills, where at least 18 workers died following an explosion in an illegally operating rat-hole coal mine. 📘 Concept of the Day Subject: Ancient Indian Architecture Topic: Structure of a Buddhist Stupa A Stu...

🚆 GK Express 2.0 Discipline • Clarity • Competitive Preparation TODAY’S FOCUS → INTERNAL SECURITY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT 🧠 Thought of the Day “We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.” — Petra Nemcova 📰 Current Affairs (Security) Highest ever Defence Budget: The Union Budget 2026–27 has drawn sharp attention for giving the highest-ever allocation of Rs 7.85 lakh crore to the defence sector, signalling India’s strategic focus on military modernisation, indigenous manufacturing and veterans’ welfare. KAVACH 4.0 in Indian Trains: Indian Railways recently commissioned a record 472.3 route kilometres of Kavach Version 4.0 in a single day, the highest-ever rollout achieved in a day and month. Kavach is India’s indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, ...

🚆 GK Express 2.0 Discipline • Clarity • Competitive Preparation TODAY’S FOCUS → INDIAN ENVIRONMENT AND BIO-DIVERSITY 🧠 Thought of the Day “The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” — Mahatma Gandhi 📰 Current Affairs (Env.) Franz Edelman Award 2026: The Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) is among the six finalists for the prestigious 2026 Franz Edelman Award for its Anna Chakra initiative. Franz Edelman is widely known as the “Nobel Prize of Operations Research and Analytics.” Robot Supervison in Vishakapatnam Railway Station: Indian Railways has deployed a humanoid robot named ‘ASC ARJUN’ at Visakhapatnam Railway Station. It works with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) for security, surveillance and assistance at the station. 📘 Concept of the Day Project Elephant Launched: ...

🚆 GK Express 2.0 Discipline • Clarity • Competitive Preparation TODAY’S FOCUS → ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA 🧠 Thought of the Day “Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.” — Calvin Coolidge 📰 Current Affairs Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative : Recently, Spain joined the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI), which was launched by India in November 2019 at the ASEAN-led East Asia Summit (EAS) in Bangkok. It draws on existing regional cooperation architecture and mechanisms to focus on seven thematic areas. Bacillus subtilis as Kerala's State Bacterium: Kerala is set to become the first state in India to declare a state bacterium to highlight the importance of beneficial microbes Industrial Revolution 4.0 : The World Economic Forum (WEF) will establish five new Centres for the Fourth Industrial...

🚆 GK Express 2.0 Discipline • Clarity • Competitive Preparation TODAY’S FOCUS → INDIAN POLITY, GOVERNANCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 🧠 Thought of the Day “However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.” — Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 📰 Current Affairs USA reduces tariffs on India: The US has reduced the effective tariff on Indian goods to 18%, down from a staggering peak of 50% (which included punitive duties). The deal marks a strategic de-escalation of trade tensions and reaffirms India’s role as a primary US ally and a critical counterweight to China in the Indo-Pacific. Indian Coast Guard Raising Day - 2026: The Prime Minister greeted all ranks of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on their Raising Day, lauding them as a steadfast s...