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The Daily Brief · 27 October 2026
UPSC current affairs, 27 October 2026
7 stories across 3 GS papers, filtered for the exam — why each is in the news and how to use it in Mains.
By Shivam Singh
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GS Paper 2: Polity, Governance & International Relations
UPSC's GS Paper 2 questions since 2016 → GS Paper 2 syllabus →Special Leave Petitions and the Supreme Court’s Docket Judiciary & Access to Justice
GS Paper 3: Economy, Environment, S&T & Disaster Management
UPSC's GS Paper 3 questions since 2016 → GS Paper 3 syllabus →Fertiliser Pricing and the Nutrient Imbalance in Indian Soils Agriculture & Soil Resources
Agrivoltaics: Keep Farming Viable as Solar Power Expands Energy & Agriculture
E85/E100 Certification Opens a Narrow Flex-Fuel Pathway Energy Security & Environment
Indigenous Green Propulsion for Satellites and Launch Vehicles Space Technology & Innovation
GS Paper 4: Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude
UPSC's GS Paper 4 questions since 2016 → GS Paper 4 syllabus →Conciliation as Empathy and Timely Public Service Empathy, Accountability & Public Service
Prelims pointers — today in one line each
- Right to Privacy — recognised as a fundamental right by a nine-judge Supreme Court bench in
- 2. Article 136 — discretionary special-leave jurisdiction; it is not an appeal as of right.
- NBS — covers phosphatic and potassic fertilisers; urea remains outside the same pricing framework.
- PM-KUSUM — supports solarisation in agriculture; proposed agrivoltaics is a possible future-phase addition.
- E85 — petrol-ethanol blend containing up to 85% ethanol by volume; vehicle compatibility is model-specific.
- Green propulsion — Manastu project uses a hydrogen-peroxide-based propellant; target is TRL-6 to TRL-9.
- Conciliation — a non-adjudicatory process for resolving industrial disputes through facilitated settlement.
