UPSC Current Affairs 21 October 2026 — PIB

• SARAS Mela 2026
• PROVISIONAL INDEX OF CORE INDUSTRIES FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2026, AND FINAL INDEX FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2026 WITH BASE YEAR 2022-23
• 33rd EDITION OF SINGAPORE-INDIA MARITIME BILATERAL EXERCISE (SIMBEX-2026) COMMENCES AT VISAKHAPATNAM
• CONCLUSION OF THE NINTH EDITION OF INDIA-BRAZIL-SOUTH AFRICA MARITIME EXERCISE (IBSAMAR IX 2026)
• India and New Zealand sign Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Electronic Origin Data Exchange to Facilitate Bilateral Trade Under the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to Launch ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan – Rabi 2026’ tomorrow; Campaign to Continue Till 30 November
• CAQM invokes Stage-I of GRAP in Delhi-NCR with immediate effect amid sharp rise in AQI
• India hosts Agrivoltaics World Conference 2026
• India hosts Agrivoltaics World Conference 2026 for the first time in the Global South
• Pulsing signals reveal hidden structure around a famous neutron star