6 October 2026 Current Affairs | 15 Topics for UPSC Prelims | Kaliningrad, Mining Law, Nobel 2026

All of today’s topics in one video, from official sources only. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:10 Answer to the last question 0:20 Press freedom vs legislative privilege 0:30 New mining law and State taxes 0:40 Great Nicobar project 0:50 India–Japan carbon credits (JCM) 1:00 COP31 in Antalya 1:10 Kaliningrad and Península Valdés 1:20 Your question 1:30 Second half 1:40 VB–G RAM G: 375 works 1:50 Teledensity 93.26% 2:00 Record wind power 2:10 eSanjeevani 50 crore 2:20 Navy’s first Fleet Support Ship 2:30 Exercise Mountain Guardian 2:40 Nobel 2026: optogenetics 2:50 Plague 3:00 Subscribe Subscribe for tomorrow’s questions. Sources: - PIB — India–EFTA TEPA: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf... - Constitution of India (Legislative Department): https://www.legislative.gov.in/static... - Supreme Court — Sita Soren v Union of India (2024), on MSM Sharma (1959) and Keshav Singh (1964): https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2... - PIB — MMDR Amendment Act, 2026: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf... - PIB — MMDR Amendment Bill passed: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf... - Supreme Court — Mineral Area Development Authority v SAIL (2024): https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/1... - PIB — Great Nicobar Project backgrounder: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa... - PIB — India–Japan JCM Operational Manual: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf... - UNFCCC — COP31: https://unfccc.int/cop31 - Kremlin — Valdai Discussion Club transcript: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president... - Ministry of National Defence, Poland — Suwałki corridor: https://www.gov.pl/web/national-defen... - UNESCO — Península Valdés: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/937/ - PIB — 375 permissible works under VB–G RAM G: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf... - PIB — VB–G RAM G Act explainer: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetai... - PIB — TRAI yearly performance indicators 2025-26: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf... - PIB — MNRE, Windergy India 2026: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf... - PIB — eSanjeevani 50 crore: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf... - PIB — Raksha Mantri launches FSS-1: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf... - PIB — Exercise Mountain Guardian 2026: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIf... - Karolinska Institutet — Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026: https://news.ki.se/the-2026-nobel-pri... - WHO — Plague fact sheet: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sh... #upsc #currentaffairs #upscprelims #ias #CivilAshramIAS