UPSC Current Affairs 23 Oct 2026 | Oil $112, Tibet Quake, SC on 17A

आज की top 14 UPSC खबरें, एक video में: Houthi हमलों के बाद Brent $112, Tibet में M7.0 earthquake, China के tunnel-boring machine export controls, Section 17A पर Supreme Court, Loss and Damage Fund का Nepal को पहला payout, ITBP और Arunachal के face-offs, shipyards का 0.5% order book, BRICS Parliamentary Forum, Pilibhit की voter list, NSDC का ZCZP issue, Rishikesh–Karnaprayag rail, Yamuna के ₹8,941 crore projects, Khet Bachao Abhiyan और Khajuraho — Prelims facts और Mains angles के साथ, आख़िर में newsQuiz के top 5 सवाल। ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Today's top stories 0:33 01 · Oil near a six-month high after Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia 2:19 02 · Magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Tibet 3:54 03 · Editorial: China's export curbs on tunnel-boring machines 5:36 04 · Supreme Court on Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act 7:23 05 · Loss and Damage Fund earmarks $20 million for Nepal 9:10 06 · ITBP DG on face-offs along the Arunachal border 11:05 07 · Indian shipbuilding: the order-book numbers 12:42 08 · 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in New Delhi 14:12 09 · Pilibhit electoral roll: 10,470 irregular entries after the SIR 15:59 10 · NSDC's debut on the Social Stock Exchange 17:25 11 · Rishikesh–Karnaprayag railway: 83% through tunnels 19:03 12 · Yamuna rejuvenation projects worth ₹8,941 crore 20:34 13 · 'Khet Bachao Abhiyan' for balanced fertiliser use 22:11 14 · Khajuraho: the rise and rediscovery of the Chandela temples 23:56 Prelims rapid fire — 5 questions 27:35 Inside the Ease My Prep app 📲 Every story with PYQs, notes and a quiz — Ease My Prep app: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ease-my... Sources: Indian Express, PIB, The Hindu (23 Oct 2026), via the Ease My Prep news digest. Credits • Story 01: "The Essar Oil Refinery" — Abhisek Sarda (CC BY 2.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 02: "Na Qu railway station2" — Bernt Rostad (CC BY 2.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 02: "Wildflowers on the Tibetan Plateau" — Tenace10 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 03: "Continued demolition and removal of a tunnel boring machine cutterhead that was used during a previous contract to bore the Queens tunnels. (CH058A, 10-08-19) (48919623078)" — MTA Capital Construction Mega Projects (CC BY 2.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 04: "Supreme Court of India, inside buildings 02" — Pinakpani (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 05: "The Bhotekoshi River in Sindhupalchowk District, Nepal (2025) -01" — Saddam19 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 05: "Around Kyanjin Valley, Langtang National Park, Rasuwa, Nepal 24" — pnepalensis (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 06: "Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Campus Entrance - Dakshin Marg - NH 5 - Chandigarh 2016-08-05 6060" — Biswarup Ganguly (CC BY 3.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 07: "Ships at Cochin Shipyard 4" — IM3847 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 08: "A view of Indian Parliament House from Mughal Garden, 18-03-2023" — Abuh98 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 09: "Contr Unit of Electronic Voting Machine 2" — Shagil Kannur (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 10: "National Stock Exchange" — 312user (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 11: "A confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers, Devprayag, Uttarakhand" — Ms Sarah Welch (CC0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 11: "Siddharth's best pics1" — Siddharth2121 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 12: "Yamuna river in Surouli Bujurg in Uttar Pradesh, India" — Suyash.dwivedi (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 12: "" Okhla Bird Sanctuary Okhla Noida "" — Awankanch (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 13: "Wheat in Punjab, India" — Satpal Dandiwal (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Story 14: "The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh" — Taru23 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons • Maps: DataMeet / ECI via geoBoundaries (CC BY 2.5 IN); Natural Earth (public domain) • Music: YouTube Audio Library #UPSC #CurrentAffairs #UPSCPrelims #UPSCMains #EaseMyPrep