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CDS / OTA Weekly Current Affairs — August 10–16, 2026 (PDF)

Free CDS / OTA weekly current affairs PDF for 10 August 2026 to 16 August 2026, covering 21 exam-focused topics. Revision cards written by Cavalier faculty for the CDS / OTA GK paper.

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What this weekly covers

Each card in the PDF condenses one of these daily explainers into revision points. Read the full article for the MCQs and the exam-pattern note.

• 10 August 2026
  • Interlinking of Rivers — Where the 30 Links Actually Stand Geography & Governance
  • PLFS Quarterly Bulletin, April–June 2026: Reading India's Labour Data Economy
  • 891 Asiatic Lions: World Lion Day, Project Lion and the Gir Story Environment
• 11 August 2026
  • India Tops Global Ship Recycling: Alang, the Hong Kong Convention and the Circular Economy Economy & Environment
  • The MSMED (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Delayed Payments, TReDS and Faster Dispute Resolution Economy
  • e-FIR and Zero FIR under Section 173 BNSS Polity & Governance
• 12 August 2026
  • The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026 and the National Tribunals Commission Polity & Governance
  • India–SACU Preferential Trade Agreement: Terms of Reference Signed Economy & International Relations
  • CPI July 2026 on the New 2024=100 Base: Reading India's Inflation Numbers Economy
• 13 August 2026
  • ₹15.52 Crore for Mustard Genes: How Access and Benefit Sharing Works Environment
  • Monsoon Session 2026 Adjourns Sine Die — 12 Bills, 19 Sittings Polity & Governance
  • The MMDR Amendment Bill, 2026: Who May Tax a Mine Economy & Governance
• 14 August 2026
  • WPI at 9.78% and India's Shift to a Producer Price Index Economy
  • Partition Horrors Remembrance Day: The History Behind 14 August History
  • Programmable Money for Ration: CBDC-Based DBT under PMGKAY Economy & Governance
• 15 August 2026
  • Sri Aurobindo at 154: Revolutionary, Editor, Philosopher History
  • Strengthening ITDAs and ITDPs: Fixing the Last Mile of Tribal Development Governance
  • Sapt Dhara and Viksit Bharat 2047: The 80th Independence Day Address Governance & Economy
• 16 August 2026
  • A ₹2,500 Crore Origin Fraud: How the SAFTA Areca Nut Racket Worked Economy & Trade
  • India Hosts the BRICS Environment Ministers' Meeting: Four Priorities Under the 2026 Chairship IR & Environment
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Punya Tithi: Pokhran, Coalition Dharma and the Reforms That Outlived Him History & Polity

How to use it

Read the PDF once end to end, then use the bold figures and names as a self-test: cover the card, recall the number, check. Come back to the weekly the week before the paper — it is written as a revision sheet, not a news bulletin.