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CDS / OTA Weekly Current Affairs — October 12–18, 2026 (PDF)

Free CDS / OTA weekly current affairs PDF for 12 October 2026 to 18 October 2026, covering 18 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.

• 12 October 2026
  • The Largest Producer, and Also the Largest Importer Schemes
  • 23,493 Data Layers, and the Road Nobody Had to Dig Twice Infra
  • The Rates Must Be Displayed, and the Centre Can Only Ask Welfare
• 13 October 2026
  • 21% Against a Target of 80% Welfare
  • Two Sovereigns on One Coast Infra
  • 8 Years From the Decision to the First Meeting IR/Diplomacy
• 14 October 2026
  • 5 Schemes Renamed, and 1 Rate Actually Changed Welfare
  • Yes or No, With Remarks Polity
  • The Insurer That Was Made to Buy a Bank Economy
• 15 October 2026
  • A Reservoir Built in 1958, Now a Wetland of International Importance Environment
  • The Licence Queue That Is Also a Foreign Policy Problem Economy
  • 375 MW to 1.5 GW, and the Two Resources Nobody Priced Economy
• 16 October 2026
  • 42% of Capacity Is Not 42% of Electricity Economy
  • A Dead Meander Near Lucknow Holds 4,600 Years of Monsoon Environment
  • A River Is Not a Road, and That Is the Whole Problem Infra
• 17 October 2026
  • Legal to Spray, Impossible to Sell Economy
  • No Added Sugar Before Six Months Health
  • India Forecasts Well. It Does Not Yet Serve Well. Environment

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.