SSB Current Affairs — Weekly PDFs
A speaking & awareness brief for the SSB, not an exam fact-sheet. Every week: sharp defence & national briefs written with the nuance an interviewing officer probes for — plus one Lecturette of the Week and one Group Discussion of the Week, with a ready structure and both sides.
Read it, then say it aloud
The written exam rewards facts; the SSB rewards how you speak and think. These weekly PDFs turn the week's real news into interview-ready material — the specific detail and the "so what" behind each story, a realistic lecturette topic with a ready opening–points–close, and a debatable GD motion with balanced arguments. Assessors reward a calm, informed, balanced view — never a one-sided rant.
Week of 26 October – 1 November 2026
Aatmanirbharta 2.0 · Talks at Cebu, a frigate at Busan · BIMSTEC’s first sea exercise · A board for gig workers · NVS-03 for NavIC · Lecturette: Strategic Autonomy · GD: Who funds gig welfare?
Download PDF 19OctWeek of 19 – 25 October 2026
Land Warfare Doctrine · Indigenous submarine AIP · SCO in Dushanbe · Navy at Malé · A Naxal-free year · Lecturette: Drones in Modern Warfare · GD: Drug abuse among youth
Download PDF 12OctWeek of 12 – 18 October 2026
Private-yard warship · Terror: a new playbook · BIMSTEC on security · Roads for Ladakh · Asian Games haul · Lecturette: Fighting at High Altitude · GD: Sport in every school
Download PDF 05OctWeek of 5 – 11 October 2026
The IAF at 94 · Standing by veterans · Cargo to Bangladesh · Mental health helpline · Highways for wildlife · Lecturette: The North East: India’s Gateway to the East · GD: Who pays for climate?
Download PDF 28Sep–OctWeek of 28 September – 4 October 2026
Navy guards Hormuz · HQ IDS turns 25 · Ladakh names on map · UPSC turns 100 · Three first golds · Lecturette: Quantum Technology and National Security · GD: Clean power vs wildlife
Download PDF 21SepWeek of 21 – 27 September 2026
Tarang Shakti 2026 · Indian glide bomb · India–NZ trade deal · Make in India at 12 · Project Rhino · Lecturette: India's Energy Security · GD: Skills vs degrees
Download PDF 14SepWeek of 14 – 20 September 2026
Moscow and Auli · Cognitive warfare · Power to Nepal · PF for 51 lakh more · Saving the bustard · Lecturette: Disaster Management in India · GD: Russian arms dependence
Download PDF 07SepWeek of 7 – 13 September 2026
₹1.10 lakh cr cleared · IAF flies with Japan · Modi meets Xi · Stopping cyber fraud · Asian Games squad · Lecturette: India–China Relations · GD: Digital payments and fraud
Download PDF 31Aug–SepWeek of 31 August – 6 September 2026
RAKSHA roadmap · Who builds our arms · SCO summit, Bishkek · 7.8% and an upgrade · EOS-05 in geo orbit · Lecturette: Defence Diplomacy · GD: Free trade agreements
Download PDF 24AugWeek of 24 – 30 August 2026
Defence export reform · Women NSG commandos · India–Kuwait defence · UPI turns ten · Dhyan Chand's 121st · Lecturette: Cyber and Information Warfare · GD: Exam paper leaks
Download PDF 17AugWeek of 17 – 23 August 2026
Siliguri Corridor · MQ-9B drones leased · India–Japan pact · Ending sewer deaths · Space startups · Lecturette: Sports Culture in India · GD: Buy foreign or wait?
Download PDF 10AugWeek of 10 – 16 August 2026
Red Fort defence agenda · Loiter munitions · Navy Chief in Mauritius · Vibrant Villages-II · Soldiers' CWG medals · Lecturette: Civil Defence: Every Citizen's Duty · GD: Hosting the 2036 Olympics
Download PDF 03AugWeek of 3 – 9 August 2026
Agni-4 test-fired · The citizen-soldier · Arunachal names · Will UPI stay free? · Glasgow medals · Lecturette: India's Nuclear Doctrine · GD: Compulsory military training
Download PDF 29Jun–JulWeek of 29 June – 1 July 2026
New Army Chief & IAF Vice-Chief · DRDO financial reform · GAGAN · Lecturette: Theatre Commands · GD: Rural job guarantee
Download PDF 22JuneWeek of 22 – 28 June 2026
Vision MAHASAGAR · ICGS Akshay · Netra AEW&C · Lecturette: Self-Reliance in Defence · GD: Net security provider in the Indian Ocean
Download PDF 15JuneWeek of 15 – 21 June 2026
Record defence production · Coast Guard hovercraft · LWE-free milestone · Lecturette: Nuclear Energy · GD: Naxalism
Download PDF 08JuneWeek of 8 – 14 June 2026
DRDO weapon complex · GNSS jammers · First women NDA cadets commissioned · Lecturette: India's Space Programme · GD: Women in combat roles
Download PDF 01JuneWeek of 1 – 7 June 2026
Field commanders' powers doubled · India–Australia defence dialogue · Major Abhilasha Barak · Lecturette: Women in the Armed Forces · GD: QUAD & the Indo-Pacific
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