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September 2026 Edition
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2026 Editions
9 Editions Available
September 2026
August 2026
- ● AUGUST 2026-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) Fort
- ● National Shipping Board (NSB)
- ● EXERCISES PITCH BLACK AND UDARA SHAKTI 2026
July 2026
- ● JULY 2026-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● India's First Greenfield Refinery-Petrochemical Hub
- ● India-Israel Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA)
- ● FCRA 2.0 Portal and e-OCI Card
June 2026
- ● JUNE 2026-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● FIFA World Cup 2026
- ● Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)-India-UK
- ● India's Longest-Serving Elected Prime Minister
May 2026
- ● MAY 2026-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● India’s First Mega Greenfield Shipyard
- ● Semiconductor Plant-Rajasthan
- ● All-India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD)
April 2026
- ● APRIL 2026-Monthly CA
- ● Cities Towards Zero Waste Initiative
- ● International Election Visitors Programme (IEVP) 2026
- ● Digital payments growth in India
March 2026
- ● March 2026-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● Rural Self Employment Training Institutes
- ● Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs)
- ● Cabinet Commttee on Security (CCS)
February 2026
- ● February 2026-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM)
- ● Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
- ● Central Sector Scheme for Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)
January 2026
- ● January 2026-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● India recorded its fifth driest December in 124 years
- ● Startup India marks its 10th anniversary
- ● Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI)
December 2025
- ● December 2025-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● India's Largest Circular Stone Labyrinth
- ● PM Internship Scheme
- ● The 2030 Literacy Goal
November 2025
- ● November 2025-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● Macaulay's mentality of slavery
- ● United Nations Convention against Cybercrime
- ● State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report 2025
October 2025
- ● October 2025-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● PMJANMAN (Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan)
- ● International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- ● Indian Radio Software Architecture (IRSA) 1.0
September 2025
- ● September 2025-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020)
- ● India-Israel Investment Agreement
- ● International Conference on Space 2025
August 2025
- ● August 2025-Monthly Current Affairs
- ● Environment Protection (Management of Contaminated Sites) Rules, 2025
- ● India-Saudi Arabia Joint Committee on Defence Cooperation (JCDC)
- ● Robotic Custom Laser Cataract Surgery
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What Is the SumatiIAS UPSC Monthly Current Affairs Magazine?
This is not a news digest or newspaper summary. Every edition of this UPSC current affairs magazine is built directly around the UPSC CSE syllabus — events are selected, filtered, and placed under the GS paper where they are most likely to appear in the actual exam.
Why in News?
The immediate context explaining why UPSC may test this topic in Prelims or Mains, highlighting trigger events, bills, or international statements.
Structured Explanation
Key facts, official stats, background history, and direct links to the static NCERT / standard syllabus for complete conceptual clarity.
Syllabus Placement
The specific GS paper and sub-theme this topic belongs to, eliminating guesswork during late-stage revision.
What's Included in Every Monthly Current Affairs Magazine?
Each edition covers the following 12 categories — drawn directly from that month's exam-relevant events:
Polity & Governance
8-12 topics/issueConstitutional provisions, Supreme Court judgements, Acts & Bills, Parliamentary proceedings, Committees & Commissions
International Relations
6-10 topics/issueBilateral agreements, multilateral summits, India's foreign policy developments, international organisations in news
Economy
8-12 topics/issueMacroeconomic indicators, RBI and Finance Ministry updates, infrastructure, trade & commerce, agriculture
Environment & Ecology
6-9 topics/issueBiodiversity, species in news, environmental treaties, protected areas, pollution and climate policy
Science & Technology
5-8 topics/issueSpace missions, defence technology, health and biotechnology, AI and emerging tech
Government Schemes & Programmes
4-7 topics/issueNew launches, amendments, beneficiary updates, scheme performance reports
Reports & Indices
3-6 topics/issueRankings and indices from national and international bodies — with India's position and key findings
Geography & Mapping
4-6 topics/issuePlaces in news, physical geography, disputed territories, disaster-affected regions
History, Art & Culture
3-5 topics/issueHeritage sites, GI Tags, important personalities, cultural events with UPSC relevance
Awards & Recognition
2-4 topics/issueNational and international awards relevant to the UPSC exam
Defence & Security
3-5 topics/issueMilitary exercises, defence acquisitions, security agreements, internal security developments
Important Days & Summits
2-4 topics/issueInternational days with exam-relevant themes; major bilateral and multilateral summits
How to Use the Monthly Current Affairs PDF for UPSC
Follow these four proven workflows to transform current affairs reading into tangible exam marks.
Monthly Reading Workflow
Download the new edition in the first week of each month. Read GS paper by paper — not page by page.
Integrating with Daily Current Affairs
This magazine is a consolidation tool, not a replacement for daily reading.
Revision Before Prelims
Do not read fresh editions in the final month before Prelims. Return to editions from the past several months.
Revision Before Mains
For GS II and GS III topics, write the question angle before you revise the answer.
Complete Your Current Affairs for UPSC —
Related Resources
Combine monthly magazine consolidation with these specialized SumatiIAS study modules.
The monthly magazine covers what happened across a full month. The Daily Current Affairs page covers it as it happens — topic by topic, day by day. Use both together: daily reading for coverage, monthly magazine for consolidation. Neither is sufficient without the other.
PIB press releases are among the most direct sources for UPSC Prelims questions on Government Schemes, Ministry initiatives, and policy changes. The PIB Analysis page filters and explains PIB content through the UPSC exam lens — useful for topics that appear in the monthly magazine and require deeper official-source context.
Certain recurring UPSC themes — India's neighbourhood policy, internal security, climate commitments, economic reforms — cannot be adequately covered by monthly news entries alone. The Hot Topics page provides extended, Mains-depth analysis of these themes, updated as they develop.
The most reliable way to calibrate which types of current affairs events become exam questions. The PYQ page lets you see how past events were tested — the phrasing, the depth, and the frequency — so you can read monthly current affairs with a more accurate sense of what is exam-grade.
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