Current Affairs 27 October 2026: 20 Exam-Ready Facts with Bihar-Jharkhand Update

Three things dominate today's paper if you are writing a government exam: the Indian Army marks its 80th Infantry Day, the Men's Asian Champions Trophy opens on Punjab soil after 17 years, and Anup Bagchi takes charge as HDFC Bank's MD and CEO. Add a Presidential assent for the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority and you have a day worth a full revision page.

Everything below covers the last 24 hours, cross-checked against PIB, RBI and ISRO releases wherever the source allowed it. Each fact carries the exam it matters most for, so you can skip what your paper will not ask.

National

1. Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) Bill 2026 received Presidential assent from Droupadi Murmu, creating an autonomous body for six eastern Nagaland districts (Tuensang, Mon, Longleng, Kiphire, Noklak, Shamator) with 62 members and control over 46 subjects. The Nagaland Assembly had passed it unanimously on 3 September 2026. Exam tag: BPSC / All exams
2. Operation Trident, run by the Narcotics Control Bureau with state police and ED teams, hit 38 locations across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur. The haul: 18 arrests, 1,424 bank accounts frozen, assets worth ₹17.82 crore attached, 500 detonators and ₹12 lakh cash seized, with roughly ₹100 crore in hawala transfers traced. Exam tag: SSC / All exams
3. 14th India Chem 2026 was held in Mumbai from 22 to 24 October on the theme "Advantage Bharat: An Emerging Global Chemicals Hub", inaugurated by JP Nadda. The BHAVYA Rasayan Scheme was a headline announcement, alongside a sector target of USD 300 billion by 2030 and USD 1 trillion by 2040. Exam tag: SSC / Railway / BPSC

Also on the radar: the Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed Dr Sajjan Singh Yadav (1995 batch, AGMUT cadre) as Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from 1 November 2026, succeeding Atal Dulloo.

Appointments at a glance

International

4. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was re-elected President of Brazil for a fourth, non-consecutive term, beating Flavio Bolsonaro of the PL in the 25 October runoff by 51.79% to 48.21%. He is sworn in on 5 January 2027. Exam tag: All exams
5. The 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum met at Samvidhan Sadan, New Delhi, and agreed a joint action plan covering transparent use of artificial intelligence, reform of global governance and cooperation on the Sustainable Development Goals. Exam tag: BPSC / All exams

Economy and Banking

6. The RBI repo rate stands at 5.50% after the 63rd Monetary Policy Committee meeting (5 to 7 October 2026) raised it by 25 basis points from 5.25% and shifted the stance from neutral to calibrated tightening. SDF is 5.25%, MSF and Bank Rate 5.75%, CRR 4.50% and SLR 18.00%. The rate vote was unanimous; the stance change passed 4 to 2. Governor: Sanjay Malhotra. Exam tag: Banking / SSC / Railway
7. Anup Bagchi begins a three-year term as MD and CEO of HDFC Bank today, succeeding Sashidhar Jagdishan, whose term ended on 26 October 2026. Bagchi has been with the ICICI group since 1992 and was most recently MD and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance. Exam tag: Banking
8. The World Bank's India Development Update (October 2026) projects India's real GDP growth at 7.1% in FY27, with a special focus chapter titled "India and Artificial Intelligence: Seizing the Development Opportunity". South Asia is pegged at 6.9% for 2026. Exam tag: Banking / BPSC / BSSC

Also on the radar: the RBI's new Tier-IV data centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute at Info Valley-II, Jatni (Bhubaneswar), built at a cost of about ₹169 crore, was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. For banking aspirants this is the sort of one-liner that turns into a two-mark question.

Index and rankings watch

Pakistan sits at 106th on the Global Hunger Index with a score of 25.5, Bangladesh at 19.2 and Nepal at 14.5. If a paper asks for a comparison within South Asia, that ordering is the answer it wants.

Sports

9. India finished fourth at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan (18 to 24 October) with its best-ever haul of 114 medals: 30 gold, 35 silver, 49 bronze, past the previous record of 108. China topped with 435, Japan took 186 and Uzbekistan 145. India sent 168 athletes across 11 disciplines. Doha hosts the 2030 edition. Exam tag: All exams
10. The Men's Asian Champions Trophy 2026 begins today at the Olympian Surjit Singh Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar, with the semi-finals and final in Mohali on 4 and 5 November. Six teams play: India, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Malaysia and Korea. India, captained by Harmanpreet Singh, are defending champions chasing a record sixth title, and open against Bangladesh. International hockey returns to Punjab after 17 years. Exam tag: All exams
11. Bodhana Sivanandan, a British player of Indian origin, became the youngest female International Master in chess history at 11 years, 7 months and 16 days at the European Club Cup in Budva, Montenegro, breaking Judit Polgar's 1988 record. Exam tag: All exams

Sports results table

Awards

12. Ashoke Sen of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru, became the first Indian physicist to receive the Oskar Klein Medal, awarded by Stockholm University with the Nobel Committee for Physics. The medal was instituted in 1988. Exam tag: All exams
13. Assam has instituted the Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika National Award, with playback singer Usha Mangeshkar named its first recipient. The Prime Minister is scheduled to present it on 29 November 2026. The same Cabinet cleared a ₹303.69 crore Weetek Plastic unit at Rangia, Kamrup. Exam tag: All exams

Books and authors: Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan released Advantage India: Reshaping the Future for an Equitable World, written by BJP National Secretary Anil K. Antony and published by Rupa Publications. It covers AI, space, defence and the 2047 roadmap.

Science and Defence

14. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released the Land Warfare Doctrine 2026 at the Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi, replacing the December 2018 doctrine. It builds in drones, artificial intelligence, precision warfare and multi-domain operations, and Singh asked the Army for a 20 to 30 year strategic horizon. The conference was chaired by Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth, the 31st COAS. Exam tag: SSC / Railway / All exams
15. ISRO will launch NVS-03 on a GSLV Mk II from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on 30 October 2026. The satellite weighs 2,232 kg, carries a 12-year mission life and an indigenous Rubidium atomic clock from the Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad. It is the third second-generation NVS satellite and the twelfth in the IRNSS/NavIC series, meant to restore standalone NavIC positioning. Exam tag: All exams

Also on the radar: Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated AATAL, the Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol Toxicity Analysis Laboratory, at IITM New Delhi under Mission Mausam. It feeds IITM's AIRWISE system, which issues 72-hour forecasts at 400 metre resolution for Delhi-NCR.

Bihar-Jharkhand Special

16. The BPSC 72nd Combined Competitive Exam prelims for 1,186 posts has been postponed again, with the 25 October 2026 sitting cancelled and no fresh date announced yet (verify). The paper had already moved once from 26 July 2026. Revenue Officer leads the vacancy list with 365 posts, followed by Cooperative Extension Officer (130) and Sub-divisional Protection Officer (101, women only). Exam tag: BPSC
17. Bihar's minority residential schools have opened admissions for Classes 9 and 11 for the 2026-27 session across 13 districts. The online window closes on 3 November, and selected students get free boarding, food, uniform, study material and health facilities. Exam tag: BPSC / BSSC / TET
18. The Jharkhand health department has moved against 695 doctors absent from duty for long stretches. 631 have 15 days to produce proof of their current posting or face removal, and 64 still in service must explain why they should not face disciplinary action. Exam tag: JSSC / JPSC

Also track in Jharkhand:

• The Assistant Jail Warden Recruitment Exam 2025 physical and efficiency test runs from 28 October to 3 November at Rajendra Stadium, Mahagama, in Godda district.
• Mudma Jatra, one of Jharkhand's largest tribal fairs, begins today at Mandar near Ranchi. Tribal fairs and festivals are standard JSSC and JPSC state-GK material.
• The Meteorological Department has flagged a Bay of Bengal system bringing thunderstorms and gusty winds from 27 October, with heavy rain and an orange alert on 28 and 29 October and winds of 50 to 60 km per hour.
• The Jharkhand Cabinet meets today at 3 pm at Project Bhawan, Ranchi. Its previous sitting cleared more medical college seats, new schools of excellence and free sanitary napkins for girl students.
• Background you should still know: in August 2026 the state agreed to cancel 22 recruitment exams linked to the blacklisted firm TDPL, and the High Court later stayed several of those cancellations, including JSSC-CGL and CDPO.

Important Days

19. Infantry Day (Shaurya Diwas), 27 October, is in its 80th observance. On this day in 1947, troops of the 1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment landed at Srinagar airfield under Lieutenant Colonel Dewan Ranjit Rai, who was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously. It was independent India's first major military operation, and the infantry is still called the Queen of the Battle. Exam tag: SSC / Railway / All exams
20. Vigilance Awareness Week 2026 runs from 26 October to 1 November on the theme "Probity for Prosperity", observed around Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary on 31 October. The Central Vigilance Commission was set up in February 1964 on the recommendation of the K. Santhanam Committee. Exam tag: SSC / Banking / BPSC

Days and themes table

One more name worth a line: painter and former Rajya Sabha MP Jogen Chowdhury died in Kolkata aged 87. He won the Kalidas Samman in 2001 and Banga Bibhushan in 2012. Obituaries of Padma and Kalidas awardees show up in SSC and state GK papers more often than candidates expect.

Final Word

One honest caveat before you file these notes. The BPSC 72nd prelims cancellation is reported by news outlets but has not been paired with an official fresh date, so check bpsc.bihar.gov.in yourself before you plan your October and November study blocks. The two index toppers in the table above are marked for verification for the same reason.

If you revise only four things from today, make them the 80th Infantry Day, the 5.50% repo rate, the 114-medal Asian Para Games haul and NVS-03 on GSLV Mk II. Those four turn up across SSC, Railway, Banking and state papers alike.

Today's 15 objective questions are built from exactly these facts and live as a separate free quiz on ExamAtlas, with topic-wise accuracy tracking so you can see whether your weak spot is schemes, sports or banking.

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