# BLOOM Current Affairs for APPSC: contents of every issue
> Updated 2026-11-03. Monthly books on the 3rd and a weekly issue (Vaaram) every Sunday, in English and Telugu, for APPSC Group 1 and Group 2. Page: https://bloomappsc.com/current-affairs.html

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## BLOOM Monthly Current Affairs, August 2026
Released 2026-09-03. 7 long stories, 29 short items and 25 one-question items, in six sections.
Free full book: English (68 pages) https://bloomappsc.com/resources/current-affairs/bloom-appsc-august-2026-english.pdf · Telugu (69 pages) https://bloomappsc.com/resources/current-affairs/bloom-appsc-august-2026-telugu.pdf

### Andhra Pradesh
- Story: Bhogapuram's new airport carries Alluri's name
- Story: AP restores 34 per cent BC quota
- Story: Nethanna Sevalo pays Rs 25,000 to weaver families
- Short item: AP's new Lokayukta, appointed by warrant, sworn in on oath before the Governor
- Short item: AP Cabinet clears towers, withdraws Disha Bill
- Short item: Veligonda Phase 1 reaches Nallamala Sagar
- 6 one-question items

### Polity and Governance
- Story: Kerala is now Keralam
- Story: Nine judges keep the 1978 industry test
- Short item: Centre creates the Mediation Council of India
- 6 one-question items

### Economy and Schemes
- Story: RBI holds the repo at 5.25 per cent
- Short item: Union Cabinet clears four big schemes
- Short item: July GST collections rise 15 per cent
- Short item: Cabinet approves GOBARdhan biogas scheme
- Short item: MeitY notifies the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme
- 1 one-question items

### Science, Technology, Environment and Health
- Short item: Agni-4 test-fired from Chandipur under SFC
- Short item: Indian Army signs the Javelin missile deal
- Short item: Glaw Lake becomes India's 101st Ramsar site
- Short item: New underground eel genus found in Bihar
- Short item: ISRO test-fires improved SSLV booster
- Short item: INS Nipun built at Visakhapatnam commissioned
- Short item: ICMR-SHINE 2026 opens labs to students
- Short item: Three new cascade frog species described
- 7 one-question items

### The World
- Short item: India and Uzbekistan reach Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
- Short item: SCO at Bishkek: chair passes to Pakistan
- Short item: India joins the Global Combat Air Programme
- Short item: Exercise Udara Shakti pairs Rafale with Malaysia
- 1 one-question items

### Culture, Awards and Sports
- Story: Geographical indications: over 800, register counts 684
- Short item: Praggnanandhaa wins the Saint Louis title
- Short item: 12th National Handloom Day: awards and stamps
- Short item: Kuchipudi's Rattaiah Sarma wins the Akademi Ratna
- Short item: Veteran actor Sowcar Janaki dies at 94
- Short item: Historian Sumit Sarkar dies at 87
- Short item: Commonwealth Games 2026 close, India fourth
- Short item: Treesa-Gayatri win BWF bronze in Delhi
- Short item: National Sports Awards 2025: no Khel Ratna
- Short item: Ramon Magsaysay Award 2026: no Indian winner
- 4 one-question items

## BLOOM Monthly Current Affairs, September 2026
Released 2026-10-03. 7 long stories, 24 short items and 54 one-question items, in six sections.
Free full book: English (87 pages) https://bloomappsc.com/resources/current-affairs/bloom-appsc-september-2026-english.pdf · Telugu (91 pages) https://bloomappsc.com/resources/current-affairs/bloom-appsc-september-2026-telugu.pdf

### Andhra Pradesh
- Story: Four new police commissionerates and a Machilipatnam shipyard
- Story: Palle Panduga 3.0 begins at Ramapuram, Nellore
- Short item: APPSC notifies 892 posts, updates OTPR
- Short item: AP Poultry Policy 2026-29: two figures explained
- Short item: Group-1 (2018) evaluation: SIT report, final hearing
- Short item: Andhra Pradesh seventh among states in exports
- Short item: Coal India gets rare earth exploration licence
- Short item: NTR district house sites get full ownership
- 17 one-question items

### Polity and Governance
- Story: Judges split on referring the CEC Act case
- Short item: EPFO wage ceiling raised to Rs 25,000
- Short item: No stay on the UPI merchant charge
- Short item: Two rulings: Article 311(1) and victims' appeals
- 7 one-question items

### Economy and Schemes
- Story: GDP, CPI and WPI on their new base years
- Story: Green Energy Corridor Phase-III approved
- Story: The Dedicated Freight Corridor network is complete
- Short item: Rabi MSP 2027-28: safflower rises most
- Short item: Eight rail projects include Arakkonam-Renigunta lines
- Short item: Global Innovation Index 2026: India 38th
- Short item: Global Gender Gap 2026: India 131st
- 11 one-question items

### Science, Technology, Environment and Health
- Short item: First Kavach 4.0 on South Central Railway
- Short item: CAFE-3 fuel norms for cars notified
- Short item: Sixth tiger reserve evaluation covers all 58
- Short item: GSLV-F17 lifts EOS-05 from Sriharikota
- Short item: 80 lakh HPV doses; Ayushman at eight
- 11 one-question items

### The World
- Story: India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit
- Short item: India-New Zealand FTA starts 20 October
- Short item: SLINEX-26 at Visakhapatnam, and seven more exercises
- Short item: UN backs equal-area maps: 'Correct the map'
- 3 one-question items

### Culture, Awards and Sports
- Short item: 72nd Film Awards: nine for Telugu films
- Short item: Asian Games 2026: India's golds so far
- Short item: September 2026: days and their themes
- 5 one-question items

## BLOOM Monthly Current Affairs, October 2026
Released 2026-11-03. 6 long stories, 36 short items and 79 one-question items, in six sections.
For members (107 pages in English, 110 in Telugu, with a 30-question exam). Free sample of 15 pages, with the cover, how to read the book, the full contents, the Cyclone Arnab story, three short items and the first page of the 30-question exam: English https://bloomappsc.com/resources/current-affairs/bloom-appsc-october-2026-sample-english.pdf · Telugu https://bloomappsc.com/resources/current-affairs/bloom-appsc-october-2026-sample-telugu.pdf

### Andhra Pradesh
- Story: Cyclone Arnab and the relief orders that followed
- Short item: Early drought declared in 388 mandals
- Short item: 3 lakh PMAY-G 2.0 houses for Andhra Pradesh
- Short item: Fleet Support Ship Surya launched at Visakhapatnam
- Short item: Paddy procurement guarantee for KMS 2026-27
- Short item: District Registrars become a multi-zonal cadre
- Short item: Local body polls rescheduled for November
- Short item: Regional conferences before the Partnership Summit
- Short item: Municipal Laws Fourth Amendment Act in force
- Short item: New Science, Technology and Innovation Department
- Short item: AP policy for foreign university campuses
- 19 one-question items

### Polity and Governance
- Story: High Court limits the BC quota in local bodies
- Story: Cabinet approves a scheme for village Panchayats
- Short item: New board for gig and unorganised workers
- 8 one-question items

### Economy and Schemes
- Story: RBI raises the repo rate to 5.50 per cent
- Story: Industrial output on a new base, and a services index on trial
- Short item: Cabinet sets up transport and logistics authority
- Short item: Fairfax approved as IDBI Bank strategic buyer
- Short item: AP Socio Economic Survey 2025-26 headline figures
- Short item: Rs 10,000 crore committed to SME Growth Fund
- Short item: 57th GST Council: process reforms first
- Short item: NSAP renamed Pradhan Mantri Samajik Sahayata Yojana
- Short item: PLFS changes proposed from January 2027
- Short item: Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme approved
- Short item: Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme approved
- Short item: 375 permissible works notified under VB-G RAM G
- Short item: September 2026 inflation: CPI 5.54%, WPI 11.39%
- Short item: High Level Committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat set up
- 19 one-question items

### Science, Technology, Environment and Health
- Story: India at the biodiversity conference in Yerevan
- Short item: India's stand at Pre-COP31 in Fiji
- Short item: Margin cap on 137 cancer drugs
- Short item: E100 added beside E85 in vehicle rules
- Short item: Green hydrogen offtake crosses 5.5 lakh tonnes
- Short item: India now has 103 Ramsar sites
- Short item: GSLV-F18 puts NVS-03 in orbit from Sriharikota
- 17 one-question items

### The World
- Short item: First BIMSTEC Home Ministers' Meeting in Delhi
- Short item: India to join SIOFA as Contracting Party
- Short item: India-New Zealand FTA enters into force
- Short item: 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in New Delhi
- Short item: DAC clears about Rs 2.12 lakh crore
- 11 one-question items

### Culture, Awards and Sports
- Short item: Nobel Prizes 2026: the winners
- Short item: Asian Games 2026: four historic golds
- 5 one-question items

## BLOOM Weekly Current Affairs (Vaaram), issue 1: 18 to 24 October 2026
Released 2026-10-25, 21 pages. For members.
- Andhra Pradesh · Polity: Local body polls: who runs them, and how
- Andhra Pradesh · Economy: How India counts a state's exports
- Andhra Pradesh · Culture: Devaragattu Banni: the Dasara stick fight of Kurnool
- Defence · Visakhapatnam: Joint military exercises: who trains with whom
- International relations · Economy: How a free trade agreement works
- India · Economy and energy: Agrivoltaics: one plot of land, two harvests
- Economy · Data: The Index of Core Industries and its new base year
- India · Economy · Schemes: Financial inclusion: account, cover, re-KYC
- On the map: Every place in this issue, on the world map, the map of India and the map of Andhra Pradesh

## BLOOM Weekly Current Affairs (Vaaram), issue 2: 25 to 31 October 2026
Released 2026-11-01, 27 pages. Free sample of 8 pages, with the cover, the contents, the full Cyclone Arnab story and the test on all nine stories with answers: English https://bloomappsc.com/resources/current-affairs/bloom-appsc-weekly-sample-2026-10-25-31-english.pdf · Telugu https://bloomappsc.com/resources/current-affairs/bloom-appsc-weekly-sample-2026-10-25-31-telugu.pdf
- Andhra Pradesh · Disaster management: Cyclone Arnab: graded, named and handled
- Andhra Pradesh · Polity: Local cadres: how Article 371D decides who is local for a government job
- Andhra Pradesh · Energy: Green hydrogen: what makes it green, and what Andhra Pradesh offers
- Andhra Pradesh · Economy: Who controls a port, and who makes the boxes
- India · Polity · Panchayati Raj: PM Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana: helping panchayats plan, audit and spend well
- India · Economy and data: The Index of Industrial Production on its new base year, 2022-23
- World · Environment and biodiversity: Who shares the gains of biodiversity
- Science and technology · Space: NavIC and the GSLV: four satellites, three stages
- International relations · Parliament: BRICS Parliamentary Forum: parliaments, not leaders
- Test yourself: One question from each story, the answers, and this week in 9 lines
- On the map: Every place in this issue, on the world map, the map of India and the map of Andhra Pradesh