EconomyThe Hindu, Page 1GS3Must read
Wholesale inflation rises to 11.39% in September, led by fuel and power at 25.85%
Factory-gate prices are rising twice as fast as retail prices. What is driving the gap, and will it close?
UPSC current affairs today
Thursday, 15 October 2026. The Hindu, The Indian Express and PIB, cut down to what UPSC can ask, mapped to the syllabus and to every previous-year question. Free and open source.
Today's 5 stories
Society, justice and ethicsPIB, Government releaseGS2GS1Must read
Cabinet renames NSAP, extends it to 2030-31 and eases disability pension rules
A child with 40% disability now qualifies for a central pension. Why did it take a decade after the 2016 Act?
EconomyIndian Express, Page 7GS3Must read
Cabinet clears sale of 60.72% of IDBI Bank to Fairfax for ₹52,877 crore
After five years of trying, the government finds a buyer for IDBI Bank. Is this the model for bank privatisation?
Polity and governanceIndian Express, Page 22GS2GS3
Supreme Court orders insurance cover for all counter-bought train tickets from 27 October
Online buyers could insure a journey for 45 paise. Why not counter passengers, until the Court stepped in?
Environment and geographyIndian Express, ExplainedGS3GS2
Explained: The Kigali Amendment turns 10 as India's demand for cooling surges
India must cut its cooling gases by 85% just as its demand for cooling booms. Can both happen?
Also in today's papers
- BHAVYA scheme to build 100 plug-and-play industrial parks PIB · GS3 · Prelims
- India to join the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement PIB · GS3 · GS2 · Prelims
- Law Ministry engages National Law Universities to cut criminal case backlog in 100 districts PIB · GS2 · Prelims
- Home Ministry portal seeks public input on demographic changes since 2011 The Hindu · GS2 · GS3 · Prelims
- India's exports to China grow 40% but the trade deficit crosses $100 billion The Hindu · GS2 · GS3 · Prelims
- Tamil Nadu and Karnataka show how states shape India's China+1 manufacturing push The Hindu · GS3 · Prelims
- Supreme Court split verdict on the 2023 law for appointing Election Commissioners The Hindu · GS2 · Prelims
- How Supreme Court rulings have strengthened safeguards on arrest The Hindu · GS2 · Prelims
- Activists ask Supreme Court panel to assess all damage in the Aravallis The Hindu · GS3 · GS1 · Prelims
- Rajnath Singh calls for deeper India-ASEAN defence cooperation The Hindu · GS2 · Prelims
- Bauxite mine proposal in Odisha's Balda hills threatens the Jeypore ground gecko The Hindu · GS3 · GS2 · Prelims
- No order yet on extra 50 days of work for Forest Rights Act title holders The Hindu · GS2 · GS3 · Prelims
- Government to cap trade margins on 110 expensive cancer medicines Indian Express · GS2 · GS3 · Prelims
- India-US interim trade deal faces hurdles over tariffs, overcapacity and Russian oil Indian Express · GS2 · GS3 · Prelims
- DRDO warns on chip dependence as C-DOT builds a central air raid warning system Indian Express · GS3 · Prelims
- India and Canada aim to conclude a trade pact by year-end as ties recover Indian Express · GS2 · Prelims
- End of the urban livelihoods mission leaves women's self-help groups without support Indian Express · GS2 · GS1
- Nobel Peace Prize 2026 to Navi Pillay draws condemnation from Israel and the US Indian Express · GS2 · Prelims
- Turning EU carbon border rules into an export opportunity for India Indian Express · GS3 · Prelims
- Oman overtakes the US as India's top LNG supplier in September Indian Express · GS3 · GS2 · Prelims
Today by source: Editorial analysis · The Hindu analysis · Indian Express explained · PIB summary
This week
14 October 2026 Wednesday
- IMF lifts India's 2026-27 growth forecast to 7%, warns global risks tilt downward
- First BIMSTEC Home Ministers' meeting adopts Delhi Declaration against cross-border terror
- Madras HC upholds AIADMK MLAs' resignations but says disqualification cases must go on
- NPCI defers 0.4% UPI merchant fee, due on 15 October, until after Diwali
13 October 2026 Tuesday
- Nobel economics prize 2026 goes to Robert Hall and Michael Woodford for stabilisation work
- Retail inflation rises to 5.54% in September as food prices jump; rural CPI crosses 6%
- IPCC meets in Addis Ababa amid deadlock over when to publish its next climate reports
- Op-ed: A warming Himalaya demands a rethink of how the mountains are developed
- Explained: Why India needs a trained, formal workforce to care for its elderly
12 October 2026 Monday
- Supreme Court, in a Sunday sitting, bars illegal detention of peaceful protesters in Delhi
- Op-ed: At 21, the RTI Act's duty of proactive disclosure is still widely ignored
- Heat-induced sex reversal makes frogs more vulnerable to extinction, study finds
- Explained: India's three-part Black Sea truce plan for the Russia-Ukraine war
- Indo-French TRISHNA thermal imaging satellite expected to launch in 12 to 16 months
11 October 2026 Sunday
- UN rights office flags mass detentions at Delhi protest; India calls it 'interference'
- Madras HC: private institutions and employers in Tamil Nadu cannot compel caste disclosure
- JJ Act at ten: CJI seeks trained defence lawyers for children and stigma-free records
- Goyal says India-US trade pact will be finalised keeping 'changed circumstances' in mind
10 October 2026 Saturday
- MP High Court strikes down 27% OBC quota, restores 14% to keep the 50% ceiling
- Supreme Court calls blanket Metro and train shutdown before Delhi protest 'overreaching'
- Critical minerals stockpiling policy likely within a month, says Mines Secretary
- Op-ed: WHO's first child obesity guidelines call for action beyond the clinic
- US sanctions the International Criminal Court itself, hours after Navi Pillay wins Nobel
9 October 2026 Friday
- GST Council recommends ending arrest powers and raising prosecution threshold to ₹5 crore
- Supreme Court says Jharkhand's DGP rule prima facie defies Prakash Singh, widens scrutiny
- Centre to cap trade margins on 110 non-scheduled cancer drugs at 30%
- WMO says El Niño will peak in December, with record Pacific warming forecast
- Explained: Why stubble fires in Punjab and Haryana keep coming back
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