EconomyThe Hindu, BusinessGS3GS2Must read
IMF lifts India's 2026-27 growth forecast to 7%, warns global risks tilt downward
Why is the IMF upgrading India just as it says the world economy's resilience is under strain?
UPSC current affairs today
Wednesday, 14 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 4 stories
International relationsThe Hindu, NationalGS2GS3Must read
First BIMSTEC Home Ministers' meeting adopts Delhi Declaration against cross-border terror
Can a Bay of Bengal grouping built for trade become a working security community?
Polity and governanceThe Hindu, NationalGS2
Madras HC upholds AIADMK MLAs' resignations but says disqualification cases must go on
Can a legislator escape the anti-defection law by resigning first and switching parties later?
EconomyThe Hindu, BusinessGS3
NPCI defers 0.4% UPI merchant fee, due on 15 October, until after Diwali
After six years of 'free' UPI for merchants, who should pay for India's most popular payment system?
Today by source: Editorial analysis · The Hindu analysis · Indian Express explained · PIB summary
This week
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
8 October 2026 Thursday
- RBI raises repo rate to 5.5%, first hike since 2023, shifts to 'calibrated tightening'
- Living Planet Report 2026: monitored wildlife populations fell 73% from 1970 to 2022
- Explained: detention vs arrest, and the limits the law places on police powers
- Chemistry Nobel 2026 to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for amplifying molecular 'handedness'
- Op-ed: India's stakes in the WHO Pandemic Agreement as pathogen-sharing talks drag on
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