Polity and governanceThe Hindu, Page 1GS2Must read
SC: 24-hour clock to produce an accused starts at detention, not formal arrest
Can the police hold a person for hours before 'arresting' them, and keep the 24-hour clock from ticking?
UPSC current affairs today
Friday, 6 November 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
EconomyThe Hindu, Page 16GS3GS2Must read
NPCI tells Supreme Court zero-MDR UPI is unsustainable, defends 0.4% merchant fee
Who should pay for free UPI: taxpayers, banks, or the big shops that take most of the high-value payments?
Science and technologyThe Hindu, Page 16GS3Must read
CERT-In issues AI security audit guidelines with four risk tiers and agentic AI checks
When an AI system can act on its own, who checks that it cannot exceed its permissions or ignore an emergency stop?
Society, justice and ethicsThe Hindu, EditorialGS2GS1
Editorial: After four deaths in Ujjain, why India keeps losing sanitation workers
The law bans sending people into sewers and the Supreme Court set ₹30 lakh compensation. Why do workers still die?
Science and technologyThe Hindu, Page 13GS3
Explained: How tokamaks hold a star's fire, and where India stands in fusion research
No material can touch plasma hotter than the Sun's core. So how do you build a box for it?
Today by source: Editorial analysis · The Hindu analysis · Indian Express explained · PIB summary
This week
5 November 2026 Thursday
- SC: two-child bars on poll candidates have lost relevance; Javed goes to larger Bench
- SC closes 27-year-old reference, says Kodar governs States' surcharges on sales tax
- Cabinet extends fast-track courts for rape and POCSO cases to 2031 with ₹3,788 crore
- Op-ed: Double-fortified salt is no quick fix for India's many-sided anaemia problem
- Op-ed: BRICS carbon partnership should build a common rulebook before a common market
4 November 2026 Wednesday
- Cabinet approves ₹2,814 crore capex scheme for lithium and nickel processing plants
- Weeks before Ganga Water Treaty expires, India says Joint Rivers Commission is the forum
- CERT-In gets access to Anthropic's Mythos AI model, plans slow, cautious testing
- Explained: Why Nagaland wants the Protected Area Permit regime scrapped before Hornbill
- India to push for predictable climate finance and an equitable transition at COP31
3 November 2026 Tuesday
- SC: rescued bonded labourers must get immediate aid within seven days of release
- Centre notifies VB-G RAM G grievance rules with 15-day deadline, drops draft safeguards
- Defence Ministry signs ₹53,866 crore contracts for eight Navy-designed corvettes
- Explained: What Legislative Councils do, and why only six States have one
- Arunachal CM tells Siang dam protesters no decision without consultation and consent
2 November 2026 Monday
- GST collections rise 22.9% to ₹2.31 lakh crore in October, second-highest ever
- CJI asks why litigants rush to the Supreme Court for early hearings in High Court cases
- Op-ed: Unemployment has fallen, but India's jobs remain far from 'decent work'
- Andhra Pradesh braces for Cyclone Murasu, its second cyclone in a week
- Explained: Why even a strong El Niño does not guarantee a poor Indian monsoon
1 November 2026 Sunday
- Quad foreign ministers meet in Atlanta, pledge over $85 million for trusted AI access
- Why social media takedowns are in focus: MeitY advisories and a three-hour removal window
- Delhi's winter curbs kick in as CAQM orders pre-emptive NCR curbs for 5 to 20 November
- IBBI lets creditors keep completed housing projects out of a builder's insolvency process
- NIPGR scientists find a calcium channel that spreads a plant's alarm against insect attack
31 October 2026 Saturday
- World Bank says 49.6 crore Indians crossed the $4.20 poverty line between 2011 and 2023
- Census 2027: house-to-house count in most of India to run from 25 January to 28 February
- SC: consensual intimacy cannot be branded rape just because the relationship later sours
- Centre notifies National Social Security Board for unorganised, gig and platform workers
- Centre's fiscal deficit reaches 42.1% of the 2026-27 target in the first half of the year
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