Polity and governanceThe Hindu, NationalGS2Must read
Supreme Court: voters can file private complaints over false election affidavits
If a candidate lies in a poll affidavit, must a voter wait for the Election Commission to act?
UPSC current affairs today
Tuesday, 20 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
Environment and geographyThe Hindu, InternationalGS3GS2Must read
COP17 opens in Yerevan for the first global review of the 2030 biodiversity targets
Fewer than half of national nature targets are on track. Can Yerevan put the 2030 pledges back on course?
Science and technologyThe Hindu, NationalGS3
Navy gets first nod for ₹2.41 lakh crore of new platforms, readies Swavlamban 2026
78 platforms cleared and 4,000 start-up ideas in the pipeline: can the Navy build what it needs at home, and fast?
International relationsThe Hindu, BusinessGS2GS3
India-New Zealand FTA enters into force, giving all Indian exports duty-free entry
Every Indian export now enters New Zealand duty-free. What did India open up in return, and what did it keep out?
Today by source: Editorial analysis · The Hindu analysis · Indian Express explained · PIB summary
This week
19 October 2026 Monday
18 October 2026 Sunday
- Supreme Court: children have a fundamental right to access and use the internet
- Trump waives Graham Act tariffs on Russian oil buyers, giving India relief for now
- FSSAI proposes a ban on added sucrose and fructose in foods for infants up to six months
- Explained: Why central banks from the Fed to the RBI are raising interest rates again
- Sri Lanka's rights commission says militarisation persists in the Tamil North and East
17 October 2026 Saturday
- China proposes export curbs on 40 AI, solar and biomedicine technologies
- CERT-In issues critical advisory after AI agents accessed Indian firms' systems unnoticed
- Centre tells Supreme Court airfare rules are finalised, to be published within two weeks
- INS Samarthak, an L&T-built multi-purpose vessel, is commissioned into the Navy at Karwar
- India's crude imports rise 7% in September, but the import bill jumps 47% to $15.4 billion
15 October 2026 Thursday
- Wholesale inflation rises to 11.39% in September, led by fuel and power at 25.85%
- Cabinet renames NSAP, extends it to 2030-31 and eases disability pension rules
- Cabinet clears sale of 60.72% of IDBI Bank to Fairfax for ₹52,877 crore
- Supreme Court orders insurance cover for all counter-bought train tickets from 27 October
- Explained: The Kigali Amendment turns 10 as India's demand for cooling surges
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
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