UPSC current affairs, October 2026

She held a valid business visa. Her husband walked through immigration. She was sent back. Can a court help her?

Can a State give Backward Classes 34% of local body seats when the Supreme Court caps all quotas at 50%?

Who should choose the judges of India's tribunals, the government or an independent body? New rules set up one.

Two judges could not agree on who should even hear the case. What does that say about how India's top court is built?

Of ₹49,194 crore in traffic fines issued, only ₹26,175 crore was collected. Can blocking services fix that?

After the voter-roll clean-up, the Election Commission now has to find the eligible voters it may have lost.

Neither a total ban nor round-the-clock bursting: where will the court draw the line this Deepavali?

India's concessions would be permanent; America's tariff rate can change overnight. What should India ask for instead?

Bangladesh wants its former Prime Minister back. Why does India say only its courts can set the clock?

India shuns bilateral talks with Pakistan, yet an Indian diplomat went to Islamabad. What does SCO membership demand?

Rates were cut, yet collections rose 11.6%. Is that proof the reform worked, or simply the government's own scorecard?

Factory output and wage bills are rising. So why are most non-farm workers still in informal units?

India can build solar parks fast. Can State grids carry their power, and store it for the evening?

Karnataka puts its drought loss at ₹46,324 crore. How much can the Centre's disaster fund actually pay?

About 140 bustards survive in the wild. Can birds raised in captivity cope with power lines and predators?

Can a project that broke the law be cleared afterwards? The Centre reopens pending cases but bars new ones.

How can the air quality index improve while the main pollutants get worse? The answer is in how the index is built.

A dry June, a strong El Niño and a late rally: how did India end up with a 'deficient' monsoon?

Each electric car will count as three in a carmaker's fleet average. Will that speed up India's shift away from petrol?

A secret key sent through open air across 5.56 km: how does physics catch an eavesdropper?

Government records show 54 rabies deaths in 2024. An ICMR survey estimates 5,726 a year. Which number guides policy?

India's least-regulated institutes are its best. Should a new super-regulator mean more rules or more trust?

Classical status came in 2024. Two years on, do Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit finally get institutions?

Atisha, Milarepa, Kanishka, Zorawar: why a list of Ladakh's peaks reads like a history syllabus.

A cancer drug sold to the chemist at ₹2,700 reaches the patient at ₹27,000. Who decides that, and who stops it?