UPSC current affairs, November 2026

A worker freed from a brick kiln in 2019 got his first relief money in 2022. Is release without rehabilitation freedom?

Graduates and teachers just elected Council members in two States. Is a second House a check, or a costly delay?

If High Courts have wider writ powers, why are litigants going to Delhi just to get a hearing date?

When a post vanishes after a ministry 'advisory' rather than a legal order, where does the user go for remedy?

AI, chips, critical minerals and shipping lanes: is the Quad now more an economic security club than a maritime one?

Festive buying and a 42% jump in import tax: what does October's GST surge really tell us?

Should a finished, occupied tower be dragged into insolvency because its builder's other projects failed?

China is building a 60 GW dam upstream. Can India answer with an 11,200 MW dam of its own, on Adi land?

Days after Cyclone Arnab, another storm with an Indian name heads for the same coast. How ready is Andhra Pradesh?

1997 had one of the strongest El Niños ever and a normal monsoon. Why was 2026 different?

Can Delhi stop its November smog by acting before the air turns 'Severe', instead of after?

Navy designers drew the ships, two public shipyards bid to build them. What does that say about Aatmanirbhar warships?

A caterpillar bites one leaf; how do the plant's other leaves know to arm themselves?

Rural job complaints now get a 15-day clock. Why did the final rules drop the FIR and panchayat review clauses?

Unemployment has halved since 2017-18, so why does a new index say most jobs are still not decent?