UPSC Current Affairs for 7ᵗʰ October 2026
I) The Hindu Gist
1. Break the Chain: India Must Focus on Cutting Transmission of Leprosy
2. Let There Be Light: The Nobel Laureates for Medicine Illuminated How the Brain Works
3. Indian Research Can Shape the World
4. Why Growing Trust in Digital Payments May Be Leaving Indians More Exposed to Cybercrime
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. G7 to Release 100 mn Barrels of Crude Oil, Oil Products: Will This Curb Diesel Prices?
2. Through ‘Ghost Particles’ in Ice, Window to Universe
3. A War in Iran, an Election in America, and the Blurred Lines Between Politics and Conflict
4. Higher Yields in US Test India’s Macro Resilience
UPSC Current Affairs for 6ᵗʰ October 2026
I) The Hindu Gist
1. Good, Not Good Enough: India’s Sports Standards Need a Raise
2. Bird Islands: India’s Conservation Efforts Must Go Beyond Symbolism
3. The Looming Crisis of World Unemployment
4. Why Is Buxa Bringing Tigers Back?
5. Why Are States Divided Over the Mining Amendment?
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. ECI Must Not Force Voters to Lie: Solution May Lie in a Form 6X
2. How Scientists Used Light to Control Brain Cells
3. House Privileges vs Free Speech: The Question before Supreme Court
UPSC Current Affairs for 5ᵗʰ October 2026
I) The Hindu Gist
1. Two or Three? Students Must Be Free to Choose a Third Language Not Tested in a Board Exam
2. Outbound Force: The United States Is Leaving Iraq in a Weakened, If Not Defeated, Position
3. Does a Visa Guarantee Entry into India?
4. What Does Trump’s AI Accord Mean for Tech Companies?
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. Green Energy Corridor III: Tackling India’s Renewable Power Bottleneck
2. Domestic Capacity, Reforms Key amid Global Uncertainty, Says Das
3. High Decibel: These Birds Are Louder Than Elephants, Jackhammers and Chainsaws
UPSC Current Affairs for 3ʳᵈ October 2026
I) The Hindu Gist
1. Rescue Act: Preventing Ecological Degradation Is the Way to Protect Wildlife
2. Obstacle Race: The Special Intensive Revision Exercise Is Threatening Universal Adult Franchise
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. From Varanasi to Tashkent: Gandhi’s Influence on Shastri
2. India’s Twin Mechanism for Governing Drug Prices
3. SCO Meet: Signals from 1st Official Indian Visit to Pakistan since Op Sindoor
4. Behind Trade Deal Delay: US Leverage, India’s Limited Options
UPSC Current Affairs for 2ⁿᵈ October 2026
I) The Hindu Gist
1. Other than Outrage: Restrictions on Women Cannot Be the Answer to Unsafe Public Spaces
2. Season’s End: The IMD Is Conservative When It Comes to Projecting Rainfall Deficit
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. For New Energy, Remove Old Bottlenecks
2. Industry Is Growing, but Isn’t Creating Jobs
3. We Have a Model Investment Treaty. And Are Losing Billions Because of It
UPSC Current Affairs for 1ˢᵗ October 2026
I) The Hindu Gist
1. Bitter Pills: Drug Pricing and Hospital Margins
2. Satisfaction with Police Remains Low Among Cybercrime Victims
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. ECI and Court Make It Harder, Not Easier, to Trust Independent Institutions
2. Pause SIR and Conduct an Audit of Voter Deletions
3. Rising Sea Level Threat to India’s Eroding Coastline
4. ‘Public View’: Why SC/ST Act Covers Online Slurs
UPSC Current Affairs for 30ᵗʰ September 2026
I) The Hindu Gist
1. The United Nations’ Long Road to Restoring Trust
2. AFSPA: Provisions, Application and the Debate over Its Continuation
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. J&K’s Evolving Status: From Article 370 to Union Territory
UPSC Current Affairs for 29ᵗʰ September 2026
I) The Hindu Gist
1. Light on Truth
2. Waves of Rain
3. A New Governance Model for Ladakh
4. Rare-Disease Drugs: India’s Next Pharma Frontier
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. CEC must correct course, not just do damage control
2. Women’s Safety: Gap Between Intent and Policy
3. In US–China AI Race, India’s Place Will Depend on Capabilities Built at Home
UPSC Current Affairs for 28ᵗʰ September 2026
I) The Hindu Gist
1. In need of an overhaul
2. New equilibrium
3. Kashmir as India’s Gateway to Eurasian Opportunity
4. The Paradox of de-Sinification in Global Production
5. Should Voting Be a Fundamental Right?
6. COP31: Türkiye Hosts, Australia Leads Negotiations — The Fossil-Fuel Question
7. UN Sea Level Declaration
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. From Nepal to India: How AI Is Aiding Disaster Management
2. Little to Show, Much for India to Watch
3. Reading Sino-US Signals: ‘Strategic Competition’ vs ‘Strategic Stability’
4. Tamil Links to West Asia: What Poompuhar Reveals
UPSC Current Affairs for 26ᵗʰ September 2026
I) The Hindu Gist
1. Narrowed Posture
2. Overweight and Weak
3. Revisiting India’s Nuclear Doctrine Without Revising It
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. A Declining United Nations Is Not Good News for a Rising India
2. Displacing the Dollar: Why the Yuan Is Falling Short
3. How Taiwan Looms Large in U.S.–China Ties
4. Gen Z is much more than political street theatre
