Category: Daily Current Affairs

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

UPSC Current Affairs for 25ᵗʰ September 2026

I) The Hindu Gist
1. A Nation’s Song
2. A Chance to Retreat: Greenland and U.S. Security
3. Alternatives to the SWIFT Payment System
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. ‘Enemy State’ in UN Charter: Why Japan Wants It Removed
2. Process to Remove the Chief Election Commissioner
3. Don’t Ask Women to Shrink, Secure Their Space

UPSC Current Affairs for 24ᵗʰ September 2026

I) The Hindu Gist
1. Deep Rot: SIR and the Need for Electoral-Roll Accountability
2. Trading Smart: India–New Zealand FTA
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. Tulu’s ‘Official’ Tag in Karnataka: What It Means
2. EC Appointment: Why the Supreme Court Placed the Matter Before a Constitution Bench
3. Chief Election Commissioner Is Not the Election Commission of India

UPSC Current Affairs for 23ʳᵈ September 2026

I) The Hindu Gist
1. Freezing Democracy: Electoral Roll Revision and Voter Exclusion
2. Water Wealth: Groundwater Exploitation in Punjab
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. Do not endorse harmful products: President’s message to film actors
2. A World on the Brink: Diplomacy and Politics as Usual
3. Saving the rhino, restoring grasslands
4. Soaring Demand for AI Chips: Understanding the “Supercycle”
5. How the Supreme Court Strengthened Safeguards Around Re-arrest
6. Evolution of Houthis: From Local Movement to Red Sea Power
7. Secular, Religious, Non-Religious: Constituent Assembly Debate on UCC
8. Scheme to promote processing of lithium and nickel soon: Secy

UPSC Current Affairs for 22ⁿᵈ September 2026

I) The Hindu Gist
1. Presumed Ineligible: SIR and the Principle of Electoral Inclusion
2. Unsafe Space: Need for Multilateral Governance
3. Tamil Nadu’s $1.5 Trillion Growth Ambition
4. A Malacca–Singapore Model for Resolving Hormuz
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. Article 371A to J and the Proposed Article 371K for Ladakh
2. Conservation Compensation: Tackling Himachal’s Monkey Menace

UPSC Current Affairs for 21ˢᵗ September 2026

I) The Hindu Gist
1. Serious escalation: U.S. Tariffs on Russian Oil Imports: Implications for India
2. Drug Quality and Monitoring in India
3. India–China Trade: The Paradox of Self-Reliance
II) The Indian Express Gist
1. India will de-risk, not decouple, from US and China
2. India’s BRICS Diplomacy: Beyond the Summit
3. What we need to learn, before AI learns too much

UPSC Current Affairs for 19ᵗʰ September 2026

I) The Indian Express Gist
1. A Himalayan bird’s calls are changing due to human noise: Why this matters
2. When power & leadership is vehicle for seva