UPSC Current Affairs 02 January 2026 — The Hindu

• Tobacco tax rejig to take effect from Feb. 1
• India, Pak. exchange lists of prisoners and nuclear installations
• CITU conference condemns Labour Codes and new rural jobs, nuclear energy Acts
• Financial dominance over wife cannot qualify as ‘cruelty’: SC
• Why does India need climate- resilient agriculture?
• Automobile sales traction continues in December
• Mandating student presence, erasing learning
• The Aravalli question faces the brunt of India’s fondness for ‘strategic exemptions’
• Export of technical textiles witness 1.2% dip in April-October
• RBI says 98.4% of withdrawn ₹2,000 notes returned
• DRDO will play key role in India’s air defence: Rajnath
• Don’t need treaty with Dhaka to push back illegal immigrants to Bangladesh, says Assam CM
• Nana Patole says Rahul is doing same work as Lord Ram, sparks row
• GST Dec. mop up grows at a three-month high rate of 6.1%
• ICICI Bank unveils CGAS