UPSC Current Affairs 07 January 2026 — The Hindu

• EC tells SC it has duty to weed out foreigners
• Madras HC upholds order to light lampat Madurai stone pillar
• Not just forests: why grasslands also belong in national climate plans
• SC asks if Haryana can grant relief to academic for posts
• SC to take up plea for SOP on freezing bank accounts
• Sufferers of poor AQI contribute to the problem too: SC on air pollution
• ‘Solar module manufacturing more than doubled in 2025’
• India turned to Trump aide’s firm during standoff with Pak.
• Foreign demand for cube sugar
• What are biomaterials and how do they work?
• Privatisation and policy gaps threaten India’s public health system
• Ministry for doubling auto PLI allocation to ₹5,800 crore
• SEBI mulls new norm for sharing price data
• Goyal to visit Brussels to conclude India-EU FTA talks
• China bans dual-use goods exports for Japanese military
• ‘Nominations rejected under pressure’: BMC poll aspirants move HC against Speaker
• ISRO calls for proposals from Indian scientists to analyse data from Aditya-L1
• U.S. factory sector contracts for the 10th straight month in December
• Venezuelan Parliament swears in Rodriguez as interim President