UPSC Current Affairs 09 January 2026 — The Hindu

• Trump clears Bill that will slap up to 500% tariffs on nations buying Russian oil
• Top court’s green governance, cause for uncertainty
• SC weighs Rajya Sabha Chair role in Justice Varma case
• Govt. seeks feedback on draft Bill to regulate pesticides, promote ‘safe and effective’ use
• Inquiry into private universities is not a witch-hunt, says SC
• Authorities ‘hid’ my calls for peace: Wangchuk
• GSDP share as criterion for central-State transfers
• ISRO and the next big challenge
• SEBI revamps stockbroker rules to ease compliance
• Importers brace for $150 billion tariff refund fight if Trump loses at SC
• Market risk mounts as SC weighs Trump’s power
• Trump withdraws U.S. from UNFCCC, a key climate treaty
• The last Russia-U.S. nuclear treaty is about to expire; what happens next?
• UN body pegs India’s growth at 7.2% this fiscal
• Lawyers’ body begins fast against shift of Gauhati HC
• Conditional ease
• Textiles ministry signs MoUs with 15 States under Tex-RAMPS scheme