UPSC Current Affairs 13 January 2026 — The Hindu

• India, Germany sign pact to shore up defence industrial cooperation
• PSLV-C62 strays from flight path, fails to launch satellite
• Retail inflation at 3-month high of 1.33% in December
• A Bill that reimagines higher education regulation
• Why Article 6 is a powerful tool for India
• Bill to prevent Ry. wagons being used as godowns passed
• 1 km built in 25 years: HC asks Karnataka to scrap BMIC project
• Misconduct on train: Supreme Court stays judge’s reinstatement
• ‘Copy-paste’ order led to detention: Wangchuk
• EC clarifies on SIR notice to former Navy chief
• What do two PSLV mission failures in a row mean for ISRO?
• DRDO carries out flight test of anti-tank guided missile
• Troubling repeat
• Solar panels yield far more energy per acre than biofuels
• Delhi HC refuses to interfere with bank show-cause notice to Anil Ambani's son
• Centre mulls proposal to hike wage ceiling for EPFO, ESIC at a uniform ₹25,000-30,000
• Solar industry’s wish list for Union Budget
• India to be invited to join U.S-led initiative Pax Silica, says envoy
• Govt. disputes reports that it plans to seek source codes of phones
• Probe under way into Trinamool MP’s ‘use of e-cigarette’ in Lok Sabha: Birla
• Ahead of Budget, Congress raises concern over fiscal federalism and inequality
• SC fixes June 30 deadline for Bengaluru civic elections
• China’s reactor pushes density limit; widens path to power
• Bhoomi, a governance success
• Pro-military party ‘claims’ Suu Kyi’s seat in Myanmar