UPSC Current Affairs 23 January 2026 — The Hindu

• Is SIR process about illegal immigration, asks top court
• BRICS India summit needs a green and resilient agenda
• Centre studying take-over of foreign drug firms
• SC records M.P. govt.’s assurance of peaceful worship at disputed site
• Why was illegal immigration not cited as reason for SIR: SC
• DRDO missile to feature at Republic Day parade
• The mystery of Court 10
• A dangerous march towards a Himalayan ecocide
• Net FDI negative for fourth month in a row in Nov. 2025
• Vaccine firms feel a chill as U.S. Health Secretary rhetoric turns into reality
• Questionnaire for first phase of Census notified
• Is Asia-Pacific on track towards elimination of Malaria by 2030?
• Nepal’s parliamentary election takes shape as parties kick off nominations
• Putin offers to pay $1 bn from Russia’s frozen assets to Gaza ‘Board of Peace’