UPSC Current Affairs 13 February 2026 — The Hindu

• Retail inflation at 2.75% in new Consumer Price Index with 2024 as the base year
• Zero tariff textiles exports to U.S. possible for India: Goyal
• A case against the SHANTI Act
• As multilateralism erodes, India must reframe its foreign policy
• Simultaneous polls do not violate Constitution’s Basic Structure: Justice Gavai
• SC asks govt. if Wangchuk saw videos used as proof
• Lok Sabha passes Industrial Relations Code Bill to avoid confusion over 2020 Act
• Joint panel gets time till Monsoon Session to report on UGC replacement Bill
• RBI digital payments index for Sept. rises to 516.76
• Vande Mataram, its six stanzas and a settled question
• Farmers’ pulse
• NPCI’s international arm inks pact with Malaysia’s PayNet