UPSC Current Affairs 16 April 2026 — The Hindu
Editorial
- Women’s reservation and delimitation should be delinked
- Implications of increasing the size of the Lok Sabha
- How proposed delimitation would redraw political map
- Placing women at the core of democracy
- BJP’s failed Christian outreach attempt
- Efficiency of British railways
- Why is the Strait of Hormuz critical to global energy flows?
National
- States’ seats will rise 50% after delimitation: Centre
- Chhattisgarh sets up panel for preparing UCC draft
- Justice Shekhar Yadav retires amid pending impeachment
- HC permits IVF procedure for soldier in vegetative state
- Iran says blockade a threat to ceasefire; warns it will shut down Red Sea traffic
- Girls outshine boys in CBSE class 10 exam
- Hoist black flags to protest delimitation move, says Stalin
- Vijay slams Centre, calls amendment Bill a ‘biased move’
- ED attaches ₹159.51-crore assets in West Bengal illegal coal mining case
- Door-to-door visits for Census start in 8 States, U.T.s today
Business
- West Asia crisis: India’s exports plunge 7.44% in March; trade gap narrows
- Gems and jewellery exports fall to 5-year low
- China weighs curbs on solar gear exports to U.S.
- Amazon signs $11.57 bn deal for satellite firm Globalstar
Foreign
- ‘Israeli support for Iran attack slumps’
- Vance confronts tough crowd at top conservative event over Trump’s war