UPSC Current Affairs 16 April 2026 — The Hindu

• States’ seats will rise 50% after delimitation: Centre
• Women’s reservation and delimitation should be delinked
• Implications of increasing the size of the Lok Sabha
• How proposed delimitation would redraw political map
• Chhattisgarh sets up panel for preparing UCC draft
• Justice Shekhar Yadav retires amid pending impeachment
• West Asia crisis: India’s exports plunge 7.44% in March; trade gap narrows
• HC permits IVF procedure for soldier in vegetative state
• Gems and jewellery exports fall to 5-year low
• China weighs curbs on solar gear exports to U.S.
• ‘Israeli support for Iran attack slumps’
• 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
• Centre’s proposed delimitation move ‘brazenly discriminatory against Punjab’, says Akali Dal
• Telangana govt. releases caste survey findings
• Implement menstrual leave policy, Karnataka HC tells govt.
• Women’s Reservation Bill will be passed: Naidu
• 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?
• Amazon signs $11.57 bn deal for satellite firm Globalstar
• Vance confronts tough crowd at top conservative event over Trump’s war