UPSC Current Affairs 17 April 2026 — The Hindu
- Voters cleared by tribunals by April 21, 27 can vote: SC
- Stalin burns copy of the Delimitation Bill as T.N. protests
- India’s rural models are shaping development diplomacy
- South’s share of seats will not be cut, PM and Shah tell Lok Sabha
- No injustice to any State with Delimitation Bill, says Modi
- Minorities will lose political, electoral power, says NC MP
- TDP sought clarity from govt. on South’s seat share
- Women MPs welcome Bill, against its ‘weaponisation’
- ‘Delimitation with old data can upset electoral framework’
- Left parties oppose delimitation, back women’s reservation
- Support Delimitation Bill if Odisha’s interests are protected: Naveen to MPs
- Implement women’s quota after caste census: SP chief
- ‘Linking Bills on quota law, delimitation a conspiracy’
- SC says time too short to look into transfers in Bengal
- SC seeks govt. response on plea against Shariat norms
- SC asks U.P. to consider risks of sale of liquor in cartons
- Why India should establish a vaccine injury compensation mechanism
- On the Sabarimala temple entry case
- ‘India better placed than others to brave West Asia war impact’
- SC refuses to stay HC order on fraud trial against Anil Ambani
- Seat allocation for States: a look at what is being said by who, and what is written
- Priyanka says delimitation move is an ‘open attack on democracy’
- Women’s quota used as disguise to alter electoral process: Trinamool
- Cong. MP calls for all-party meeting on women’s quota
- Put delimitation on hold, enact women’s quota: Uddhav
- There should be no politics in delimitation, says Punjab CM
- SC offers fresh hope to excluded voters
- fifty years ago April 17, 1976
- Lebanon and Israel have agreed to 10-day ceasefire, says U.S. President Trump
- Tending to the buds
- New gecko species named after researchers’ mentor
- The institutionalised sluggishness of the legal system
- Creeping risk
- Queen on the board
- Should the Mythos AI model raise cybersecurity alarms?
- Colours of joy
- Alliterative expression as Dravidian movement’s political weapon
- Perils of selective political reporting: the case of Tamil Nadu’s finances
- ‘Game of Thrones’, the widely popular TV series based on the books of George R.R. Martin, debuted on this day in 2011. How much of a fan are you?
- Know your English
- India could limit sulphur exports as supplies tighten
- Relaxation of U.S. day-trading rules opens the door to impulsive, high risk YOLO trading
- Pak.’s Munir meets Iran’s Ghalibaf; Sharif visits Qatar in four-day tour
- ‘Centre is using delimitation as a political weapon’
- Voters cannot be punished for not wanting to vote: SC
- J&K, Assam victims of delimitation in 2022: PDP
- Understanding Parkinson’s disease and its symptoms
- Humerus
- Bank earnings may see cuts on prolonged West Asia crisis
- Fed leadership transition on shaky ground as clock ticks on Powell’s term
- Foreign investors flee Thailand on Iran war, energy shock
- U.S. to blockade Iran ports ‘as long as it takes’, says Pentagon chief
- Raging protest
- No military solution to conflicts, say Austrian Chancellor and PM Modi
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- Culture Ministry spent ₹76 lakh on RSS centenary print advertisements: RTI reply
- HC seeks replies from 2 Indore councillors who refused to sing Vande Mataram at civic meet
- Nishant not to be part of Bihar Cabinet; to work for the party
- Kerala botanist wins WWF award for app
- a hundred years ago April 17, 1926
- Auto sector reaches ‘broad’ consensus on CAFE-III norms
- Govt. on ‘wait and watch’ mode as U.S. declines to extend waivers on Russia, Iran crude purchases
- Renault to slot India among top 3 markets
- Wipro Q4 net profit declines almost 2%
- India-Zambia critical minerals talks stall over mining rights
- EU planning to include 180 more products under CBAM
- Ashok Leyland says ‘no slack in demand’ in Gulf markets
- War brings U.S. close to net crude exporter for first time since WW2
- Resistance league
- Pope blasts ‘tyrants’ ravaging earth during Cameroon visit
- Cuba is ‘ready’ for possible U.S. attack, says Diaz-Canel
- Syria says it took over northeast base after the pullout of coalition
- German rescuers plan to use air cushions to save stranded whale
- Trump has ‘no right’ to threaten countries: Lula
- Turkiye detains 162 after school shootings
- ‘U.S. in a losing position in the Gulf, but Israel is winning’
- China raises pressure on underground Catholics to join official church: rights group
- Honouring the dead
- Meghan Markle calls herself the ‘most trolled person’, says she was bullied
- BJP MP’s remarks in Parliament on division of A.P. draw ire
- Vijay unveils TVK manifesto, criticises election promises of Dravidian majors
- Panchayat polls in H.P. not to be held on party basis: CM
- Scorching toil
- FIFA surprises Keralites on Vishu with AI-generated image of Messi
- A.P. plans to use robots, drones for firefighting
- Kannur Dental College terminates HoD from service
- letters to the editor
- Bayern edges Real in an epic slugfest
- Delimitation Bill will not affect Tamil Nadu, says AIADMK leader
- Israeli army fire kills Palestinian teen in the occupied West Bank
- SpiceJet plane clips tail of another in minor collision
- Haryana Cong. suspends 5 MLAs for voting against party nominee in RS poll
- Doctors’ ‘terror module’: J&K police file chargesheet against 10, including Red Fort bomber
- Mathura boat capsize: last missing pilgrim’s body found
- Eight pilgrims killed, 12 injured as pick-up vehicle, tanker collide in A.P.
- Congress hit by fresh leadership dispute in Kerala
- Bhutan Customs team to arrive in Munnar
- PG medical student found dead in hostel in Hyderabad
- At least 16 killed, 100 injured as Russia bombards Ukraine
- Prabhsimran and Shreyas sizzle as rampant PBKS crushes MI to go top
- KKR stands between GT and a hat-trick of wins
- Former IOA chief Ramachandran passes away
- Hazlewood is ‘looking sharper’, feels Jitesh
- Ngidi credits Bravo for the development of slower delivery
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- Arshdeep becomes first PBKS bowler to bag 100 wickets in IPL
- De Kock is the first wicketkeeper to score three IPL centuries
- Bhagat replaces injured Ankolekar in MI squad; SRH’s Payne ruled out
- I am not 100%, but I am happy with my intensity, says Kohli
- CSK’s Khaleel ruled out due to quadricep injury
- 10-man East Bengal fights back to hold Bengaluru in a thriller
- Vaishali has worked hard, is confident now: coach Ramesh
- I will keep all factors in mind when changing weight category: wrestler Abhimanyou
- Ayush confident of maintaining his level for a longer period
- Gill, Kadur favourites in South India Rally
- ‘SA series chance to prepare for T20 WC’
- Shubhankar sizzles with a 64 to extend his lead
- Bernardo Silva to leave City at the end of the season
- Joshna, Chotrani advance in Hamburg Open squash
- Bangladesh pacer Rubel calls time on international career
- The leap to ‘becoming the best in the world’