UPSC Current Affairs 18 April 2026 — The Hindu
- United Opposition defeats Delimitation Bill
- SC warns Rajasthan, M.P., U.P. over illegal mining in Chambal sanctuary
- SC asks if judges must rise above religious beliefs in matters of conscience
- Opposition has blocked an attempt to alter electoral framework of India: Rahul
- Rahul’s ‘no wife issue’ remark elicits laughter in LS
- ‘Centre’s approach to delimitation wrong’
- Deservedly dead
- IMF, World Bank restore relations with Venezuela; detainees released
- India not to host COP33 in 2028, government confirms
- Why women’s reservation cannot wait any longer
- RBI asks state oil refiners to curb spot dollar buying, sources say
- Banking FDI for nuclear power projects on cards
- Dredging Corp, IOCL sign ₹2,000-cr. fuel supply pact
- South stood united, made its voice heard, says T.N. CM
- Delimitation will turn out to be political demonetisation: Tharoor
- Harivansh secures third term as RS Deputy Chairman
- Telangana CM thanks Oppn. leaders for defeat of amendment Bill in LS
- ‘Disheartened’ by Bill defeat in Lok Sabha, says Tamang
- letters to the editor
- Indian refiners said to pay for Iran oil in yuan via ICICI Bank
- Iran war energy shock drives nuclear power plans in hard-hit Asia and Africa
- Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz open; Trump says U.S. blockade will continue
- Find every grain
- Tipra Motha scores massive victory in TTAADC elections
- Pope Leo and Trump, the battle for America’s soul
- Temporary truce
- Coal Ministry launches 15th round of commercial auctions
- Prakash Karat praises Stalin, INDIA bloc for defeating Bill
- BJP to hit the streets to protest against Bill defeat
- Priyanka Chaturvedi laments as Sena (UBT) votes against Bill enabling women’s quota
- Cong.-led Oppn. proven to be anti-women, says Himanta on Bill defeat
- Punjab anti-sacrilege Bill sent for Governor’s assent: CM
- PNGRB close to finalising bids for four LPG pipelines
- FIR can be registered against Rahul over British citizenship charge: HC
- A violation of ‘one person, one vote, one value’: Shah
- Opposition leaders hail ‘victory of Constitution’
- Cash incentives for women steer Bengal poll discourse
- 14771
- Lord Shiva, the healer
- Tea bodies want PM to end mandatory auction rules for producers, say costs exceed profits
- ‘Bengaluru is India base choice for 7 of top 10 AI firms’
- Adani undertakes ₹1 lakh crore Motilal Nagar Redevelopment project in Mumbai
- Nasscom announces fourth cohort of GenAI Foundry
- UltraTech Cement adds 8.7 MTPA capacity
- Truce in effect as Trump says Israel ‘prohibited’ from bombing Lebanon
- Fire and smoke
- Myanmar ex-President freed, Suu Kyi’s sentence reduced
- Sri Lanka repatriates survivors of U.S. torpedo attack on Iranian ship
- China decries Japanese ship transiting Taiwan Strait
- Dispatch from the Vatican bubble after a notable exchange between Pope and President
- AI for astrology
- Pakistani shelling forces Afghans to abandon cherished school on border
- Russia trains teen influencers for pro-war agenda
- Stalin tried to get political dividend by enacting a ‘drama’, says Palaniswami
- ‘Stalin, Rahul unlikely to share stage for T.N. election campaign’
- Sri Lankan Minister resigns amid allegations of graft
- 4 Maoists killed in Jharkhand
- Changing job market tweaks students’ choices
- Words slay a dream
- Expedite co-location in commodity markets, urges ANMI
- Starmer faces calls to resign as Mandelson row reignites
- Rohingya sea crossings hit record death toll in 2025, UN report says
- BJP is using women as a human shield for elections, says DMK MP Kanimozhi
- Is EPS silent over delimitation owing to fear or ignorance, asks Chidambaram
- Karnataka Congress MLA sentenced to life term for murder of BJP leader
- Nine killed as van carrying tourists from Kerala falls off ghat road in T.N.’s Valparai
- 9 of a family killed as car catches fire after collision
- Two Trinamool Congress leaders face I-T searches
- Police quiz spouse of accused in TCS case
- Mob attacks Assam forest range office, many injured
- SC allows Congress leader to seek bail in Assam court
- Punjab CM accuses Centre of ‘strangling democracy’ after ED conducts searches
- AAP to contest civic polls in Haryana: State unit chief
- Mining push meets tribal resistance
- How the war on Iran set off worker protests around Delhi
- Israel killed over 38,000 women, girls in Gaza by end of 2025: UN
- Australian former soldier gets bail on Afghanistan war crime charges
- Gill leads from the front as the Titans complete a hat-trick of victories
- Fleming not planning to shuffle the CSK top-order
- RCB takes on DC, looks to make it three wins in a row
- Buoyant SRH runs into a resurgent CSK
- Tendulkar terms Shreyas’ relay catch ‘one of the best’
- SCOREBOARD
- SRH all for making tactical tweaks: Vettori
- BCCI fines RR manager Bhinder ₹1 lakh for anti-corruption breach
- Wolvaardt, Dercksen and Khaka shine in South Africa’s facile win
- Royal Challengers to don green jerseys in the Capitals clash
- How imperious Sindarov staked his claim with a singular Candidates run
- stacking up
- Fabregas’ Como takes the road less travelled through Serie A
- Fabled greens