UPSC Current Affairs 19 April 2026 — The Hindu

• ‘Why delay the 2023 Act?’: women’s reservation comes full circle as govt.’s ‘U-turn’ fails in LS
• ‘Centre’s conspiracy to permanently stay in power thwarted’
• Parliament adjourns sine die after Bill’s defeat
• ‘Only voters allowed within 100 m of booths’
• Address representation gaps in Sixth Schedule areas: MPs
• U.S. extends by one month waiver on sanctions for purchases of Russian oil
• Texprocil rejects USTR claims on Indian cotton textiles
• INDIA bloc may write to PM to delink women’s quota law from delimitation process
• Opposition unity on Bill was neither automatic nor obvious
• Fresh motion to be moved seeking CEC’s removal
• CPI(M) activist claims credit for Bengal SIR plea
• Census portal shows Chinese name for a town in Arunachal Pradesh; issue resolved
• Sibling transplant successfully eradicates patient’s HIV
• HDFC Bank net profit rises 9% in Q4; to pay ₹13 dividend
• Trump signs Bill extending powers for surveillance