UPSC Current Affairs 21 April 2026 — The Hindu

• SC to seek a report on the functioning of tribunals for SIR
• EC will ensure free, fair and transparent election in Bengal: CEC
• ‘Upgrading India-Korea trade pact for balanced partnership’
• SEBI amends alternative investment fund rules
• Musk’s offshore tax tricks likely saved Tesla hundreds of millions
• HC dismisses PIL on RSS chief’s Z Plus security
• Allahabad HC judge recuses from Rahul Gandhi case
• From light waves to quantum physics: the science behind smart washbasins
• Draft rules for roll-out of Ethanol 85 fuel to be notified soon
• SC asks petitioner to move HC in BJP MLA contempt case
• Activists allege MCC violation in PM’s address
• RSS is trying to rule T.N. by proxy, says Rahul Gandhi
• Punjab govt. notifies new law to punish sacrilege acts
• SC/ST students face fee burden as Karnataka govt. delays RTE order
• Puzzle of missing urgency around learning
• SBI ‘targets balance-sheet size of 25% of India’s GDP by 2030’
• Iran yet to decide on fresh round of talks; Trump to keep blockade
• Jumbo power
• 9.8 lakh voters deleted from Odisha rolls ahead of SIR
• India’s forests could nearly double carbon storage by 2100, study finds
• Long UPSC prep cycles take a toll on aspirants’ mental health
• Sundarbans may be less blue than it seems
• The strategic vulnerability in India’s LPG supply model
• The price of a war far above the ground
• The price of negligence
• Minorities have been underrepresented in Bengal Assembly
• Collectors race for investments
• British collector visits Madras after 30 years
• Parsi war memorial in Bombay
• U.S. power, Latin American resistance
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• FY26 pharma exports up 2% even as March saw dip
• Hyundai, TVS partner for commercialisation of E3W
• Railways to operate 908 special trains during summer
• SC declines to review verdict denying bail to Umar Khalid
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• Gas prices could stay over $3/gallon: U.S. energy chief
• A day before inauguration by PM, fire breaks out at Rajasthan refinery
• 9.8 lakh deletions in Odisha’s voter rolls after electoral mapping process
• 23% Bengal poll candidates face criminal cases
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• Doval’s Riyadh visit on PM’s instructions, part of govt. outreach to Gulf, says MEA
• Adi Sankara: guiding light
• 26 candidates bag perfect 100 NTA score in JEE-Main test
• Opposition ‘betrayed’ women by ‘stalling’ reservation, says Fadnavis
• A plan of change
• Core sector activity contracts 0.4% in March on war impact
• There is a need to prioritise biofuel for aviation: IATA
• GIFT City grants first family office permit
• Apple pauses data in antitrust case, CCI sets final hearing
• Investors pile into U.S. stocks as ‘TINA’ revival knocks ‘TIARA’ trades
• India violating its obligations, says UN Rapporteur
• Embattled Starmer says he was not aware that ex-envoy Mandelson had failed vetting process
• China objects as U.S., allies begin drills with Philippines
• Canada’s economic ties with U.S. a weakness, says Carney
• Israel military warns residents to stay out of south Lebanon
• Outrage grows over Israeli soldier’s vandalism of crucifix in Lebanon
• Machado vows to return, pushes for swift elections in Venezuela
• 7.7-magnitude quake hits off Japan, advisory issued for coastal areas
• As Pope Leo blasts ‘tyrants’ and ‘chains of corruption’, the world takes close note
• Traumatised survivors return to their homes 5 months after deadly Hong Kong fire
• EU hosts peace conference on Gaza as it seeks greater sway in West Asia
• Anyway the wind blows
• An Iraqi captain keeps sailing amid the regional war
• ‘BJP used women as a shield to push delimitation’
• Both switched role from actor to politician, but comparing MGR and Vijay is a facile act
• Congress seeks probe into fresh killings in Manipur
• ‘Diaspora backs BJP in Bengal, keen to invest’
• T.N. polls: EC makes seizures worth ₹1,200 cr.
• Pawan Khera moves Gauhati HC seeking anticipatory bail
• Gujarat civic body polls: over 700 seats decided unopposed as three-way contest sharpens in State
• Meghalaya govt. scraps Umiam Lake island resort project
• Reformer remembered
• Row in Kerala over opening of room with poll materials
• Visakhapatnam zoo to display black panther after 40 years
• Toddler mauled to death by stray dogs
• Tourism takes a hit as water level dips in Mullaperiyar
• Kerala Trinamool unit cuts ties with national leadership
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• Tamil parties in Sri Lanka seek sustained Indian push to fulfil Indo-Lanka Accord
• CBI arrests 2 executives of RCom in bank fraud case
• 21 killed, 61 injured after bus falls into gorge in Udhampur
• Digital arrest scams are a crime against human dignity, says CJI
• Political clashes trigger concern with just hours to go for polling in Bengal
• No interim relief for Nida Khan, next hearing on April 27
• Do not vote for NDA as BJP has captured the AIADMK, says Kejriwal
• 20 convicted in 2018 Assam mob lynching case, 25 others freed for lack of evidence
• JD(U) authorises Nitish to pick Legislature Party leader; 7-term MLA considered front runner
• Sri Lanka repatriates 19 Indian fishermen held for ‘poaching’
• Azam Khan, son’s appeals rejected in PAN card case
• Malayalam blockbuster film reignites debate over the purported ill-effects of Ayurvedic medicines
• ED searches premises linked to Karnataka Congress MLA
• Virudhunagar fireworks unit blast death toll rises to 25
• KSU Kannur district president says case against him ‘targeted’
• Court slams police for ‘false’ testimony
• Officials seize suspected counterfeit Mounjaro pens
• Russia arrests German woman in alleged Ukraine-linked bomb plot
• Tilak puts on a show as MI roars back with big win
• Clash of contrasting styles as SRH takes on DC
• It’s all about understanding what works for you: Connolly
• Miller has shown character after heartbreak: Badani
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• The last four overs were a horror story: GT batting coach Hayden
• I studied the batters and talked to the captain, says Ashwani
• ‘The way Nitish is sequencing the balls to the batters is helping him’
• The plan is for Cummins to play against RR on Saturday: Franklin
• It’s time for a women’s World champion: Aaron
• Praggnanandhaa not perturbed by the ‘blip’
• Manpreet, Pathak return to the National fold
• India listed among countries with high risk for doping in track & field
• It’s a new league now: Arteta on the title race
• Bagan beats NEUFC, goes top; PFC wins
• Aronyak becomes India’s 95th GM
• Shapoor Zadran battling life-threatening disease
• Nahid stars with a five-for as Bangladesh levels series
• Suraj, Rouqaia win Chennai PSA Challenger Tour title
• Kiran Powar named head coach of Assam Ranji team
• India u-17 men to play two friendlies against Qatar
• Manchester City midfielder Rodri suffers groin injury
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