UPSC Current Affairs 25 April 2026 — The Hindu

• Record poll turnout in Bengal, T.N. shows citizens’ strength: SC
• ‘Constructive’ trade deal talks held with U.S.: India
• The crisis of urban electoral disenfranchisement
• Net FDI hits 45-month high in Feb., breaks six-month ‘jinx’
• RBI cancels banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank
• Bill to allow assisted dying in England and Wales is set to fall as time runs out
• Industry body flags concern over proposed pesticides Bill
• Incremental change
• Mines ministry announce ₹5,000 cr. incentive scheme
• BRICS-MENA envoys express concern over war in West Asia
• Opposition parties move fresh motion in Rajya Sabha seeking removal of CEC
• SC asks Bengal poll officers to pursue appeals on SIR exclusion
• Rajnath Singh to attend 2026 SCO Defence Ministers’ meet
• Karnataka Cabinet approves sub-classification for SC quota
• Now, enumerators in Delhi to work on weekends too till May 15 to speed up Census
• letters to the editor
• RBI highlights mixed economic trends in India on war impact
• Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by 3 weeks
• Meta ‘automatically’ blocks govt.-flagged content in India
• Govt. asks OTT platform not to release series on gangster
• U.P. Police chasing couples, investigating marriages instead of probing crimes: HC
• The moral eclipse of politics in the modern age
• Fire and sound
• The spark that turned fatal in Mundathikode
• Araghchi heads to Pak. for talks on ceasefire with U.S.
• China imposes export curbs on seven European entities over Taiwan arms sales
• China start-up DeepSeek releases new AI model
• 7 AAP MPs quit party, set to merge with BJP
• ‘Defections a boost to BJP in run-up to Punjab Assembly polls’
• Over 6 lakh register for CBSE’s Class 10 second Board exam
• SC sends plea by chopper scam accused to new Bench
• ED probes TTI-linked funds from foreign bank debit cards
• IndusInd Bank beats profit view on fewer new bad loans
• Ukraine President lands in Azerbaijan for key talks: official
• Bangladesh sweats as West Asia fuel shortages force rampant power cuts
• RSS isn’t an Indian version of Ku Klux Klan, says Hosabale
• Govt. clears ₹30 billion withdrawal for Maldives
• Absolute voter increases seen across Tamil Nadu followed spatial patterns
• High turnout in Bengal doesn’t always point to anti-incumbency, show data
• Assam court hands life sentence to 20 in 2018 lynching case
• Freed from greed
• 104 workers to get regular employee benefits after working as casual labourers for 32 years
• Planet protection
• RIL Q4 net slips 13% to ₹16,971 crore, oil & gas hit, firm to pay ₹6 dividend
• ‘India’s cybersecurity market set to grow to ₹15.06 billion by 2031’
• JSW, Japan’s JFE to infuse ₹32,000 cr. to boost steel capacity
• Rupee ends 15 paise weaker at 94.16 against U.S. dollar
• Noida Airport names Nitu Samra as interim CEO
• Shriram Fin Q4 net surges 40%, flags West Asia risk
• India sells 30-year green debt at ‘greenium’ last
• Hope amid crisis
• U.S. soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400,000 Polymarket bet
• Kuwait says two drones coming from Iraq hit near border posts
• Chinese EVs and flying cars steal show at world’s biggest auto expo
• Gulf states caught between war and peace as U.S.-Iran stand-off drags on
• More than numbers
• Drought displaces tens of thousands in Somalia: UN
• Rebuilding trust with Iran will take ages, says UAE
• 10 of 26 petitioners caught in Russia-Ukraine crossfire dead
• Italian ship owner urges SC for early release of bond executed in Kerala HC
• Son of Chhattisgarh Congress leader shot dead by attackers
• Gauhati High Court rejects Pawan Khera’s bail petition
• 14777
• Ready to take wing
• M.P. tops in number of stubble burning incidents in April
• Tanker leak triggers panic on Delhi-Dehradun Expressway
• Troubled waters: A.P., T.N. fishermen embroiled in a row
• AAP hits out at 7 MPs who quit party, says BJP is poaching through ‘Operation Lotus’
• Three killed as Kuki-Naga conflict rages in Manipur
• Modi promises fresh investigation into R.G. Kar case after May 4
• Three-year-old girl raped in Surat, neighbour arrested
• Six youth arrested under PSA in J&K over ‘vandalism’
• Kathua rape-murder: High Court rejects bail plea of accused
• In Pahalgam, resilience falters
• The new stars of tinsel town
• ‘UN peacekeeper dies of wounds suffered in Lebanon last month’
• Tehran airport to resume international flights from today
• Pak. military kills 22 in northwest clashes, child dead in crossfire
• Kohli-Padikkal show eclipses Sai Sudharsan’s ton
• Resurgent RR hosts high-flying SRH
• Axar’s Capitals face an uphill task against Shreyas’ Kings
• Sai Sudharsan goes past Gayle, becomes fastest to 2,000 IPL runs
• Connolly returns in time for Punjab’s clash against Delhi
• Jayawardene reveals reason behind concussion sub call
• Samson was smart in the way he built his innings, says Raina
• SCOREBOARD
• Evolution or DNA rewriting: where is F1’s new era headed?
• stacking up
• Imagine India at the World Cup; wherever the team goes, people of Indian origin will turn up to watch
• Run forever