UPSC Current Affairs 25 April 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

  • The crisis of urban electoral disenfranchisement
  • Incremental change
  • letters to the editor

National

  • Record poll turnout in Bengal, T.N. shows citizens’ strength: SC
  • ‘Constructive’ trade deal talks held with U.S.: India
  • Industry body flags concern over proposed pesticides Bill
  • 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

Business

  • Net FDI hits 45-month high in Feb., breaks six-month ‘jinx’
  • RBI cancels banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank
  • Mines ministry announce ₹5,000 cr. incentive scheme
  • RBI highlights mixed economic trends in India on war impact

Foreign

  • Bill to allow assisted dying in England and Wales is set to fall as time runs out

Regional

  • Karnataka Cabinet approves sub-classification for SC quota
  • Now, enumerators in Delhi to work on weekends too till May 15 to speed up Census