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