UPSC Current Affairs 05 May 2026 — The Hindu
- SC asks Centre to examine plea on revising Aadhaar issuance norms
- SC brings survivors of forcible ingestion of acid in RPwD Act
- SC weighs risk of misuse of benefits for trans people
- SC seeks Centre’s response on Christian Michel James’ plea
- Did the PM’s broadcast violate MCC?
- What does the latest ruling mean for Forest Rights Act?
- Mexico City is sinking so fast, it can be seen from space
- Political executive will decide on Bengal law and order: SC
- Governance is the ultimate currency in Kerala
- ‘No to commodity derivative investments by institutions’
- Pinarayi holds on to his seat, but 13 Ministerial colleagues bite the dust
- Capitalising on changing Tamil voter mood
- Das Adam Smith Problem: rethinking Smith’s moral and economic worlds
- The DAILY QUIZ
- Know your English
- How to know if a medical technology actually adds value
- Households face rising medical inflation
- War impacts April manufacturing PMI
- India resumes wheat exports after a gap of four years
- Europe sees Trump’s Germany troop cut as sign to shoulder its own defence
- BJP’s victory in West Bengal marks a paradigm shift in its political journey
- Assam’s mandate of assertion and polarisation
- The SCIENCE QUIZ
- Corporate governance issues at Chowgule Steamships
- Cost gap drives U.S .borrowers from pvt. credit to bank-led syndicated loans
- Cong.-led UDF makes a comeback in Kerala
- A commander leads the charge
- IUML anchors UDF’s comeback in Malabar
- With defeat in Kerala, Left out of power for first time since 1977
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- Azhvar’s choice of words
- Rajnath Singh pushes for edge in high-tech warfare
- A round of elections that signals structural dominance
- Lost and found
- The significant erasure of democracy in Bengal
- New India Assurance to focus on retail
- Petronet LNG Q4 net up on pre-war prices
- National Stock Exchange unveils Electronic Gold Receipt
- Rupee falls 39 paise to close at all-time low of 95.23/USD
- Kone’s TK Elevator deal comes amid climate change
- U.S. restaurant sales slip as war ups gasoline price
- GameStop offers to buy eBay for about $56 billion
- UAE says Iran has resumed attacks as the U.S. moves to reopen Hormuz
- Gaza flotilla activists facing abuse, says rights group
- OPEC exit ‘part of long-term plan, not directed against anyone’: UAE oil chief
- Threshold of tension
- Ukraine targets Moscow skyscraper in rare attack
- Nepal PM defends eviction of squatters amid mounting criticism
- Nigeria to evacuate 130 citizens from South Africa after attacks
- Europeans have ‘gotten message’ from Trump on defence: NATO
- From Brazil’s rainforest to Rio de Janeiro, indigenous soccer team starts with win
- Reduced to rubble
- U.K.’s left-wing Green Party seeks to topple Labour’s London strongholds
- Regional strife in West Asia hushes holy cities in Iraq
- SC raps Odisha courts for ‘odious’ bail conditions to Adivasi people
- NDA secures a record third term in Assam
- Vijay rocks, disrupts T.N.’s bipolar politics
- Trinamool ousted as BJP sweeps Bengal
- NDA led by AINRC retains Puducherry
- Vijay’s party breaks AIADMK’s hold over western T.N.
- TVK captures DMK’s citadel
- TVK dents DMK’s central strongholds
- Left Front’s electoral debacle in Kerala holds a valuable lesson for the winners
- BJP secures record three seats in Kerala Assembly
- BJP breaches the Left bastion, Chathannur
- Modi urges all parties in Bengal to focus on positive change and not revenge
- Kolkata streets turn saffron, Mamata’s home in Kalighat deserted as BJP secures historic win
- Split in Muslim votes spells doom for Trinamool
- Long-term planning, unity in State unit helped the BJP swing Bengal its way
- Despite severe setbacks in Assam and Tamil Nadu, not all is lost for Congress
- letters to the editor
- JAL: Vedanta plea dismissed by NCLAT
- Back spasm rules out Hardik, Suryakumar leads MI against LSG
- Team UDF rides on massive anti-Left wave to romp home
- TVK’s spectacular surge upends Dravidian duopoly
- In northern districts, Dravidian majors fight the TVK wave
- Dominance across two regions helps BJP-led bloc secure landslide victory
- AINRC-led NDA retains power as Congress alliance falters due to internal feud
- Rural sweep, urban gains hand BJP a decisive win over Trinamool
- Congress-led UDF registers historic victory with near three-fourths majority
- Trinamool Cong.’s fumbles and BJP’s promises drive change in West Bengal
- BJP, Cong., and NCP hold on to seats in bypolls; Sunetra Pawar sets record for victory margin
- Pakistan to return Iranian crew of U.S.-seized ship amid tensions
- Two killed after car ploughs into crowd in Germany, driver arrested
- Rickelton, Rohit combine to power MI past LSG
- Simons backs Brevis and Dube to return to form
- Capitals, Super Kings aim to stay afloat in playoff race
- Two overseas quicks a result of Plan A failing, says Munaf
- SCOREBOARD
- Dhoni hasn’t travelled to Delhi, but he is steadily improving: Simons
- Injured Salt returns to England for scans on finger injury
- Washington handled the pressure well against PBKS, says Ashwin
- Three-peat hero Antonelli the toast of Mercedes in Miami
- Inter regains Serie A crown; Real makes Barcelona wait
- Chinese supremacy continues in Thomas Cup
- Atletico, Arsenal have everything to play for
- Lights to flag at Miami GP
- Real Madrid defender Mendy suffers injury
- India’s poor run at Shotgun WC continues
- Indians end campaign on disappointing note
- Rising star Seixas to make his Tour de France debut in July
- Villarreal coach Marcelino to leave at the end of the season
- No.1 Nelly Korda cruises to LPGA Mexico crown
- Honours even between Odisha, Bengaluru in ISL
- I want to be India’s fielding coach... I feel I am almost there