UPSC Current Affairs 09 May 2026 — The Hindu

• Calcutta HC rejects govt. objections to Nicobar plea
• U.S. court cancels Trump’s 10% tariff
• Minister intended to ‘praise’ Col. Sofiya but he could not articulate it: M.P. govt. to SC
• No Lakhimpur Kheri witnesses examined in past 3 months: SC
• EC publishes Index Cards for Assembly elections
• SC criticises Punjab govt. over drug menace
• The elephant in India’s data room
• Trump’s 10% tariff ‘invalid’, rules U.S. trade court
• Taiwan’s Parliament approves $25-billion defence spending Bill
• NITI Aayog flags low student retention, learning outcomes
• Centre to send expert group to study litchi crisis in Bihar
• OMCs losing ₹30,000 crore a month on petrol, diesel, LPG
• Census enumerator ID can be verified through QR code
• SC seeks Centre’s response on plea against blocking of AAP Gujarat unit’s Meta accounts
• DMK seeks change in Lok Sabha seating arrangement
• DRDO, IAF conduct maiden trial of TARA glide weapon
• Plea in SC says Governor is ‘duty-bound’ to invite TVK to form govt. in Tamil Nadu
• A watershed moment in India’s defence posture
• ‘Internal mismatch a reason behind GST notices’
• Uncertainty continues over T.N. govt. formation
• ‘Two Indians on ship hit by hantavirus asymptomatic’
• HC to pass order protecting Tharoor’s personality rights
• Karnataka proposes ‘Wisdom Valley’ in Bengaluru Airport City
• More from less
• Nightmare on the Narmada
• U.S., Iran trade fire, threatening truce; UAE reports ‘attacks’
• Australian women charged for ‘slave trade’ under ISIS
• ‘17 dynasts in Cabinet, single Muslim Minister’: Tejashwi hits out at Bihar’s NDA govt.
• SC says it’s ‘shy’ to direct arrest in Anil Ambani’s ADAG case
• Only Congress party can defeat BJP in the battle of ideologies, says Rahul
• MGNREGS scale, workdays fell in 2025-26, finds study
• SC takes cognisance of judge sending advocate to custody
• Question mark over power
• SBI FY26 net rises 13% to ₹80,032 cr.
• Bank of India Q4 PAT rises 15%, dividend at ₹4.65/share
• Bank of Baroda Q4 PAT up 11%, set to pay ₹8.5 dividend
• Suvendu Adhikari to take oath as West Bengal Chief Minister today
• Bangladesh failed to give ‘actionable response’: India
• Operation Sindoor is a symbol of India’s new military ethos: Minister
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• Hanuman’s eloquence
• Caste-iron control
• 2BHK dreams caught between delays, distance and vacancies
• Take east
• Strait of Hormuz: why U.S. Project Freedom couldn’t secure free navigation
• A problem of plenty
• Tata Consumer reports Q4 net of ₹424 crore, a 22% YoY growth
• Hyundai Motor India Q4 PAT falls 22%, to pay ₹21 dividend
• Rubber firms raise prices on war
• Call for long-term cotton policies
• Titan Company Q4 net profit rises 35% to ₹1,179 crore in Q4
• The ‘bridge of defiance’ that was struck
• Starmer says he won’t step down after Labour’s losses
• North Korea to deploy new artillery guns targeting Seoul
• Trump announces prisoner swap, Ukraine-Russia ceasefire for 3 days
• Technology is increasingly turning to religion in a quest to create ethical AI
• Bangladesh battles its worst measles outbreak in decades as child deaths rise
• Rubio meets Italian PM Meloni amid Trump tensions over Pope, Iran war
• Calm amid chaos
• Naidu tells officials to clear e-files within 24 hours
• Bay watch
• Telangana issues guidelines for Musi rejuvenation project
• Activists seek strict action over hospital deaths in Kota
• Minister flags demolitions undertaken by J&K police
• letters to the editor
• Congress high command likely to announce Kerala Chief Minister tomorrow
• Odisha police arrest 5 for lynching amid Opposition uproar
• Court sends accused in TCS case to police custody
• CBI files chargesheet in housing fraud case
• BJP’s win in Bengal plugs a big hole in national security: Shah
• Congress slams Modi govt. over women’s safety citing NCRB data
• Killers of Suvendu’s aide at large; post-poll violence continues in West Bengal
• BJP spokesperson from Manipur quits over ethnic conflict
• Prosecution has failed to establish conspiracy to kill Sohrabuddin Sheikh: HC
• Congress leadership race in Kerala spills over to streets
• Restored version of John Abraham’s classic movie Amma Ariyan to premiere at Cannes
• Woman dies at police station in A.P.; father alleges foul play
• Wife of former IPS officer killed at home in Hyderabad
• K. Satchidanandan resigns as Sahitya Akademi president
• Six killed, 13 injured as mortar shell hits civilian area in northwest Pak.
• Spinners, Allen make it four in a row for KKR
• Can Titans pacers contain Royals openers Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi?
• I can’t take too much credit for Sunrisers being at the top of the table: Cummins
• SCOREBOARD
• BCCI bans unauthorised visitors from players’ rooms
• We are quite comfortable with the way we play: GT’s Parthiv
• ‘Fast bowlers Rabada and Siraj are high-performing players’
• McClenaghan hails Prince’s ‘divine delivery’ to get Kohli
• Qualifier Prizmic knocks out Djokovic from Italian Open
• The quiet rise of a reticent giant: Ayush Shetty’s slow-burn ascent
• stacking up
• Diamonde in the rough: why Europe’s big clubs covet the Leipzig winger
• Derby delight