UPSC Current Affairs 15 May 2026 — The Hindu

• EC to hold SIR in ‘16 States and three U.T.s from May 30’
• Activists question impartiality of SIR, electoral process
• Free and fair elections are dependent on a truly independent poll body: SC
• COVID-19 linked to 22.1 million excess deaths globally from 2020 to 2023: WHO report
• HC seeks CBI, ED response on complaint against LoP
• Inox Clean buys solar energy assets in U.S. for $750 mn
• Uneasy truce in Beijing as Trump and Xi discuss trade, Taiwan
• HC recalls its earlier order on journalist’s PIO status
• The Iran war, India’s strategic autonomy challenges
• Bursting at the seams
• Capital flight and pressure on the rupee
• India backs two-state solution for Palestine issue, says Jaishankar at BRICS meeting
• NTA ignored SC directions to overhaul system after 2024 leak: medical body petition
• SC Bench concludes Sabarimala reference hearing
• Building a preventive health culture in India
• India’s labour market shows gains, but challenges persist
• China’s Pacific ally Solomon Islands to elect new leader
• Phase 3 of SIR in 16 States, 3 U.T.s from May 30, says EC
• Delhi HC initiates contempt case against AAP leaders
• Congress moves Delhi HC over sale deed of its former headquarters
• Crew of Indian-flagged ship safe after recent attack: MEA
• Medical education in India needs to pivot to quality over quantity
• Cooling doctrine
• Salt of the earth
• The enduring legacy left behind by Ted Turner
• Carter will seek ban on equipment sale
• Polish revolt
• Vande Mataram and the challenge to multicultural nationalism
• The DAILY QUIZ
• Know your English
• Jaishankar slams ‘unilateral’ sanctions days before expiry of Russian oil purchase waiver
• WPI more than doubles to 8.3% in April
• India back on EU approved list of aquaculture exporters
• Govt. bans sugar exports till Sept. 30; U.S., EU excluded
• Praise Lord Siva, not mortals
• Chouhan pens book on his association with PM Modi
• From PCOS to PMOS: understanding the reasons for name change
• Satheesan, chosen as Kerala CM, will be sworn in on Monday
• Defence forces, industries and labs should think and act as one: Rajnath
• P. Kumaran is India’s High Commissioner in London
• Experts suggest computerised test, registration of coaching centres to minimise malpractices in NEET
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• Webinar to discuss career pathways in Humanities, Sciences
• Mamata dons lawyer’s robe, Bar asks if she is enrolled
• Delhi court orders OpIndia to remove articles on journalist
• Unorganised labourers, trade unions in Rajasthan seek minimum wage revision
• Munnar to levy surcharge on tourist vehicles from Onam
• ‘Mitsui OSK Lines confident of investing in India’
• Air India’s $2.79 bn loss drags down Singapore Airlines’ profit
• Auto wholesales continue to grow in double-digits in April
• Tata Motors PV Q4 PAT falls 32% hit on JLR headwinds
• As Iran war jolts Air India, Lufthansa, Cathay pounce on fast-growing market
• Iran, Ukraine wars deliver worst hit in years to oil refining output
• European airlines downplay summer crises fears
• Asia Pacific banks face growing credit risks
• Minority plea
• Blackouts and protests as Cuba says fuel has ‘run out’
• Lebanon, Israel hold new peace talks in U.S. as ‘truce’ nears end
• UAE denies Netanyahu secretly visited the country during Iran war
• Amnesty calls for probe into Israeli destruction of south Syria homes
• Iran allows Chinese ships to pass Hormuz Strait since Wednesday
• ‘Land promised to us’: far-right Israelis dream of settling in southern Lebanon
• Abbas pledges to conduct elections and pursue reforms in Palestinian Authority
• Students on streets
• In T.N., AIADMK factions move Assembly Speaker; Congress set to join govt.
• We will not allow new faith-based practices in schools: Siddaramaiah
• Efforts on to release Kuki, Naga people held hostage in Manipur: Ministers
• Unseasonal storms, rain leave 111 dead, 72 injured in Uttar Pradesh
• PM’s call for change in consumption pattern was only an appeal: Vallabh
• Trinamool party office, clock tower demolished in Bengal
• Singing of Vande Mataram must in all State-run schools during assembly: Bengal CM
• NCB seeks to replicate Himachal’s twin-pronged ‘anti-heroin’ plan of action
• First nikah halala case filed under UCC in Uttarakhand
• Maharashtra CM’s austerity bike ride draws Opposition ire
• Back to school
• Use only one vehicle, avoid foreign tours, Naidu tells officials
• 5.55 cr. electors to be covered in Phase 2 of Karnataka SIR
• letters to the editor
• Latvian Prime Minister resigns over stray Ukrainian drones row
• NIA files chargesheet against 10 accused in Red Fort bomb blast case
• Two more arrested in connection with NEET paper leak
• BJP questions Rahul’s foreign trips; Congress hits back
• One dead in landslide in West Bengal mines; many feared trapped
• Woman gang-raped inside bus in Delhi’s Rani Bagh, 2 held
• I take responsibility for poll defeat, says Stalin; attributes it to a ‘tsunami of illusion’
• Setback for NDA as RJD wins MLC byelection in Bihar
• M.P. BJP leader loses post over large convoy despite austerity appeal
• 10 new MLCs, 6 of them from BJP, take oath in Maharashtra
• Satheesan holds out an olive branch to other contenders
• 25 foreign nationals held for fraudulent voting in T.N. polls
• Court to take up request of Minister’s son for protection from arrest
• Liquor adulteration racket busted in Hyderabad
• Is this the end of the road for the INDIA bloc?
• U.K. Minister resigns, paving way for potential Labour leadership contest
• 10 killed as Russia hits Kyiv with hundreds of drones
• Iran’s Araghchi says UAE ‘active partner’ in the U.S.-Israeli war
• Philippine senator dela Rosa, wanted by ICC, flees Senate
• Five soldiers, seven militants killed in southwest Pakistan
• Japan’s policymakers take ‘half step’ towards fixing laggard retrial system
• Tilak keeps his cool at the crunch as MI hands PBKS a fifth straight loss
• Raghuvanshi — repaying the faith shown by Knight Riders
• Heavy metal at the top: the openers rule striking chart
• A win will do a world of good for CSK
• We’ve been unlucky with injuries: Fleming
• SCOREBOARD
• Some of the shots Kohli played were simply remarkable: Padikkal
• Varun is hard to replace: KKR coach Nayar after loss to RCB
• CSK names all-rounder Forrester as replacement for Overton
• Fleming backs Dube and Brevis to finish the season on a high
• High-flying Royal Challengers feel at home in unfamiliar conditions
• snapshots
• Sindhu and Lakshya enter Thailand Open quarterfinals
• Tyagi takes out Stewart, advances to the semifinals
• Indian pugilists win nine gold in Asian under-15 boxing
• Ravi-Vikas combination makes the last-four stage
• Bronze for Ajith in Asian weightlifting championships
• Kohli and the art of agelessness