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