UPSC Current Affairs 16 May 2026 — The Hindu
- India’s goods exports surge 14% in April to $43.6 billion: Centre
- State’s duty is to ensure living wages for workers, not label them as ‘terrorists’, says SC
- EC orders probe into voting by foreigners in T.N.
- Kiren Rijiju flags Rahul’s ‘undeclared’ foreign visits
- SC asks Centre to look into ‘rationalisation’ of airfares
- Trade, supply chains and economic statecraft
- Marginal unemployment rate rise, shows Union govt. report
- U.S. SC voting rights ruling fuels new push to defend Black representation
- Thai lawmakers vote to revive clean air Bill
- Trump says U.S., China ‘settled many problems’
- Commission probing Manipur violence gets fifth extension
- Disputed Bhojshala complex a temple, says M.P. High Court
- Farmers’ body rejects MSP for kharif crops, to hold protests
- Superpower summit
- India-U.K. trade deal hits late-stage ‘sticking points’
- PVV Infra board okays preferential share issue
- Centre extends bid timeline for rare earth magnet scheme
- BRICS members agree on creation of ‘independent, viable’ state of Palestine
- India, UAE sign pacts on energy, defence as Modi visits West Asian nation
- PCI condemns U.P. move to invoke NSA against journalist
- Top court embraces austerity measures to conserve fuel
- India’s first satellite-tagged Ganges soft-shell turtle released in Kaziranga National Park
- 17 years later, the imprints of war remain
- Toll in attack on Kyiv rises to 24; Ukrainian strike kills 4 in Russia
- Powell’s Fed legacy may be as much about Congress as monetary policy
- Petrol and diesel prices hiked by ₹3 per litre
- White peaks
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- Monsoon likely to reach Kerala on May 26, says IMD
- Productivity, not just growth, for Viksit Bharat
- Juggernaut rolls on
- Israel threatens to sue media over report on sexual abuse of inmates
- Cannabis trade threatens fragile peace efforts in Senegal’s Casamance region
- NEET re-exam will be conducted on June 21
- Don’t blame the court for delay: CJI to Sena factions on dispute over party symbol
- U.S. trade deal was a bargain for Adani’s release: Rahul
- M.P. cracker unit blast: NSA invoked against manager and owner
- SC closes Goa Cong. leader’s plea after snakebite death
- Palestinian Authority says Israeli forces kill 15-year-old in West Bank
- After killing of church leaders, 28 civilians released in Manipur; 14 Kukis still in captivity
- Growing ‘attacks’ on the judiciary by ‘parasites’, CJI says
- CBI launches AI-powered verification system ‘Abhay’
- Appeasing ancestors
- Govt. is working towards zero heatwave-related deaths: Shah
- PM slams report claiming govt. planning tax on foreign travel
- Tamil Nadu govt. may gradually increase women’s rights grant
- Fuel price rise to cover only ₹4,449 cr./month in OMC loss
- Wheels India FY26 PAT rises 40% to ₹155 cr.
- U.S. set to drop criminal fraud case against Adani
- ‘More people resorting to pledging gold ornaments’
- OMC stocks dip despite fuel price spike
- ITC Hotels to acquire The Zuri Kumarakam
- RIL-Disney take legal steps on Zee over Bollywood films
- Rupee crosses psychological barrier of ₹96 per USD
- Rapido raises $240 million from Prosus, others
- Pilgrim pulse
- Xi asked me if the U.S. will defend Taiwan, says Trump
- U.S. scraps deployment of 4,000 soldiers to Poland
- U.S. ‘seeks to indict Cuba’s ex-President Raul Castro’ amid escalating fuel crisis
- Israeli air strikes hit Lebanon as talks in U.S. enter second day
- U.S. willing to resume talks, open to China’s help, says Iranian FM
- New Ebola outbreak confirmed in Congo, with 65 deaths recorded
- TTP militant attack on security compound kills nine in Pakistan
- Israel targets Hamas armed wing head in Gaza strike
- Traditional beats
- Unnao case: court sets aside order suspending ex-BJP MLA’s sentence
- Rathindra Bose, BJP legislator from Cooch Behar, elected as Speaker of Bengal Assembly
- What Satheesan’s rise means for Congress, IUML and Kerala politics
- Will ensure safe return of people who fled their homes, says Suvendu
- Bengaluru’s football-cricket crossover
- CBI nabs alleged ‘kingpin’ behind NEET paper leak
- People paying price for govt. mistakes: Opposition
- Congress terms PM’s appeal against gold purchases a ‘death warrant’
- AIADMK faction says open to talks with EPS; VCK urges CM not to induct rebel MLAs
- Elgar Parishad case: NIA seeks cancellation of bail to activists over Mumbai Press Club meet
- Rampant corruption in exams taking young lives, says Priyanka
- Psychiatrist-writer Anand Nadkarni passes away at 66
- Delhi’s cyclists who journey between life and death
- Forged benevolence
- letters to the editor
- Akash and Marsh on fire as LSG delivers a body blow to CSK
- Knight Riders meet Titans in a must-win encounter
- Mbappe headlines France squad for FIFA World Cup
- snapshots
- Suspense over Varun’s availability for the clash against Gujarat Titans
- Kiwi all-rounder Rachin leaves KKR for England tour preparations
- ‘It’s a generalisation to say that the middle-order isn’t playing its part’
- Kuldip, Gleeson replace injured pacers Khaleel and Thushara
- SCOREBOARD
- Why Indian chess needs more big-ticket, Super GM tournaments
- STACKING UP
- How ‘Kvaradona’ entered the Ballon d’Or conversation
- Topsy-turvy