UPSC Current Affairs 16 May 2026 — The Hindu
Editorial
- Trade, supply chains and economic statecraft
- Superpower summit
- 17 years later, the imprints of war remain
National
- 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
- 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
- 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
Business
- Marginal unemployment rate rise, shows Union govt. report
- 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
Foreign
- U.S. SC voting rights ruling fuels new push to defend Black representation
- Thai lawmakers vote to revive clean air Bill
- 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