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