UPSC Current Affairs 18 May 2026 — The Hindu

• Ordinance increases number of SC judges to 37
• Trade, energy, and global conflicts at top of agenda during PM’s Norway visit
• India, Netherlands upgrade bilateral ties, sign 17 pacts
• African natives’ protests
• Iran’s key negotiator appointed to oversee China ties, says report
• Europe-China mission to probe how earth fends off raging solar winds
• India upgrades bilateral ties with the Netherlands
• Oslo summit must mark India’s northward turn
• Diversification gains
• Replicating past strategies
• U.S., China, and the search for stability
• NEET row: Congress ups the ante against Education Minister
• Ebola outbreak in Congo is a global emergency, says WHO
• Fish by the basket
• Return of Chola-era copper plates should spark efforts for further repatriations, say Indian archaeologists
• One-horse races are no triumph for democracy
• Stuttering Starmer
• Voting patterns of government employees in recent elections
• Govt. wants private sector to respond to concessions
• The predictability pandemic: how your keyboard is stealing the soul of language
• The DAILY QUIZ
• Anti mis-selling: rules, duty
• Coming up next, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) political candidate?
• Sabari Rail: project promises improved access to pilgrim town
• Drone strikes UAE’s nuclear power plant perimeter, strains ceasefire
• Vessel with 20,000 tonnes of LPG reaches port in Gujarat
• 69.16% turnout recorded for urban local body polls in H.P.
• ‘No deadline to decide on AIADMK letters’
• Jana Sena launches process to strengthen party organisation
• Deadline for Census exercise extended across Karnataka
• As trees fall in thousands, innovative protests erupt across India
• BIG SHOT
• Tough to plan for this trip
• Rail-led industrial corridors likely game changer
• Satheesan unveils names of 20 Ministers of the UDF; Kerala Cabinet will take oath today
• EPICs found strewn in a field, seizure of Aadhaar cards spark row in Bengal
• CNG prices hiked by ₹1 in Delhi, second time in 2 days
• At UN, India flags attacks on vessels in Hormuz strait
• ‘Hate must end’: Mehbooba Mufti welcomes RSS leader’s call for India-Pakistan talks
• Shah to chair Central Zonal Council meet in Bastar
• Centre defends on-screen marking system for Class 12
• 14796
• Seek Hayagriva’s blessings
• Nalanda University revives ancient debate tradition
• A summer story
• Relief out of reach
• A look at the BJP’s playbook in Kerala
• Your avenues for investments abroad
• Know a good forecaster?
• The beauty category’s big changeover
• Dust storm
• Palestinian President’s son elected to Fatah party’s top decision-making body
• ‘Nothing of Iran will be left if it does not agree to deal’
• Security forces kill five militants in northwest Pakistan shootout
• Maduro’s close ally deported to U.S. ‘to face criminal proceedings’
• Taiwan will never be ‘traded away’, says President after Trump remark
• Hezbollah calls talks with Israel a ‘dead end’
• Trump administration’s programme to verify voter eligibility raises concerns
• ‘Chemical town’ in Germany braces for impact of industrial decline as job cuts rise
• Field of protest
• U.K. troops to join U.S. Independence Day celebrations
• Rail traffic hit as Rajdhani coach catches fire in M.P.
• In Bihar, a plate of woe
• With 33 all-new crest gates, Tungabhadra dam gets a fresh lease of life
• An ‘electro-State’ staring at huge financial losses owing to freebies
• letters to the editor
• Philippines asks top court to allow ICC’s drug war arrest of senator
• Families seek safe return of 20 Kuki and Naga captives as search efforts continue
• Nicobar project is a recipe for ecological disaster, says Ramesh
• Protesters clash with police in Kolkata over prayer curbs
• West Bengal does not believe in bulldozer politics, says Mamata
• Hike in wages of skilled, unskilled workers in Ladakh
• Will roll out farm loan waiver before June 30, says Fadnavis
• Qutub Shahi splendour set to shine at Cannes Film Festival
• Whenever I take a taxi, I ride shotgun
• Cyberabad Police to seek custody of Minister’s son in POCSO Act case
• Railway Minister flags off new Bengaluru-Mumbai Express
• Former Sri Lanka correspondent of The Hindu passes away at 71
• Kingpin of India-Myanmar drug syndicate arrested by NCB in Delhi
• INDIA bloc allies want Cong. to take on BJP at Centre, but unwilling to cede space in States
• Trinamool leaders face arrests and public anger, return extorted money
• Cong. leader slams A.P. CM’s population growth incentive
• Woman disrobed, paraded over temple entry near Mumbai
• Factory owner in Dehradun held over Captagon links
• 3 arrested in grenade-hurling incident in Punjab’s Gurdaspur
• IUML a secular, stabilising force, says Satheesan; hits out at ‘hate propaganda’
• Lawyers, police clash during demolition drivein Lucknow; Oppn. hits out at govt.
• Parth holds midnight meet with Fadnavis; Praful, Tatkare in talks with Sharad Pawar
• Didn’t try to broker DMK-AIADMK deal: actor
• Home Guard injured in stone throwing over ‘cattle transport’
• Two Kerala tourists dead in road accident in Karnataka
• Four persons killed in Ukranian drone attack in Russia
• Venkatesh, Bhuvneshwar propel RCB into playoffs
• Starc’s mastery and batters’ fine show keep Capitals in the hunt
• SCOREBOARD
• SCOREBOARD
• We need to tidy up some areas: Hopes
• We are lucky to have Bhuvneshwar at Royal Challengers: Hazlewood
• ‘No hiding behind the fact that we haven’t taken our opportunities’
• Shreyas becomes fifth player to lead a team in 100 IPL matches
• Sai Sudharsan becomes the fastest to reach 3,000 T20 runs
• CSK crosses swords with SRH in must-win contest
• Smalley grabs the advantage ahead of an interesting final round
• Verstappen’s 24hr-race hopes dashed by driveshaft failure
• The intrigue over Dhoni hits fever pitch
• Our X-factor pacers have come good: Aaron
• East Bengal and Mohun Bagan share derby honours
• Prajwal excels; Ikshan edges Rugved in opening race
• Praggnanandhaa stays in joint lead
• S.M. Krishna Memorial Open gets underway today
• Catch- 22