UPSC Current Affairs 23 May 2026 — The Hindu

• SC recalls ‘harsh’ remarks made over textbook row
• SC asks panel to review cartoons in textbooks
• Supreme Court asks panel to review cartoons in textbooks
• Parents, students challenge CBSE three-language rule
• SC asks police to register FIRs in missing person cases quickly and activate anti-trafficking cells
• 139 Indians released from Russian military service, Centre tells SC
• March 2026 saw net foreign investments decline to -$11.7 bn
• Demand driving growth, but economic outlook somewhat clouded: RBI report
• ‘Birth rate, infant deaths fall in India’
• India, Cyprus elevate bilateral ties to strategic partnership; ink pact for defence cooperation
• Rupee should not be allowed to hit ₹100 per dollar: RSS wing
• Cyber warfare is outpacing global legal accountability
• Alarm bells
• RBI board approves transfer of ₹2,86,588 cr. surplus to govt.
• RBI injects transient liquidity of ₹81,590 cr. via VRR auction
• Jaishankar to host Quad Ministers’ meet on May 26; discuss ‘free Indo-Pacific’
• EC announces Rajya Sabha polls for 24 seats on June 18
• Centre asks States, U.T.s to step up Ebola surveillance
• Centre says it will bring back people sent to Bangladesh
• ‘Mumbai Metropolitan Region to add ₹1.7 lakh crore to the economy’
• ‘Kumbh a blueprint for climate-friendly green infrastructure’
• ‘Maharashtra emerging as major hub for investment’
• Home and abroad
• Saffron clashes with green, again
• WHO sounds alarm on medical shortages in Gaza