UPSC Current Affairs 27 May 2026 — The Hindu

• India, U.S. draw up deal on rare earth elements
• The judiciary’s role in complete justice
• The global impact of Indonesia’s export policy shift
• Quad announces maritime plans amid Hormuz crisis
• No clarity on Quad leaders’ summit; questions rise about group’s future
• SC to deliver verdict today on petitions challenging Bihar SIR
• Lawyer moves EC to register Cockroach Janta Party
• Give prosecution immunity to Chambal guards, says SC
• SC to examine if law is diluting the count of wetlands in India
• How safe is India’s critical national infrastructure?
• Airtel defends ‘Priority Postpaid’; Jio for service launch after consultation
• Panel set up to study ‘demographic change’ due to illegal immigration
• India, Canada aiming to seal trade deal by year end: Goyal
• SC ruled resignation doesn’t vaporise taint of defection
• Onion farmers, MVA leaders stage protest in Nashik for higher MSP
• Legislative Council polls in Bihar on June 18
• SC rejects review plea by Tamil Nadu on Mekedatu project
• Sea level: hands on a skater
• India’s energy strategy needs price correction
• Rajya Sabha defections, constitutional questions
• Bad fences
• SEBI to unveil bond ETFs to boost retail participation
• Senegal’s ousted PM Sonko elected Speaker of the National Assembly
• Pentagon at odds with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war
• Pradhan discusses CBSE payment gateway overhaul with 4 public sector banks
• Dog brains shrank significantly by 5,000 years ago, thanks to humans
• Score board
• NCDs accounted for 60% of all deaths in 2022-2024
• The absolute necessity of female friendships
• A new brand of politics in Tamil Nadu
• No let-up in campaign against coloured in UK
• Laying of new trans-atlantic cable
• Former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died on this day in 1964. Here is a quiz on one of the central figures in India during the middle of the 20th century.
• Know your English
• Enforcing anti-dumping duties can save India ₹28,540 cr. annually: Report
• Unlisted Tata firms present losses before Tata Sons Board
• Alphonso mango crop ruined by weather
• China, Pakistan agree to ‘unswervingly safeguard’ and develop bilateral ties
• Russia maintains its attacks on Ukraine, warns of major strike
• CBSE denies social media claims that its on-screen marking portal was compromised
• Gurugram sex ratio dips to 862, DC orders intensified campaign against illegal sex determination
• BIG SHOT
• letters to the editor
• AGEL boosts BESS capacity to 3.37 GWh at Khavda
• Sports Ministry notifies formation of NSB, NST to streamline governance
• U.S. claims ‘self-defence’ as Iran says truce breached with fresh strikes
• Four Kuki suspects held over Nagas’ abduction in Manipur
• CNG rates hiked again in North Indian cities
• The Hindu Huddle to host session on evolving status of regional parties in India
• Can Shah be trusted on his promise to exempt tribals from UCC, asks Cong. leader
• 14804
• Id, the festival of sacrifice
• U.S. President forced war in West Asia: Venkaiah Naidu
• Vijay asks Modi to direct officials to reject Mekedatu proposal
• ‘Forced’ to upload Munambam data: Kerala Waqf Board
• Kerala High Court clears ED probe in CMRL case
• Senior Maoist leaders surrender in Telangana
• India’s ‘tallest’ commercial building to receive Otis’ fastest elevator
• ONGC Q4 net up 3.1% on better realisation, to pay ₹1 dividend
• ‘Forex reserves can be used when sentiments pull rupee down’
• Adequate buffer to meet summer demand: Coal India
• WFH wherever feasible, Maruti Suzuki tells employees
• Big Tobacco out on top after U.S. Food and Drug Administration shake-up
• Estée Lauder exits Puig talks, saves firepower for select M&As
• A warning to buyers of critical minerals: avoid butter mountains and aluminium floods
• Region will ‘no longer be shields’ for U.S. bases, says Iran’s Mojtaba
• Stifling dissent
• Not in favour of Pak. joining Abraham Accords, says Asif
• Police fire tear gas to break up Opposition protest in Turkiye
• Undeclared chemical weapons found in Syria, says watchdog
• Son of eastern Libya’s Haftar vows to make up for the ‘lost years’ under Gaddafi
• Israeli prosecutors likely to indict Netanyahu’s ex-aide over intel leak
• Be warned
• Pilgrims congregate on Mount Arafat as Haj reaches peak
• Fish and rice for ₹5, no liquor shops near temples, educational institutions: W.B. CM
• Fuel shortage hits pumps amid panic buying; OMCs call for calm
• Alert in Bengaluru as woman from Uganda shows signs of Ebola
• Punjab local body polls see 61.5% turnout amid reports of scuffles
• 77.20% turnout in H.P. panchayat polls, women voters outnumber men
• Dera chief Ram Rahim walks out of jail on 30-day parole
• Kerala CM meets PM, Nirmala to seek Central support for State’s key projects
• AMMA imposes gag order on members amid controversies
• 5 of Pinarayi’s security personnel suspended
• Woman gets life sentence in A.P. for killing minor sons
• Patidar to the fore as RCB marches into summit clash
• Cyberabad Police get two-day custody of Bandi Bageerath
• NDA govt. at Centre will fall after SP forms govt. in U.P.: Akhilesh
• One dead, two hurt in separate police encounters in Assam
• Cong. slams Minister’s ‘3F’ remark, says govt. ignored ‘falling private investment’
• Modi govt. is subjecting people to ‘slow poisoning’ through fuel hikes: Kharge
• Charges framed in Zubeen Garg case; trial from June 8
• AIADMK suffers another jolt as fourth MLA quits in 2 days, joins Vijay’s party
• J&K CM visits family of minor raped and murdered in Budgam
• Gehlot questions fuel price hike, seeks clarity from Centre
• Main accused in constable’s lynching arrested
• In sign of change, Congress offers Siddaramaiah RS seat
• Hyderabad prisoner swallows nails to reach hospital, escapes
• Israel ‘targets’ new Hamas armed wing chief, Mohammed Odeh, in Gaza strike
• Israeli strike on village in eastern Lebanon kills 12
• 4 dead, 5 injured in crash between a train and a school bus in Belgium
• Fearless SRH and RR face off in Eliminator
• Sabalenka, Gauff have it easy; Medvedev falls to a wildcard
• SCOREBOARD
• The results
• RCB reaches fifth final with the second-biggest win in playoffs
• Batter Kohli and partner Kohli take centrestage in Qualifier 1
• ‘Cummins has guided Sakib and Praful through tough moments’
• Dhumal on the challenges and the way forward for the league
• Reading situations holds key: Shanaka
• Gukesh and Pragg start off on a winning note
• I never questioned my abilities: Manav after qualifying for U.S. Open
• Keymer looks ahead with confidence after Candidates disappointment
• Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag in second round
• IAME Series India karting on Sunday
• Shahidi to lead Afghanistan in Test and ODIs against India
• Kumar Mohit, Chandermohan strike gold
• Book on India’s first Olympic gold released
• C’wealth chess: Double delight for Iniyan; Mitrabha also wins
• Indian women lose to Australia in the opener
• Basil, Haney and Sharmila clinch gold medals
• Indian women hammer Maldives in SAFF C’ship
• Wolfsburg suffers relegation, Paderborn back in Bundesliga
• ‘I should make a path on which people can walk and believe’