UPSC Current Affairs 31 May 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

• Is India getting hotter?
• Why is India pushing for coal gasification?

National

• Bengal CM likely to expand Cabinet tomorrow; Budget session to begin on June 22
• New cascade frog species recorded in Nagaland’s hill-stream habitats
• ‘BrahMos deal with Vietnam inked, Indonesia next in line’
• Modi destroying India’s education system: Rahul
• Fair electoral rolls lead to fair elections, says CEC Gyanesh
• Progress in women’s education, digital access

Business

• Ministry of Finance suspends import duty levied on cotton
• Cautious resilience, FinMin says as inflation risk looms

Foreign

• WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Science

• Air pollution cut India’s solar power output by 9.6% in 2023: study
• Elephants’ decline portends dung beetle co-extinction