UPSC Current Affairs 08 July 2026 — The Hindu

• CJP’s X account back online after HC order
• Hitachi signs ₹1,000-crore MoU with T.N. to expand its facilities
• SC refuses DMK plea against TVK remarks
• HC upholds uniform legal marriage age for all religions
• Panel unlikely to finish report on simultaneous polls by Monsoon Session
• Independence of the Bar is crucial for preservation of rule of law: Supreme Court
• Contact lost with Drishti, world’s first OptoSAR satellite
• On the method for caste enumeration
• Upcoming Index of Services Production is expected to rely heavily on GST figures
• India’s economic prospects after the West Asian crisis
• How India’s life insurance sector funds government expenditure
• Rural demand to face pressure as El Niño impacts rains
• Gujarat HC upholds death sentence for 38 convicted in 2008 Ahmedabad blasts case
• Four States reach a pact on Narmada project payments
• Plea claims ‘silent compulsion’ in E20 petrol roll-out
• CPI(M) seeks withdrawal of proposed NFSA amendment
• Ritabrata-led faction gets more time to reply to EC
• Linking women’s incomes and healthcare
• What does the lifting of gas curbs mean?
• IDFC First Bank introduces EPFO payment services