UPSC Current Affairs 13 July 2026 — The Hindu

• Eärendil-1: bright or blight?
• ISRO successfully carries out tests of Gaganyaan systems
• Five crore Indians wait when the courts take a break
• Centre brings new scheme to regularise PF Trusts
• India, Canada conclude third round of talks on trade pact
• Oil conundrum
• Taliban seek deeper farm ties with India
• IIT-M told to disclose grant-in-aid fund use
• A.P. and the next El Niño challenge
• Why has China banned helium exports?
• Taliban seek deeper farm ties with India
• Activist held for protests against hotels in Kaziranga
• How DDCs changed local governance in J&K?
• Detained leader Suu Kyi will be looked after, Myanmar tells ASEAN
• Fading research hubs are stalling Kerala’s leap into the bio-economy
• PM must restore J&K Statehood, says Omar
• T.N. drew lower quantity of rice than its share under Central scheme in 5 of the last 7 years
• ‘AIIMS final report finds skin tissue on gym belt in Twisha death case’
• ‘Temple Trust to decide powers of CEO, there will not be govt. interference’
• ESIC to add 7 more healthcare facilities to its infra network
• The making of Israel’s retreat into isolation
• Insular incentive
• data point
• Judging graduates, not entrance scores
• Building Code that has been given the go-by
• a hundred years ago July 13, 1926
• Has OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 class beaten Anthropic’s Fable-class models?
• The DAILY QUIZ
• He works for a prestigious law firm
• South Korea asks North Korea for help in finding missing Navy man
• CJI stresses need for women-centric infrastructure in judicial buildings
• BIG SHOT
• Iran attacks West Asian nations after U.S. strikes
• Colonial-era building restoration at Victoria Memorial School for the Blind enters the final phase
• A world of possibilities
• Drones move TB samples, cut diagnosis costs from ₹9,451 to ₹91 in new ICMR trial
• Music legend Janaki cremated with state honours in Mysuru
• After Minister’s incognito bus ride, Bengaluru rolls out passenger-friendly reforms
• Leopard seen near Tirumala walking path; surveillance stepped up
• SI booked for letting six-year-old drive a car
• One Indian seafarer missing in attack on Cyprus-flagged vessel
• Iran attacks West Asian nations after U.S. strikes
• PM must restore J&K Statehood, says Omar
• Man shot dead in Manipur’s Kangpokpi
• RSS expresses concern over Ram Temple embezzlement
• 14844
• Flash floods wreak havoc in Pahalgam; buildings affected
• God is within you
• Pune building collapse: last body found, toll rises to nine
• Bridging the affordability gap in term life insurance
• Claims quantified, mom’s love priceless
• The glide path for your equity allocation
• Snehit does the star turn for Pune Jaguars
• EU and 14 countries reaffirm ruling on South China Sea
• Anand clinches the javelin gold; women’s 4x400m team wins
• Chinese geologists question safety of Brahmaputra dam near India
• State-level conference held on non-communicable diseases
• Save the date
• SCHOLARSHIPS
• Minister questions Punjab film claims, calls for evidence
• Police arrest 3 publishers for ‘pro-separatist’ books in J&K
• Over a year on, transplanted trees at Raman Thangal Lake in Sholinganallur stand dead
• Govt. issues SOP for initiating action against unauthorised institutions in health sector
• Experts call for wider access to incision-free Parkinson’s treatment
• Growing third places: how the city’s lively pedestrian plazas are bringing young people together
• Chennai Corporation to replace wooden ramp on Marina Beach
• A stunning stone window at Sadaimudinathar Temple showcases skill of Chola-era sculptors
• IIT-M told to disclose grant-in-aid fund use
• Karnataka urges Kerala to donate elephant to Mookambika temple
• Bengal BJP chief calls Forward Bloc members goons; party seeks apology
• letters to the editor
• Nine people killed as Russia, Ukraine intensify attacks against each other
• Lindsey Graham, pivotal U.S. Republican Senator and a close Trump ally, dies at 71
• Association of private schools urges govt. to institute State-level Best Teacher Awards
• Man dies after touching live electric wire, friend critical
• CM to inaugurate Perambur MLA office today
• 3-year-old dies as iron plate being hauled by crane falls on him
• Vietnam boat tragedy: Tiruchi, Salem, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai residents among those killed
• I am neither running away nor hiding, says E.V. Velu
• Ilaiyaraaja, P. Susheela pay rich tributes to S. Janaki
• Minister slams ‘interference’ by Kerala HC in temple affairs
• Govt. to fly bodies of capsize victims to India
• Death toll reaches 8 in Wayanad debris slip; all missing traced
• Barricades come up in Srinagar as security tightened on eve of 1931 revolt anniversary
• 3 arrested in J&K for ‘pro-separatist’ books
• Cong. seeks to turn the tables on BJP using fund row
• Narottam accepts BJP’s bypoll choice after visiting Delhi
• Amid talks of switch to BJP, NCP (SP) leader says he is with Pawar
• AAP demands strict action against temple theft culprits
• Hamad bin Khalifa, former leader and key architect of modern Qatar, dies aged 74
• Nine-year-old girl among five killed in Israeli fire and air strikes in Gaza
• England navigates past choppy Norway, earns semifinal berth
• Yastika, bowlers put India on the cusp of victory
• Alvarez helps Argentina pip 10-man Switzerland
• Sinner knocks Zverev down
• SCOREBOARD
• Putting Norway on the map touches me the most: Haaland
• Ball hit the camera cable before England’s equaliser: Norway coach
• New world record attendance set for single day at women’s Test
• Knight to bid adieu to intl. cricket after the Lord’s Test
• the results
• Rohit and Kohli will pose a ‘double headache’: Swann
• D’artagnan wins Zavaray S. Poonawalla Bangalore Summer Derby
• Indrajith ton, Chandrasekar five-for headline Rovers’ innings victory
• McCullum steps down as England Test team coach
• snapshots
• Arshi sweeps Mini Max category at National karting
• Carty and Hope steer Windies home against the Kiwis
• Argentina football legend Rattin passes away at 89
• Engagements
• Indian recurve archers lose bronze medal matches
• Marquez wins Germany MotoGP, equals record
• Prince replaces injured Harshit in India ODI squad
• LiVE TELECAST
• Abdication of the throne — the need to hit refresh and rejig