UPSC Current Affairs 16 July 2026 — The Hindu

• Export gains
• SC raps panel mandated to protect people from NE States
• EC revises phase 3 SIR schedule for four States
• SC refuses to entertain plea to curb social media content
• Panel defers final meeting on higher education Bill amid objections from A.P.
• SC seeks Centre’s status report on CBSE OSM glitches
• Cabinet okays Semicon 2.0, mobile, urea manufacturing schemes, highways
• India-U.K. FTA a boost for farmers and small,medium firms, says PM
• RBI issues data governance guidance framework for banks
• India-U.K. social security pact is not retrospective
• U.S. Senators vie to levy 100% tariffs on countries buying oil from Russia
• Iran threatens regional oil blockade over U.S. actions
• Kudankulam nuclear plant data leak sparks ‘absolute commotion’
• HC nullifies registration of land belonging to Palani math
• High Court halts major functions of Kerala Waqf Board
• With poor rain, Cauvery panel decides to wait and watch
• The crisis at the heart of non-proliferation
• a hundred years ago July 16, 1926
• Plea in Delhi HC seeks steps to save Sonam Wangchuk
• HC to examine NGT’s ban on construction within 1 km of Pallikaranai marshland
• Congress asks Centre to clarify on U.S. Bill seeking 100% tariffs
• Faction led by Ritabrata gets more time to file response
• In meeting with House panel, Ladakh villagers seek access to grazing lands along the LAC
• Govt. issues public consultation guidelines for highway projects after panel recommendations
• SEBI bans board from new stock, related instruments
• A new era of Indian ecology looks to its horizons, and to the ground