UPSC Current Affairs 12 August 2026 — The Hindu

• The Mecca Pact and the rise of strategic hedging
• Tamil Nadu’s delimitation conundrum
• Bike taxis are not public transport vehicles, Karnataka tells Supreme Court
• In the way
• Panel seeks enhanced relief, counselling for SC/ST victims
• Panel on demographic changes reaches Jammu, interacts with local groups
• RS passes Tribunals Reforms Bill amid Opposition walkout
• Candidates trained under rural skilling programme not getting jobs, says panel
• NASA invites ISRO to join its mission for lunar outpost
• Panel suggests additional test for chronic kidney disease
• Declare cancer a notifiable disease: SC to 19 States, U.T.s
• Human judgment at risk as AI advances: RBI Governor cautions
• Turkiye’s Parliament approves a pardon-like Bill for PKK militants
• Committed to safeguard our interests: govt. on Mecca pact
• Dhruv Rathee’s video blocked in India, YouTube tells HC
• Taliban barred 2.4 mn Afghan girls from school since 2021: UNESCO
• The missing ‘reuse’ principle in India’s EV transition journey
• Centre to refer FCRA Bill to House panel
• Plea in top court flags ‘commercial exploitation’ of remarks by judges
• EC told to furnish data on SIR appeal disposals in Bengal
• LS deadlock continues; Kerala name change, co-operative sector Bills cleared sans debate
• Vande Mataram Bill gets President’s assent, becomes law
• Aravalli panel did not visit villages hit by mining: activists
• Railways to deploy AI-based cameras at level crossing gates
• Centre approves 1 billion ₹10, ₹20 polymer banknotes
• Ladakh’s giant ‘rivers of ice’ are slowing as the mountains warm