UPSC Current Affairs 20 August 2026 — The Hindu

• ‘Centre is trying to include NPR in Census work’
• Tamil Nadu’s encroachment problem
• NTA reforms should have continuity: SC
• Cabinet approves 4 railway projects worth ₹9,450 crore
• Get seed fund usage details from NTA, House panel tells Education Ministry
• ‘Transmission constraints threaten India’s renewable energy expansion’
• RBI’s MPC minutes indicate hardening of interest rates
• If solar irrigation is over-drawing groundwater, it’s being done wrong
• Why is the Supreme Court examining polygamy again?
• Before new taxes, making every rupee count
• SC calls on students to school elders in waste management
• A.P. passes Bill to restore direct election to civic bodies
• The IISERs have a leadership problem
• Census 2027: rights groups flag gaps in disability categories
• CAS will help detect market manipulators, asserts SEBI chief
• SEBI fines two firms ₹3.7 crore for CAS manipulation
• SEBI pulls up Dhenu Buildcon over round-tripping charges
• How a few tree species drive the recovery of Amazon forest
• Punjab’s decade-long journey towards a formal sacrilege law