UPSC Current Affairs 21 August 2026 — The Hindu

• The Vanashakti verdict is balanced and pragmatic
• Calcutta’s foreign trade
• Rahul seeks report on whether leaders adhere to party line
• Ease three-language rule for Class 6, SC tells CBSE
• Centre set to expand mechanised sanitation scheme to rural India
• Keralam to move SC on prohibition of construction near National Highway
• ‘MMDR Amendment Act expected to bring greater tax uniformity’
• Investors dump India bonds after hawkish RBI minutes
• ‘Possibility of Tarique’s India visit slim without dignified invitation’
• How will Gaganyaan’s thermal shield protect the crew?
• Centre’s fiscal outlook faces geopolitical, revenue risks
• New agencies pool: summit support
• Collectors empowered to grant citizenship under CAA
• India, Japan sign maritime security pact to deepen defence cooperation
• Structures outside Pakistan embassy pulled down in Delhi
• Govt. allows duty-free import of 10 lakh tonnes of raw sugar
• High Court Bench for Ladakh approved
• 1978 ‘industry’ definition void under new code: SC
• NEET protest violence: SC forms probe committee
• Trial by fire
• SC form panel to probe NEET protest violence
• SC says 1978 ‘industry’ definition rendered void
• J&K Census enumerators raise tech concerns
• ‘No prejudice against any community in SIR process’
• Derivatives trader base falls for first time in four years in FY26