UPSC Current Affairs 22 August 2026 — The Hindu

• Unimpeded trade needs IPMDA as the answer
• A dry spell along the Cauvery river
• Ensuring equity amid India’s educational progress
• Govt. notification cancelling recruitment via JSSC-CGL exam stayed by Jharkhand HC
• Trade unions sound the alarm over Supreme Court judgment on the definition of industry
• SC trims law practice requirement to 1 year for judicial service
• Rahul Gandhi’s politics on the streets signals a new Opposition playbook
• NGT seeks Centre’s response on change in floodplain rules
• Centre notifies key scheme to manufacture mobile phones
• No change in State’s stand on delimitation, says Aadhav Arjuna
• India calls for global tech collaboration as BRICS meet begins
• SC lauds scrapped MGNREGA as a ‘good, effective scheme’
• Rahul’s sit-in is cheap politics, meant to divert attention from row over Vande Mataram: BJP
• Centre rejects grace marks for students in CBSE OSM row
• ‘Centre may add subsidy scheme to make polysilicon’
• SEBI mulls code for online bond platform advertisements
• Atomberg files IPO papers; plans ₹450 cr. via fresh issue