UPSC Current Affairs 01 September 2026 — The Hindu

• The need for political unity in Kashmir
• SC Collegium picks new Chief Justice for Rajasthan High Court
• SC raps probe agencies for ‘dragging feet’ in powerful persons’ cases
• After SC refusal to halt CJP march, police seek quashing of FIRs against protesters
• SC rejects petition for mandatory ethanol disclosure at pumps
• Jharkhand, Bihar sign pact on Sone water sharing
• Conman Sukesh gets 8-year jail term for posing as SC judge
• Govt. notifies ₹1.3 lakh-crore semicon scheme’s phase two
• AstroRad vest offers lighter shield against solar storms
• The broken promise of right to work
• Karnataka HC quashes land acquisition for KHB project
• V-dem’s democracy index rates India at its lowest since 1975
• Indian firm signs pact for co-production of U.S. missile
• Chennai Port to push for more non-containerised cargo in bid to boost trade
• CWMA water-release order being enforced: Karnataka
• Political demography, the future of democracy
• The Baltic Way — Gandhi’s imprint on Baltic freedom
• Deadly span
• Step up regulation
• The battle within the BJP in Bengal
• 50 years ago: Efforts to improve life of Sikkim Lepchas
• 100 years ago: Marconi’s new invention
• Centre defers Census exercise in Manipur amid NRC demands
• India rejects Hague court’s Indus Waters Treaty ruling, says it has no jurisdiction
• Five-member NCLT Bench to hear Subhash Chandra case
• Avantel bags ₹118 crore contract from DRDO
• Magsaysay honour for Myanmar activist, Singapore lawyer, Bangladeshi aid giver
• What goes on behind the screen when you pay through UPI?