UPSC Current Affairs 04 September 2026 — The Hindu

• Bar Council has no power to punish law students: SC
• Karnataka withdraws Parks Bill amid public protests
• Rajasthan’s Acting Chief Justice denies allegations by SC judge
• Govt. to spend ₹24,000 crore to modernise police force
• Parliamentary panel flags ‘punitive’ tax regime, seeks data on new I-T Act’s impact
• Keeping pace with a succession of climate shock events
• India and Belgium ramp up bilateral defence cooperation
• No excuses left for textiles sector, says Goyal on tariffs
• NRI deposits lift rupee to a two-month high of ₹94.6
• GJC calls for balancing economic patriotism with cultural heritage
• The gap in manufacturing sector GVA
• Youth power, an electoral force still in the making
• For newborns, the answer is hospital plus home
• Forging consensus
• Welcome move
• Are brands overreacting to manufactured outrage?
• When hope fades
• fifty years ago September 4, 1976
• a hundred years ago September 4, 1926
• Govt. dropped use of OBC lists for Census as those featured ‘classes, not castes’, say officials
• SIR may be legal but is not fair: former Election Commissioner
• BCI has no power to punish law students: SC
• Why perks for officials who quit to avoid inquiry: plea
• Cong. leaders discuss issues in Punjab unit
• Quality elementary teachers are vital to lives of children, nation-building: top court
• Court asks NHAI to consider setting up CCTVs at toll plazas
• SC disposes of SEBI appeals against NSE in two cases
• SEBI to make changes in CAS derivative price determination in a week
• Inside the mind of Singeetham Srinivasa Rao: a masterclass in storytelling