UPSC Current Affairs 22 September 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

  • Why did the SC reject methanol rules?
  • The arithmetic of Tamil Nadu’s growth ambition
  • How will Gaganyaan’s crew module deploy its parachutes?
  • A Malacca-Singapore model for resolving Hormuz
  • Presumed ineligible
  • Unsafe space
  • Decoding the transition to alternative fuels
  • The Koran and politics of purdah
  • Persistent antagonism towards Urdu
  • 50 years ago: Chavan asks passport officers to be quick, alert
  • 100 years ago: Hooliganism in Russia
  • Parental demand, education markets and the spread of ideologies

National

  • Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats causing fear among farmers: Shivakumar
  • ‘₹370 biryani’ row : SC notice to States on comedian’s plea
  • Karnataka HC constitutes SIT in KPSC case
  • Will try to list Mamata’s plea against EC decision to freeze symbol of Trinamool: CJI
  • GST cuts neutralised by galloping inflation, says Jairam Ramesh
  • NHAI tells SC it cannot herd stray animals off highways

Business

  • RBI ups FCNR(B) inflows to $133 bn

Foreign

  • Putin’s party secures record Parliament seats in wartime poll

Regional

  • India-New Zealand FTA to come into effect on Oct. 20
  • Minister launches State solar subsidy scheme

Science

  • Cat family gets a new Bolivian member after over a century