UPSC Current Affairs 23 September 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

  • Using trade treaty policy to strengthen arbitration
  • 50 years ago: Apples instead of garlands
  • Towards recognising women farmers
  • Reiterating the basics of criminalisation
  • Breakdown of civic infra in India
  • Haifa — a century-old battle, the politics of memory
  • Water wealth
  • Freezing democracy
  • The influence of Dalit voters in Uttar Pradesh
  • 100 years ago: Broadcasting in Calcutta
  • From springs to superconductivity: a physics lesson from umbrellas

National

  • Can’t penalise refusal to sing National Song: SC
  • Elections to 12 Rajya Sabha seats to be held on Oct. 16
  • ‘Broad daylight dacoity’: SC on essential cancer drugs’ prices
  • Keralam govt. orders inquiry into charges against former CM
  • Neelakurinji under threat from tourists

Business

  • RBI absorbs ₹71,971 crore liquidity from banks
  • Steel prices at 4-year high; trend to stay in H2: report
  • SEBI settles Hindenburg-related proceedings against Adani Group entities

Regional

  • Cannot penalise refusal to sing National Song, says SC

Science

  • AI doomsaying
  • India’s vast canal network offers a land-free path to solar power