UPSC Current Affairs 26 September 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

• Revisiting India’s nuclear doctrine without revising it
• The case for accountable lottery regulation in India
• Overweight and weak
• Narrowed posture
• The villages fighting back against drugs

National

• Union Minister says SC/ST MPs not given enough time to speak
• Iran offers to reopen Hormuz if U.S. lifts blockade
• Declaration part of Form 6 changed since SIR in Bihar
• Plea in SC seeks SIT probe against CEC, audit of poll body
• AFSPA extended in parts of Arunachal, Manipur, Nagaland
• Remove morphed photo of woman with PM: HC to Meta
• Govt. to hold talks with banks and decide subsidy amount for UPI after charges kick in
• Lawyer group calls for fresh hearing in the Noida DM case
• Govt. yet to decide how open-field caste data will be sorted, tabulated
• Registrar-General reviews Census exercise in Ladakh
• Tejpal case: SC seeks Goa govt. response to his appeal

Business

• Economy resilient with downside risks from West Asia conflict: RBI bulletin
• JSW One Platforms files draft for ₹3,054-cr. IPO

Foreign

• Top court hands Trump a temporary win in collecting sensitive voter data
• Poland halted border asylum claims, and now it wants the EU to follow suit
• Sri Lanka extends tenure of judges despite protests
• Final results of Russia’s vote give record high parliament seats to Kremlin party
• UN Security Council condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia