UPSC Current Affairs 02 October 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

  • Should the EC take action against those filing forms for mass deletions?
  • The forgotten villages at the heart of Delhi’s urban history
  • Gandhiji’s many ways of understanding ‘genius’
  • The Mahatma’s unfinished work on the world stage
  • Season’s end
  • Other than outrage
  • A reflection on two songs and their nationalisms
  • 50 years ago: New watches with Swiss assistance
  • 100 years ago: The Madras Monegar choultry
  • Sri Lanka: chasing system change

National

  • A.P. HC strikes down 34% BC quota in local body elections
  • Bengal govt. obstructing her work as MP, says Mahua; SC seeks reply from Centre, State
  • Committee on simultaneous elections Bill cancels SC visit
  • HC says draft roll can’t be basis for deleting names without hearing
  • Who ordered changes to Form 6, asks Rahul Gandhi
  • Plea in SC questions judge’s failure to disclose his son’s role as EC’s counsel
  • Cong. leader flags ‘rushed’ scrutiny of FCRA Bill in letter to LS Speaker
  • SC refuses Mamata camp’s petition to unfreeze accounts

Business

  • GST revenue rises to ₹2.03 lakh cr. in Sept.
  • Anti-multilateral trade deals may hit growth, exports: govt. economists
  • Goyal, Greer deliberate ‘early conclusion’ of trade treaty
  • ICICI Prudential Life’s Bagchi named HDFC Bank MD, CEO

Regional

  • Shivakumar protests; EC orders probe into Form 7 fraud charge