UPSC Current Affairs 04 October 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

  • Why did the J&K Statehood resolution cause a row?
  • What happened on the flydubai aircraft?
  • How did social media rumours in Punjab lead to protests?

National

  • A.P. files plea in SC against court order on BC quota
  • Red tape leaves UGC scheme for the study of social inclusion in limbo, leads to salary crisis
  • 3D-printed houses set to be built in A.P. under Centre’s PMAY-G scheme
  • Tusker uses cleared passage to move to national park
  • Mamata faction writes to LS, RS heads on exclusion from chairing committees

Business

  • ‘G20 reviews impact of excess manufacturing capacities’
  • RBI chief lays down five key priorities for financial stability

Regional

  • Protests persist as Rahul calls for joint ‘resistance’
  • Work on reservoir project has affected key habitat for migratory waterbirds: trust

Science

  • Breaking up forests is just as bad for global warming
  • India’s river interlinks may create invasive species ‘highways’