UPSC Current Affairs 07 October 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

  • The status of U.S. blockade on Cuba
  • Twenty-five years of leadership, an India transformed
  • The China-U.S. rapprochement
  • Break the chain
  • Let there be light
  • letters to the editor
  • Women are twice as likely to use public transport for work commute
  • Why charging for UPI changes the math
  • Indian research can shape the world
  • Cyber fraud victims dissatisfied with banks over delayed action and poor recovery support: study
  • Why growing trust in digital payments may be leaving Indians more exposed to cybercrime
  • 50 years ago: ‘Aluminium conductors cause phone faults’
  • 100 years ago: Fighting malaria in Indian plantations

National

  • Privilege vs free speech case in SC disposed of after two decades
  • SC to hear Punjab’s plea against CBI probe linked to CM’s office
  • Opposition MPs’ demand for meeting at Parliament Annexe ‘unusual’, says ECI
  • Govt. inks pact with BrahMos Aerospace
  • Act against illegal resorts: Karnataka Minister
  • ‘Provisional Census data expected to be out by March-April’
  • Supreme Court gets three new judges, strength goes up to 37
  • Daylong protest: Rahul dominates airwaves from Akashvani Bhavan
  • Centre to propose 5-pronged GST reform plan tomorrow
  • DRDO’s high-altitude platform clears trial without a hitch

Business

  • World Bank raises India FY27 growth forecast by 50 bps
  • Cabinet approves ₹10,000-crore SME growth fund
  • Cabinet clears apex body to handle roads, rail, ports as one network

Science

  • Silk Road: Eurasia’s web of trade