UPSC Current Affairs 08 October 2026 — The Hindu
Editorial
- India’s trade caught in the middle
- India’s stakes in the Global Pandemic Agreement
- India struggles to curb leprosy transmission
- From the brink to a comeback, hope for India’s wildlife
- Past forward
- Eyes on ice
- AI companions and child safety
- Property taxation needs structural reform
- Jeffrey Archer and the art of turning trouble into stories
- 50 years ago: Scope for India-UAE co-operation
- 100 years ago: London’s ‘street of silence’
National
- Karnataka signals intent to review Cauvery allocation citing Indus Waters Treaty
- A.P. clears decks for setting up foreign university campuses
- RBI raises repo rate to 5.5% amid ‘tightening’
- Can voters caught in tribunal cases be re-enrolled, Bengal CEO asks ECI
- SC to examine plea on CEC appointment law split verdict
- Bankers’ committees asked to report share of SC beneficiaries in jobs, loan subsidy schemes
- Two cheetahs released into M.P.’s third conservation site
- SC flags accessibility gaps in aviation infrastructure
- Restore the trust of MPSC aspirants: HC to Maharashtra
Business
- New FTAs can cushion tariff blow: RBI chief
- Heavy lifting on inflation will fall upon government
- Serum Institute’s HPV shot gets WHO pre-qualification
- RBI to authorise inter-operability among NBFC-AAs
- Individuals spared from new FEMA reporting: RBI
- As GST council meets today, tax specialists look for reforms beyond rates
Regional
- RBI raises repo rate to 5.5% amid ‘calibrated tightening’
- Entire texture of Vijay’s election case has changed after petitioner cited SC judgments, says Madras HC judge
- Battery energy policy, portal set to be rolled out soon, says Minister Nirmal Kumar