UPSC Current Affairs 11 October 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

  • What was the Chemistry Nobel Prize given for?
  • What made optogenetics research Nobel-worthy?
  • Why was IceCube founder given the physics Nobel?

National

  • Detention of leaders: SC to hear plea today
  • Detained lawyers released after Bar bodies intervene
  • CJP member moves top court on whereabouts of Dipke, others
  • Bihar CM transfers ₹1,237 cr. under State pension scheme

Business

  • India-U.S. pact to be based on changed circumstances: Goyal
  • AI data-centre boom puts power grid under pressure
  • As oil prices increase, RBI opens special window for PSU oil firms to meet their daily dollar needs
  • SEBI to issue guidelines on CAS in a week: Chairman

Foreign

  • Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel in sharp reversal of U.S. policy
  • Pakistan has established ‘robust’ nuclear security regime, says IAEA after review

Regional

  • Rahul lends support to student protesters
  • Rahul visits Chennai for ‘Voice of Students’ event, meets CM
  • Rainwater enters Adichanallur ASI site amid delay in construction of a shelter
  • Private entities can’t mandatorily collect caste details, says HC

Science

  • Scientists report world’s first working nuclear clocks
  • T.N. may encounter El Niño differently from rest of India
  • Unusual rains of 2024 could be the earth’s new normal