UPSC Current Affairs 29 October 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

  • The SIR verdict, serious constitutional questions
  • Disinvestment as key economic strategy
  • How neoliberalism turned the world against its young
  • India-New Zealand trade ties set to scale new heights
  • Hunker down
  • Clinging on
  • SIR: 64.5 lakh voters potentially missing in Karnataka’s rolls
  • India must build a holistic care system
  • Is GRAP enough to curb pollution?
  • 50 years ago: Too big a load for rail and road
  • 100 years ago: Japan becoming a second-rate power

National

  • Union Cabinet gives nod to ₹7,396-crore panchayat scheme
  • HC notice to Centre, Meta for blocking Instagram account
  • SC asks if ECI has powers to punish voters
  • DPDP Act does not infringe on press freedom: Vaishnaw
  • SC agrees to hear AITUC challenge to definition of ‘industry’ in new law
  • SC asks Sanjay Raut to appear in person over contempt case

Business

  • ‘India requires $220 billion for green power transition by FY30’
  • L&T eyes ₹15 lakh-cr. order book by 2031