UPSC Current Affairs 05 November 2026 — The Hindu
Editorial
- What the BRICS carbon market partnership needs
- Anaemia burden — iron alone is no solution
- Damning report
- Helping hand
- A blue tsunami: historic sweep by Democrats in U.S. mid-terms
- Science should move past ‘top 2%’ label
- Public spaces and democratic citizenship
- From poverty alleviation to prosperity
- ‘The purpose of history is not to construct statements for contemporary political use’
- 50 years ago: Outmoded form
- 100 years ago: Electric lighting for the Mufassal
National
- Agniveers get option for extension; pathway to join army as regular soldiers
- PAC meet calls for closer scrutiny of public spending, quicker action on audit findings
- Cess levied on sales tax falls within State’s ambit, says SC
- ECI separates online form for registration of fresh voters and SIR declaration
- SC seeks govt. reply on law giving lifelong immunity to CEC
- How U.S. midterm poll results could shape geopolitical options for India
- Govt. seeks to cut access to substandard medicines
- Fast-track special courts scheme extended till 2031
- SC tells excluded voters not to fear prosecution; ECI insists on Form 6
- Falling fertility rate has made two-child norm outdated: SC
Business
- Cabinet okays ₹14,500 cr. VGF scheme for large scale energy storage
- U.S. midterm impact on India: faster trade deal talks, higher tariffs likely
- Centre earmarks ₹2,814 crore for lithium, nickel processing
- Cabinet approves scheme to overhaul statistical system
- India secures $400-billion investment commitments in renewables
Foreign
Regional
- Day after SC warns of freezing officials’ salaries, Mumbai civic body removes encroachments
- SC stays Madras HC order on temple in Chidambaram
- NVS-03 reaches intended orbit