UPSC Current Affairs 12 November 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

  • Turning battery waste into strategic mineral wealth
  • SC and the OBC creamy layer test
  • Tamil Nadu’s growing industrial water challenge
  • Milking power
  • Visions of the future
  • Across India, 70% of stations reported ‘severe’ PM2.5 readings
  • Reset tax on transfer of property
  • How the algorithm is being targeted
  • Why has the ANC suffered its worst electoral result?
  • Is Google’s classroom AI rollout raising safety and competition concerns?
  • 50 years ago: Expanded Preamble
  • 100 years ago: Canadian industrial magnate in Madras

National

  • Karnataka files plea against quashing of SC/ST quota hike
  • Draft registration norms proposed for health workers
  • Stop penalising farmers for stubble burning: RSS body
  • Govt. extends micro credit guarantee scheme for 5 years
  • Cabinet nod for ₹3,230-crore museum project in New Delhi
  • Defence Ministry seals ₹498-crore INS Betwa refit deal

Business

  • India raises fertilizer subsidy by 64%, overshoots Budget estimates
  • Govt. bars export of lithium-ion battery waste

Foreign

  • Climate crisis is ‘outrunning us’, UN chief warns COP31