UPSC Current Affairs 13 November 2026 — The Hindu

Editorial

  • As the COP 31 kicked off in Turkiye on Monday, a quiz on the annual gatherings which have delivered some landmark treaties to address the climate crisis
  • Kurumba: a language and community fighting for visibility
  • India and U.K. are turning climate ambition into action
  • New deal
  • The SIR exercise is also a technology failure
  • In a dilemma
  • Has the populist far right finally entered a period of decline globally?
  • Misty days
  • The last mile: A race to get the newspaper delivered on time
  • Why is the Siang project contentious?
  • Why did Ladakh groups decry the announcement of polls?
  • 50 years ago: Untouchability made cognizable offence
  • 100 years ago: India’s demand for motor cars

National

  • Governor clears prosecution of ex-Minister in Messi case
  • India sees 38% drop in TB mortality since 2015: WHO report
  • Retail inflation crosses RBI’s limit to 6.1% in Oct.
  • OBC groups call for stir over caste census
  • ISRO conducts successful test of modified PSLV third stage
  • NHRC raises concern over Meta’s funding to UNICEF
  • Govt. mulls Special Session to pass Bill on delimitation

Business

  • CAG widens purview of power sector audit, starts with discoms

Regional

  • Retail inflation goes past RBI’s limit to 6.1% in Oct.
  • Special camps for electoral roll revision on Nov. 21, 22, 29

Science

  • Swabbing public transport to identify urban microbiomes