UPSC Current Affairs 04 January 2026 — The Hindu
- SEC orders probe into ‘unopposed victories’ in Maharashtra civic polls
- Shah-led panel meet focuses on issues of national security
- Centre pushes States to speed up farm scheme fund release
- A winter getaway in Assam’s wetlands
- T.N. announces assured pension scheme for State govt. staff
- Challenges aplenty for rural, tribal, migrant groups in fighting TB: report
- What went wrong with a rabies vaccine batch?
- Live Events Development Cell to support expansion of ‘concert economy’, boosting tourism and employment
- ‘NEP will bring Indian youth out of Macaulay mentality’
- Kerala parties ask EC to curb voter summons for SIR hearings
- Earthlife is made of space stuff, studies of asteroid Bennu hint
- Here’s how you’re paying to use ‘free’ social media
- Green paradox: planting trees will cool a megacity unless it’s dry
- Oldest-yet deliberate human cremation found in Malawi
- Tea Board for 100% testing of imported crop: Dy. Chairman
- U.S. captures Maduro after strikes on Venezuela
- Hands vs. horns
- Bangladesh pacer dropped from Kolkata Knight Riders after instruction from BCCI
- Peace and dialogue essential where there are ‘only disputes’, says Modi
- Which are the airports being privatised?
- Cotton prices firm up as import duty is restored
- Govt. mulls Aadhaar-like number for EV batteries
- Trump says U.S. to ‘run’ Venezuela, oil firms to head into the country
- SC to give verdict on bail for Umar Khalid and others tomorrow
- Cong. to begin agitation against new rural jobs law on Jan. 10
- Bihar govt. launches healthcare facilities for elderly at doorsteps
- Telangana Assembly abolishes two-child ceiling for local polls
- For up, go this way
- Microlensing used to weigh distant rogue planet
- Starvation forces leafcutter bees to start adulting
- Odisha Police begin probe into ‘violation’ of powers by Naveen Patnaik aide V.K. Pandian
- Army signs deal to procure long-range rocket launchers backed by Israeli technology
- Security tightened along Bangladesh border in Tripura
- Left parties condemn U.S. ‘aggression’, air strikes in Venezuela
- In Indore in M.P., trust in municipal tap water runs dry
- Kerala MLA sentenced to 3 years in prison for ‘evidence tampering’
- ‘Logical discrepancies’ in SIR forms down to 94.49 lakh in Bengal
- Congress sets up screening committee for poll aspirants
- ‘NCC cadets assisted authorities during Operation Sindoor’
- ‘Correct use of technology can reduce court delays’
- Monroe Doctrine reloaded
- Enigmatic mayor
- The junta in civilian clothing
- Maoist commander, 19 cadres surrender in Telangana, hand over 48 firearms, cash
- Signs of global memory chip shortage emerge at PC shops
- Still on exit mode, FIIs start 2026 by selling ₹5,349 cr. in all asset classes
- Hyderabad Angels floats ₹150 crore VC fund in a shift in strategy
- Freshly minted
- ‘India’s silk value chain to cross ₹1,10,000 crore’
- Sindhudurg Airport gets DGCA nod for 24X7 operation
- CIEL HR mops up ₹30 crore from Zoho, Pegasus, others
- Future healers
- Troops deployed to border with Venezuela: Colombia
- Ukraine’s allies in Kyiv for talks on plan to end war
- Rioters ‘must be put in their place’, says Khamenei as Iran protests toll touches 10
- ‘Saudi-backed forces make advances in Yemen’s Hadramout’
- MSF says it may have to cease operations in Gaza Strip in March
- Military-backed party leads in early election results in Myanmar
- Cambodia demands Thailand withdraw troops, a week into truce
- Pakistan backs China’s mediation claim during Operation Sindoor
- Ahead of Bengal elections, Trinamool MP Mausam Noor returns to Congress
- 14 Maoists killed in encounters in Bastar
- Hindu man dies 3 days after attack in Bangladesh
- Don’t look at RSS through BJP’s prism, says Bhagwat
- UGC sets up panel to look into assault, ragging allegations
- Cong. terms Centre’s plan for gig workers ‘too little, too late’
- Karnataka records highest-ever organ donations in 2025, ranks third nationally
- Atop the temple
- Parivar, party, and the quest for power
- Where does India stand on acid attacks?
- TN men, Railways women will look to defend their titles
- Himachal govt. starts probe into college student’s death
- Ajit Pawar should merge with NCP(SP), says Raut
- Man arrested for playing ‘anti-national’ songs at salon
- Bullet fired by MLA’s gunman may have killed Ballari man
- Hopeful of DMK sealing seat-sharing soon: T.N. Congress
- Nritya Kalanidhi award conferred on Urmila Satyanarayanan
- Husband of complainant lodges plaint against Palakkad MLA
- Congress top brass to meet in Wayanad, discuss polls
- Troubled waters: sewage and effluents sink the Cauvery
- Thirteen NCP leaders resign over alliance with Jamaat in Bangladesh
- 17 arrested in Iraq for harassing woman
- Under Jemimah, Capitals aim to cross the final hurdle
- Dragons scrape past Toofans in opener
- Pipers rally to put Soorma on the brink of elimination
- Gill returns as captain for ODI series against NZ
- Smith bats away talk of retirement
- Japan’s Susaki is the most expensive buy
- ‘Would love to see one bowler getting a fifth over in T20s’
- Stokes urges England to stick with McCullum despite Ashes defeat
- Harvansh, Ambrish star as India colts win opening Youth ODI
- Shreyas to play in Mumbai’s next couple of Hazare Trophy games
- Ton-up Rohan, Samson help Kerala ease past Jharkhand
- Villa fells struggling Forest; Leao fires Milan to the top of Serie A
- Gukesh pulls out of Tata Steel Chess due to personal reasons
- VIJAY HAZARE TROPHY — SATURDAY’S SCORES
- Meenakshi, Jaismine, Hitesh to headline Natl. Boxing Championships
- Ajay and Jonathan shine in Natl. shooting
- Vivaan-Naisha duo causes a flutter, enters the u-15 final
- Fell sick over the Christmas holiday period, says Osaka
- Gill will play for Punjab against Goa, says coach
- Pakistan submits provisional squad for T20 WC to ICC
- Kyrgios determined to enjoy himself after injuries