UPSC Current Affairs 13 January 2026 — The Hindu

• India, Germany sign pact to shore up defence industrial cooperation
• PSLV-C62 strays from flight path, fails to launch satellite
• Retail inflation at 3-month high of 1.33% in December
• A Bill that reimagines higher education regulation
• Why Article 6 is a powerful tool for India
• Bill to prevent Ry. wagons being used as godowns passed
• 1 km built in 25 years: HC asks Karnataka to scrap BMIC project
• Misconduct on train: Supreme Court stays judge’s reinstatement
• ‘Copy-paste’ order led to detention: Wangchuk
• EC clarifies on SIR notice to former Navy chief
• What do two PSLV mission failures in a row mean for ISRO?
• DRDO carries out flight test of anti-tank guided missile
• Troubling repeat
• Solar panels yield far more energy per acre than biofuels
• Delhi HC refuses to interfere with bank show-cause notice to Anil Ambani's son
• Centre mulls proposal to hike wage ceiling for EPFO, ESIC at a uniform ₹25,000-30,000
• Solar industry’s wish list for Union Budget
• India to be invited to join U.S-led initiative Pax Silica, says envoy
• Govt. disputes reports that it plans to seek source codes of phones
• Probe under way into Trinamool MP’s ‘use of e-cigarette’ in Lok Sabha: Birla
• Ahead of Budget, Congress raises concern over fiscal federalism and inequality
• SC fixes June 30 deadline for Bengaluru civic elections
• China’s reactor pushes density limit; widens path to power
• Bhoomi, a governance success
• Pro-military party ‘claims’ Suu Kyi’s seat in Myanmar
• Iranians calling for negotiations after U.S. threat to launch strikes: Trump
• Modi, Merz launch annual kite festival in Ahmedabad
• Early investment in children, the key to India’s future
• Cuts and ratings
• French scientists’ claim
• BMC elections: the rise of fluid alliances
• How Trump is violating international law
• If data is the new oil, what does that make data centres?
• Israel recognised Somaliland as an independent state and separatist factions renewed calls for the re-establishment of South Yemen. A quiz on the two breakaway regions
• Know your English
• India steel exports grew by a third between April-Dec.
• PNGRB, DVGW ink MoU to advance hydrogen integration
• Japan PM to meet South Korea’s leader amid tensions with Beijing
• Russia claims Oreshnik missile hit aviation factory in Ukraine’s Lviv
• SC questions Salem’s claim of having done 25 years behind bars
• Centre steps in as two Nipah cases detected in Bengal
• THE SCIENCE QUIZ
• Power Finance Corporation to raise up to ₹5000 crore
• Investors anxious over make-or-break fight for the Fed
• Residents from one of few remaining Palestinian villages in West Bank flee violence
• Mamata writes to CEC, flags flaws in SIR process
• Chaos may happen if Kuki-Zo lawmakers join Manipur govt., people still emotional: council
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• Plea for Tirutakka Selvam
• Jagdeep Dhankhar admitted to AIIMS after fainting twice
• HC slams Devaswom Board over missing gold at Sabarimala
• TCS third-quarter net profit declines 14% to ₹10,720 crore
• HCL Tech’s Q3 net slips 11%, board declares ₹12 interim
• Life insurers’ new business surges 39% to ₹42,151 crore in December
• MSIL board okays land acquisition for second plant in Gujarat
• Coca-Cola bottler SLMG 2025 revenue past ₹8,000 cr.
• African firm MITSUMI Distribution forays into India
• Alembic Pharma’s cancer drug gets U.S. FDA nod
• Trump’s Greenland threat triggers search for shelter beyond gold, defence
• Japan sets sail for rare earth on China supply issue
• Wall Street skeptical Trump's credit card rate cap plan will advance
• Coming of Age
• Hamnet and One Battle After Another reign supreme at 83rd Golden Globes
• London’s homicide rate is at a record low, data shows; Mayor cites measures
• Trump says Venezuela ties ‘working out well’, considers meeting with interim leader
• Myanmar made Rohingya lives a nightmare: Gambia tells court in genocide case
• Raining relief
• Rohingya hope UN genocide hearing can bring justice
• Safety of victims paramount while considering bail in POCSO cases: SC
• Author who made ancient alien theories popular dies
• China Communist Party team meets BJP leaders
• Cong. seeks probe into irregularities in PMKVY
• Poll body stops advance disbursal of Ladki Bahin aid in Maharashtra
• In a first, Rajasthan panchayat gets certified for going fully organic
• Use of state power against Oppn. shrinks democratic space, says Ashwani Kumar
• Despite ban, high-stake rooster fights thrive during Sankranti in Anakapalli
• Festive stalks
• Fraudster posing as DCP asks Karnataka inspector for money
• Rajasthan to give 4 lakh govt. jobs to youth in 5 years: CM
• IAS association files complaint over defamatory broadcast
• Medical college teachers to boycott academics in Kerala
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• Iran says it’s fighting ‘four-front’ war as govt. calls for nationwide rallies
• China says Arctic operations legal, slams U.S. over Greenland remarks
• Le Pen’s political fate hangs in the balance as French appeal begins
• Sportstar ACES Awards 2026 invites nominations
• IOA ‘formally reactivates’ National Olympic Academy
• INDIA bloc will hold up in 2029 despite recalibrations: Sule
• Cong. accuses BJP of fuelling hate after killing of Dalit woman in U.P.
• Omar deflects fresh BJP demand to set up NLU in Jammu instead of Kashmir
• Indore tragedy: Cong. begins ‘water audit’ in Bhopal, slams govt.
• Modi’s initiatives shaping direction of youth: BJP chief
• Sena-backed NCP councillor wins V-P post in Ambarnath
• T.N. BJP chief says party not for sharing power in State
• Class 12 student gang-raped inside moving car in Rajasthan
• Kerala CM leads stir against Centre’s policies, slams bias
• CBI interrogates Vijay for six hours in Delhi in T.N. stampede case
• 8 arrested for SSLC preparatory exam question paper leak
• Targeted bomb attack kills seven police officers in northern Pakistan
• Self-censorship reshapes Hong Kong’s once freewheeling media landscape
• Harris, Smriti make it a stroll in the park for Royal Challengers
• Another chance for Indian shuttlers to script a fairytale at home
• Harshit rapidly evolving into a handy all-rounder
• Pipers posts first win; HIL GC climbs to top
• Sri Lanka ends 14-year long wait, beats Pakistan in a T20I at home
• Canadian trailblazer Raonic announces retirement at 35
• BCCI contemplates hosting two WPL matches behind closed doors
• Real parts ways with Alonso, Arbeloa becomes new coach
• Badoni replaces injured Washington
• SCOREBOARD
• Padikkal, Karun power Karnataka into semifinals; Saurashtra sends U.P. packing
• Yuki in a good position to carry on India’s doubles legacy: Klaasen
• Taking on Lakshya in the opening round is itself a challenge: Ayush
• Bayern steamrollers Wolfsburg, pulls 11 points clear in Bundesliga
• New shooting league will help nurture future Olympians: Deo
• Barca edges Real in a thriller, retains Spanish Super Cup
• Muhammad Ali to be honoured with a commemorative stamp
• Anupama claims her second National billiards crown
• Yuki-Goransson eases into ASB Classic quarterfinals
• Patience, practice and power — Anushka’s journey to the WPL