UPSC Current Affairs 20 January 2026 — The Hindu
- SC flags ‘stress’ triggered by SIR in Bengal
- Include proposal to link digital currencies on the BRICS agenda, says RBI
- IMF upgrades India’s growth projection to 7.3%
- SC gives two-week deadline for sanction to prosecute Vijay Shah
- Himachal Cabinet allows ‘orphan and widow cess’ on fuel
- SC stays Rajasthan HC order to move 1,102 liquor outlets
- Infighting kills third Kaziranga tiger within a fortnight
- ‘Threshold for significant index likely at ₹20,000 cr.’
- High Seas Treaty takes effect after 60 countries ratify
- HC quashes tax notices to NDTV founders
- What is T.N.’s new hybrid pensionmodel?
- Commerce dept. pushes move in face of global uncertainties, U.S. tariffs
- Govt. removes QCO on textile machinery imports
- Rising state borrowings complicate Indian central bank’s rate playbook
- EU, U.K. attempt negotiating with Trump, while keeping possibility of retaliation open
- India signs Letter of Intent to elevate defence ties with UAE
- There are four triggers of litigation, says Justice Datta
- Trinamool welcomes court direction on ‘logical discrepancies’ in SIR forms
- Top court flags exorbitant surge in airfares during festivals, calls it ‘exploitative’
- Test your knowledge on the federal holiday established in honour of Martin Luther King Jr., observed each year in the United States
- Iran to consider lifting restrictions on Internet; state TV hacked briefly
- High-speed disaster
- Responsibilities to be assigned to ex-Agniveers yet to be decided: CISF D-G
- EC to host international conference on election management, democracy
- Probe Sabarimala temple affairs deeply: Kerala HC
- Calling out the ED’s actions, the media trials
- In a changing world, it is ‘small tables, big dividends’
- Fractured Yemen
- Wikipedia has 3,000 iPhones worth of content
- A Centrist lens on ‘illegal immigration’
- The rising cost of poll promises
- Madurai Mahal to be converted into museum
- Campaign against theatre queue
- Why SIR verification needs to be completely digitised
- Know your English
- ‘Imperative that we frame our own rules as per requirement’
- Govt. permits wheat flour export
- Greenland: markets jolted, dollar dips on ‘tariffs’
- Tesla poised to be early winner on Canada’s move
- New rural employment law is universal and demand-driven: Shivraj Chouhan
- 14695
- Thousands join rally to protest against Vadhavan port project
- My remarks on Satheesan were twisted, says NSS head
- Scientists chase the tough task of building a graviton detector
- New state of matter is a solid-liquid hybrid
- PNB Q3 net rises 13% to ₹5,100 crore, NPAs slide
- TVS Infrastructure Trust raises ₹830 cr. in first tranche
- Foreign Ministers of India, Poland spar over neighbours
- Tricky elections, internal challenges await new chief
- Noida official axed, probe ordered over techie’s death
- Preach, follow dharma
- YouTuber-doctor stopped at airport in defamation case
- Haryana govt.’s changes to monthly aid scheme leave women ‘falling through the cracks’
- ‘Anaesthesiology MD is enough to prescribe narcotics as medicine’
- Regional saffron
- IKEA enters T.N., says sustainability is a way of life for the firm
- Venting ire
- Silver hits all-time high of $94 an ounce on geopolitical unrest
- ED attaches two flats worth ₹73 crore in Gensol, BluSmart cases
- CIL unit valued at $2.2 billion after stellar market debut
- TCS incorporates regional HQ in Saudi
- BHEL reports 3-fold jump in net profit to ₹390 cr in Q3
- China curbs ‘flash boys’ access to exchange data, sources say
- The Kurdish question
- Most incidents involving minorities in 2025 non-communal, says Bangladesh
- U.S. held talks with hardline Venezuelan Minister months before capture of Maduro
- China’s population drops for fourth year; births at historic low
- Trump tells Norway his Greenland threats linked to Nobel Prize snub
- A year into his return, Trump wields executive power with few restraints
- Takaichi seeks to capitalise on surge in public support to restore LDP majority
- Remnants of home
- Nepal polls: new-gen candidates challenge old guard Oli for top post
- SC agrees to consider bail plea of Akali Dal leader Bikram Majithia
- Opposed by activists, Mysuru-Kushalnagar railway project shelved over poor viability
- Four persons go missing near canal in Karnataka; search on
- Decks cleared for Nitin Nabin to take charge as BJP president
- Sonowal’s office denies letter on Assam BJP rift
- Sena Mayor in Mumbai will be a mark of respect to party founder: Shinde
- Govt. will increase financial aid to women entrepreneurs, says Nitish during State yatra
- Shah, Omar meet in Delhi, discuss issues related to J&K
- Water break
- CM lays foundation for ₹342-crore Mamallan reservoir
- Kerala govt. loses legal battle over proposed Sabarimala airport site
- Sabarimala Ayyappa temple pilgrim season set to conclude
- letters to the editor
- UDF will focus on job creation: Rahul
- Bihar govt. is shielding the accused in NEET aspirant’s death case: Cong.
- Paratrooper dies as search operations resume in Kishtwar
- Rajasthan Congress alleges bid to purge voters through SIR
- Congress slams BJP for ‘mistreatment’ of seer at Prayagraj mela
- Trinamool and BJP clash over Form 7 submission
- CBI quizzes TVK chief Vijay for 6 hours in second round of questioning in stampede case
- Delhi High Court denies any relief to Unnao rape convict
- Organiser of botched-up Messi event in Kolkata granted bail
- Karnataka DGP lands in row again over video
- Passengers escape narrowly as driver suffers epileptic fit
- High-speed train collision kills 40 in Spain; authorities fear more casualties
- Seven killed as blast rips through Chinese hotel in Afghan capital
- Italy’s fashion king Valentino, who pursued beauty at every turn, dies
- UAE accused of running secret prisons in Yemen
- Gautami, bowlers ensure RCB becomes first to enter playoffs
- Kiwis get their tactics right; a wake-up call for India
- Every time we tour India we learn and grow, says New Zealand’s hero Mitchell
- Royals hold nerve to shoot out HIL GC, boost their chances of qualification
- SCOREBOARD
- An amazing place to play cricket: Mitchell after Kiwis’ series triumph
- Decide on participation by Jan. 21 or risk removal: ICC to BCB
- I felt my time was up: trailblazer Saina confirms retirement
- We believed in each other, says Vidarbha’s head coach Ghani
- Djokovic cruises to a century of wins
- Amandeep grabs the opportunity in Peillat’s absence
- Real Sociedad cuts short Barcelona’s winning streak
- Praggnanandhaa goes down again, Gukesh held by van Foreest
- Senegal win African Cup of Nations after farcical scenes
- Important results
- A double-gold outing for Bhagat, Kadam
- Manisha headlines Kesari’s victory
- Gill to play Punjab’s Ranji game against Saurashtra
- Aishwary and Manini top 50m rifle prone 3P fields
- Madrid to host Laureus World Sports Awards
- CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCHEDULE
- Jaded-ja?