UPSC Current Affairs 27 February 2026 — The Hindu

• SC bans textbook, orders seizure of all copies
• SC adjourns plea against Wangchuk’s detention under NSA to March 10
• Om Birla reconstitutes probe panel against Justice Varma
• Develop protocol for filling vacancies in open correctional institutions, SC tells States
• Top court seeks names for expert committee to define the Aravallis
• A brittle shell
• Textile exporters seek restoration of RoDTEP
• Gauhati HC issues notice to Assam CM for ‘hate speech’
• HC asks AIIMS team to assess the health of Jaideep Sengar
• The shift of critical minerals to India’s strategic centre
• Have AI products/LLMs started to disrupt the software services industry?
• At the AI Summit, learning to love and fear the era of agents
• Nuclear plant: Pak. refuses to give guarantees to Canada
• Why bulldozers threaten due process
• RBI okays SBI MF’s acquisition in Bandhan Bank
• CJI vows Registry reforms after similar cases listed before different Benches
• Railway Minister announces portal to attract tech innovations
• SEBI broadens MF categories to keep pace with investor preferences
• India’s security interests are directly linked to stability in West Asia region, says Modi
• DGCA revises norms for refund of air tickets, extends cancellation window to 48 hours
• Basking in the Valley
• SKM to meet CMs, Opposition leaders over U.S. trade deal
• 66 died in Chhattisgarh jails since Jan. 2025: State govt.
• Prosecution orders against Chidambaram placed in court
• HC orders CBI probe into fake NOCs used to establish fuel outlets
• Analysing India’s cycle of deprivation and affluence
• Taking sides
• A light moment at Pusa
• League council controversy
• What changed in Hong Kong after National Security Law?
• A machine has verified the maths that won a Fields Medal: why it matters
• The DAILY QUIZ
• Know your English
• New GDP data set to capture economy more accurately
• PhonePe posts strong revenue growth, narrowing losses
• To win over Europe, Beijing needs to uncap yuan and level the playing field
• Africa primed for solar breakthrough after record capacity growth
• Time to deflate the AI doom bubble
• ‘Significant progress’ in U.S., Iran talks: Oman’s Minister
• North Korea warns it will destroy the South if security is threatened
• Manipur inquiry panel chief quits, ex-SC judge steps in
• Chargesheet copies should be given to kin of victims: SC
• Modi directs authorities to probe NCERT textbook row
• ARFID: when picky eating is more than being fussy about food
• Understanding bone strength reduction and the increase in fragility fractures
• BIG SHOT
• Sugar production expected to be 324 lakh tonnes: ISMA
• InvIT investors get return of ₹5,565 crore in October-Dec.
• Israel aims to bring ‘permanent change’ to West Bank, Gaza: UN
• Nallakannu’s body given to MMC for medical research
• Protectionism is stifling growth, says Merkel at Manmohan Singh Lecture
• ‘Vandalised’ Nehru statue in Assam restored
• 14728
• Star wedding
• Sivaji, emperor of devotion
• CBI conducts searches at Anil Ambani’s residence, RCom
• CDSCO revises testing norms to fast-track drug approvals
• ‘Shingles can affect older adults the most’
• Under the hammer
• Optimum Solutions, ABeam Consulting open GCC to focus on Japanese firms
• Had ‘fruitful’ talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary: Goyal
• Aurobindo arm’s copy of Novartis drug gets U.S. FDA nod
• ‘Soaring memory costs to reduce PC shipments’
• China shifts oil buying in response to price rally
• Amid rising tensions in West Asia, Trump keeps shifting his Iran goal posts
• Brushing off
• Epstein files expose the sex offender’s links to cash, women, power in Africa
• Timeless tradition
• Filmmakers defend Berlin festival chief Tuttle in Gaza row
• BJD seeks Odisha Minister’s resignation
• India slams Pak. at UN, says it is ‘living in la-la land’
• India is not North Korea, Rahul Gandhi tells Modi
• Bankim Chandra’s descendant joins BJP ahead of Bengal poll
• I&B Minister asks online platforms to take responsibility for content
• Two Maoists killed in encounter in Bijapur
• Maharashtra set to become $1-trillion economy within five years, says CM
• POCSO case against me false, attempt to divert attention from Epstein files, says seer
• Vice-President asks students to reject colonial mindset, extols achievements made after 2019
• Rajasthan bus operators’ stir disrupts transport services
• Massive blaze
• HC reserves order on appeal against stay on The Kerala Story 2’s release
• CBI brings back wanted A.P. fugitive from UAE
• A.P. focusing on intra-linking of rivers as a priority: Naidu
• Prohibitory orders in A.P. town over Shivaji statue row
• letters to the editor
• Albanian actor takes government to court over ‘misuse’ of her identity in AI bot
• The latest Formula One rules demand a new driving style
• Red Bull trashes rumours of Klopp’s job being in danger
• PM sacrificed Indian farmers over U.S. trade deal: Rahul
• Eminent scholar who placed Indian sociology on global intellectual map passes away at 88
• HC upholds life sentences of 26 convicts in caste murders case, acquits one
• Sunetra Pawar unanimously elected NCP national chief
• Confident that BJP will form govt. in West Bengal after Assembly polls: Shah
• Sasikala’s entry ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly poll may add to AIADMK’s woes in southern districts
• DMK in no mood to give more seats to Congress in T.N.
• Mayawati flays SP’s ‘PDA Day’ on Kanshi Ram anniversary
• ‘989 weapons seized from Maoists in past six years in Chhattisgarh’
• Parties squabble over ‘attack’ on Kerala Health Minister
• APU student council raises concern over varsity’s FIR
• Temple priest found guilty of sexually abusing minor
• Voters go to the polls in a crucial byelection test for U.K.’s Starmer
• Afghan military attacks Pak. after deadly strikes
• Civilian death toll in Sudan war more than doubled in 2025: UN
• Bangladesh to request Interpol red notice for arrest of British MP
• Four killed in speedboat shooting during infiltration attempt: Cuba
• 25 killed in Boko Haram attacks in Nigerian State
• Batters make merry as India outplays Zimbabwe, boosts its last-four hopes
• Markram’s blistering unbeaten knock helps the semifinal-bound South Africa crush West Indies
• We wanted to put fear in the opposition bowlers, says Tilak
• The boys are fully locked in: Markram
• scoreboard
• Team India records its highest total in T20 World Cup history
• Santner makes you feel 10 feet tall and bulletproof: Rachin
• There is a negative environment created from the outside: Shanaka
• Raza is first full-member player with 3,000 runs, 100 T20I wickets
• Black Caps will want to seal semifinal spot with a victory over England
• Sportstar ACES Awards: voting ends tomorrow
• Women in Blue eye improved batting display to stay alive in the ODI series
• Gukesh ekes out draw against Niemann
• NZ coach Walter lauds Santner’s all-round ability
• Ronaldo buys stake in second-tier Spanish club
• Srikanth loses to Lin in German Open second round
• India u-20 women play out a draw with Enskede IK Dam
• A champion is being built by the coaches and not born