UPSC Current Affairs 17 March 2026 — The Hindu
- Belém as a test of a new model of forest finance
- Opposition targets Centre on LPG crisis, foreign policy
- Poll body transfers top bureaucrats, senior police officers in West Bengal
- Oppn. flags govt. plan to move Bill on IPS deputation in CAPFs
- SC asks Bhopal NGO to move HC on disposal of residual ash
- Are 40 out of 100 children malnourished in Gujarat?
- Broadcasting Parliament debates
- Why India must electrify its kitchens
- RIL, Samsung C&T ink $3 bn green ammonia supply pact
- Trump says he has ‘absolute right’ to charge tariffs in another form
- India to sign U.S. deal only after clarity on rates
- USCIRF is creating a distorted picture of India, says Centre
- Centre clears ‘quantum lab’ installation at 23 institutions
- Gujarat’s GMDC, NMDC ink pact on rare earth elements
- Gem and jewellery export rises 4% in Feb. amid tariffs
- Feb. WPI at 11-month high
- The dual impact of Artificial Intelligence on the finance industry
- Coin used in T20 World Cup final auctioned for ₹26 lakh
- Opposition notice seeking CEC’s removal cites his remarks against Rahul
- Trinamool MPs boycott RS sitting in protest
- Haryana govt. refuses nod to prosecute academic
- ASI allows T.N. Archaeology Dept. to conduct excavations at Keeladi, seven other sites
- Importance of sex education in academia
- Myanmar’s post-coup parliament convenes packed with junta allies
- Naval warships escort Indian vessels from Gulf of Oman
- J&K beckons
- LDF seeks third term, UDF readies to end 10-year drought; BJP a bystander
- 47% MLAs in Bengal face criminal cases
- Jaishankar discusses West Asia situation with EU counterparts
- Kerala HC permits extraction of gametes of brain-dead man
- Neighbourhood diplomacy and its West Asia challenge
- Poll bugles
- Beginning and end
- Gaining inroads into each other’s bastions
- A stamp not officially released
- How red marks liminal thresholds between life, death, sacrifice and renewal
- The DAILY QUIZ
- Know your English
- Goods export flat in Feb.; official sees dip in March on conflict
- Banks report highest contraction in MFI portfolios in Q3 FY26
- Israel police say shrapnel from missiles fell in Jerusalem holy sites
- Govt. departments in Hong Kong told not to install OpenClaw
- Govt., Opposition reach consensus to revoke suspension of eight MPs
- Deve Gowda writes to Sonia over ‘disruptions’ in Parliament
- Centre responsible for the shortage of cooking gas: Kharge
- IUML MP urges govt. to bring law on ending life support
- BJP announces candidates for 144 Bengal seats
- Karnataka Speaker adjourns House as govt. delays replies
- ‘Couple being happy not a reason to quash child marriage case’
- ‘IIIT-Hyderabad app turns impaired speech into clear speech in near-real-time’
- Environment: yet another casualty of the West Asia war
- letters to the editor
- Bajaj Auto may shift EV output out of Maharashtra over ‘₹75-cr.’ subsidy row
- Sensex, Nifty50 surge 1.1% as concerns over energy supply ease
- Travelstack, Learnfluence, Tea Post get nod for IPO
- Why Trump will find it hard to reopen Strait of Hormuz?
- Cuba announces total electricity blackout amid U.S. oil blockade
- Iran defiant as strikes hit Gulf transport, energy hubs
- Shutdown, protest rallies in Ladakh over Statehood, Sixth Schedule demands
- 192 candidates in Left Front list
- Nearly 50% of voters in Assam are women
- Sahitya Akademi announces awards for 2025 in 24 languages
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- Significance of Gudi Padwa
- ED attaches assets worth ₹50.80 cr. in Salai Group case
- Economic stagnation, job mismatch behind ‘distress migration’ from Punjab, say experts
- After violence, Meghalaya govt. extends tenure of Garo Hills Autonomous District Council
- M.P. High Court Bench to visit Bhojshala site ahead of next hearing
- West Asia crisis ails Kerala’s wellness sector
- PhonePe defers IPO, cites global pressures and volatile markets
- Iran war hits refined fuels harder than crude, importers need to act
- U.S. is quickly exhausting tools to absorb oil shock
- ‘EU, UN discussing initiative for Hormuz Strait’
- One Battle After Another wins Oscar, in coronation for Paul Thomas Anderson
- ‘Israel doesn’t seek perpetual war with Iran’
- Mounting toll
- Trump says ‘we’re talking’ to Iran but it is not ‘ready’ for deal
- Sri Lanka announces four-day work week
- Israel begins ‘ground operations’ in Lebanon
- Trump’s mass deportation agenda is at a crossroads with DHS shake-up
- Hegseth’s ‘no quarter’ remark about Iran war can have catastrophic implications
- War and hunger
- Chelsea fined for breaking financial rules
- Pro-Kannada group warns of disrupting Railway exams today
- Fire erupts at Nellore railway station; no casualty reported
- The science QUIZ
- Raijor Dal not to contest against Gaurav Gogoi
- Final hearing on M.J. Akbar’s plea against scribe on Sept. 24
- Assam election: BJP keeps tribal council ally in abeyance
- HC directs DSP to probe murder of Thoothukudi girl
- 9-foot crocodile enters IIT Bombay campus; rescued
- Saved by the bell
- Crab in Silent Valley found displaying both male and female biological traits
- Cabinet berths only for those who ensure victory, says T.N. CM
- ‘Need humane approach in Munambam land dispute’
- Chinnaswamy Stadium gets nod to host IPL matches
- NDA wins eight RS seats in Bihar, Odisha; Haryana results on hold
- Congress accuses EC of bias over poll schedule
- 10 killed after fire breaks out in the intensive care unit of Odisha hospital
- Five convicted in 2016 Una flogging case; Gujarat court to decide on sentence today
- Rahul Gandhi eyes support of Dalits in U.P. with Kanshi Ram pitch, draws Mayawati’s ire
- BJP releases first list of candidates for Kerala polls
- Naidu inaugurates statue of Potti Sriramulu in Amaravati
- Afghan regime says three children, woman killed in Pakistan shelling
- Winning T20 World Cup biggest moment of my career: Samson
- Dhoni offers a pragmatic advice to rookie Prashant
- Shah urges long-term planning of India’s sporting future
- 16-year-old Mayank ends North-East’s long wait for a GM
- Humpy reconsidering Candidates trip due to the West Asia conflict
- Milan gives Inter Scudetto reprieve, Como eyes Champions League
- Sinner and Sabalenka secure titles
- Chennai Super Kings names Foster as the fielding coach for IPL 2026
- Arundhati in race for ICC Women’s Player-of-the-Month award
- 10-man Punjab FC plays out a draw with FC Goa in the ISL
- English sides seek redemption from Champions League reality check
- Races off, Mercedes dominance and McLaren woe hog limelight
- Unbeaten North Zone claims J.K. Bose cricket title
- Decks cleared for Chinnaswamy Stadium to host IPL matches
- Kibet headlines the field for TCS World 10k in Bengaluru
- Young outduels Fitzpatrick to claim Players title
- Sodhi to miss remainder of T20I series against SA
- Laporta re-elected FC Barcelona president
- Djokovic withdraws from Miami Open
- New Zealand and South Africa to host FIH Nations Cup
- My target is to be in the top-30