Current Affairs 9 September 2026

EnvironmentMediumquizQuiz

'A Resilient Himalaya' Report: 21.5% of India's GDP Depends on the Himalayas

•An abridged version of 'A Resilient Himalaya: Protecting a Region at Risk and Securing Future Prosperity' by Systemiq and the Integrated Mountain Initiative was released on 9 September 2026. The full report is due at the IMI Mountain Summit in October.
•It estimates that Rs 64.8 lakh crore, or 21.5% of India's FY24 GDP, depends on Himalayan water. This measures economic activity that relies on the Himalayas, not a projected loss.
•Himalayan glaciers are losing mass 65% faster than a decade ago. About one-third of that loss is linked to South Asian black carbon, and brick kilns are the main industrial source.

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Loss and Damage Fund Board Takes Up Nepal's $20 Million Request After Glacier-Collapse Flood

•Nepal formally asked the UN Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) for up to $20 million in immediate support after the 26 August 2026 glacier-collapse flood in the Rasuwa-Bhotekoshi area.
•In a letter dated 9 September 2026, the Fund's Board co-chairs said discussions were under way to address Nepal's request as quickly as possible.
•The request, signed by Nepal's Finance Minister and its Agriculture, Forests and Environment Minister, is an early test of whether the Fund can deliver rapid disaster finance.

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HDFC Bank Ranks Third in Forbes' First World's Top Performing Banks List

•Forbes, with market research firm Statista, released its first World's Top Performing Banks list on 9 September 2026.
•Singapore's OCBC ranked first and DBS second; India's HDFC Bank ranked third and is the only Indian bank in the top 10.
•The list analysed 500 banks across 89 countries on objective financial data, not customer surveys.

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Tripura Serves Notices on 19 Unregistered De-addiction and Rehab Centres

•The Tripura State Mental Health Authority issued show-cause notices on 9 September 2026 to 19 private de-addiction and mental health rehabilitation centres running without registration.
•The notices cite failure to obtain approval from the competent authority and to meet the standards prescribed under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.
•The centres have seven days from receipt to reply, failing which action will be taken without further notice.

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India Objects to UN Geospatial World Map Over Arunachal, Aksai Chin

•India formally raised objections with the United Nations over the depiction of Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin on a new UN Geospatial world map issued on 1 July 2026.
•The map uses the Equal Earth projection, an equal-area projection introduced in 2018, and shows the two areas lying between unspecified Indian and Chinese claim lines.
•The MEA restated that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India and that the whole Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including Aksai Chin, is integral and inalienable Indian territory.

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BJP Announces Month-Long Seva Sankalp Abhiyan for Modi's 25 Years in Public Office

•BJP national president Nitin Nabin announced on 9 September 2026 at the party headquarters in New Delhi that a nationwide Seva Sankalp Abhiyan will run from 17 September to 17 October 2026.
•The month-long campaign marks Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 25 years in elected public office, counted from his swearing-in as Chief Minister of Gujarat on 7 October 2001.
•It opens on 17 September, the Prime Minister's birthday, which the party will observe as Seva Diwas with blood donation camps across the country.

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Southern Railway Completes 100% Electrification of 5,068-km Broad Gauge Network

•Southern Railway achieved 100% electrification of its 5,068-route-km broad gauge network on 9 September 2026.
•The last section, the 71-km Pattukkottai-Karaikkudi line in Tamil Nadu, cleared statutory inspection that day by Principal Chief Electrical Engineer Ganesh.
•Trains across the zone's broad gauge network can now run on 25 kV AC electric traction without changing between diesel and electric locomotives.

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Lasker Award 2026 Goes to Mignot and Yanagisawa for Orexin and the Cause of Narcolepsy

•The Lasker Foundation announced the 2026 Lasker Awards on 9 September 2026, to be presented at a ceremony in New York City on 17 September.
•The Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award went to Emmanuel Mignot of Stanford University and Masashi Yanagisawa of the University of Tsukuba, Japan, for identifying orexin as the brain peptide that maintains wakefulness and showing that its deficiency causes type 1 narcolepsy.
•Mignot's group traced inherited canine narcolepsy to a mutation in the hypocretin receptor 2 gene, while Yanagisawa's group, screening for ligands of orphan receptors, identified the orexin peptides themselves; the two reports appeared a month apart.

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Lohum Ships First Lithium Ore from Zimbabwe, an Indian First in Overseas Mining

•Indian critical-minerals firm Lohum said on 9 September 2026 that it had dispatched its first shipment of lithium ore from its mining blocks in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland South Province.
•It is the first Indian company to produce lithium from overseas mining assets.
•Lohum holds rights to 10 lithium blocks covering about 1,100 hectares, with estimated deposits of 30-40 million tonnes of ore and potential of about 300,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent.

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Rani Mukerji Receives Raj Kapoor Special Contribution Award at 62nd Maharashtra State Film Awards

•Actor Rani Mukerji received the Raj Kapoor Special Contribution Award at the 62nd Maharashtra State Film Awards on 9 September 2026.
•The ceremony was held at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis presenting the honour.
•Screenwriter Salim Khan received the Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award, accepted on his behalf by actor Helen.

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ISRO Hot-Tests CE20 Cryogenic Engine at Uprated 220 kN for LVM3's C32 Stage

•ISRO conducted a flight acceptance hot test of the indigenous CE20 cryogenic engine at an uprated thrust of 220 kN on 9 September 2026.
•The test was carried out at the ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu, on an engine earmarked for the upgraded C32 upper stage of a coming LVM3 mission.
•The uprated 220 kN (about 22-tonne) configuration is meant to raise LVM3's payload-carrying capability.

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FAS Puts India's Nuclear Stockpile at 190 Warheads, Ahead of Pakistan

•The Federation of American Scientists published its Nuclear Notebook on Indian nuclear weapons on 9 September 2026, estimating India's stockpile at about 190 warheads.
•The figure matches SIPRI's estimate of 190 Indian warheads as of January 2026, up from 180 a year earlier, and puts India ahead of Pakistan's unchanged 170.
•FAS assessed that more than 160 warheads are assigned to operational launchers, with about 30 linked to newer missiles still in production.

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MSDE Launches Skill Manthan Webinar Series on Sustainable Livelihoods for Women

•The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship hosted the inaugural virtual session of Skill Manthan, a national webinar series, on 9 September 2026.
•The session's theme was 'Building Sustainable Livelihoods for Women', centred on district-led skilling, entrepreneurship, finance, technology and market access.
•Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, delivered the keynote address.

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9th ASEAN-India Agriculture and Forestry Ministerial Meeting Held in New Delhi

•The 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AIMMAF) was held in New Delhi on 9 September 2026.
•It was co-chaired by Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel.
•Ministers endorsed ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future and the ASEAN Food, Agriculture and Forestry Sectoral Plan 2026-2030, and discussed the ASEAN-India Medium-Term Plan of Action 2026-2030.

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Indian Photonics Association Launched With 65 Founding Members in New Delhi

•The Indian Photonics Association (IPA), India's first independent industry body for photonics, was launched in New Delhi on 9 September 2026 with 65 founding members.
•Founding members include SFO Technologies, GX Quantum Photonics, Lightspeed Photonics and Tejas Networks.
•India's direct domestic photonics market is estimated at about $2.5 billion and is projected to reach $10 billion by 2031.

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MHA Proposes Article 371(K) for Ladakh With a Directly Elected Governing Body

•The Ministry of Home Affairs proposed a new constitutional provision, Article 371(K), for Ladakh at a sub-committee meeting in New Delhi on 9 September 2026.
•It would create a directly elected Union Territory-level body with legislative powers over land, transfer of property, culture and language, forests, environment and natural resources.
•These are subjects otherwise covered by presidential regulations for Union Territories under Article 240, and the model draws on the safeguards in Articles 371A (Nagaland) and 371G (Mizoram).

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India and Sri Lanka Sign Three Defence MoUs During Rajnath Singh's Colombo Visit

•India and Sri Lanka signed three defence Memoranda of Understanding in Colombo on 9 September 2026, during Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's meeting with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
•The MoUs cover an India-funded upgrade of six 40 mm L70 air defence guns of the Sri Lanka Air Force, National Cadet Corps youth exchanges, and academic cooperation between the two National Defence Colleges.
•It was the first visit by an Indian Defence Minister to Sri Lanka in 38 years; the visit ran from 8 to 10 September 2026.

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Chhattisgarh Cabinet Approves ₹500 Crore Chief Minister's Startup and NIPUN Mission

•The Chhattisgarh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, approved the Chief Minister's Startup and NIPUN Mission on 9 September 2026 with an outlay of ₹500 crore for five years.
•The mission will set up Entrepreneurship Development Centres in all 33 districts, 100 Emerging Technology Labs and five industry centres of excellence.
•A 'NIPUN Job Engine' will match industry demand to youth training and formal employment.

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SriLankan Airlines Names Indian-Origin Engineer Vipul Misra as Acting CEO

•SriLankan Airlines appointed Vipul Misra as Acting Chief Executive Officer with effect from 9 September 2026.
•Misra continues to head the airline's engineering division, having served as its Head of Engineering and Accountable Manager since joining in 2024.
•He is from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and has over 20 years of experience in aircraft engineering and aviation management.

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PhonePe and Visa Launch Tap to Pay, Cross Border Scan to Pay and Smart Accept

•PhonePe and Visa announced three payment services - Tap to Pay, Cross Border Scan to Pay and Smart Accept - at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai on 9 September 2026.
•PhonePe became the first Indian app to offer the full suite of three core Visa consumer capabilities: device tokenisation, Tap to Pay and Cross Border Scan to Pay.
•Tap to Pay lets Android users tokenise Visa cards inside the app for contactless payments at POS terminals, and works in low-connectivity conditions.

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Centre Approves Separate Engineering Cadre for Delhi PWD With 3,214 Posts

•The Central Government approved a separate engineering cadre for the Delhi Public Works Department, reported on 9 September 2026.
•The decision transfers 3,214 sanctioned engineering posts in 36 categories from the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to the new Delhi PWD Engineering Cadre.
•Delhi PWD had functioned as a zone of CPWD without an engineering cadre of its own since 1961; the demand had been pending for nearly 30 years.

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UIDAI Unveils Aadhaar Face Authentication SDK and Sandbox for Fintechs

•UIDAI launched the Aadhaar Face Authentication SDK and the Aadhaar Face Authentication Sandbox on 9 September 2026 at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai.
•The SDK lets banks, fintechs and other agencies run Aadhaar face authentication inside their own Android and iOS apps, removing the earlier need to switch to the separate Aadhaar FaceRD app.
•It carries AI and machine-learning based liveness detection and anti-spoofing checks with encrypted handling of authentication data, and works on ordinary consumer smartphones.

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Singapore Raises PM's Benchmark Pay to S$3.6 Million in Salary Review

•Singapore's 2026 review of salaries for political appointment holders and Members of Parliament raises the Prime Minister's benchmark annual pay to S$3.6 million from S$2.2 million, a rise of about 64%.
•The revised rates take effect from 15 October 2026, and this is the first increase for ministers in 15 years.
•The benchmark for an entry-grade minister rises to S$1.8 million from S$1.1 million, and MPs' monthly allowances go up from S$13,750 to S$18,500.

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SEBI Lifts Trading Ban on JPMorgan Unit After ₹2.96 Crore Deposit

•SEBI lifted the trading ban on Copthall Mauritius Investment Ltd, a JPMorgan Chase & Co unit, and on Mansi Share and Stock Broking after they deposited the alleged unlawful gains.
•Copthall deposited about ₹2.96 crore (₹29.6 million) in a bank account as required by SEBI's interim order.
•SEBI's interim order alleged manipulative trading on 13 August in the BSE closing auction session, aimed at moving the indicative equilibrium price of the Sensex to benefit the entities' index options positions.

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Karnataka Cabinet Clears Aerospace Policy 2026-31 and Jobs Package

•The Karnataka Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, approved the Karnataka Aerospace Policy 2026-31 on 9 September 2026.
•The policy targets ₹60,000 crore of investment and 60,000 jobs over five years across aerospace, defence, aviation and space R&D, and aims to spread the sector beyond Bengaluru.
•The same Cabinet meeting cleared India's first state-led drone-testing facility at Chikkaballapur at an estimated ₹42.83 crore.

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Yudh Abhyas 2026 Begins in First-Ever Two-Theatre Format

•The 22nd edition of Exercise Yudh Abhyas, the annual India-United States Army exercise, began on 9 September 2026 and runs to 28 September 2026.
•For the first time in the series it is being held in a two-theatre format — a desert phase at the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges near Bikaner, Rajasthan, and a high-altitude phase at Auli in Uttarakhand.
•Auli lies at about 2,500 metres and roughly 95 km from the Line of Actual Control with China, making the second phase a mountain-warfare rehearsal.

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FIU-India Issues PMLA Notices to 15 Offshore Crypto Platforms

•The Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit–India issued non-compliance notices to 15 Virtual Digital Asset Service Providers under Section 13 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
•The platforms were operating in India without meeting anti-money laundering and counter-terror-financing obligations, and their apps and website URLs have been sought to be taken down from public access.
•Virtual Digital Asset Service Providers were brought under the PMLA framework as reporting entities in March 2023.

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NCPCR Summons Meta India Chiefs Over Instagram Child Abuse Ads

•The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights summoned Meta India's Managing Director and Head to appear before it on 9 September 2026 in its inquiry into paid Instagram advertisements linked to child sexual abuse material.
•The NCPCR had issued its first notice to Meta Platforms on 3 July 2026 after taking suo motu cognisance of a BBC Eye investigation, and on 4 August 2026 decided to institute a formal inquiry.
•The National Human Rights Commission, acting on a complaint received on 6 July, asked the Delhi Police Commissioner on 8 July for an Action Taken Report within two weeks.

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Tata Advanced Systems Emerges L1 in Rs 20,000 Crore Project Zorawar Light Tank Competition

•Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) has emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) in the Ministry of Defence competition for the Armoured Fighting Vehicle-Indian Light Tank (AFV-ILT) programme under Project Zorawar, valued at about Rs 20,000 crore.
•The programme seeks a 25-tonne class light tank for high-altitude deployment in areas such as Ladakh, where heavier main battle tanks like the T-72 and T-90 are harder to move.
•Procurement is under the Ministry of Defence's Make-I category, in which the government funds up to 70% of design and prototype development costs.

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Cabinet Clears Eight Railway Multi-Tracking Projects Worth Rs 20,804 Crore Across Nine States

•The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved eight railway multi-tracking projects on 9 September 2026 at an estimated cost of Rs 20,804 crore.
•The projects add about 1,196 km to the Indian Railways network and are targeted for completion by 2029-30.
•They span nine states - Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh - covering 31 districts and about 6,911 villages.

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GRSE Launches Ocean Research Vessel ORV Sagar Manthan for NCPOR in Kolkata

•Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) launched the Ocean Research Vessel ORV Sagar Manthan (Yard 3041) on 9 September 2026 at its Rishi Bankim Shipyard in Kolkata.
•The vessel is being built for the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, at a cost of about Rs 840 crore.
•It is being constructed under Vertical-4 of the Deep Ocean Mission, titled Deep Ocean Survey and Exploration.

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India Finish Second With 15 Medals at World Archery Para Series in Ahmedabad

•India won 15 medals — 4 gold, 3 silver, 8 bronze — at the World Archery Para Series Stage III in Ahmedabad (5–9 September 2026), the most medals of any nation.
•India finished second on the table behind the Czech Republic (5 gold); China was third.
•World champion Sheetal Devi won compound women's individual gold, beating Kazakhstan's Aizada Seidan with a perfect 10 in the shoot-off after a 144-144 tie.

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QNu Labs Raises ₹200 Crore in Round Co-Led by National Quantum Mission

•Bengaluru-based QNu Labs announced a ₹200 crore Series A1 round on 9 September 2026, co-led by the National Quantum Mission (NQM) and Speciale Invest.
•NQM put in ₹25 crore through the IITM C-DOT Samgnya Technologies Foundation, NQM's thematic hub for quantum communication; the company's total capital raised is now ₹375 crore.
•QNu Labs also has approval for ₹150 crore of convertible debt under the ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) scheme.

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Himalaya Diwas 2026: Record Snow Deficit and Faster Glacier Loss Frame This Year's Observance

•Himalaya Diwas was observed on 9 September 2026 to highlight the ecological, cultural and economic importance of the Himalaya.
•Uttarakhand officially declared the day in 2014 and held the first state-recognised observance on 9 September 2015; the idea came from Anil Prakash Joshi of HESCO.
•ICIMOD's 2026 glacier reports found Hindu Kush Himalaya glaciers lost about 12% of their area between 1990 and 2020, with ice loss doubling since 2000.

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NCSC Chairman Kishor Makwana Receives Inaugural Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Jan Seva Puraskar

•The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), led by Chairman Kishor Makwana, received the first-ever Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Jan Seva Puraskar on 9 September 2026.
•The award was a new category introduced at the 16th Sansad Ratna Awards in New Delhi, for organisations and individuals who serve the nation outstandingly.
•The 2026 edition also honoured 12 MPs and 4 Parliamentary Committees; the jury was chaired by Hansraj G. Ahir.

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International Literacy Day 2026 celebrations conclude with ULLAS Mela in New Delhi

•The two-day International Literacy Day 2026 celebrations concluded with the ULLAS Mela in New Delhi, inaugurated by the Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Shri T. K. Anil Kumar.
•Exhibition stalls were set up by 28 participating States/UTs along with NCERT, NCTE and NIOS, highlighting the achievements of fully literate States/UTs.
•NCERT Director Prof. Dinesh Prasad Saklani stressed financial, legal, digital and electoral literacy and suggested a credit-and-incentive architecture letting students earn credit points for helping others become literate.

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NICDC and Ministry of Steel showcase industrial corridors at first INNOPROM India 2026

•The first-ever INNOPROM India 2026, the Russian industrial exhibition's inaugural Indian edition, is being held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from 9-11 September 2026.
•NICDC, under DPIIT, showcased the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme: 11 industrial corridors, 20 greenfield industrial smart cities across 13 states.
•These projects span about 19,878 hectares with investment potential of around Rs 5.35 lakh crore and employment potential of nearly 1.4 million jobs.

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Global Dryland Congress 2026 opens in New Delhi; Delhi Declaration on Dryland to be adopted

•The three-day Global Dryland Congress 2026, themed 'Transforming Dryland Agriculture with South-South Cooperation', is being held at the National Agricultural Science Complex, New Delhi, from 10-12 September 2026.
•It is organised jointly by ICAR and ICRISAT and doubles as a celebration of 50 years of the ICAR-ICRISAT partnership.
•Over 800 scientists, policymakers, farmer representatives and development partners from Asia, Africa and the Americas will deliberate on six themes.

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Bhagwat Prasad Makwana Takes Charge as Chairperson of Safai Karamcharis Commission

•Shri Bhagwat Prasad Makwana assumed charge as Chairperson of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK); the Government appointed him to the post on 6 September 2026.
•He has earlier been Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Safai Karamchari Commission of Uttarakhand, an Independent Director on the NHPC board, and a Member of the Central Monitoring Committee under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
•He holds a Master's degree in Economics and has worked on the welfare and empowerment of Scheduled Caste communities.

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India and Thailand Push AITIGA Review in Commerce Ministers' Meeting

•Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal met Ms. Suphajee Suthumpun, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce of Thailand, at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi.
•The two sides reviewed progress on the review of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) and stressed time-bound engagement through the India-Thailand Joint Trade Committee.
•Discussions covered market access, trade promotion, business-to-business linkages and a balanced, mutually beneficial trade framework.

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UIDAI Launches Aadhaar Face Authentication SDK and Sandbox at Global Fintech Fest

•UIDAI launched the Aadhaar Face Authentication SDK (Software Development Kit) and the Aadhaar Face Authentication Sandbox at the Global Fintech Fest 2026.
•The SDK embeds face authentication inside native Android and iOS apps, removing the need for users to switch between applications, and carries AI/ML-based liveness and anti-spoofing checks.
•The Sandbox lets organisations test the full authentication journey — consent, face capture, liveness, error handling — including failure cases such as invalid digital signatures, timeouts and spoofing attempts, without external biometric hardware.

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National Consumer Helpline Facilitates Over Rs 105 Crore Refunds in 15 Months

•The National Consumer Helpline (NCH), run by the Department of Consumer Affairs, facilitated refunds of more than Rs 105 crore between 25 April 2025 and 31 July 2026.
•It addressed 1,66,189 refund-related grievances across 35 sectors, all at the pre-litigation stage — that is, without consumers having to approach the Consumer Commissions.
•E-commerce accounted for the largest share: 1,00,466 complaints and refunds of over Rs 74 crore, followed by Travel & Tourism at over Rs 10 crore.

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Four Spiritual Organisations Sign MoUs Under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan

•The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment signed MoUs with four spiritual organisations — Adhyatm Vigyan Satsang Kendra, Chinmaya Mission, Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan and the Hare Krishna Movement — under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.
•The partnerships are meant to use the organisations' grassroots networks for awareness, prevention, de-stigmatisation and support for recovery from substance use.
•The Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, said initiatives by partner organisations under NMBA have helped the Department reach more than 34.42 crore citizens.

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Health Ministry Holds National Fluorosis Workshop to Strengthen NPPCF

•The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, through the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), held a National Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on fluorosis on National Fluorosis Day.
•The workshop was aimed at widening the reach of the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis (NPPCF) through research, innovation and multisectoral action.
•Participants included the Ministry of Jal Shakti, ICAR, ICMR, AIIMS, the National Dental Commission and State Nodal Officers, reflecting the link between drinking-water quality and fluorosis.

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Centre drafting stringent new Seed Act; farmer organisations consulted on 10 September

•The Government is preparing a new and stringent Seed Act to protect farmers from losses caused by fake and substandard seeds.
•Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan will hold a consultation with senior leaders of major farmer organisations on 10 September at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, to feed their views into the draft.
•The proposed law is expected to provide heavy penalties and imprisonment for the sale of fake, adulterated or substandard seeds, an end-to-end traceability system, and safeguards for farmers' rights over traditional seeds.

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CeNS team builds metal-free organic photocatalyst for solar hydrogen from water

•Researchers at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, have combined a naturally occurring amino acid (aspartic acid) with the light-absorbing organic molecule perylene diimide to make a completely metal-free photocatalyst for splitting water with sunlight.
•The molecules self-assemble in water into ordered two-dimensional nanosheets, broadening light absorption, improving charge separation and increasing catalytic surface area without any change in chemical composition; the assembled material produced nearly 18% higher photocurrent than its bulk form.
•Led by Dr Goutam Ghosh and Dr Ashutosh K. Singh, the work was published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A and points to solar hydrogen production without costly or scarce precious metals.

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Himachal to get five Doppler radars; Spiti sky observatory and lavender expansion discussed

•Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh in New Delhi to discuss weather early-warning systems, lavender cultivation and a proposed sky observatory.
•The State has three Doppler Weather Radars — at Kufri, Jot and Murari Devi — with two more planned in Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur, taking the total to five; site selection faces beam-blockage issues.
•Under Phase III of the CSIR Aroma Mission, CSIR-IIIM Jammu has extended lavender cultivation to Upper Bhamla in Tehsil Baldwara, Mandi district, with 20,000 cuttings planted and about 150 farmers associated; a high-altitude sky observatory in Spiti is being explored with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.

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9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah launched at Varanasi with focus on dietary diversity, protein

•The Ministry of Women and Child Development launched the 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026 at the Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre, Varanasi, under the theme 'Hamari Anganwadi, Hamari Jimmedari'.
•The campaign runs from 9 September to 8 October 2026 and focuses on dietary diversity and adequate protein intake, fresh hot cooked meals at Anganwadi Centres, community ownership through Anganwadi Management Committees and SNP menu boards, nutrition and early stimulation, and ten years of PMMVY.
•More than 14 lakh Anganwadi Centres serve over 7.5 crore children, 1.10 crore pregnant and lactating women and nearly 16 lakh adolescent girls.

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NHAI makes 80% plantation and 90% survival a condition for highway completion certificate

•NHAI has issued guidelines making median and avenue plantation an integral component of national highway development and project completion.
•A Provisional Certificate of Completion (PCC) or Provisional Commercial Operation Date (PCOD) will be issued only if plantation covers at least 80% of the Right of Way earmarked for it, with a minimum 90% sapling survival rate at inspection.
•The 90% survival rate must be maintained through the Operations and Maintenance period: O&M and annuity payments in EPC, HAM and BOT-Annuity projects, and maintenance compliance in BOT-Toll projects, are made conditional on it, with financial withholdings for shortfalls.

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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of unfinished Gariyaband bridge risking schoolchildren

•NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that children in Khambhatha and nearby settlements of Mainpur Block, Gariyaband district, Chhattisgarh, climb a narrow iron ladder on an unfinished bridge to cross the Pairi river to reach school.
•It has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh, seeking a detailed report within two weeks.
•The roughly 300-metre bridge between Deharguda and Khambhatha has been under construction for nearly six years; the media report was carried on 3 September 2026.

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Vice-President visits Nyedar Namlo in Itanagar, seat of the Donyi-Polo faith

•Vice-President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan visited Nyedar Namlo in Itanagar, a place of worship and community hub of the indigenous Donyi-Polo faith of the Nyishi community.
•He was briefed on Nyishi prayer systems, the Yerko indigenous Gurukul system, traditional medicinal practices and mother-tongue promotion efforts.
•Invoking 'Vikas bhi, Virasat bhi', he said tribal communities are not merely custodians of India's past but partners in building its future.

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India endorses Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security at G20 Innovation Ministerial

•India has endorsed the Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security, joining a group of like-minded governments committed to open, interoperable, secure and resilient next-generation networks.
•The endorsement was announced on the sidelines of the G20 Innovation Ministerial held in North Carolina, United States, on 1-2 September 2026 under the United States' G20 Presidency.
•The Department of Telecommunications will take India's engagement forward and coordinate follow-up with government agencies, industry and academia.

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ISA deep-sea macrofauna taxonomy school opens at CMLRE Kochi under SSKI

•The Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, is hosting a five-day Deep-sea Macrofauna Taxonomy School from 7 to 11 September 2026.
•It is organised under the Sustainable Seabed Knowledge Initiative (SSKI) platform of the International Seabed Authority, with IORA and the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK) as collaborators.
•ISA Secretary-General Ms Leticia Carvalho was Chief Guest; about 30 early-career researchers from 13 Indian Ocean Rim countries are being trained.

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Rajnath Singh in Colombo: MoUs on L-70 gun upgrade and NCC-NDC cooperation signed

•Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh visited Colombo on 9 September 2026, calling on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya and addressing the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence.
•Two MoUs were exchanged: upgradation of six L-70 guns for the Sri Lankan Air Force under a Government of India grant, and cooperation between the National Cadet Corps and the National Defence Colleges of the two countries.
•Three Bailey Bridges built by the Indian Defence Forces were virtually inaugurated by the two leaders.

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ORV Sagar Manthan launched: India's first indigenously built ocean research vessel

•The Ocean Research Vessel ORV Sagar Manthan (Yard 3041) was launched at Rishi Bankim Shipyard, Kolkata, on 9 September 2026.
•It was designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers for the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
•The vessel is built under Vertical-4 (Deep Ocean Survey and Exploration) of the Deep Ocean Mission at an approximate cost of Rs 840 crore, with a projected service life of 30 years.

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India to compete in 63 of 64 skills at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026, debuts in 11

•India will enter eleven skill categories for the first time at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China, 22-27 September 2026.
•Team Skill India competes in 63 of the 64 skills with nearly 70 competitors, its largest and most diverse WorldSkills contingent so far.
•Participation is led by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, with NSDC running the preparation through industry and training-institute partners.

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CAQM Flags Haryana Pollution Board for Wilful Non-Compliance on C&D Site Monitoring

•CAQM held a review meeting on 8 September 2026 with the Haryana State Pollution Control Board over non-compliance with its statutory directions on construction and demolition sites.
•Its directions require every C&D project on a plot of 500 sq metres or above to be registered and to run a functional video monitoring system on the State portal for remote dust-control checks.
•The Commission treated the continued failure as wilful non-compliance and directed corrective action, including closure of non-compliant sites.

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ITRA Jamnagar Signs Five-Year MoU with Heartfulness Institute on Ayurveda

•The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar signed a five-year MoU with the Heartfulness Institute, Kanha Shanti Vanam, Hyderabad.
•Areas of cooperation include collaborative research, student and faculty exchange, capacity building, innovation and intellectual property, and integrative wellness.
•ITRA is the only Institute of National Importance in the AYUSH sector, functioning under the Ministry of Ayush.

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FIU-IND Issues PMLA Section 13 Notices to 15 Offshore Crypto Platforms

•The Director, Financial Intelligence Unit-India issued non-compliance notices to 15 Virtual Digital Asset Service Providers under Section 13 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
•The same order directs the takedown of their applications and URLs, using the Director's role as nodal officer under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with rule 3(1)(d) of the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2025.
•VDA Service Providers were brought inside India's AML/CFT framework under the PMLA in March 2023 and must register with FIU-IND as Reporting Entities.

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India seeks common BRICS trade platform, concrete Women's Advancement Fund

•Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal addressed the BRICS Women's Business Alliance Women-Led Development Conference in New Delhi as Chief Guest.
•He framed the entrepreneur's problem as three borders to cross - access to credit, access to buyers and markets, and access to predictable rules - and mapped BRICS action onto each.
•He called for a common BRICS trade platform, agreed in the Jaipur Consensus, carrying electronic trade documents, e-invoices, electronic bills of lading and e-customs declarations.

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Culture Ministry holds Shilpkar Samagam, vendor programme for Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum

•The Ministry of Culture held two engagement programmes for the Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum (YYBM): Shilpkar Samagam on 2-3 September 2026 and a Vendor Development Programme on 7-8 September 2026.
•Shilpkar Samagam, at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, drew over 150 master artisans, craft practitioners and institutions, with live displays by over 100 master artisans.
•The Vendor Development Programme brought about 200 Indian and international firms across 10 specialised museum-technology domains, with 70 capability presentations and 200 bilateral meetings.

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DRI seizes leopard pelts, star tortoises and pangolin scales in six operations

•The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence conducted six operations across India over ten days against illegal wildlife trafficking, arresting thirteen persons.
•Seizures: two leopard pelts, 180 live Indian Star Tortoises, 12 live Tokay Geckos, around 24 kg of pangolin scales and 500 grams of tiger bones.
•Operations spanned Koraput (Odisha), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Ri-Bhoi (Meghalaya), Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh) and Keokhali and Karbi Anglong (Assam).

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DILRMP 3.0 to build GIS-enabled Land Stack with Rs 565.50 crore outlay

•The Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, will launch the Operational Guidelines for DILRMP 3.0 (2026-2031) on 10 September 2026.
•DILRMP 3.0 runs as a Central Sector Scheme with an anticipated outlay of Rs 565.50 crore, covering all States and Union Territories over five years.
•The shift is from record digitisation to a GIS-enabled 'Land Stack' treated as Digital Public Infrastructure, integrating maps, ownership, registration and revenue court cases.

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Foundation stone laid for BEDF Basmati and Organic Training Centre at Pilibhit

•The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry laid the foundation stone for the BEDF Basmati and Organic Training Centre cum Demonstration Farm at Tanda Bijeshi, Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh.
•It is a joint project of APEDA and the Basmati Export Development Foundation, offering quality Basmati seed, technical training, organic farming support and export handholding to farmers and FPOs.
•Uttar Pradesh ranks seventh in the country in organic production and eighth in area under organic cultivation; the ceremony drew about 8,000 participants and 23 exhibition stalls.

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9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry held in New Delhi

•The 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry was held on 9 September 2026 in New Delhi, co-chaired by India's Union Agriculture Minister and the Philippines' Secretary of Agriculture.
•It was preceded by the 10th ASEAN-India Agriculture Working Group Meeting on 8 September 2026, with 45 delegates from 11 ASEAN Member States.
•Ministers welcomed 'ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future' and the ASEAN Food, Agriculture and Forestry Sectoral Plan 2026-2030, and looked ahead to the ASEAN-India Medium-Term Plan of Action for Cooperation in Agriculture and Forestry 2026-2030.

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Next phase of PM-KUSUM to carry dedicated agrivoltaics component, land to stay with farmer

•The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy announced that the next phase of PM-KUSUM will carry a dedicated component for agrivoltaics, with land ownership remaining with the farmer.
•The focus will be on small and marginal farmers, Farmer Producer Organisations, cooperatives and panchayats.
•India added 55.29 GW of non-fossil capacity last year; decentralised solar contributed 16.3 GW, comprising 7.6 GW from PM-KUSUM and 8.7 GW of rooftop solar.

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DRI Seizes About 740 Kg Cannabis and Charas; 13 Arrested Under NDPS Act

•The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence conducted eight operations across the country over a fortnight, seizing about 740 kg of cannabis and charas.
•Thirteen persons were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
•Seizures were made on road, rail and air routes, including consignments hidden in specially built vehicle cavities and passenger baggage.

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CCEA Clears 8 Railway Multitracking Projects Adding 1,196 Km Across 9 States

•The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved eight Ministry of Railways multitracking projects in two sets on 9 September 2026.
•The first set of three projects costs Rs 10,783 crore and adds about 656 km across 14 districts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
•The second set of five projects costs Rs 10,021 crore and adds about 540 km across 17 districts of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana.

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PM SHRI: 13,092 Exemplar Schools Selected Against 14,500 Target

•A PIB Backgrounder set out the status of PM SHRI (Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India), the Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched on 7 September 2022 to develop over 14,500 exemplar schools aligned to NEP 2020.
•As of July 2026, 13,092 schools — about 90% of the target — have been selected across 36 States and UTs, covering 725 districts and 8,340 blocks/ULBs.
•The scheme carries a project cost of Rs 27,360 crore for 2022-23 to 2026-27, of which the Central share is Rs 18,128 crore.

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9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah Launched at Varanasi with Anganwadi Theme

•The 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah was launched on 9 September 2026 at the Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
•Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi led the launch, with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Minister of State Savitri Thakur and UP Cabinet Minister Baby Rani Maurya.
•The 2026 theme is 'Hamari Anganwadi, Hamari Jimmedari' - our Anganwadi, our responsibility - and the campaign runs through September 2026.

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