Current Affairs 12 September 2026

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Himalayan Gucchi Mushroom Served at the BRICS Leaders' Dinner in New Delhi

•Gucchi Marmik, made with Himalayan morel (gucchi) mushrooms and asparagus, was on the all-vegetarian dinner PM Modi hosted at Bharat Mandapam on 12 September 2026 for the 18th BRICS Summit.
•Gucchi (Morchella esculenta) is a wild morel with a honeycomb-like cap and hollow stem, found in the coniferous forests of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
•It is hard to cultivate commercially, is hand-collected by mountain communities, and is among the costliest mushrooms.

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Kerala Rights Panel Orders Rehabilitation of Paniya Families in Plastic Sheds

•The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has directed the state to urgently rehabilitate Paniya tribal families living in makeshift tarpaulin shelters at Vaniyampuzha, across the Chaliyar river in Pothukal panchayat, Nilambur taluk of Malappuram district.
•Twenty-six families have lived in plastic tents since the August 2019 floods destroyed their homes, with no permanent rehabilitation in the seven years since.
•Commission judicial member K. Baijunath asked the Malappuram District Collector and the Scheduled Tribes Development Department Project Officer to report within a week on the measures taken and the timeline to complete rehabilitation.

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IBBI Proposes Four Safeguards for Personal Guarantor Insolvency After Subhash Chandra Case

•On 12 September 2026 the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) issued a discussion paper proposing four amendments to the IBBI (Insolvency Resolution Process for Personal Guarantors to Corporate Debtors) Regulations, 2019. Comments are due by 3 October 2026.
•Related-party creditors of a personal guarantor would get a 'Nil' voting share on the repayment plan, matching the bar on related parties in the corporate insolvency process.
•Before creditors vote, the resolution professional would have to examine preferential, undervalued, fraudulent and extortionate transactions and appoint a registered valuer to fix the fair and realisable value of the guarantor's assets.

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ARAI's Pune Cylinder Testing Facility Wins NABL Accreditation for Hydrogen, CNG Cylinders

•The Automotive Research Association of India has received ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation from NABL for its Cylinder Testing Facility at the Mobility Research Centre, Takwe, Pune.
•The facility tests high-pressure gaseous cylinders for automotive, hydrogen, industrial, marine, defence and space applications.
•It can test Type I to Type IV cylinders and hydrogen cylinders up to 700 bar, though some specialised hydrogen tests remain outside the accredited scope.

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Southeast Asia's Oldest Gurdwara Reopens in Penang After RM6 Million Restoration

•Wadda Gurdwara Sahib in Penang, Malaysia - established in 1901 and the oldest and largest Sikh gurdwara in Southeast Asia - reopened on 12 September 2026 after conservation and restoration.
•Acting Jathedar of the Akal Takht, Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj, performed the Prakash of the Guru Granth Sahib during Amrit Vela, opening a three-day ceremony from 12 to 14 September.
•The roughly RM6 million restoration used traditional lime mortar instead of modern cement, brought a large dome from Amritsar, and employed specialist artisans from Tamil Nadu for the decorative work.

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India Hands Over First Components of 70-Metre Bailey Bridge to Nepal

•India handed over the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal's Road Division at Hetauda on 12 September 2026.
•The bridge is meant to restore connectivity at Betrawati in Nuwakot district, cut off by the flash floods of 26 August 2026 in the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli valley.
•Most of Nepal's existing Bailey inventory consists of shorter spans, too short for the wider gaps the floods carved out.

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INS Kulish Makes First Indian Navy Port Call at Cambodia's Ream Naval Base

•Indian Navy guided-missile corvette INS Kulish arrived at Ream Naval Base, Cambodia, on 12 September 2026 during the Eastern Fleet's operational deployment. It was the first Indian Navy ship ever to call at Ream.
•Ream, about 30 km from Sihanoukville on the Gulf of Thailand, reopened in April 2025 after a China-funded expansion. Cambodia says the base is open to all friendly navies.
•The crews of the Indian Navy and the Royal Cambodian Navy held joint training in damage control, fire-fighting and first aid before the ship left on 15 September.

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Jindal Steel and CSIR-CRRI's Raigarh Road Sets Guinness Record as World's Longest Steel Slag Road

•A 1.85-km, four-lane road at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, built by Jindal Steel with CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI), received the Guinness World Records title for the longest road built exclusively with processed steel slag aggregates on 12 September 2026.
•About 2 lakh tonnes of processed electric arc furnace (EAF) steel slag were used across the full pavement depth, and the road is designed for 65 million standard axles of heavy traffic.
•Steel slag roads are claimed to be 30-40% cheaper and to last up to three times longer than standard bitumen roads.

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Ramanathaswamy Temple's 1,212-Pillar Corridor Frames Modi-Xi Handshake at BRICS Summit

•On Day 1 of the 18th BRICS Summit (12 September 2026) at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands before a projection of the pillared corridor of the Ramanathaswamy Temple.
•The temple stands at Rameswaram on Pamban (Rameswaram) Island in Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district and is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas.
•Its outer corridor, with about 1,212 carved pillars, is reputed to be the longest temple corridor in the world; it was built under Muthuramalinga Sethupathi (r. 1763–1795).

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Elena Rybakina Beats Sabalenka to Win US Open 2026 and Become World No. 1

•Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina won the US Open 2026 women's singles title on 12 September, beating two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
•It is Rybakina's third Grand Slam title after Wimbledon 2022 and the Australian Open 2026, and her first US Open.
•The win lifts her to world No. 1 for the first time, ending Sabalenka's 99-week run at the top — she is the first player from Kazakhstan to achieve either feat.

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Superalignment Debate Revives as AI Safety Researchers Quit Anthropic

•A cluster of public resignations from AI safety teams in September 2026 has pushed 'superalignment' - the problem of keeping AI systems far more capable than humans steerable by human intent - back into mainstream policy debate.
•Jacob Coxon, a pretraining researcher who had worked at both OpenAI and Anthropic, wrote on 9 September 2026 that neither company was acting responsibly and that the labs were 'racing straight to self-improving superintelligence'.
•On 11 September 2026 Joe Benton, who led Anthropic's Scalable Oversight team, said he had left the company two weeks earlier and was moving to METR to work on autonomous-AI risk evaluations.

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China Southern Airlines to Resume Guangzhou-Delhi Flights from 21 September

•China Southern Airlines will resume scheduled passenger flights between Guangzhou and New Delhi from 21 September 2026, after a roughly six-year gap.
•The airline will operate one daily round trip - CZ359 from Guangzhou and CZ360 from Delhi - with Boeing 737 series aircraft.
•Direct India-China air links were largely suspended around 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and stayed disrupted through a period of strained relations.

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Tibetan Plateau Fish Schizopygopsis waddellii Recorded in India for the First Time

•Schizopygopsis waddellii, a cold-adapted high-altitude fish of the family Cyprinidae, has been recorded in India for the first time.
•Ten specimens were collected in July 2026 from Pangkang Teng Tso Lake, at about 12,800 feet in Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh.
•Scientists of ICAR-Central Institute of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, confirmed the identity using integrative taxonomy - morphology plus mitochondrial DNA analysis.

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Colombo Security Conclave Table Top Exercise on Illicit Maritime Activities Ends at Visakhapatnam

•A three-day Table Top Exercise under the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) concluded on 12 September 2026 at Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam.
•It began on 9 September 2026 on the theme 'Coordinated Response to Illicit Maritime Activities in the Indian Ocean Region'.
•Delegations and maritime security experts from CSC member states and observer nations worked through simulated scenarios for over 72 hours.

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SEBI Proposes Blended VWAP for Expiry-Day Settlement in Closing Auction Review

•SEBI released a consultation paper on 12 September 2026 proposing changes to expiry-day settlement for derivatives, market timings and the Closing Auction Session (CAS).
•Option 1 is a Blended VWAP settlement price using trades from the last 30 minutes of continuous trading plus the 10 minutes of CAS, weighted by actual traded value.
•Option 2 keeps the existing CTS VWAP - only the last 30 minutes of continuous trading - as an interim arrangement before any shift to the blended method.

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World First Aid Day 2026 Observed With Theme 'First Aid in Migration Contexts'

•World First Aid Day was observed on 12 September 2026 - the second Saturday of September, its fixed slot every year.
•The 2026 theme is "First Aid in Migration Contexts", focusing on emergency care for migrants and displaced people.
•The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) runs the day; its 2026 campaign line is "On the move, but not alone".

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UN Day for South-South Cooperation 2026: Global Alliance for South-South and Triangular Cooperation Launched

•The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation falls on 12 September; the UN's 2026 high-level observance was held a day earlier, on 11 September, at UN Headquarters in New York.
•The 2026 theme is "Solidarity Rising: Global Alliance for Inclusive and Innovative Development".
•The observance launched the Global Alliance for South-South and Triangular Cooperation, a voluntary, UN-facilitated platform convened by the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).

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BRICS Leaders Unanimously Adopt 140-Point New Delhi Declaration at 18th Summit

•BRICS leaders unanimously adopted the 140-point New Delhi Declaration on 12 September 2026, the first day of the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, after negotiations that ran into the early hours.
•China and Russia, the two permanent UNSC members in the grouping, reiterated support for Brazil's and India's aspirations to a greater role in the UN, including its Security Council.
•The declaration condemned the 22 April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack and cross-border terrorism, and opposed unilateral tariffs, secondary sanctions and WTO-inconsistent carbon border measures.

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BHASHINI CEO at IIM Calcutta's Lattice 2026 Showcases Language AI as Digital Public Infrastructure

•Amitabh Nag, CEO of the Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), was Chief Guest at Lattice 2026, IIM Calcutta's business conclave, held on 12 September 2026 on the theme 'The Capability Decade'.
•BHASHINI's Shrutlekh tool transcribed and translated his talk live.
•BHASHINI powers over 800 government websites and supports 36 Indian text languages, 23 Indian voice languages and 35 international languages.

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Colombo Security Conclave Table Top Exercise on Illicit Maritime Activities Concludes at Visakhapatnam

•A three-day Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) Table Top Exercise ran from 9 to 11 September 2026 at Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam.
•Its theme was a 'Coordinated Response to Illicit Maritime Activities in the Indian Ocean Region': maritime terrorism, narcotics, human trafficking and IUU fishing.
•Participants reviewed SOPs and information-sharing arrangements for Maritime Domain Awareness, in line with the MAHASAGAR vision.

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PM Meets Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali at 18th BRICS Summit; Reviews Strategic Partnership

•PM Modi met Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali on 12 September 2026 in New Delhi, on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit held under India's chairship.
•They reviewed the India-Ethiopia Strategic Partnership in economic cooperation, defence and security, and capacity building.
•The meeting built on PM Modi's December 2025 visit to Addis Ababa, when ties were raised to a Strategic Partnership.

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PM Meets Vietnamese PM Le Minh Hung at BRICS Summit; Reviews Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

•PM Modi met Vietnamese PM Le Minh Hung on 12 September 2026 on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, New Delhi, where Vietnam took part as a BRICS Partner Country.
•The leaders reviewed ties elevated to an Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during General Secretary and President To Lam's State Visit to India in May 2026.
•The release calls Vietnam a key pillar of India's Act East Policy.

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PM Meets Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim; Malaysia Agrees to Indian Consulate in Kota Kinabalu

•PM Modi met Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim on 12 September 2026 on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit, New Delhi, where Malaysia took part as a BRICS Partner Country.
•Malaysia conveyed its concurrence to India opening a Consulate General in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
•The leaders reviewed the India-Malaysia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and the outcomes of PM Modi's February 2026 visit to Malaysia.

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PM Meets Abu Dhabi Crown Prince; IHC's USD 11.5 Billion Odisha Aluminium Project Welcomed

•PM Modi met Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, on 12 September 2026 on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi.
•The leaders welcomed UAE's International Holding Company investing in a USD 11.5 billion integrated greenfield aluminium project in Odisha - India's largest integrated aluminium investment.
•They noted the role L'IMAD, the UAE's newest sovereign investment fund, could play in the partnership.

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First OPU-IVF Calf Born in Uttarakhand's Badri Cattle via ICAR-NDRI and GBPUAT Pantnagar

•A Badri female calf, produced through Ovum Pick-Up and In Vitro Fertilization (OPU-IVF), was born on 11 September 2026 after a Badri embryo was transferred into a Sahiwal recipient cow.
•The work is a collaboration of ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (Karnal) and G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (Pantnagar), funded by the Uttarakhand Biotechnology Council, Haldi.
•Oocytes came from genetically valuable Badri donor cows; semen came from a superior Badri bull supplied by the Uttarakhand Livestock Development Board.

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SECL Produced 176.28 MT Coal in FY26, About 17% of India's Output

•South Eastern Coalfields Limited produced 176.28 MT of coal in FY 2025-26 - about 23% of Coal India's output and around 17% of India's total.
•India's coal production crossed 1 billion tonnes for the second year running in FY26, reaching 1.04 BT (provisional); coal generates about 73% of India's electricity.
•SECL's Gevra, Kusmunda and Dipka mega mines in Korba have a combined 185 MT capacity; output per man-shift more than doubled to 16.47 tonnes since 2013-14.

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PM-ABHIM: 10 Critical Care Blocks and 12 Public Health Labs Opened in Andhra Pradesh

•Union Health Minister J P Nadda opened 10 Critical Care Blocks and 12 Integrated Public Health Laboratories in Andhra Pradesh under PM-ABHIM.
•Nationally, 631 Critical Care Blocks have been sanctioned under PM-ABHIM; Andhra Pradesh has 24 CCBs (about Rs 606 crore) and 26 IPHLs (Rs 32.50 crore).
•The Centre approved Rs 1,271.80 crore for Andhra Pradesh across four components: CCBs, IPHLs, and urban and rural Ayushman Arogya Mandirs.

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World's Longest Steel Slag Road at Raigarh Earns Guinness Record for CSIR-CRRI

•A 1.85-km road at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, built by CSIR-Central Road Research Institute with Jindal Steel, won the Guinness World Record for the 'World's Longest Road Built with Processed Steel Slag Aggregates'.
•The technology turns steel slag, a steel-making by-product, into road aggregates; the Minister said it can cut construction cost by about 40% and give four times the strength of conventional roads.
•CSIR-CRRI and Jindal Steel signed a Technology Transfer Agreement and launched the 'Steel Grit' brand.

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PIB Backgrounder: Bamboo Moves From Craft to Enterprise After the 2017 Forest Law Change

•A PIB Backgrounder traces how removing bamboo from the legal definition of 'tree' in 2017 opened bamboo cultivation, harvesting and transport to farmers and enterprises.
•The National Bamboo Mission, NECTAR's bamboo technologies and SHG-led enterprises under DAY-NRLM are expanding the value chain, especially in the Northeast.
•NECTAR interventions generate about 30 million person-days of work a year and have raised value addition on bamboo from 10% to as much as 70%.

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Modi-Xi Talks in New Delhi: Border Peace and Trade Imbalance on Agenda

•PM Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on 12 September 2026 on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, their first meeting since Tianjin in August 2025.
•Modi said ties must rest on 'three mutuals' - mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest - and that peace in border areas is the essential basis of the relationship.
•Both sides committed to a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable boundary settlement and to addressing the structural trade imbalance and supply-chain issues.

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18th BRICS Summit: New Delhi Declaration Adopted as BRICS Marks 20 Years

•BRICS leaders adopted the 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration at the XVIII BRICS Summit (New Delhi, 12-13 September 2026) under the theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability'.
•The summit marked 20 years of BRICS (2006-2026); two commemorative postage stamps were released.
•The Declaration condemned the 22 April 2025 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, opposed carbon border adjustment mechanisms, and called for UNSC, IMF, World Bank and WTO reform.

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