Current Affairs 13 September 2026

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DRDO Demonstrates Indigenous Gallium Nitride MMIC Chips for Radars and Electronic Warfare

•The Ministry of Defence's Annual Report 2025-26, reported on 13 September 2026, says DRDO has demonstrated and implemented indigenous Gallium Nitride (GaN) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) technology.
•DRDO fabricated X-band MMICs and S-band GaN HEMT power amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers and switch MMICs for radars, electronic warfare and communications.
•The Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL) developed 4-inch silicon carbide wafers; GAETEC, Hyderabad has limited production capacity for GaN-on-SiC MMICs.

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New Montane Toad Duttaphrynus phawngpui Described from Mizoram's Phawngpui National Park

•A new-to-science toad, Duttaphrynus phawngpui, was described on 13 September 2026 in the journal Taprobanica (Vol. 15, Issue 2).
•It was found at about 2,144 m in Phawngpui National Park, Lawngtlai district, and is so far known only from this type locality.
•It belongs to the Duttaphrynus stuarti species group of the true-toad family Bufonidae; its closest relatives are D. stuarti, D. chandai and D. dhara.

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Telangana BJP Seeks Hyderabad Liberation Day in School Textbooks

•Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao demanded that 17 September, observed as Hyderabad Liberation Day, be included in the state's school textbooks.
•The date marks the surrender of the Hyderabad State Forces on 17 September 1948, ending Operation Polo and the Nizam's rule as an independent princely authority.
•Operation Polo began on 13 September 1948 and lasted five days, with Major General J.N. Chaudhuri commanding the Indian forces.

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Xi Proposes China-Led BRICS Open-Source AI Community; New Delhi Declaration Leaves It Out

•On 13 September 2026, speaking in the BRICS Plus outreach session of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed that China lead a 'BRICS AI open-source community'.
•The plan covers cooperation on large language models, specialised AI seminars and training, an open AI ecosystem, and a separate BRICS digital-ecosystem cloud platform.
•The New Delhi Declaration did not adopt it. It committed BRICS only to cooperation on wider access to AI resources that is safe, secure, reliable and inclusive.

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Telangana Police Return Rs 139.68 Crore to 24,189 Cyber Fraud Victims in 2026

•The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau said on 13 September 2026 that Rs 139.68 crore had been refunded to 24,189 cyber fraud victims in the state during 2026.
•Rs 42.28 crore was returned to 3,896 victims at a single National Lok Adalat held with the Telangana State Legal Services Authority, banks and payment service providers.
•The Money Restoration Module, launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs in May 2026 and operational in Telangana since June, had restored Rs 27.23 crore to 9,355 victims as of 12 September.

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Bihar to Fund Overseas Training for 100 Newly Appointed Assistant Professors

•Bihar announced a state-funded training programme for 100 newly appointed assistant professors at Oxford University and other global institutions.
•The announcement was made on 13 September 2026 at Bapu Sabhagar, Patna, at an orientation programme for 2,451 assistant professors posted in 211 new degree colleges.
•Bihar had launched all 211 state-run degree colleges on a single day, 15 July 2026 - the first state in the country to do so.

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Trump Urges Ukraine to Halt Strikes on Russian Refineries as US Diesel Tops $6

•US President Donald Trump, speaking during an official visit to Ireland on 13 September 2026, urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop striking Russian oil refineries and diesel facilities.
•Trump argued the strikes were causing a diesel shortage; United States diesel prices had crossed $6 a gallon for the first time on 12 September 2026.
•Ukraine has used long-range drones against Russian refineries through 2026, arguing that the facilities finance and fuel Russia's war.

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Russian Drone Hits Kyiv-Warsaw Passenger Train in Volyn, 2 km From Poland

•A Russian drone struck the locomotive of a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train in Ukraine's Volyn region on 13 September 2026, about two kilometres from the Polish border.
•No one was injured: a railway team monitoring drone activity warned the crew roughly 15 minutes before impact and the train was evacuated.
•The service was run by Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine's state railway; Poland's PKP Intercity said the train was carrying 206 passengers.

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Punjab Names New Chandigarh Road and Park After Kirti Chakra Colonel Manpreet Singh

•Punjab has named a 200-foot-wide road in New Chandigarh 'Shaheed Colonel Manpreet Singh Marg' and a park in Sector 5-A after the same officer.
•The road, earlier designated HR-2, runs from Mullanpur Chowk to the T-Point in New Chandigarh.
•Colonel Manpreet Singh commanded 19 Rashtriya Rifles and was killed on 13 September 2023 during an anti-terrorist operation at Gadole in the Kokernag area of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

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Dhiraj Bommadevara Becomes First Indian Man to Win Archery World Cup Final

•Dhiraj Bommadevara won the men's recurve title at the Archery World Cup Final 2026 in Saltillo, Mexico, on 13 September 2026.
•He beat Japan's Nakanishi Junya 6-5 in a shoot-off after the match was locked at 5-5, hitting a 10 to his opponent's 9.
•He is the first Indian man and only the second Indian after Dola Banerjee in 2007 to win an individual title at the season-ending World Cup Final.

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Ganges Grandmasters Win Maiden Global Chess League Title in Bengaluru

•Ganges Grandmasters beat defending champions Alpine APL Pipers 7-5 on aggregate to win their first Global Chess League title on 13 September 2026.
•The two-leg final was played at The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru; the first leg was drawn 3-3 and Ganges took the second 4-2.
•Ian Nepomniachtchi beat world number one Magnus Carlsen on the icon board and Stavroula Tsolakidou beat Koneru Humpy to seal the title.

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Ferry Carrying 243 Capsizes in Java Sea; Six Dead, 129 Missing

•The Indonesian ferry Virgo Transport 8 capsized in rough weather in the Java Sea early on 13 September 2026, with 243 people on board (213 passengers, 30 crew).
•It was sailing from Surabaya (East Java) to Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan, on Borneo) and overturned in the Masalembo waters, about 148 km from Banjarmasin.
•By 14 September, 108 people had been rescued, six bodies recovered and 129 were still missing.

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Ladakh Launches Project to Revive Shrinking Tso Kar Lake With Glacier Water

•Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena launched a project on 13 September 2026 to revive Tso Kar, a high-altitude salt lake in the Changthang region.
•Tso Kar has shrunk by almost 70% in a decade, from about 11,000 acres to about 3,200 acres.
•The plan diverts an average of 132 cusecs (about 320 million litres a day) of unused glacier water from the Rupsho Kharnak stream, 11 km away.

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PGIMS Rohtak Finds Celiac Disease Rising Among Adults, Often With Atypical Symptoms

•An analysis at PGIMS, Rohtak (Haryana) shows that celiac disease, long seen as a childhood disorder, is increasingly being diagnosed in adults and the elderly.
•Of more than 1,100 patients diagnosed there over the past decade, 540 (49%) are adults or elderly, and 330 (30%) came with atypical symptoms.
•The atypical symptoms include anaemia, infertility, neurological and psychiatric problems, dental defects and menstrual irregularities, which can delay diagnosis.

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India Secures 1.64 Million Tonne Annual Steel Quota Under India-EU FTA

•According to the draft India-EU Free Trade Agreement text, reported on 13 September 2026, the EU gives India country-specific tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) of 1,641,470 tonnes of steel a year.
•The quota has two parts: 946,616 tonnes under the MFN component and 694,853 tonnes under the FTA component.
•It matters because the EU's new Steel Regulation (in force since 1 July 2026) charges a 50% duty on steel imported outside the quotas. India exports about 4 million tonnes of steel a year to the EU.

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CAZRI Moth Bean Varieties Survive 35-Day Dry Spell in El Nino Kharif 2026

•Four moth bean varieties developed by ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur (CAZRI Moth-4, 5, 6 and 7) held up well during the El Nino-hit Kharif 2026 season.
•The crop survived a dry spell of about 35 days in Rajasthan (3 August - 7 September). Surface soil moisture fell from 15-16% to 5-6%.
•Moth-4 and Moth-5 were released in 2023, Moth-6 and Moth-7 in 2024, and Moth-8 and Moth-9 in 2025. Moth-10 and Moth-11 have been selected for release in 2026.

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Alexander Zverev Beats Ben Shelton to Win US Open 2026, His Second Major

•Germany's Alexander Zverev beat American Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 in the US Open 2026 men's singles final at Arthur Ashe Stadium on 13 September.
•It is Zverev's second Grand Slam title, after the French Open 2026. He lost the 2020 US Open final to Dominic Thiem.
•Zverev is the fourth man in the Open Era to win his first two majors in the same season, after Jimmy Connors, Guillermo Vilas and Jannik Sinner.

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India Beat Sri Lanka by 72 Runs to Win Record Eighth Women's Asia Cup

•India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the Women's T20 Asia Cup final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 13 September 2026.
•It is India's eighth Women's Asia Cup title overall and fourth in the T20 format. India went through the tournament unbeaten.
•India made 183/5 (Shafali Verma 68, Smriti Mandhana 59). Sri Lanka were bowled out for 111, with Shree Charani taking 4/20.

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India Win Both Junior Hockey Asia Cup Titles in Moqi, China

•India won both the men's and women's titles at the AHF Junior Asia Cup 2026 at the Moqi Training Base, China, with the finals played on 13 September.
•The men beat South Korea 4-1 for a record sixth title and their fourth in a row. Captain Anmol Ekka finished as top scorer with a record 17 goals.
•The women beat hosts China 1-0 through Sanika Chandrakant Mane's 17th-minute goal, completing a hat-trick of titles under captain Khaidem Shileima Chanu.

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18th BRICS Summit Ends in New Delhi; China Takes Over Chairship for 2027

•The 18th BRICS Summit ended at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 13 September 2026, and India handed the rotating chairship to China, which will host the 19th Summit in 2027.
•At the closing open session, PM Modi said that as BRICS enters its third decade the world expects 'concrete results, not just ideas and commitments'.
•He warned that the 'weaponisation of technology and critical minerals' could hinder shared progress, and called for resilient supply chains and wider access to technology for the Global South.

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New Clam Species Deltachion ravenshaw Found in Odisha's Devi Estuary

•Researchers have described a new clam species, Deltachion ravenshaw, from the sandy intertidal stretches of the Devi estuary in Puri district, Odisha.
•It belongs to the family Donacidae (wedge clams), a group of bivalve molluscs; the description appeared in the journal Basteria in 2026.
•Unusually, it was found in brackish estuarine water, though Deltachion species are generally marine.

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West Bengal to Bring a Tigress From Bihar's Valmiki to Revive Tigers in Buxa Tiger Reserve

•West Bengal's forest department plans to relocate a tigress from Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve to Buxa Tiger Reserve in Alipurduar district to revive its tiger population.
•Three young adult tigresses have been selected from 12 shortlisted; teams from Bengal and the Wildlife Institute of India are to travel to Valmiki, and 2 October has been set for bringing the tigress to Buxa.
•She will first be kept, radio-collared, in a 2.2-hectare enclosure; a female was preferred because males roam more widely in search of mates.

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Gujarat Action Plan for Great Indian Bustard Released; Grasslands and Project Cheetah Reviewed at Bhuj

•Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav reviewed Great Indian Bustard (GIB) conservation, grassland restoration and Project Cheetah at Bhuj, Kachchh, on 13 September 2026.
•He released the Gujarat Action Plan for GIB Conservation, prepared by the Wildlife Institute of India with the Gujarat Forest Department. Its target is a minimum viable population of more than 30 birds on 200-500 sq km of contiguous habitat.
•In a 'jump-start' trial at Naliya, infertile wild GIB eggs were replaced with viable captive-bred eggs. The chick from the second attempt has survived beyond its first three months in the wild.

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India Wins Both Junior Hockey Asia Cups: Men Take Sixth Title, Women Retain Crown

•The Prime Minister congratulated India's Junior Men's Hockey Team on winning the Asia Cup 2026 with a 4-1 win in the final, and the Junior Women's team on retaining their title unbeaten.
•The men beat Korea 4-1 for a record sixth title; the women beat China 1-0 for a third title in a row.
•Both teams qualified for their FIH Junior World Cups in 2027.

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Mangrove GIS Portal Launched at Bhuj; Gujarat Restores 27,652 ha Under MISHTI

•At a mangrove workshop in Bhuj, Kachchh, on 13 September 2026, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched the Mangrove GIS (MGIS) Portal and released the Mangroves Atlas of Gujarat.
•Under MISHTI, Gujarat has restored 27,652 ha against its 2023-27 target of 29,250 ha, including 12,450 ha in Kori Creek.
•The Guneri Inland Mangrove Village Biodiversity Management Committee was felicitated for its community-led conservation.

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PM Meets African Union Chair, Burundi's President; Early Convening of IAFS-IV Discussed

•PM Modi met Évariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi and Chairperson of the African Union, in New Delhi on 13 September 2026, on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit.
•They discussed convening the 4th India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-IV) soon, and recalled India's role in bringing the AU into the G20 in 2023.
•The AU Chair thanked India for its medical support to Africa CDC during the Ebola outbreak.

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PM Invites South Africa to Join International Big Cat Alliance, Citing Cheetah Translocation

•PM Modi met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in New Delhi on 13 September 2026, on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit.
•Citing the cheetahs moved from South Africa to India, the PM invited South Africa to consider joining the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA).
•The leaders reviewed the strategic partnership and agreed to coordinate closely in multilateral forums.

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Asiatic Society of Mumbai's Ganesh Gyanarthi Exhibition; Manuscripts to Link with Gyan Bharatam

•Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 'Ganesh Gyanarthi Exhibition' of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai on 13 September 2026.
•He urged the Society to link its manuscripts with the Gyan Bharatam National Manuscript Mission and gather manuscripts from villages across Maharashtra.
•The Society's rare holdings include Mahabharata illustrations, the Jain Kalpasutra and Buddhist texts.

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Philippines, 2026 ASEAN Chair, Decides to Join Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

•PM Modi met Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in New Delhi on 13 September 2026, on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit, which the Philippines attended as ASEAN chair.
•The Prime Minister welcomed the Philippines' decision to join the India-launched Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).
•Both sides will deepen ties under the Strategic Partnership set up in August 2025, including defence, space, railways and fintech.

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CEPI Board Meets in New Delhi; India Makes Nearly 60% of World's Vaccines

•The CEPI Board and Investors Council met in New Delhi, a decade after its last governance meeting in India; DBT and CEPI co-hosted a reception on 13 September 2026.
•India accounts for nearly 60% of global vaccine production, supplies over 100 countries and meets more than 65% of WHO's routine immunisation needs.
•The Ind-CEPI Mission, run by BIRAC and BRIC-THSTI, produced GEMCOVAC-19, India's first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

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BRICS New Delhi Declaration Welcomes Expert Working Group on Traditional Medicine

•The New Delhi Declaration of the 18th BRICS Summit welcomed the proposed BRICS Expert Working Group on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) under the BRICS Health Track.
•It calls for joint research on medicinal plants and herbal preparations, and treats BRICS members' shared traditional pharmacopoeias as a base for safe, affordable therapeutic products.
•It stresses quality, safety and efficacy through evidence-informed regulation, and links TCIM to Universal Health Coverage.

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CAZRI Moth Bean Varieties Withstand 35-Day Dry Spell in El Nino Kharif 2026

•Four CAZRI moth bean varieties (CAZRI Moth-4 to Moth-7) stayed green and podded through a ~35-day rainless spell (3 August-7 September) in the El Nino kharif of 2026.
•Their key trait is developmental plasticity: flowering at ~30 days, with growth and maturity adjusting to soil moisture.
•Seed is being multiplied to meet a SATHI Portal indent of 23.32 quintals for 2026.

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Senior Citizen Welfare: 142 New Homes Sanctioned, 23.93 Lakh Assistive Devices Distributed

•More than 2.88 lakh senior citizens have received shelter, food, healthcare, physiotherapy and recreation, and 142 new Senior Citizen Homes have been sanctioned.
•228 camps covered over 4.91 lakh beneficiaries; about 23.93 lakh free assistive devices went to BPL and low-income elderly.
•The Senior Citizens' Welfare Portal, launched by the President, serves as a one-stop information platform.

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NAMASTE Scheme: 90,942 Sewer Workers and 3.78 Lakh Waste Pickers Profiled

•Under NAMASTE, 90,942 sewer and septic tank workers have been profiled (89,248 validated), 87,037 given PPE kits and 76,247 covered by health insurance.
•An upfront capital subsidy of Rs 34.17 crore has gone to 983 sanitation workers for 364 vehicles; 753 safety devices were sent to Emergency Response Sanitation Units.
•Waste pickers were added to the scheme in June 2024: 3,78,547 profiled, 1,31,864 given PPE kits.

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Rail Freight Loading Up 5.4% in August 2026; Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals Reach 149

•Indian Railways loaded 137.9 million tonnes of freight in August 2026, up 5.4% from 130.9 MT in August 2025; freight revenue rose 6.27%.
•Five Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals were commissioned, taking the total to 149 as on 31 August 2026.
•Fourteen Amrit Bharat services were regularised, taking the total to 86; passengers carried rose to 67.27 crore.

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INS Kulish Calls at Cambodia's China-Upgraded Ream Naval Base on Eastern Fleet Deployment

•Indian Navy corvette INS Kulish arrived at Ream Naval Base, Cambodia, on 12 September 2026 as part of the Eastern Fleet's operational deployment.
•Ream, on the Gulf of Thailand near Sihanoukville, reopened in April 2025 after a China-funded upgrade; Cambodia says it is open to all friendly navies.
•The port call, with the Royal Cambodian Navy, is framed under the Act East Policy and the MAHASAGAR vision.

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Bairabi-Sairang Rail Line Completes One Year: 15 Lakh Passengers, 2,500 Freight Wagons to Mizoram

•The 51.38 km Bairabi-Sairang broad-gauge line in Mizoram, inaugurated by the Prime Minister on 13 September 2025, completed one year on 13 September 2026.
•Its trains - to Delhi (Rajdhani), Kolkata, Guwahati and Silchar - made over 1,100 trips and carried over 15 lakh passengers, earning Rs 54 crore in ticket sales.
•More than 2,500 freight wagons reached Sairang, about 70% of them construction material; tourism in Mizoram has grown over 86% since rail arrived.

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Dryland Congress 2026 Ends with Adoption of the Delhi Declaration on Drylands

•The three-day Dryland Congress 2026 in New Delhi, organised by ICAR and ICRISAT, closed on 12 September 2026 with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration on Drylands (3D).
•The closing day coincided with the UN Day for South-South Cooperation; the Congress theme was 'Transforming Dryland Agriculture with South-South Cooperation'.
•DARE Secretary Dr M.L. Jat proposed that ICAR-NIAP lead foresight work on dryland agriculture; the inaugural ISSCA Global Awards drew 170 nominations from 34 countries.

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Incentive Scheme for Domestic PNG Connections Rewards Gas Firms with Cheaper APM Gas

•The Incentive Scheme for Promotion of Domestic PNG Connections, launched on 18 August 2026 and in effect from 1 September 2026, rewards city gas companies for adding active, billed household connections.
•For every billed domestic connection above a fixed minimum per Geographical Area, a CGD entity gets an extra 200 SCM of low-priced domestic APM gas, replacing costlier LNG it buys for its CNG (Transport) segment.
•The payback period on a household connection is expected to fall from about ten years to nearly three; the scheme runs in two tranches over six months.

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