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Highlights of September 3rd Week Current Affairs
- The CCEA fixed jute MSP at ₹5,925/quintal for 2026-27 (61.8% return over cost), with West Bengal producing over 80% of India’s jute in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta.
- India launched an Incentive Scheme for Domestic PNG Connections (effective September 1, 2026) offering CGD entities 200 SCM of additional cheaper APM gas per activated connection, cutting payback periods from 10 years to about 3.
- At the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, PM Modi warned against the “weaponisation” of technology and critical minerals, highlighting China’s dominance in processing over 90% of rare earths used in permanent magnets.
- The unanimously adopted BRICS New Delhi Declaration 2026 saw China and Russia back India and Brazil for greater UNSC roles, opposed carbon-linked trade barriers like CBAM, and passed BRICS chairmanship to China for 2027.
- A female Badri calf was born via OPU-IVF technology using a Badri embryo transferred into a Sahiwal surrogate cow, advancing assisted reproduction for indigenous Uttarakhand cattle breed conservation.
- Houthi forces seized Yemen’s Mokha Port and strategic Mayun (Perim) Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a chokepoint through which about 12% of global seaborne oil trade passes.
- The Colombo Security Conclave (originally a 2011 India-Sri Lanka-Maldives dialogue, now including Mauritius, Bangladesh and Seychelles) held a Table Top security exercise at India’s Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam.
- NASA’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured plasma vortices at solar granule boundaries caused by Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, which twist magnetic field lines and can trigger solar flares and CMEs.
- UNEP’s “Hidden Assets” report found South Asia bears the highest air-pollution economic burden globally (~10% of regional GDP), while global outdoor air pollution caused an estimated 6.4 million premature deaths in 2025.
- National Fluorosis Day (September 9) highlighted that fluoride exceeded safe limits (1.5 mg/L) in 9.04% of India’s groundwater samples per CGWB 2024 data, with Rajasthan recording the highest contamination.
- The New Development Bank (BRICS Bank), headquartered in Shanghai with regional offices including Ahmedabad, aims for 30% local-currency financing and 40% climate-focused financing under its 2022-2026 strategy.
- September 14, 1949’s adoption of the Munshi-Ayyangar Formula (now marked as Hindi Diwas) gave Hindi a 15-year transitional period while preserving English and recognizing 14 other Eighth Schedule languages.
- India’s counter-terrorism strategy has evolved through phases from “Reactive Restraint” (1990s-2008) to today’s “Strategic Codification” era, marked by the new PRAHAAR policy framework and NATGRID intelligence-sharing platform.
- SAWEN’s first General Assembly in Kathmandu adopted the Kathmandu Declaration and a 2026-2030 Implementation Plan to combat wildlife trafficking as organized crime across eight South Asian nations.
- The BRICS Photovoltaic Industry Action Plan, adopted in Jaipur, supports India’s solar manufacturing growth from 2.3 GW (2014) to about 172 GW (March 2026), though wafer manufacturing remains import-dependent.
- India overtook Russia to become the world’s 4th-largest forex reserve holder at $785.71 billion, behind China, Japan and Switzerland.
- India and MERCOSUR signed a First Additional Protocol to their 2004 PTA, legally recognizing electronic Certificates of Origin to support paperless trade.
- Copper prices hit record highs, reinforcing its “Dr. Copper” status as an economic indicator, with Chile as the top global producer and Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand leading Indian production.
- National Engineers’ Day (September 15) marked Sir M. Visvesvaraya’s 165th birth anniversary, honoring his work on the KRS Dam and patented automatic weir floodgates first installed at Khadakwasla Reservoir in 1903.
- DRI’s “Operation Deep Manifest” seized over 362 MT of Pakistan-origin dry dates smuggled via third-country routes, while PM Modi gifted Putin a Russian translation of the Thirukkural ahead of the BRICS Summit.
- The 1951 Refugee Convention marked its 75th anniversary; India remains a non-signatory to both the Convention and its 1967 Protocol, though 149 states are parties.
- NPCI introduced a revised UPI Merchant Discount Rate framework effective October 15, 2026, keeping P2M transactions under ₹2,000 MDR-free while imposing 0.4% MDR on larger transactions (capped at ₹300 for ₹75,000+).
- IBBI proposed stronger safeguards for personal guarantor insolvency under IBC, including mandatory asset valuation, restrictions on related-party creditor voting, and enhanced scrutiny of preferential/undervalued transactions.
- Meta announced it will directly report child safety matters to India’s Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), strengthening coordinated enforcement against online crimes targeting children.
- India set a Guinness World Record for the longest steel-slag road (1.85 km, four-lane) in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, cutting construction costs by ~40% while promoting a circular economy approach.
- World Ozone Day 2026 marked 10 years since the Kigali Amendment, which mandates HFC phase-down and could prevent up to 0.5°C of warming by 2100; full ozone recovery is projected by 2066 over Antarctica.
- Samvatsari, the holiest day in the Jain calendar and culmination of Paryushana Parva, was observed as a day of forgiveness, non-violence and compassion.
- Nuakhai, a harvest festival with tribal roots institutionalized in the 14th century by Raja Ramai Deo, is celebrated across Western Odisha, southern Chhattisgarh and parts of Jharkhand.
- Russia unveiled the S-71K Kovyor, a stealth air-launched cruise missile for the Su-57E fighter with a 300-350 km range, amid discussions on Su-57 technology transfer and joint manufacturing with India.
- In the Lalit Kumar Jain v. Union of India (2021) precedent underpinning current IBC reforms, the Supreme Court held that a corporate debtor’s resolution plan approval does not automatically discharge personal guarantors from liability.
- India invoked Article 10 of the 1991 India-Pakistan Advance Notice Agreement (requiring 3 nautical mile naval separation) after PNS Hunain collided with an Indian Navy warship in the North Arabian Sea.
- NITI Aayog’s second India Electric Mobility Index showed EV sales rose from 0.5% (2018) to 8.25% of total sales (2025-26), with public charging stations growing from ~5,151 (Dec 2022) to over 29,000 (June 2025).
- The US’s first public admission of space-based weapons spotlighted gaps in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which bars WMDs in orbit but doesn’t comprehensively prohibit conventional space weapons or ASAT systems.
- MoEFCC launched India’s Net Zero Portal (for voluntary corporate GHG disclosure) and the NAPCC Dashboard to track national climate mission implementation.
- The Cabinet raised the EPFO mandatory wage ceiling from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000/month — the first change since 2014 — extending EPF, EPS and EDLI coverage to over 51 lakh additional workers.
- Six states signed an MoA reviving the 80-year-delayed Kishau Multipurpose Project on the Tons River (Yamuna’s largest tributary), featuring a 232.6m dam with 422 MW capacity and irrigation for ~97,000 hectares.
- The RGI will retain unchanged 1981-era Census Town criteria (population 5,000+, 75% non-agricultural male workforce, density 400/sq km) for Census 2027, despite EAC-PM estimates suggesting real urbanization may be as high as 63%.
- Kannada actor Anant Nag received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2024, becoming only the second Kannada actor after Dr. Rajkumar (1995) to win India’s highest cinema honor.
- CRPF officer Sanjukta Parashar, known as the “Iron Lady of Assam,” became the first woman to head the elite jungle-warfare unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action).
- Oman invited Indian investment in Sohar Port, a deep-sea port outside the Strait of Hormuz that offers India an alternative logistics route to Gulf energy resources without transiting the strategic chokepoint.
- Concerns over misuse of BNS Section 299 (criminalizing malicious religious insult) have resurfaced, with courts like in Imran Pratapgadhi v. Gujarat (2025) stressing that police must assess context before proceeding in speech-related cases.
- India rejected the newly operationalized Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission, reaffirming it does not recognize the 1963 China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement that ceded the Shaksgam Valley to China.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced NDA-ruled states would work toward implementing a Uniform Civil Code before the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, building on Uttarakhand’s UCC (effective January 2025).
- CBIC marked 10 years of its Authorised Economic Operator Programme, with 5,967 certified entities and Mutual Recognition Arrangements with the US, South Korea and Taiwan to speed up customs clearance.
- India inaugurated its 51st Doppler Weather Radar in Odisha under Mission Mausam (launched 2024), part of efforts to make India “Weather Ready” and “Climate Smart.”
- India retained 131st rank (of 145) in the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Index 2026 with 64.5% parity, scoring high on education (96.6%) but low on political empowerment (24.5%); Iceland topped the list at 93%.
- Tamil Nadu marked the 147th birth anniversary of E.V. Ramasamy Periyar, founder of the Self-Respect Movement and the Dravidar Kazhagam, known for his anti-caste and rationalist reforms.
- The government’s 17 September Hyderabad Liberation Day marks Operation Polo (1948), which ended the Nizam’s rule and integrated Hyderabad State into India.
- DRDO developed indigenous Gallium Nitride (GaN)-on-Silicon Carbide semiconductor technology for AESA radars and electronic warfare systems, placing India among just seven countries with this capability.
- The Health Ministry proposed amendments to the Drugs Rules, 1945 to tighten oversight of Schedule H, H1 and X prescription medicines, aiming to curb unauthorized sales and address antimicrobial resistance concerns.
- India launched an indigenous Life Cycle Assessment framework with a GHG calculator (developed by IISc, IIT Madras, IIT-BHU) to help Urban Local Bodies scientifically select solid waste management technologies.
- The Antarctic ozone hole expanded to ~25 million sq km in 2026 (5 million above average) per Copernicus (CAMS), attributed to extreme stratospheric cold rather than a reversal of the Montreal Protocol’s ozone recovery trend.
- Spanish paleontologists discovered ~150-million-year-old Diplodocus fossils in Teruel, Spain — the first outside North America — suggesting temporary land bridges once linked the continents in the Late Jurassic.
- PMAY-U and PMAY-U 2.0 together delivered over one crore pucca houses; the second phase (2024-2029) targets an additional 1 crore families with up to ₹2.5 lakh assistance per unit.
- PM Vishwakarma Scheme hit its 30 lakh registration target within three years, with an IIM Mumbai evaluation finding 93% of beneficiaries reported income gains after training across its 18 covered trades.
- India hosted the 10th World Circular Economy Forum 2026 in Gandhinagar — the first WCEF held in South Asia — jointly organized by Finland’s Sitra and India’s CPCB.
- Djibouti became the 72nd country (8th African nation) to sign the Artemis Accords, the non-binding US-led framework for peaceful space exploration that India joined in 2023.
- The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague convicted former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi and three ex-KLA leaders of war crimes from the 1998-99 conflict, sentencing Thaçi to 25 years; India does not recognize Kosovo’s independence.
- New Zealand passed legislation implementing its April 2026 FTA with India, under which ~95% of NZ exports to India get tariff cuts while all Indian goods gain duty-free access to New Zealand.
- India’s first soil-carbon payments were released under the “Aadi” programme (led by Grow Indigo with ICAR guidance) to 2,550 Punjab and Haryana farmers who adopted Direct Seeded Rice and reduced tillage practices.
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