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Highlights of Current Affairs 5 September 2026
- Belgian PM Bart De Wever’s visit to India—the first in nearly two decades—resulted in a Letter of Intent on Defence Cooperation, a CBI-Belgian Federal Police security agreement, and a goal to double bilateral trade in five years.
- India and Belgium formalized the SFPIM–NIIF investment partnership and encouraged semiconductor collaboration between Indian firms and Belgium’s imec, alongside clean energy cooperation in green hydrogen and offshore wind.
- India’s data centre capacity has tripled since 2020 to about 1.5 GW (projected to reach 6.5 GW by 2030), raising concerns over water consumption (up to 358 billion litres annually by 2030) and localized heat effects from AI computing.
- India’s three-stage nuclear programme (PHWRs → Fast Breeder Reactors → Thorium-based reactors) aims for 100 GW capacity by 2047, backed by the new SHANTI Act, 2025, which allows greater private-sector participation.
- The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the 2024 Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards, honoring Baljeet Kaur, Skalzang Rigzin, Rimo Saha, and Shiv Prasad Chamoli for achievements in mountaineering and para-swimming.
- The Supreme Court directed Tamil Nadu to establish a navigation channel through territorial waters for purse seine fishing vessels heading to the EEZ, highlighting the Centre-State fisheries jurisdiction split (Union List Entry 57 vs State List Entry 21).
- The Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) upgraded India’s sovereign credit rating from ‘BBB+’ to ‘A-‘ with a stable outlook, citing strong growth, fiscal consolidation, and improved banking-sector health.
- The little-used constitutional provision allowing a “distinguished jurist” to be appointed as a Supreme Court judge under Article 124(3) has drawn attention, despite lacking any defined eligibility criteria for over seven decades.
- ISRO launched EOS-05 (formerly GISAT-1A) via GSLV-F17 into geosynchronous orbit, capable of revisiting priority targets every 5 minutes and imaging all of India within 30 minutes for agriculture, disaster management and security applications.
- PM Modi congratulated Kyrgyzstan on its Independence Day, and the Defence Ministry unveiled ‘RAKSHA’, a 10-year roadmap for expanding India’s international defence diplomacy partnerships.
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