Current Affairs One-liners — 14 September 2026
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
- On 14 September 2026, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav visited the Great Indian Bustard habitat at Naliya in Gujarat's Kachchh district, inaugurated a GIB Soft Release Centre and the Sayara Van Kavach, and reviewed mangrove work at Jakhau.
- On 14 September 2026, the National Statistics Office (NSO) under MoSPI released the Consumer Price Index for August 2026, showing year-on-year retail inflation of 4.82% (provisional), up from 4.45% in July.
- On 14 September 2026, India and MERCOSUR signed the First Additional Protocol to their Preferential Trade Agreement to accept electronic Certificates of Origin, and announced negotiations to expand the agreement.
- On 14 September 2026, the Department of Science and Technology said researchers at JNCASR, Bengaluru, found an unusual wave-like heat transport regime in the copper chalcogenide thallium copper selenide (TlCu5Se3).
- On 14 September 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was chief guest at the Hindi Diwas 2026 celebrations and the 6th All India Official Language Conference in Mumbai, attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
- On 14 September 2026, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry released provisional Wholesale Price Index (base year 2022-23) data showing wholesale inflation of 9.92% in August 2026, up from 9.78% in July.
- On 14 September 2026, the Ministry of Power announced approval for exporting electricity to the Nepal Electricity Authority for 18 hours a day from 13 September to 31 December 2026, after floods damaged Nepal's hydropower plants.
- On 14 September 2026, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said it had seized more than 362 metric tonnes of Pakistan-origin dry dates in 13 containers at CFS Ambad, Nashik, under 'Operation Deep Manifest'.
- On 14 September 2026, Social Justice and Empowerment Secretary Sudhansh Pant said the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) has reached 34.54 crore people, including over 13.70 crore youth and 10.64 crore women.
- On 14 September 2026, Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit inaugurated the first Indian Air Force Dronathon-2026 at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
- On 14 September 2026, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs highlighted Kerala's Student Green Brigade Scholarship – EcoSense, which is giving scholarships to 45,880 students under Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban 2.0.
- On 14 September 2026, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar began a three-day visit to Bhutan, meeting the King of Bhutan in Thimphu.
- On 14 September 2026, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said it plans to upgrade the 1033 National Highway Helpline with Artificial Intelligence, real-time location tracking and smart emergency-response systems.