Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
- On 15 September 2026, Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan, who is also President of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), addressed the 25th anniversary celebrations of ICWA as an Institution of National Importance at Sapru House, New Delhi.
- On 15 September 2026, Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 'SpeedSeed Phenotyping and Resource Optimization for Unified Trait Analysis' (SPROUT) facility at BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi.
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.
Sun, 13 Sept 2026
- On 13 September 2026, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav chaired a review of the Great Indian Bustard, grassland restoration and Project Cheetah at Bhuj, Kachchh, and released the Gujarat Action Plan for GIB Conservation.
- On 13 September 2026, India's junior women beat hosts China 1-0 and the junior men beat Korea 4-1 in the finals of the AHF Junior Asia Cup in Moqi, China, retaining both titles and qualifying for next year's FIH Junior World Cups.
- On 13 September 2026, India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the Women's Asia Cup final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium to win a record-extending eighth title, unbeaten through the tournament.
- On 13 September 2026, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched the Mangrove GIS (MGIS) Portal and released the Mangroves Atlas of Gujarat at a mangrove conservation workshop in Bhuj, Kachchh.
- On 13 September 2026, the Ministry of Railways marked one year of the 51.38 km Bairabi–Sairang railway line, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 13 September 2025, which brought Mizoram's capital region onto the national rail network.
- On 13 September 2026, the Ministry of Agriculture said four moth bean varieties developed by ICAR–CAZRI, Jodhpur, showed strong resilience during a 35-day dry spell in Kharif 2026, an El Niño year.
- On 13 September 2026, Union Minister Jitendra Singh, speaking at a reception for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) Board in New Delhi, said India is the world's largest vaccine producer and global supplier by volume.
- On 13 September 2026, Animal Husbandry Commissioner Dr. Naveena B. Maheswarappa of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) reviewed the Lumpy Skin Disease situation in Delhi with the Delhi government.
- On 13 September 2026, the Ministry of Coal said adequate coal has been made available to Punjab's thermal power plants, responding to media reports linking long power cuts in the State to coal shortages.
Sat, 12 Sept 2026
- On 12 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, their first meeting since Tianjin in August 2025.
- On 12 September 2026, leaders at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adopted the BRICS New Delhi Declaration under the theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability'.
- On 12 September 2026, the three-day Dryland Congress 2026, organised by ICAR and ICRISAT, concluded in New Delhi with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration on Drylands (3D).
- On 12 September 2026, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in New Delhi for the BRICS Summit, called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on his first visit to India.
- On 12 September 2026, Union Health Minister J P Nadda inaugurated 10 Critical Care Blocks and 12 Integrated Public Health Laboratories in Andhra Pradesh, in the presence of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
- On 12 September 2026, the 4th edition of the India–Malaysia bilateral naval exercise Samudra Laksamana, in which INS Mysore took part with the Royal Malaysian Navy at Lumut, Malaysia, concluded after four days.