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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

Mann Ki Baat (138th episode): PM urges census self-registration, marks Ashok Singhal's birth centenary

In the 138th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 27 September 2026, PM Narendra Modi said the first phase of the census is nearly complete, with data of over 32 crore families recorded, and urged people to self-register on the census portal.

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🎓 Education, Health & Society 📍 Kerala

Vice-President attends Vishwa Seva Dinam at Amritapuri on Mata Amritanandamayi's 73rd birthday; hands over ₹2 crore for Nepal flood relief

On 27 September 2026 Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan attended the Vishwa Seva Dinam celebrations at Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Amritapuri, Kollam (Kerala), marking Mata Amritanandamayi Devi's 73rd birthday.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 India

PM Modi pays tribute to Acharya Vinoba Bhave on his Jayanti, recalls his call of 'Jai Jagat'

On 11 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Acharya Vinoba Bhave on his birth anniversary, recalling his call of 'Jai Jagat'.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Assam Important

PM Modi pays tribute to Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika on his 100th birth anniversary

On 8 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Dr Bhupen Hazarika on his 100th birth anniversary and recalled attending the start of the birth centenary celebrations in Guwahati a year earlier.

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🎓 Education 📍 Delhi Must know

President Murmu confers National Teachers Awards 2026 on 82 educators

On Teachers' Day, 5 September 2026, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers Awards on 82 teachers, faculty members and skill trainers in New Delhi.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Tamil Nadu

Vice President releases postage stamp on 75 years of Dinamalar

On 5 September 2026, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan released a commemorative postage stamp in Chennai marking 75 years of the Tamil daily Dinamalar.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 Thailand Must know

India's Vinaya Prakash Singh re-elected APPU Secretary-General unopposed

On 4 September 2026, Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh of the Indian Postal Service was re-elected unopposed as Secretary-General of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union at its 14th Congress in Bangkok.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Delhi Important

India wins best-ever 9 medals at 19th International Earth Science Olympiad

On 4 September 2026, Union Minister Jitendra Singh felicitated India's school team that won a best-ever 9 medals (4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze) at the 19th International Earth Science Olympiad in Turin, Italy.

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🌐 International Relations 📍 Italy

PM Modi congratulates Giorgia Meloni on becoming Italy's longest continuously serving postwar PM

On 4 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on becoming the longest continuously serving Prime Minister in Italy's postwar history.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 West Bengal

PM Modi pays tribute to Mahanayak Uttam Kumar on birth centenary

On 3 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to legendary Bengali actor 'Mahanayak' Uttam Kumar on his birth centenary.

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Sun, 27 Sept 2026

Mann Ki Baat (138th episode): PM urges census self-registration, marks Ashok Singhal's birth centenary

Vice-President attends Vishwa Seva Dinam at Amritapuri on Mata Amritanandamayi's 73rd birthday; hands over ₹2 crore for Nepal flood relief

Fri, 11 Sept 2026

PM Modi pays tribute to Acharya Vinoba Bhave on his Jayanti, recalls his call of 'Jai Jagat'

Tue, 08 Sept 2026