Asia Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Fri, 11 Sept 2026
- On 11 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, their second meeting of the year after the SCO Summit in Bishkek.
- On 11 September 2026, the Health Ministry said more than 80 lakh HPV vaccine doses have been given under the National HPV Vaccination Campaign, with Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram reaching 100% coverage.
- On 11 September 2026, a three-day Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) table-top exercise on a coordinated response to illicit maritime activities in the Indian Ocean Region concluded at Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam.
- On 11 September 2026, Cochin Shipyard Ltd and Drydocks World, a DP World company, signed a 50:50 joint venture to operate and expand the International Ship Repair Facility (ISRF) in Kochi.
- On 11 September 2026, a Badri female calf was born through Ovum Pick-Up and In Vitro Fertilization (OPU-IVF), after a Badri embryo was transferred into a Sahiwal recipient cow.
- On 11 September 2026, the Ministry of Coal said the Tara (Revised) coal block in Chhattisgarh was auctioned in the 15th round of commercial coal mine auctions after the state confirmed it lies outside the Lemru Elephant Corridor.
- On 11 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi, noting that BRICS and its partners now form a family of 21 countries.
- On 11 September 2026, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal chaired the 2nd Governing Council meeting of the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) Society and reviewed progress at Lothal, Gujarat, where Phase 1A is about 82% complete.
- On 11 September 2026, Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan addressed a public function in Silvassa on his maiden visit to the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
- On 11 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New Delhi, where Guterres congratulated India on chairing BRICS for the fourth time.
- On 11 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Acharya Vinoba Bhave on his birth anniversary, recalling his call of 'Jai Jagat'.
Thu, 10 Sept 2026
- On 10 September 2026, the Department of Consumer Affairs notified the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) (Amendment) Rules, 2026, which take effect from 1 January 2027.
- On 10 September 2026, Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the Operational Guidelines for the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) 3.0, a ₹565.50 crore Central Sector Scheme for 2026–2031.
- By a notification dated 10 September 2026, the Centre appointed 1 October 2026 as the date from which the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026, replacing the 1891 law, will come into force.
- On 10 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the first International Space Summit in Paris, hosted at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, by video conference.
- On 10 September 2026, the National Statistics Office released, for the first time, district-level estimates for India's unincorporated non-agricultural sector, drawn from the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2025.
- On 10 September 2026, Digital Bharat Nidhi signed an agreement with the Jharkhand government, JDICL, BSNL and JCNL to implement the Amended BharatNet Program in Jharkhand, covering 4,395 gram panchayats.
- On 10 September 2026, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) reported seizing about 41 kg of foreign-origin gold worth around ₹62 crore in six intelligence-led operations, with 24 arrests including three foreign nationals.
- On 10 September 2026, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs held the first Regional Review Conference on implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in Bengaluru with the five southern States.
- On 10 September 2026, TRAI issued the Standards of Quality of Service (Duration of Advertisements in Television Channels) (Repealing) Regulations, 2026, repealing the 2012 regulations that enforced a 12-minute advertisement cap per clock hour.
- On 10 September 2026, the Department of Science and Technology reported a Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences study that used magnetic minerals in Bakhira Lake sediments in Uttar Pradesh to track monsoon changes over 25,000 years.
- On 10 September 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the third meeting of the Governing Body of the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in New Delhi.
Wed, 09 Sept 2026
- On 9 September 2026, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya in Colombo, where the two sides exchanged defence MoUs and inaugurated three Indian-built Bailey bridges.
- On 9 September 2026, the Ministry of Women and Child Development launched the 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah at Varanasi, a month-long nutrition Jan Andolan focused on dietary diversity, protein intake and hot cooked meals.
- On 9 September 2026, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved three railway multitracking projects costing ₹10,783 crore that will add about 656 km across 14 districts in five States.
- On 9 September 2026, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved five railway multitracking projects costing about ₹10,021 crore that will add about 540 km to the Indian Railways network across 17 districts in four southern States.
- On 9 September 2026, UIDAI launched an Aadhaar Face Authentication SDK and Sandbox at Global Fintech Fest 2026, letting apps run face authentication without switching to a separate app.
- From 9 to 22 September 2026, the Indian Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defence Force are holding the bilateral air exercise Veer Guardian-2026 at Air Force Station Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
- On 9 September 2026, India endorsed the Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security, announced on the sidelines of the G20 Innovation Ministerial at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, joining over 20 like-minded governments.
- On 9 September 2026, the 9th ASEAN–India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry in New Delhi, co-chaired by India and the Philippines, reaffirmed cooperation on food security and climate-resilient agriculture.