Current affairs grouped by GS paper (filter view; topic-level grouping uses syllabus_topic).
The 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AIMMAF) was held in New Delhi on 9 September 2026, co-chaired by the Philippines and India. It reviewed the 2021 to 2025 plan of action and looked forward to a new ASEAN-India Medium-Term Plan of Action for 2026 to 2030 with four areas. The 10th meeting will be in 2028.
10 Sep 2026
On 10 September 2026 the Rural Development Minister launched operational guidelines for DILRMP 3.0, a central sector scheme of ₹565.50 crore for 2026 to 2031. It will build a GIS-based Land Stack, give every land parcel a 14-digit Bhu-Aadhaar (ULPIN) and turn 75 high-footfall sub-registrar offices into Registration Seva Kendras.
10 Sep 2026
On 10 September 2026 the Department of Consumer Affairs amended the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020. The new rules make every e-commerce entity join the National Consumer Helpline convergence process, label sponsored listings, show a fair "prior price" for discounts and self-audit for dark patterns. They come into force on 1 January 2027.
10 Sep 2026
On 10 September 2026 the Ministry of Tribal Affairs held its first regional FRA review at Bengaluru with Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. By 30 June 2026, over 54 lakh individual claims had been received nationally, about 25.42 lakh titles given, over 10 lakh claims were pending and 19,845 Community Forest Rights recognised.
10 Sep 2026
A study by the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, reported by DST on 10 September 2026, measured magnetic minerals in sediments of Bakhira Lake in Sant Kabir Nagar, UP, to track 25,000 years of Indian Summer Monsoon change. Bakhira is an oxbow wetland of the Rapti and a Ramsar site since 2022. The record can improve monsoon models.
10 Sep 2026
On 10 September 2026 the NSO released, for the first time, district-level estimates for India's unincorporated non-agricultural sector from ASUSE 2025, for 757 of 770 districts. The top 50 districts hold nearly one-third of establishments, workers and GVA, women form one-third of the workforce in 237 districts, and 280 districts beat the all-India GVA per worker.
10 Sep 2026
On 9 September 2026 UIDAI launched an Aadhaar Face Authentication SDK and a testing Sandbox at the Global Fintech Fest 2026. The SDK puts face authentication inside a bank or fintech's own Android or iOS app, so users no longer need the separate FaceRD app. Face authentication, launched in 2021, has handled over 500 crore transactions.
9 Sep 2026
On 9 September 2026 the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved five Railway multitracking projects costing about ₹10,021 crore. They cover 17 districts in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, add about 540 km to the network and are planned for completion by 2029-30. They will add freight capacity of 47 million tonnes a year.
9 Sep 2026
On 9 September 2026 India said it had endorsed the Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security, joining over 20 like-minded governments, including the US, Japan, Korea and the UK, committed to open, interoperable, secure and resilient next-generation networks. It was announced at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in North Carolina. The Department of Telecommunications will lead India's follow-up.
9 Sep 2026
On 9 September 2026 ORV Sagar Manthan, an ocean research vessel designed and built by GRSE for the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, was launched at Kolkata. Built at about ₹840 crore under the Deep Ocean Mission, it will work even in the Southern Ocean, has a 30-year design life and will replace the 43-year-old ORV Sagar Kanya.
9 Sep 2026