Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.
On 23 September 2026 the Ministry of External Affairs rejected references to India in the joint communique of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir. It said the OIC has no locus standi on matters internal to India and that J&K and Ladakh are an integral and inalienable part of India.
23 Sep 2026
The 7th High-Level Meeting of the OPEC-India Energy Dialogue was held in New Delhi on 22 September 2026, co-chaired by the Petroleum Minister and OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais. Talks covered oil market stability, energy security and timely investment. The dialogue began in 2015; the 8th meeting will be in Vienna.
22 Sep 2026
Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, launched on 23 September 2018, marked eight years in September 2026. It gives cashless hospital cover of up to ₹5 lakh per family a year. It has funded about 13.25 crore admissions worth ₹2.03 lakh crore, and over 48.51 crore people, about 33% of India, hold Ayushman cards.
22 Sep 2026
On 22 September 2026 President Droupadi Murmu presented the 72nd National Film Awards at Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Gujarat, near the Statue of Unity. She conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 on veteran actor Anant Nag for his contribution to Indian cinema. She asked that women be part of every regional jury.
22 Sep 2026
The National Single Window System (NSWS) turned five on 22 September 2026. Run by DPIIT, it lets investors find, apply for and track business approvals in one place. It offers over 327 Central and 3452 State approvals, gets over 3.06 lakh applications a year and has onboarded over 5.69 lakh business entities.
22 Sep 2026
On 22 September 2026 TRAI released the Telecom Consumer Protection (Thirteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2026. Operators must now offer voice-and-SMS-only Special Tariff Vouchers, at a lower tariff, for each validity of thirty days and less that they offer for data packs, so low-income users who do not need data can recharge cheaply.
22 Sep 2026
On 21 September 2026 MoSPI released "Sources and Methods for Compilation of National Accounts Statistics" for the new series with base year 2022-23. The series, India's eighth base-year revision, replaced the 2011-12 series on 27 February 2026 and was updated on 31 August 2026. The book explains the data, methods and concepts behind GDP.
21 Sep 2026
On 21 September 2026 the Health Ministry launched the 7th edition of the National Formulary of India, with 653 drugs, and announced that the Government has approved a Biovigilance Programme of India. Under it, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission will monitor adverse events linked to medicines and biological products used in organ and tissue transplantation.
21 Sep 2026
The Index of Core Industries grew 4.8% in August 2026 over August 2025, slightly below 5.0% in July (PIB, 21 September 2026). Cement grew 12.5% and electricity 11.6%, while coal, natural gas, crude oil and fertilizers shrank. Growth for April to August 2026 was 4.3%, up from 2.4% a year earlier. The index uses base year 2022-23.
21 Sep 2026
The 18th edition of the India-Mongolia joint military exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT began on 21 September 2026 at the Foreign Training Node, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, and runs to 3 October. It is an annual platoon-level exercise held in India and Mongolia by turns. Each side sends 45 personnel to train for counter-insurgency in semi-urban and mountainous terrain.
21 Sep 2026