Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.
On 1 September 2026 the Ministry of Civil Aviation launched Hub and Spoke international flight operations from Ahmedabad, the third airport after Varanasi and Amritsar. Passengers now complete check-in, immigration and customs at Ahmedabad and connect at the Delhi hub without repeating formalities. The model is part of a strategy to make India an aviation hub by 2030.
1 Sep 2026
On 1 September 2026 the Central Adoption Resource Authority launched its Adoption Awareness 2026 theme: "Legal Adoption. Safe Childhood. Secure Future. Say No to Illegal Adoption!" State and UT workshops will run from September onwards instead of only in November, with a Delhi workshop on 10 September 2026 to explain the legal adoption process.
1 Sep 2026
The Prime Minister attended the 26th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on 31 August and 1 September 2026, the grouping's 25th anniversary year. He pressed for dialogue over war and no double standards on terrorism. The Bishkek Declaration includes Indian-backed items such as English as an official language in the SCO Charter.
1 Sep 2026
On 1 September 2026 Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma became the first non-medical woman officer in the Indian Defence Forces to attain the rank of Air Vice Marshal or equivalent. She took over as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Education) at Air Headquarters. Commissioned into the IAF Education Branch on 18 June 1994, she earlier commanded a Sainik School.
1 Sep 2026
On 1 September 2026 the Centre cut the stock holding limit for sugar dealers from 4,000 to 2,000 quintals, from 15 September to 30 November 2026, to curb hoarding and speculation. Dealers also cannot hold stock beyond 30 days. Kolkata and its metropolitan area keep the 4,000 quintal limit because they supply eastern and north-eastern India.
1 Sep 2026
On 31 August 2026 the Indian Navy commissioned INS Nipun, the second Diving Support Vessel of the Nistar class, at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. Designed and built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam, it supports saturation, air and heliox diving and submarine rescue. It will be based on the West Coast under the Western Naval Command.
31 Aug 2026
On 31 August 2026 the Prime Minister met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Bishkek on the margins of the 26th SCO Summit, their first meeting of the year. They welcomed the outcome of the 27th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission held in Moscow on 24 August 2026 and discussed BRICS, West Asia and the Black Sea.
31 Aug 2026
On 31 August 2026 MoSPI released GDP estimates for April to June 2026, the first quarter of 2026-27, on the new 2022-23 base. Real GDP grew 7.8 per cent to ₹81.36 lakh crore and nominal GDP 10.3 per cent to ₹88.27 lakh crore. Real GVA grew 8.2 per cent. The next estimate, for Q2, is due on 30 November 2026.
31 Aug 2026
On 30 August 2026 NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) signed a commercial agreement with Uzbekistan's National Interbank Processing Centre, operator of the HUMO payment system. Indian travellers can now scan Uzbekistan's national QR code, UZQR, with UPI apps to pay merchants. It was announced during the Prime Minister's visit to Uzbekistan.
31 Aug 2026
A PIB backgrounder of 31 August 2026 reviews the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems, approved in 2018 with ₹3,660 crore for nine years and run by DST. Its 25 Technology Innovation Hubs and 4 Technology Translation Research Parks have enabled 1,146 technologies, 1,136 start-ups and 5,824 fellowships, and it supports the BharatGen AI effort.
31 Aug 2026