UPSC Current Affairs September 2026 — PIB & The Hindu
All UPSC-relevant current affairs for September 2026, rated and summarised from PIB and The Hindu, with practice MCQs.
PIB press releases
- India’s Sovereign Credit Rating upgraded to 'A-' with Stable Outlook by Japan Credit Rating Agency
- Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 Notified: Major Step Towards “One Nation, One Time”
- Understanding Q1 2026-27 GDP Estimates
- Prime Minister participates in the 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
- Prime Minister congratulates the nation on achieving 7.8% GDP growth; highlights surging economic confidence
- India’s GDP Performance
- India-Belgium Joint Statement on the visit of the Prime Minister of Belgium to India
- India and Belgium call for deeper defence industrial collaboration to build stronger militaries through co-development & co-production
- Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh holds joint Round table with StartUps and Investors; Launches BIO-NIVESH to Catalyse Investment and Scale-Up of Biotechnology Innovations in India
- India’s Steel Sector Continues Positive Growth Trend in Apr–Aug 2026
- Decentralised Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector
- CCI directs Trustees’ Association of India, IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd, Axis Trustee Services and SBI CAP Trustee Company to cease and desist from anti-competitive conduct
- GIFT IFSC emerges as a strong and vibrant international banking hub, mobilises over $52.8 billion under RBI’s FCNR(B) Swap Facility, $11.62 bn in ECBs and $11.12 bn in bond listings by banks in IFSC exchanges
- Union Health Ministry Strengthens Allied and Healthcare Education and Professional Standards; UGC Notifies 33 New and Restructures 21 UG & PG Degrees Under NCAHP Regulatory Framework
- PM-AJAY Advances Integrated Development and Economic Empowerment of SC Communities; Adarsh Gram Details of PM-AJAY Available at https://pmagy.gov.in/
- Districts as Export Hubs
- Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Reviews Progress of Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana
- Ministry of Civil Aviation launches Hub & Spoke International Flight Operations from Ahmedabad
- DGFT Enables Automated Issuance of Free Sale and Commerce Certificates to Promote Ease of Doing Business
- Government reduces sugar stock holding limit for sugar dealers to 2,000 quintals from 15th September
- Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Launches the 5th Edition of ‘Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar 2026’ as a Nationwide People’s Movement for Ocean Conservation
- Dr. Jitendra Singh Calls for Wider Awareness about Rs 1 Lakh Crore RDI Fund Among Stakeholders to Ensure Right Beneficiaries Avail of Support
The Hindu
- SC orders oversight of Bar Council’s policy decisions
- Reducing India’s exposure to U.S. tariff risks
- Constitutional faultlines in FCRA Bill
- Can jurists be appointed as Supreme Court judges?
- Untouchability and the idea of ‘purity’
- Formulate rules for fishing vessel transit to EEZ, SC directs T.N.
- Allahabad HC quashes student’s NSA detention, calls case ‘concocted story’
- Legislative majority a key factor, Shinde faction argues in SC
- UN charts course on warming-limit breach
- Kapil Sibal seeks SC intervention over ‘bulk SIR deletions’
- SC seeks govt. explanation on IPS deputation in CAPFs
- HC dismisses plea challenging Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship
- A colonial gaze: how the British imagined Bastar and its people
- Karnataka Parks Bill to be reviewed again in Assembly, says CM
- All animals need equal consideration
- SC seeks Centre’s response on use of ‘totalisers’ in EVM vote counting
- Over 7,200 CBI cases under Prevention of Corruption Act pending trial, says CVC report
- Statistical Institute Bill referred to standing committee by Speaker
- HC seeks Centre’s reply on maternity policy for athletes
- GST revenue grows 14.8% in Aug. to nearly ₹2 lakh crore
- ‘CIE scheme to boost local making, cut import dependence’
- What does Thailand’s new amnesty Act cover?
- India’s data centre boom is colliding with its climate reality
- The need for political unity in Kashmir
- SC Collegium picks new Chief Justice for Rajasthan High Court
- SC raps probe agencies for ‘dragging feet’ in powerful persons’ cases
- After SC refusal to halt CJP march, police seek quashing of FIRs against protesters
- SC rejects petition for mandatory ethanol disclosure at pumps
- Jharkhand, Bihar sign pact on Sone water sharing
- Conman Sukesh gets 8-year jail term for posing as SC judge
- Govt. notifies ₹1.3 lakh-crore semicon scheme’s phase two
- AstroRad vest offers lighter shield against solar storms
- The broken promise of right to work
- Decoding Russia’s reliance on Indian petroleum products
- Bombay HC orders CBI investigation into death of celebrity manager Disha
- Maternity leave can’t lead to loss of role or career prospects, says Delhi HC
- Forex swap rakes in over $136 bn
- Consultations on for offshore wind tenders in TN: official
- HC seeks Centre, FSSAI’s reply in Fortune refined oil row
- India’s current account deficit widens to $4.2 bn in Q1 FY27
- UN report finds Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour
- Karnataka HC quashes land acquisition for KHB project
- V-dem’s democracy index rates India at its lowest since 1975
- Indian firm signs pact for co-production of U.S. missile
- Bill tabled in Assembly to set up commission to promote investments in Tamil Nadu
- ‘Early Harvest’ — larger but not necessarily safer
- Orthodoxy redux
- Many layers
- River-linking is not the solution
- Mental health must anchor public health
- 50 years ago: Tip-off leads to underground vault
- 100 years ago: Slavery in Burma frontier
- ‘Bihar’s concerns on Ganga treaty will be considered’
- SC orders oversight of Bar Council’s decisions
- Moving towards a universal vaccine against pneumonia and meningitis
- A look at Lionel Messi’s international career in the wake of the Argentine football legend’s retirement
- SCO must dismantle terror ecosystem: PM
- Bill seeks to do away with Collector’s nod for wetland development in non-planning areas
- The south’s muted voice as political power shifts north
- The two balance sheets behind every e-waste decision
- Do not gamble
- Endurance test
- Majority of India’s gig workers remain out of govt.’s reach
- The seemingly apolitical Gen Z youth
- 50 years ago: Synthetic blood protein
- 100 years ago: Theft in Darbhanga Maharaja’s palace
- Rahul should apologise for remarks on economy: BJP
- Journalist says police trying to identify his sources
- Chennai Port to push for more non-containerised cargo in bid to boost trade
- CWMA water-release order being enforced: Karnataka
- Political demography, the future of democracy
- The Baltic Way — Gandhi’s imprint on Baltic freedom
- Deadly span
- Step up regulation
- The battle within the BJP in Bengal
- 50 years ago: Efforts to improve life of Sikkim Lepchas
- 100 years ago: Marconi’s new invention
- Centre defers Census exercise in Manipur amid NRC demands
- India rejects Hague court’s Indus Waters Treaty ruling, says it has no jurisdiction
- Five-member NCLT Bench to hear Subhash Chandra case
- Avantel bags ₹118 crore contract from DRDO
- Magsaysay honour for Myanmar activist, Singapore lawyer, Bangladeshi aid giver
- What goes on behind the screen when you pay through UPI?