tempo

ISRO and France's CNES to launch which joint mission?

TRISHNA Mission

• Launch Target: 2027 aboard India's PSLV rocket
• Thermal Infrared (TIR) Payload - by CNES to map land surface temperature and emissivity with high resolution

4th Samudra Laksman exercise held between?

Indian and Malaysian

• at Lumut, Malaysia
• Harimau Shakti (Army) - Dec. 2025
• Udara Shakti (Air Force) - Subang Air Base in Malaysia, in Aug 2026

Mascot of 20th Asian Games Aichi–Nagoya 2026 is?

Honohon

• a tiger-fish inspired by the guardian deity Shachihoko and athlete passion

Global Dryland Congress 2026 begins in?

New Delhi

• National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC) in New Delhi
• Marking 50 years of the ICAR–ICRISAT partnership
• Theme - Transforming Dryland Agriculture with South-South Cooperation

PM-SETU scheme approved Strategic Investment Plans worth?

₹735.70 crore

• for three ITI clusters
• in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Telangana
• Total Reached ₹2,171 crore across 9 ITI clusters nationwide

The Defence Research and Development Organisation has launched?

SHIELD program

• uses Gallium Nitride (GaN)
• high-power microwave weapon
• helping counter drone swarms and electronic warfare threat

The Mukhyamantri Yuva Bhavishya Nirman Yojana lauched in?

Uttarakhand

• provides free online coaching for competitive exams
• Partner: StudyIQ Education Pvt. Ltd.

Gramanubhava (Rural Experience) scheme has been launched in

Karnataka

• to provide urban school students with first-hand exposure to village life, agriculture, and rural traditions
• project covers urban PM SHRI and Karnataka Public Schools (KPS)

Who has won the title of the recently held Duleep Trophy 2026-2027?

East Zone

• Captained by Ishan Kishan
• Scored 270 in final vs Tilak Varma-led South Zone

Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK)?

Bhagwat Prasad Makwana

• NCSK - 1994
• Investigating the specific socio-economic conditions of Safai Karamcharis (sanitation workers)

Which institution ranked first in India in the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking 2026?

IIM Bangalore

• Global Rank: 21st worldwide
• A record 14 Indian business schools featured in the global top 100

Who won gold medal at the World Archery Para Series 2026 Stage III?

Sheetal Devi

• in Women's Individual Compound
• held at Ahmedabad Gujarat

Where was the 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry held?

New Delhi, India

• September 8–9
• Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan - Agriculture and Farmer welfare

Who was honoured with the Commonwealth Public Leadership Award?

Eknath Shinde

• Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister
• at British Parliament (House of Lords), London, United Kingdom

NIT Rourkela, ISRO-NRSC, and the Tea Board of India have signed MoU for?

CHAAYANKAN

• AI-based tea monitoring project
• three-year project
• Uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to map tea gardens, monitor crop health, of Tea crops

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed which Article for Ladakh?

Article 371(K)

• aims to set up a directly elected Union Territory-level governing body chosen by the people of Ladakh

Akasa Air successfully operated its first commercial flight using which blend fuel?

SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel)

• sourced from BPCL
• turbine fuel blended with 1% SAF
• India ambitious 5% SAF blending mandate by 2030

Which state approved the 500 crore Chief Minister's Startup and NIPUN Mission?

Chhattisgarh

• New Age Industrial Preparedness for Upskilling New Generation Youth (NIPUN)
• 100 Emerging Technology Labs will focus on Artificial Intelligence

Where did Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched the One Tag?

Mumbai

• at the Global Fintech Fest 2026
• Motorists can switch their issuer bank while keeping the same physical FASTag sticker

First Indian startup to secure a US patent for satellite imaging technology?

GalaxEye

• for world’s first operational OptoSAR satellite
• GalaxEye launched Drishti aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in May 2026

Who set a new Indian National Record for the men's hammer throw?

Nirbhay Choudhary

• 71.02-meter throw
• Tanya Chaudhary - 68.35 (NR for women)
• Indian Athletics Series Final 2026 - New Delhi (3-10 Sep.)

The book Aparajita, launched in September 2026, is the Hindi edition which memoir?

Indomitable

• :A Working Woman's Notes on Work, Life, and Leadership
• by Arundhati Bhattacharya - former State Bank of India (SBI) Chairperson
• first women chairman of SBI

6th All India Official Language Conference will be held in?

Mumbai

• on the occasion of National Hindi Diwas
• 14 sep 2026

Colombo Security Conclave table-top exercise held at?

Visakhapatnam

• Eastern Naval Command
• 9 to 11 Sep.

Which Railway zone recently achieved 100% electrification?

Southern Railway

• sep 2026
• 16 zones out of 18 have achieved 100% electrification

The 79th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia took place in?

Dili, Timor-Leste

• Dili Declaration: on Human Resources for Health: Equity in Specialized Care

Karnataka's Upper Bhadra Project completed after how many years?

50 years

• Bhadra Reservoir 3 TMC water reached Chitradurga's Gonur lake

Who is establishing India's first dedicated drone-testing facility?

Karnataka

• in Chikkaballapur district
• under the Karnataka Aerospace Policy 2026-31

Which is top state in India for blood donation?

Haryana

• based on blood donation per million population
• for the third consecutive year

Who won the singles title at US Open 2026?

Alexander Zverev - Men's Category

• Elena Rybakina - Women's Category

Inaugural edition of the International Space Summit been held in?

Paris, France

• ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan Joined it
• Focused on space sustainability, reducing space debris, space security and defense

Who has become the first female officer from Kargil district to join the Indian Army?

Stanzin Tsangyang

The second Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC-2026) will be held at?

Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi

• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) alongside 13 government ministries

Which state led the National HPV Vaccination Campaign?

Uttar Pradesh

• vaccinating more than 22 lakh adolescent girls
• started in Ajmer in feb 2026

What is HDFC Bank's rank in the Forbes-Statista World's Top Performing Banks 2026 ranking?

3rd

• Only bank from india to be in top10

10th World Circular Economy Forum 2026 will be held in?

Gandhinagar

• 15-18 Sep. 2026
• Circular Economy: Transition for People and Prosperity

First woman officer to serve as an Aide-de-Camp (ADC)?

Major Navya Shekhawat

• ADC to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu

India won the Women's Asia Cup 2026 title for a record?

8th time

• after defeating Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final
• Shafali Verma - 236 runs
• Deepti Sharma - 14 wickets

Rajbhasha Gaurav and Rajbhasha Kirti Award 2025-26 took place at?

Mumbai

• during language conference 14 sep.
• Girish Ranjan Tiwari - Gaurav Award
• Ministry of defence - Kirti Award for 300+
• department of finance - Kirti Award for (less than 300 employee)

First Indian male to win gold at Archery World Cup?

Dhiraj Bommadevara

• Hyundai Archery World Cup 2026 - Mexico

India set a Guinness World Record for the world's longest steel slag road at?

Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

• 1.85 kilometers long

Where will the second season of the Archery Premier League (APL) 2026 be hosted?

Hyderabad

• October 8 to October 18, 2026
• 48 archers total, including 36 Indian archers and 12 international stars from 10 countries
• Six mixed-gender franchise teams competing in Recurve and Compound

Who was Padma Shri awardee Solomon Pappaiah?

Tamil Actor

• passed away at the age of 90

In which state will DRDO's new testing center be developed?

West Bengal

• The site spans 8.73 acres along the Bay of Bengal

By which year has India set a target to make all toll plazas in India barrier-free?

March 2027

• MLFF Model: The Multi-Lane Free Flow system lets cars drive through at normal speeds

In September 2026, What position has India reached in terms of foreign exchange reserves?

4th

• overtaking Russia
• a record high of $785.7 billion
• now trails only China, Japan, and Switzerland

The 18th BRICS Summit concluded in New Delhi on September 12–13, 2026

• Official Theme: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability
• 4th time India hosting (2012, 2016(Goa), 2021)
• 2027 - China Host

India's experimental artificial sun facility is located at?

Institute for Plasma Research

• Gandhinagar, Gujarat
• nuclear fusion device - tokamak
• Steady State Superconducting Tokamak (SST-1)
• 82.6 GHz, 400 kW gyrotron

What is Kishau Multipurpose Project?

422 MW (660 MW) dam project

• on the Tons River
• Signed by Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh

The Indian Air Force's first Dronathon-2026 was held at?

Pokhran Field, Jaisalmer

• To boost indigenous defense technology
• Vayu UTtaM - an indigenous multi-mode Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system (for civil and military drones)

The Supreme Court of India announced the launch of?

Jan Soochna Seva

• a public information service in Hindi
• on 14 Sep (Hindi Diwas)
• Aims to bridge the gap between complex legal jargon and common citizens

Who won NETPAC Award at 83rd Venice International Film Festival?

Anuparna Roy

• For the Film Lovers in the Blue Night
• given to Asian directors

Who announced The Seva Sankalp Abhiyan?

Amit Shah

• Sep 17 to Oct 17
• Modi's 76th birthday (September 17)
• Modi Gujarat's CM on Oct 7, 2001 ( 25 years complete)
• Seva Diwas (Sep-17) (blood donation camps)
• Seva Pakhwada (Sep17–Oct2) A 15-day intensive service for cleanliness

Who won two Emmy awards in a single night for first time?

Matthew Rhys

• for lead actor in short and comedy series
• Drama Series: The Pitt
• Lead Actor: Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
• Lead Actress: Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)

Which book did Modi gift to Putin at the 2026 BRICS Summit?

Thirukkural

• Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar, over 2,000 years ago

India's rank in Global Gender Gap Index 2026?

131st out of 145

• Iceland ranks first

NITI Aayog's India Electric Mobility Index 2025?

• 1st Place: Delhi (Score: 84)
• 2nd Place: Maharashtra (Score: 78)
• 3rd Place: Karnataka (Score: 73)

Who will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2024?

Anant Nag

• Kannada film actor
• 72nd National Film awards (Ekta Nagar)
• Article 370, Kartik, Yami Gupta

Net Zero Portal and the NAPCC Dashboard were unveiled in?

Mumbai

• Unveiled by Kirti Vardhan Singh (Union minister of states for Enviro.)
• On Sep 16 - World Ozone Day
• NPACC - National Action Plan on Climate Change

Who has became the first female Inspector General of the CRPF's CoBRA unit?

IPS Sanjukta Parashar

• CoBRA is a specialized 10-battalion jungle-warfare unit of CRPF
• raised to tackle Left Wing Extremism and insurgency

Who will receive the Guru Dr. Saroja Vaidyanathan Excellence Award 2026?

Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy

• Renowned Bharatanatyam artist
• Organizer - Nataraj Music & Dance Academy (NMDA)

India and Vietnam agreed to observe the year 2027 as the Year of India-Vietnam?

Friendship

• during the 19th India-Vietnam Joint Commission Meeting in New Delhi

What is the financial outlay for PM Vishwakarma Yojana from the financial year 2023-24 to 2027-28?

13000 crore

• Target - Traditional artisans and craftspeople across 18 trades
• launched in 17 Sep. 2023

Chairman of 10-member Task Force to bring back Formula 1 racing back to India by 2028?

Yugal Kishore Joshi

• Announced by Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
• Last F1 race held in Noida 2013

Ladakh's first Heritage Village?

Kumik Village,

• at high-altitude of Zanskar Valley
• declared by Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh - Vinai Kumar Saxena
• coincide with the launch of the Ladakh Zanskar Festival 2026

Who has won Season 4 of the Global Chess League?

The Ganges Grandmasters

• held at Bengaluru
• Player of the Tournament - Stavroula Tsolakidou

Who won the Spanish grand prix 2026?

Andrea Kimi Antonelli

• Mercedes
• Max Verstappen 2nd

Who has become the first Indian to score century in t20i?

Abhishek Sharma

• in 30 balls

• vs Afghanistan

India's total cheetah count stands at as of September 2026?

52

• Kuno National Park (MP) 49
• Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary (MP) 3
• according to the four-year status review of Project Cheetah
• 4 years completed (17 sep. 2022)

Who has become First Indian-American to win Arthur M. Bueche Award?

Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan

• Award is given to only US citizen for Science and Technology

India will implement how much Merchant Discount Rate (MDR)?

0.4%

• person to merchant (P2M) UPI payments
• exceeding ₹2,000
• starting from 15 October 2026
• flat 5₹ charge in Railway, Agri., Fuel, Insurance instead of 0.4% MDR

The Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign 2026 is being observed from?

Sept 17 to Oct 17

• Swachhata Mein Sahbhag; Swachh Bharat, Viksit Bharat

The 43rd Indian Coast Guard Commanders Conference held in?

New Delhi

• India is set to host the 5th Coast Guard Global Summit (CGGS) in February 2027
• 50 years of Indian Coast Guards

The World Athletic championship 2029 will be held in?

Nairobi, Kenya

• First time in African Continent
• 2027 - Beijing
• 2031 - Munich, Germany
• India will host the 2028 World Athletics Indoor Championship at Odisha

which network has been declared as a terrorist organization?

Shahzad Bhatti Network

• under UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) 1967
• declared by Ministry of Home Affairs

At which institute was the SPROUT facility inaugurated?

BRIC-NIPGR, New Delhi

• for climate-resilient crop research
• Mainly for cheakpea

3rd BIMSTEC Conference on Traditional Medicine Knowledge was held in?

Goa

• organized by India's Ministry of Ayush

What is DRDO Industry Synergy Meet?

VIMARSH 2026

• held in New Delhi
• Varta se Vikas
• to boost indigenous defense manufacturing and collaboration

With how many members did the Central Government reconstitute the CBFC Board?

18 Members

• CBFC - Central board of film certification
• for a three-year term
• Includes Pankaj Tripathi, Preity Zinta, Priyadarshna, etc.

USA and Jordon Military Exercise?

Eager Lion

• at Fort Carson in Colorado
• first time the United States has hosted the biennial military exercise

Who will be India's flag bearers at the 2026 Asian Games opening ceremony?

• Manu Bhaker
• Tejinderpal

India's 51st Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) was virtually inaugurated in?

Sambalpur, Odisha

• Dr. Jitendra Singh & Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi
• under Misson Mausam launched in jan 2025

Who has become Asia's richest person with a net worth exceeding $105 billion?

Zhang Yiming

• ByteDance invested heavily in AI
• he founded Tiktok in 2017

Which Marathi thriller film becomes India's official entry for the 2027 Oscars?

Gondhal

• 99th Academy Awards
• Category: Best International Feature Film

Who has been elected as an At-Large Director of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)?

Dileep Sanghani

• IFFCO Chairman
• for the 2026–2030 term

India begins soil carbon payments to farmers of which state for the first time?

Punjab & Haryana

• Initiative: Aadi farmer carbon programme by Grow Indigo

Ministry of Culture organized the 'Aashirwad Ka Diya' event at the?

Purana Qila, New Delhi

• Organized under the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan

Ladakh inaugurated the world's highest-altitude twin flower fields at?

10,600 feet (3,265 meters)

• at Choglamsar and Stakna in Leh

Central security forces launched Operation Sohan at the?

Udhampur, J&K

• White Knight Corps/Para SF & CRPF
• 2 Terrorist neutralized

Who is the author of the book A Century of Service - The RSS in 100 Acts of Seva?

Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan

• former Governor of Telangana
• former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry