Daily Current Affairs - 4 September 2026

ICC moved the inaugural Women's Champions Trophy from Sri Lanka to India; it will be played from 14 to 28 February 2027 at Cricket Club of India (Mumbai) and Vadodara International Cricket Stadium, featuring Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

India began its Women's T20 Asia Cup 2026 campaign with a 94-run win over Thailand in Dubai; Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu took 7 wickets as Sri Lanka defeated Indonesia by 75 runs.

Kidambi Srikanth stunned world No. 9 Victor Lai 21-18, 21-19 to enter the men's singles quarter-finals of the China Masters Super 750 in Shenzhen.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated French brothers Christo and Toma Junior Popov 21-15, 22-24, 21-9 to enter the China Masters Super 750 quarter-finals.

The AHF Junior Asia Cup 2026 will be held in China from 4 to 13 September; Indian junior men led by Anmol Ekka are five-time and three-time defending champions, while Indian junior women led by Khaidem Shileima Chanu have won the last two editions.

EPFO launched VISHWAS, 2026, a one-time settlement scheme for long-pending EPF damages disputes; the scheme remains open until 28 December 2026.

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched BIO-NIVESH, a strategic platform to catalyse investment and scale-up of biotechnology innovations, highlighting the ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Fund with BIRAC as Second-Level Fund Manager.

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a credit roadmap of ₹10 lakh crore for SHGs and ₹1 lakh crore for individual women entrepreneurs over five years, and pledged to increase Lakhpati Didis from 3 crore to 6 crore.

Punjab launched 'Pehchaan', India's first digital portal for identifying unclaimed and unidentified bodies, connecting all 23 districts and 346 government hospitals.

Union Health Ministry convened a two-day National Workshop on 'SUMAN Roadmap 2030 – Accelerating the Continuum of Care' in Lucknow; the roadmap focuses on 13 high-focus states and 130 districts.

Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari: Catch the Rain initiative has constructed more than 1.58 crore artificial groundwater recharge structures in India as of 3 September 2026.

Decentralised Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector, launched as a Pilot Project on 31 May 2023, completed godown construction in 313 PACS with over 1.80 lakh MT storage capacity as of July 2026.

National Mass Pledge Against Drug Abuse is scheduled to mark the 6th anniversary of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan; over 34.56 crore citizens including 13.71 crore youth and 10.65 crore women have been reached.

PM Modi chaired the valedictory session of the National Departmental Summit on Water and suggested promoting 'Jal Utsav' and making de-silting a regular programme.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released the 'RAKSHA' defence diplomacy document, outlining India's strategic roadmap for global defence partnerships over the next 10 years.

ISRO is set to launch Earth observation satellite EOS-05 aboard GSLV-F17 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota; it is India's first imaging satellite in geosynchronous orbit.

India sent two more C-130J aircraft carrying 21.5 tonnes of relief material to Nepal; India also offered DNA profiling of relatives of missing persons through CFSL, SFSL, NFSU and NABL-accredited labs.

Security forces recovered arms and ammunition, including 140 AK-47 rounds and 19 PIKA LMG rounds, during a joint search operation in Reasi district, J&K.

EAM S. Jaishankar became the first Indian External Affairs Minister to make a standalone bilateral visit to Ukraine; he met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and FM Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv.

India has so far provided 19 humanitarian consignments totalling 160 tonnes, including generator sets, medicines and medical equipment, to Ukraine.

Chinmoy Naik (IFS: 2004) was appointed the next High Commissioner of India to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

H.E. Ms. Azarel Ernesta, first woman Speaker of the Seychelles National Assembly, met Vice-President of India C.P. Radhakrishnan in New Delhi.

UPSC declared CISF Assistant Commandants (Executive) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination 2026 result; 20 candidates were recommended (16 General, 03 SC, 01 ST).

Prime Minister of Belgium Bart De Wever visited India from 2-4 September 2026, the first Belgian PM visit to India in 20 years.

India and Belgium agreed to double bilateral trade within five years, established an Investment Fast-Track Mechanism, and made the India-Belgium Business Forum regular; current bilateral trade is about $13 billion.

The inaugural India-Belgium Strategic Dialogue was held in Brussels on 15 July 2026, co-chaired by the External Affairs Minister of India and the Deputy PM/Foreign Minister of Belgium.

Belgium reaffirmed support for India's permanent membership of a reformed UN Security Council; India and Belgium will mark 80 years of diplomatic ties in 2027, and Belgium was among the first European countries to establish ties with India in 1947.

India and Belgium signed a Letter of Intent on Defence Cooperation and an MoU between Belgian Security and Defence Industry (BDSI) and SIDM; India will appoint a Defence Attaché in Brussels.

India and Belgium are jointly working on the Zorawar tank and developing one of the world's largest green ammonia projects at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.

India and Belgium recalled the sacrifice of more than 9,000 Indian soldiers in Flanders Fields during the First World War.

India hosted the Quad Sherpas’ Meeting in New Delhi on 3 September 2026, chaired by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, following the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on 26 May 2026.

The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting was held in Koror, Palau; MoS Pabitra Margherita represented India from 31 August to 2 September 2026, and India gifted 20 motorcycles to Palau Police. India has been a Dialogue Partner since 2002.

Central and Delhi government offices will remain closed on 11 September 2026 due to security/logistical arrangements for the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit in New Delhi.

India and Seychelles are celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations in 2026; India announced a USD 175 million Special Economic Package for Seychelles in February 2026.

India-EU Free Trade Agreement concluded in January 2026 provides preferential market access on 96.8% of tariff lines covering 99.5% of India's exports.

Japan Credit Rating Agency upgraded India's sovereign rating by one notch from BBB+ to A- with Stable Outlook and raised India's country ceiling to A.

HSBC India Services PMI rose to 54.1 in August 2026 from 53.3 in July; services sector employment growth hit a 15-month high and Composite PMI stood at 54.3.

According to Third Advance Estimates 2025-26, India's total foodgrain production is estimated at 376.563 million tonnes, 5.3% higher than 357.732 million tonnes last year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that India recorded 7.8% GDP growth in the last quarter (Q1 FY2026-27).

India's exports reached about $317 billion in April-July 2026, up by $36-37 billion over the same period last year; India's nine FTAs cover economies with about $60 trillion GDP.

APEDA flagged off 18 metric tonnes of NPOP-certified ethnic rice from Tripura for export to Austria and the Netherlands; varieties include Aromatic Kali Khasa, Aromatic Harinarayan, Biron and Maimi Hanga Rice.

At the 6th International Climate Summit 2026, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said India targets 100 GW nuclear power capacity by 2047 and five Small Modular Reactors by 2033.

The World Meteorological Organization said El Niño is near 100% likely to persist through February 2027 and strengthen further, raising extreme weather risks.

China's Tibetan Plateau has lost about 24% of its glacier area over six decades, with about 7,000 small glaciers disappearing, as per a Chinese climate expert.

Researchers from CeNS Bengaluru, IISER Kolkata and JNCASR developed peptide-based piezoelectric biomaterials with a piezoelectric coefficient of nearly 30 pm/V.

NIELIT and Intel India organised a National Leadership Dialogue and launched Agentic AI Skilling Programs at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

The 5th edition of SEMICON India 2026 will be held from 17-19 September 2026 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, with the theme 'Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem.'

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated the Centre for Advanced Bladder Diagnostics at VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi; it uses Video Urodynamics integrated with Near Infrared Spectroscopy, attempted for the first time in India.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Ebola response in DR Congo must be scaled up; the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has killed over 3,000 people and the response plan seeks $1.3 billion.

Nepal's Rasuwa flood disaster death toll reached 1,259; Chitwan recorded the highest recovered bodies at 355, 12,038 people were rescued, and an estimated 7,500 houses were completely destroyed.

Sensex fell 417.49 points (0.55%) to 76,152.86 and Nifty fell 41 points (0.17%) to 23,873.45 on 3 September 2026.

The rupee appreciated by 49 paise to close at ₹94.49 against the US dollar, supported by RBI's FCNR-B deposits of $127.2 billion.

At the 66th SIAM annual convention, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said India recorded $863 billion in goods and services exports last year and set a $1 trillion export target for the current year; auto industry contributes over ₹22.75 lakh crore and employs over 30 million.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the Parivartan Scheme for NCR to facilitate scrapping of over two lakh older trucks and buses by replacing them with BS-VI or electric vehicles; Bharat NCAP 2.0 will take effect from October 2027.

The Government notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026, on 27 August 2026; the rules will come into force 180 days after Gazette publication.

NHAI announced Green Highways Excellence Awards 2026; first prizes went to Six Laning of Chilakaluripet Bypass on NH-16, Hyderabad-Yadgiri section of NH-163, and Jamtha Clover Leaf, Oxygen Bird Park on NH-44.

Renowned Gujarati music composer Gaurang Vyas, son of Avinash Vyas, passed away; Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled his death.

Prime Minister Modi paid tributes to legendary actor Mahanayak Uttam Kumar on his birth centenary on 3 September 2026.

American feminist activist Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. Magazine and recipient of the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom, died at age 92.

Goa Assembly passed the Goa Ease of Doing Business (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2026.

Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Union Government to make Tamil the principal language of the Madras High Court.

A 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee headed by Sanjay Jaiswal was constituted to examine the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2026.

The Bombay High Court ordered the CBI to register an FIR in the death of Disha Salian, former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan chaired a meeting in New Delhi to review preparedness of Himalayan States/UTs for Glacial Lake Outburst Floods and snow avalanches.

SAIL received 'Top Employer' Certification from Top Employers Institute, valid till December 2027.