🗞️ Monthly Compilation
Every exam-relevant update from September 2026 in one place — 59 facts across 30 days. Perfect for last-mile revision before SSC, Banking, Railways & UPSC.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The two discussed India-Iran ties, trade expansion, and the West Asia situation.
📌 Static GK: The SCO is the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and Bishkek is the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
Uzbekistan introduced a 30-day visa-free regime for Indian citizens. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced it during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Tashkent.
📌 Static GK: Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan, a Central Asian country.
India rejected the Court of Arbitration's award on the Indus Waters Treaty. It said the court had no jurisdiction over the matter.
📌 Static GK: The Indus Waters Treaty is a 1960 water-sharing agreement between India and Pakistan, facilitated by the World Bank.
Ashwini Vaishnaw said India's semiconductor ecosystem will create 50,000 to 60,000 direct jobs. He also said the country met its 85,000 semiconductor engineer target in four years and set a new target of one lakh more.
📌 Static GK: The item relates to India's semiconductor skill-development and electronics manufacturing push.
Madhya Pradesh government will transfer Rs 25,000 each to 1.22 lakh meritorious Class 12 students for laptops.
📌 Static GK: Madhya Pradesh is a central Indian state; its capital is Bhopal.
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta said the Centre will supply 1,000 MT of onions to Delhi at Rs 35/kg through fair price shops and mobile vans in 13 districts.
📌 Static GK: Delhi is a Union Territory and the national capital of India.
West Bengal government cleared a reconnaissance survey to assess manganese reserves in Jhargram district.
📌 Static GK: Jhargram is a district in West Bengal; manganese is used mainly in steel making.
External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Ukraine and Poland from September 3 to 5, 2026, for bilateral talks with senior leaders.
📌 Static GK: The Ministry of External Affairs is responsible for India's foreign policy and diplomatic missions.
The Noida Authority has approved construction of a flyover across the Greater Noida Expressway at a cost of Rs 85 crore to improve traffic connectivity in Delhi-NCR.
📌 Static GK: The Noida Authority functions under the Housing and Urban Development Department of the Uttar Pradesh government.
Foreign institutional investors invested ₹29,631 crore in Indian equity markets in August 2026, the highest monthly inflow in 23 months.
📌 Static GK: Foreign institutional investment flows are monitored by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Scientists reported that a surprising signal in the LZ detector gives the strongest evidence yet for a dark-matter particle.
📌 Static GK: Dark matter is a major topic in astrophysics and particle physics.
Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr Baljit Kaur said on September 4, 2026 that more than 36 lakh beneficiaries are receiving assistance under various state social security schemes and ₹2,697.44 crore has been transferred via Direct Benefit Transfer.
📌 Static GK: Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) was introduced by the Government of India in 2013 to transfer subsidies and welfare payments directly into beneficiaries' bank accounts.
Island Computing, founded in 2025 by Vishal Sirohi, began operations on 15 August 2026 offering a fully managed sovereign cloud for SaaS and AI workloads from Bengaluru.
📌 Static GK: It operates under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and RBI data‑localization norms.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah will preside over the 28th meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Panaji, Goa on 7 September 2026.
📌 Static GK: India has six Zonal Councils established under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
The 50 MW unit of the Getalsud solar power plant has begun electricity supply to Jharkhand’s distribution utility, advancing the state’s renewable energy goals.
📌 Static GK: India’s installed solar capacity exceeded 80 GW in 2024.
Sudivya Kumar, a two-term MLA from Giridih and Jharkhand state minister, died at 56. He was a close aide to CM Hemant Soren and handled key internal matters for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
📌 Static GK: JMM was founded by Shibu Soren in 1985; his son Hemant Soren is the current CM of Jharkhand. Giridih is a district in Jharkhand.
The government has revised the LPG refill booking rule, reducing the waiting period for rural consumers from 45 days to 25 days.
📌 Static GK: LPG is a household cooking-gas scheme, and refill booking is part of the domestic gas distribution system.
India will debate the issue of reducing reliance on the US dollar with other BRICS members at the upcoming BRICS Summit in 2026.
📌 Static GK: The BRICS summit is hosted by member countries in rotation; the 2023 edition was held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Union Public Service Commission has notified 80 posts of Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner in the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, with the written test set for 20 December 2026.
📌 Static GK: EPFO functions under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav attended the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM Congress-2026) held in Dubai on 8 September 2026 to promote investment in logistics, supply chain and infrastructure.
The 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit will be held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on 12 and 13 September 2026.
📌 Static GK: The 2024 BRICS summit took place in Kazan, Russia; the grouping comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The BRICS Summit 2026 will begin in Delhi on 12 September. Prime Minister Modi will host Xi Jinping and other leaders.
📌 Static GK: BRICS is a grouping of major emerging economies; the summit is hosted by the chairing country.
The Hydrogen Council's Global Hydrogen Compass 2026 report said cumulative global committed investment in clean hydrogen has crossed $130 billion for 6.9 million tonnes per annum of capacity across more than 570 projects.
📌 Static GK: The Hydrogen Council is an industry-led association that tracks global hydrogen projects.
The Jharkhand High Court has given the state government two months to appoint the chairman and members of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission. The order comes against a vacancy crisis in the commission.
📌 Static GK: JPSC is the state public service commission for Jharkhand, similar in role to UPSC at the central level.
PFRDA Chairman Sivasubramanian Ramann said the NPS Swasthya product may be launched within 30 days and that final guidelines are expected soon. The product includes a health-insurance top-up.
📌 Static GK: PFRDA is the regulator for the National Pension System (NPS), a pension scheme for Indian citizens.
BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors, meeting in Mumbai, called for greater representation of emerging-market and developing economies in the IMF and World Bank. They also criticised unilateral tariffs and trade measures.
📌 Static GK: IMF and World Bank are Bretton Woods institutions; BRICS is a grouping of major emerging-market economies.
RBI Governor Shri Sanjay Malhotra announced the launch of UPI ‘Tap & Pay’ on POS terminals and MyUPI, an AI‑powered help platform, at the Global Fintech Fest 2026.
📌 Static GK: The RBI has four Deputy Governors.
Telangana Minister Sridhar Babu introduced the Core Urban Region Governance Bill in the Telangana Legislative Assembly to create a governance framework for the Hyderabad metropolitan region.
📌 Static GK: Telangana's legislature is bicameral, with a Legislative Assembly and a Legislative Council.
The Bihar State Health Department raised the monthly stipend for postgraduate medical students to ₹92,800 for first year, ₹1.02 lakh for second year and ₹1.12 lakh for third year.
📌 Static GK: The capital of Bihar is Patna.
Elena Rybakina secured the US Open 2026 women's singles title and rose to world No.1 in the WTA rankings.
📌 Static GK: The US Open is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court asked the Haryana government to explain how it will guarantee that minimum wages are paid to workers in brick kilns, petty shops and similar establishments.
📌 Static GK: Minimum Wages Act, 1948 is administered by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Members of the Employees' Provident Fund can view their monthly contributions through the EPFO portal or UMANG app and lodge complaints via the EPFiGMS portal if employers fail to deposit PF.
📌 Static GK: Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) functions under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
The scheme provides ₹1,000 per month to eligible women in the state through the Department of Women, Child Development and Social Security.
📌 Static GK: It resembles other state-level cash transfer schemes such as West Bengal's Lakshmir Bhandar.
The summit held in New Delhi adopted a leaders' declaration with participation from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa.
📌 Static GK: The 17th BRICS summit was held in Kazan, Russia in 2024.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved raising the mandatory EPFO wage ceiling from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 per month, expected to bring over 51 lakh additional employees under EPF, EPS and EDLI coverage. The annual outgo is estimated at Rs 11,339 crore.
📌 Static GK: EPFO is administered under the Ministry of Labour and Employment; the EPF, EPS and EDLI provide provident fund, pension and insurance benefits to formal-sector workers.
SEBI will examine stockbrokers' concerns about charges on client fund transfers made through UPI, even when no trade is executed.
📌 Static GK: SEBI is the Securities and Exchange Board of India; UPI is operated by NPCI.
The Tata Sons board approved a fresh five-year term for N Chandrasekaran as chairman.
📌 Static GK: Tata Sons is the holding company of the Tata Group.
NPCI has said a 0.4 per cent merchant discount rate will apply to certain UPI person-to-merchant payments above Rs 2,000. The Finance Ministry said person-to-person transfers and merchant payments up to Rs 2,000 will remain free.
📌 Static GK: UPI is a real-time payment system operated by NPCI; MDR is the fee a merchant pays to a payment service provider.
India said Pakistan's PNS Hunain violated maritime norms in a collision with an Indian Navy warship. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India rejected Pakistan's reply and the allegations in it.
📌 Static GK: MEA is the ministry that handles India's external affairs and issues official statements on foreign incidents.
Canadian Minister Maninder Sidhu will visit Mumbai and meet Piyush Goyal to advance negotiations on an economic partnership agreement. He will also travel to Manila for ASEAN economic minister consultations and free-trade talks with ASEAN and the Philippines.
📌 Static GK: Piyush Goyal is the Union minister for commerce, the portfolio that handles trade negotiations.
A total of 12.75 lakh appointment letters have been issued to date under the National Rozgar Mela, a government employment initiative.
📌 Static GK: The National Rozgar Mela is a flagship employment drive of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, aimed at reducing unemployment through large-scale job fairs across states.
Canada's Minister for International Trade said the country is optimistic about concluding negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India by the end of the year.
📌 Static GK: CEPA is a bilateral trade framework covering goods, services, and investment. India has previously pursued similar agreements with the EU, Japan, and Australia under the name FTA or EPA.
Manoj Kumar Sharma has been appointed Director (Projects) at GAIL (Gas Authority of India Limited), bringing over 30 years of experience in pipelines, projects, and energy infrastructure.
📌 Static GK: GAIL is a Navratna central public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, headquartered in New Delhi. It is India's largest natural gas pipeline operator.
Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, rejected a resolution adopted by the IAEA at its 70th General Conference in Vienna, which reaffirmed that North Korea cannot hold nuclear-weapons-state status under the NPT.
📌 Static GK: The IAEA is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and is the world's nuclear watchdog. The NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty), in force since 1970, is the cornerstone of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime.
India and Italy established a Strategic Partnership in 2023, marking a key milestone in their bilateral relations.
📌 Static GK: India and Italy established diplomatic relations in 1947.
In 2024, India and Italy adopted a Joint Strategic Action Plan covering the years 2025 to 2029 to guide their cooperation.
📌 Static GK: India and Italy established diplomatic relations in 1947.
The first Italy–India Track 1.5 Dialogue was organised by the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs at John Cabot University in Rome, with India's Ambassador to Italy Vani Rao attending.
📌 Static GK: India and Italy established diplomatic relations in 1947.
According to DPIIT and RBI data, total foreign direct investment inflows reached about $95 billion in FY 2025-26, up from $4 billion in FY 2000-01; FDI equity inflows were about $59 billion in FY 2025-26, up from $2 billion in FY 2000-01.
📌 Static GK: DPIIT operates under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; RBI compiles foreign investment data as part of balance of payments statistics.
Asad Alam Siam, the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, is set to become the country's next High Commissioner in New Delhi. India has granted formal approval for his appointment.
📌 Static GK: A High Commissioner is the head of a diplomatic mission between Commonwealth countries; Bangladesh and India are neighbouring countries.
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel launched seven new pesticides and herbicides developed by Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. under the Sardar brand.
📌 Static GK: The launch was reported from Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat.
India said the OIC repeatedly endorsed 'motivated narratives' on J&K and raised serious questions about the organisation's credibility.
📌 Static GK: OIC is the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; J&K is a recurring issue in India's foreign policy.
AIDEF demanded a minimum pay of Rs 69,000, a fitment factor of 3.83 and an 11-year pension commutation period for the 8th Pay Commission.
📌 Static GK: Pay Commissions review central government pay and pension matters.
Opposition parties, led by Congress, plan to submit an impeachment motion notice against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in both Houses of Parliament within two weeks. The CEC can be removed only by a Presidential order on the basis of an address by both Houses of Parliament.
📌 Static GK: The Election Commission of India is a constitutional body established under Article 324. The CEC and Election Commissioners are appointed by the President and can be removed only through a process similar to that for a Supreme Court judge.
Bhagwant Mann, Chief Minister of Punjab, announced the recruitment of 450 Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs) in Punjab Police on 26 September 2026.
📌 Static GK: Punjab Police operates under the Department of Home Affairs, Government of Punjab.
Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava urged a fair Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system under the WHO Pandemic Agreement at a UN high‑level meeting on pandemic prevention and response in New York on September 26, 2026.
📌 Static GK: WHO is headquartered in Geneva and has 194 member states.
China and the United States announced on September 26, 2026 the establishment of a new channel to handle AI‑related incidents and to strengthen military crisis communications after a three‑day summit in Washington.
📌 Static GK: Both the United States and China are permanent members of the UN Security Council.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated India's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) train, marking Indian Railways' step toward its goal of zero diesel consumption by 2030.
📌 Static GK: Indian Railways functions under the Ministry of Railways.
In September 2026, Ipsos and GCCI released their India Consumer Sentiment Report, giving India a National Index score of 66.9. This score was the highest among the 30 countries surveyed.
📌 Static GK: The index is akin to the Reserve Bank of India's Consumer Confidence Survey, which tracks households' views on income, employment, spending and inflation.
On 30 September 2026 the RBI sold US dollars in the foreign exchange market after the rupee fell to an intraday low of 96.15 per dollar. The currency closed at 95.99 per dollar.
📌 Static GK: RBI manages the exchange rate under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and uses foreign exchange reserves for market intervention.