📰 Daily Current Affairs

📅 4 September 2026 • ✅ 4/9/2026, 4:00:13 pm

1. ISRO’s advanced earth observation satellite launched successfully

ISRO launched the EOS-05 earth-observation spacecraft aboard GSLV-F17 from Sriharikota; the satellite was placed in its intended sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit about 18 minutes after lift-off. It is described as India’s first imaging satellite in geo-orbit.

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2. India’s GDP grows 7.8% in Q1 2026-27

PIB reported 7.8% real GDP growth in the first quarter of 2026-27, above the RBI’s 7.0% estimate, with domestic demand and manufacturing and services activity supporting the expansion.

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3. SEBI grants Category I merchant banking licence to Zerodha

The licence allows Zerodha to diversify beyond broking into investment-banking services, initially focusing on equity-capital-market work such as IPOs, FPOs and issuer and investor advisory.

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4. RBI approves Carol Kripanayana Furtado as interim CEO at Ujjivan SFB

The Reserve Bank of India approved Carol Kripanayana Furtado as interim Managing Director and CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank for three months or until a permanent successor is appointed.

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5. NABARD and IMD sign MoU to boost climate-resilient agriculture and rural finance via DiCRA

The agreement will integrate IMD forecasts, advisories, observations and alerts into DiCRA’s weather portal, aiming to improve crop decisions, climate-risk assessment and last-mile rural financing.

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6. India and Germany deepen green partnership with joint declaration on wetland conservation

At the fourth Indo-German Environment Forum, the two countries signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on conserving and wisely using wetlands of international importance, alongside cooperation on climate resilience, biodiversity and sustainable finance.

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7. ASI declares Gollala Gudi Temple in Telangana a Monument of National Importance

The Archaeological Survey of India declared the Gollala Gudi temple at Palampet in Mulugu district a Monument of National Importance under the AMASR Act, 1958, taking Telangana’s ASI-protected sites to 10.

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8. Union Minister Jitendra Singh launches fifth edition of ‘Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar 2026’

The Ministry of Earth Sciences’ week-long ocean-conservation campaign is scheduled for 12–19 September and will address marine pollution and coastal cleanliness; it also introduces a National Ocean Olympiad and the SAGAR PRAHARI app.

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9. CARA launches Adoption Awareness 2026 theme to promote legal adoption

The Central Adoption Resource Authority launched the theme ‘Legal Adoption. Safe Childhood. Secure Future. Say No to Illegal Adoption!’ to promote lawful, transparent, child-centric adoption and curb illegal practices.

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10. IAF successfully tests indigenous long-range glide bomb ‘Khagantak-243’

The Indian Air Force tested the 300-kg-class Khagantak-243 airborne long-range stand-off precision-guided glide bomb, developed with BEL and JSR Dynamics to improve strike capability while allowing aircraft to engage from safer distances.

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