📰 Daily Current Affairs

📅 10 September 2026 • ✅ 10/9/2026, 4:00:18 pm

1. PM-SETU approves Rs 735.70 crore investments for three ITI clusters in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana

The fifth National Steering Committee meeting under PM-SETU approved strategic investments of Rs 735.70 crore for ITI clusters in Bhiwadi, Medchal and Meerut; cumulative sanctioned investment rose to Rs 2,171 crore across nine clusters.

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2. DFPD and FCI sign MoU to modernise food-grain management

The FY27 agreement sets performance targets for storage, logistics, quality control and technology adoption, including use of the Depot Darpan Portal and measures to reduce storage losses.

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3. Indian Army sets up AASHVAST lab in New Delhi to detect Chinese components in drones

The air-gapped, read-only lab at DG EME headquarters will assess vulnerabilities in unmanned systems and support evaluation of defence platforms, cyber resilience and operational readiness.

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4. India and Japan conduct bilateral air exercise Veer Guardian-2026 in Rajasthan

The second India-Japan bilateral air combat exercise is being held at Jodhpur from 9 to 22 September, involving Indian Tejas, Su-30 MKI and Rafale aircraft and Japan’s F-2A fighters.

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5. RBI gives regulatory approvals to RNFI Services, PB Pay and ICICI Prudential AMC

RNFI Services received in-principle authorisation as a physical Payment Aggregator; PB Pay began operations as a Payment Aggregator, while RBI approved up to 9.95% acquisition of CSB Bank by ICICI Prudential AMC.

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6. Niyo gets GIFT City licence to expand cross-border financial services

IFSCA granted Niyo a Payment Service Provider licence to operate from GIFT City, enabling expansion beyond travel foreign exchange into international education, overseas employment, global spending and cross-border money movement.

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7. Jindal Stainless signs technical assistance agreement with Japan’s JFE Steel

The agreement aims to improve Jindal Stainless’s manufacturing of selected ferritic stainless-steel grades through JFE Steel’s expertise in product quality, manufacturing practices and process efficiency.

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8. GalaxEye becomes first Indian startup to secure a US patent for satellite-imaging technology

The patent covers GalaxEye’s OptoSAR system, which synchronises optical and synthetic-aperture-radar sensors for satellite imaging with applications in security, agriculture, infrastructure, insurance, maritime intelligence and disaster management.

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9. NALCO and UAE’s EGA sign agreement for a 0.5 MTPA aluminium-smelter expansion in Odisha

NALCO will use EGA’s DX+ Ultra technology at Angul to add about 0.5 million tonnes per annum of capacity, taking total production capacity to approximately 1 MTPA while improving energy efficiency.

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10. Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena gets additional charge as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

President Droupadi Murmu appointed Saxena to discharge Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor functions during Manoj Sinha’s leave, while continuing as Ladakh’s Lieutenant Governor.

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