Daily Current Affairs: 9 September 2025

Current affairs of 9 September 2025: Two-Factor Authentication and TOTP: How Codes Are Generated; Bhil Tribe and the Adi Vaani Translation Platform; Vice President Election: Process, Quota and Powers, and 11 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 14 topics

National Affairs

Bhil Tribe and the Adi Vaani Translation Platform
Vice President Election: Process, Quota and Powers
SBI Dream2Demo: First Startup Pitch Fest by Start-up Branch
Sunrise Festival: Arunachal to Host First Edition at Dong Village

Government Schemes

Census 2027: India’s First Fully Digital Census Plan

Banking & Finance

SEBI Revises Cash and SLBM Settlement for Clearing Holidays
SAT seeks Sebi reply on documents denied to Jane Street
Allianz Jio Reinsurance: JV Enters India’s Reinsurance Market
Ujjivan SFB Universal Bank Licence: RBI Decision Awaited

International Affairs

80th UN General Assembly Session Opens in New York

Science & Technology

Two-Factor Authentication and TOTP: How Codes Are Generated

Environment & Ecology

Pallas’s Cat Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh

Defence & Security

MQ-28A Ghost Bat: Australia-Boeing Robot Wingman Drone

Reports & Indexes

SIDBI-CRIF Small Business Spotlight: Credit at ₹15.3 Lakh Crore

National Affairs

Government Schemes

1. Bhil Tribe and the Adi Vaani Translation Platform

Anuvad, a Hindi collection of Bhil folk tales from Madhya Pradesh, will be on the Adi Vaani website and app.
The Bhil are India's largest tribe by the 2011 Census, ahead of the Gond and Santhal.
Adi Vaani supports Gondi, Bhili, Mundari and Santali; Kui and Garo are planned.

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Polity & Governance

2. Vice President Election: Process, Quota and Powers

CP Radhakrishnan and Justice B. Sudershan Reddy contested the Vice Presidential election.
Only MPs vote, each vote worth 1; State Legislatures are excluded.
Quota is (valid votes ÷ 2) + 1; with 780 votes it is 391.

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Banking & Finance

3. SBI Dream2Demo: First Startup Pitch Fest by Start-up Branch

SBI's Start-up Branch held its first Startup Pitch Fest, Dream2Demo.
SBI cited partnerships with Startup TN and IIT Madras Incubation Cell.
An MSME Centre of Excellence opened in August 2025 at State Bank Academy, Gurugram.

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Geography

4. Sunrise Festival: Arunachal to Host First Edition at Dong Village

The inaugural Sunrise Festival will be held at Dong village, Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh.
It will run for five days, from 29 December 2025 to 2 January 2026.
Dong is India's easternmost village, at 1,240 metres, near the India-China-Myanmar tri-junction.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu announced the festival to boost tourism.
The festival will showcase ethnic cuisine, adventure sports, eco-tourism and tribal culture.

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Government Schemes

Polity & Governance

5. Census 2027: India’s First Fully Digital Census Plan

The Census 2027 budget is ₹14,618.95 crore, handled by the Registrar General of India under the Home Ministry.
Nearly 34 lakh enumerators will collect data on personal Android and iOS smartphones.
Houselisting runs from April to September 2026; population enumeration is in February 2027.
All buildings will be geo-tagged, and a web portal will allow self-enumeration.

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Banking & Finance

6. SEBI Revises Cash and SLBM Settlement for Clearing Holidays

SEBI altered the settlement schedule for the cash and SLBM segments.
The reason was holidays at clearing corporations.
SLBM lets investors lend or borrow securities temporarily, supporting short selling and liquidity.

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Polity & Governance

7. SAT seeks Sebi reply on documents denied to Jane Street

SAT gave Sebi three weeks on 10 September 2025 to explain withheld documents in the Jane Street case.
SAT sits in Mumbai and was formed under Section 15K of the SEBI Act, 1992.
Jane Street says the withheld documents are needed to defend itself in the derivatives manipulation case.

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Economy

8. Allianz Jio Reinsurance: JV Enters India’s Reinsurance Market

Jio Financial Services and Allianz Germany formed Allianz Jio Reinsurance Ltd (AJRL).
A reinsurer covers insurers, spreading large risks.
GIC Re is the only Indian reinsurer; IRDAI (1999) regulates insurance.

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Banking & Finance

9. Ujjivan SFB Universal Bank Licence: RBI Decision Awaited

Ujjivan SFB expects RBI's decision on a universal banking licence by December 2025, said CEO Sanjeev Nautiyal.
Criteria cited: ₹500 crore paid-up capital and CRAR of at least 9% under Basel norms.
A universal bank offers the full range of banking services.

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International Affairs

International Relations

10. 80th UN General Assembly Session Opens in New York

The 80th session of the UN General Assembly opened on 9 September 2025.
Annalena Baerbock of Germany presides over the session.
She was elected on 2 June 2025 with 167 of 188 valid votes.
Helga Schmid, her rival, received 7 votes.
The session is held at the General Assembly Hall, UN Headquarters, New York City.

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Science & Technology

11. Two-Factor Authentication and TOTP: How Codes Are Generated

2FA needs something you know (password) plus something you have (authenticator app or hardware token).
TOTP is a one-time password that changes every 30 seconds and finally appears as a 6-digit code.
TOTP uses a shared secret key plus a time counter run through HMAC-SHA-256.

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Environment & Ecology

12. Pallas’s Cat Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh

WWF-India and Arunachal's forest department got the first photographic evidence of Pallas's cat in the state.
Its scientific name is Otocolobus manul.
IUCN status: Near Threatened.

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Defence & Security

Science & Technology

13. MQ-28A Ghost Bat: Australia-Boeing Robot Wingman Drone

MQ-28A Ghost Bat is Australia's first major home-designed and built combat aircraft in over 50 years.
It is an unmanned robot wingman for piloted fighter jets.
It is 38 feet long with a range of about 2,300 miles.
Boeing builds it with the Australian government; about 70% of parts are made in Toowoomba, Queensland.

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Reports & Indexes

Economy

14. SIDBI-CRIF Small Business Spotlight: Credit at ₹15.3 Lakh Crore

SIDBI and CRIF High Mark released the Small Business Spotlight report.
Outstanding credit is ₹15.3 lakh crore (up 19.3%) across 6.9 crore active loans.
Maharashtra leads states; small business means exposure up to ₹5 crore.

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Daily Current Affairs: 9 September 2025

In this issue: 14 topics

National Affairs

1. Bhil Tribe and the Adi Vaani Translation Platform

2. Vice President Election: Process, Quota and Powers

3. SBI Dream2Demo: First Startup Pitch Fest by Start-up Branch

4. Sunrise Festival: Arunachal to Host First Edition at Dong Village

Government Schemes

5. Census 2027: India’s First Fully Digital Census Plan

Banking & Finance

6. SEBI Revises Cash and SLBM Settlement for Clearing Holidays

7. SAT seeks Sebi reply on documents denied to Jane Street

8. Allianz Jio Reinsurance: JV Enters India’s Reinsurance Market

9. Ujjivan SFB Universal Bank Licence: RBI Decision Awaited

International Affairs

10. 80th UN General Assembly Session Opens in New York

Science & Technology

11. Two-Factor Authentication and TOTP: How Codes Are Generated

Environment & Ecology

12. Pallas’s Cat Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh

Defence & Security

13. MQ-28A Ghost Bat: Australia-Boeing Robot Wingman Drone

Reports & Indexes

14. SIDBI-CRIF Small Business Spotlight: Credit at ₹15.3 Lakh Crore

Test yourself