Daily Current Affairs: 15 September 2026

Current affairs of 15 September 2026: Grow Indigo Carbon Credit Payout to Farmers via DSR; Grass Mache: Dal Lake Weeds Turned into Craft Products; PMMSY: Six Years of the Fisheries Scheme, and 15 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 18 topics

National Affairs

World Suicide Prevention Day: 10 September and Theme

Government Schemes

PMMSY: Six Years of the Fisheries Scheme
Chhattisgarh NIPUN Mission: Rs 500 Crore Startup Plan

Banking & Finance

India’s Forex Reserves Hit Record $785.7 Billion
Global Fintech Fest 2026: Mumbai Highlights

Economy

CSL and Drydocks World Form 50:50 Ship Repair Venture in Kochi
Tata Steel COG Injection: India’s First at Meramandali

International Affairs

South-South Cooperation Day 2026: Theme and Background

Agriculture & Rural

Grow Indigo Carbon Credit Payout to Farmers via DSR

Science & Technology

NIXI-APNIC MoU to Strengthen India’s Internet Infrastructure
International Space Summit 2026 in Paris: key outcomes

Environment & Ecology

Grass Mache: Dal Lake Weeds Turned into Craft Products
World Circular Economy Forum 2026 in Gandhinagar: Key Facts
National Forest Martyrs Day 11 September: Khejarli 1730

Defence & Security

Rajnath Singh in Sri Lanka: First Defence Minister Visit in 40 Years
Samudra Laksamana 2026: 4th India–Malaysia Naval Exercise at Lumut

Awards & Persons

Eknath Shinde Honoured With Three International Awards
Konkani activist N. Purushothama Mallya dies at 97

National Affairs

Health & Social Issues

1. World Suicide Prevention Day: 10 September and Theme

World Suicide Prevention Day is marked each year on 10 September.
Theme for 2024-26: 'Changing the Narrative on Suicide'; the accompanying call is 'Start the Conversation'.
IASP began it in 2003 together with WHO.
The first observance was in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Government Schemes

2. PMMSY: Six Years of the Fisheries Scheme

PMMSY completed six years on 10 September 2026.
It was launched in 2020 with an outlay of ₹20,050 crore.
The Department of Fisheries implements it, with Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored components.

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Economy

3. Chhattisgarh NIPUN Mission: Rs 500 Crore Startup Plan

Chhattisgarh's Cabinet cleared a startup and skilling mission worth Rs 500 crore over five years.
Entrepreneurship centres will come up across every one of the 33 districts.
The plan has 5 Centres of Excellence plus 100 labs for emerging technologies.
A NIPUN Job Engine will link trained youth to industry jobs.

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Banking & Finance

Economy

4. India’s Forex Reserves Hit Record $785.7 Billion

Reserves of foreign exchange leapt by $44.9 billion, a record, during the week to 4 September 2026.
Total reserves stood at $785.7 billion, reportedly fourth-largest in the world.
Since the concessional swap scheme was unveiled on 5 June, reserves have added over $100 billion; FCNR(B) flows were about $127 billion.

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Banking & Finance

5. Global Fintech Fest 2026: Mumbai Highlights

GFF 2026, the 7th edition, ran in Mumbai on 8-11 September 2026.
RBI recognised the Unified Fintech Forum (UFF) as the second Self-Regulatory Organisation for the fintech sector.
RBI widened Bharat Connect forex services to EUR, GBP, CAD, CHF and AED.
SEBI started a Demat 2.0 pilot to tokenise corporate bonds on distributed ledger technology.

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Economy

6. CSL and Drydocks World Form 50:50 Ship Repair Venture in Kochi

Cochin Shipyard Limited and UAE's Drydocks World agreed a 50:50 venture to grow Kochi's ship repair facility.
Each side puts in ₹900 crore, so the venture is worth ₹1,800 crore.
CSL is a Miniratna company under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

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Economy

7. Tata Steel COG Injection: India’s First at Meramandali

Tata Steel brought on stream the country's first COG (Coke Oven Gas) injection facility at its Meramandali plant, Odisha.
It is installed at Blast Furnace 1 of the plant.
COG is a coke by-product with more than 55% hydrogen.
The project supports Tata Steel's Net Zero target for 2045.

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International Affairs

International Relations

8. South-South Cooperation Day 2026: Theme and Background

South-South Cooperation Day is marked every year on 12 September.
The 2026 theme stresses solidarity and an alliance for inclusive, innovative development.
The date recalls the Buenos Aires Plan of Action of 1978.

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Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

9. Grow Indigo Carbon Credit Payout to Farmers via DSR

Agri-tech startup Grow Indigo paid roughly 2,500 farmers ₹3,000-₹15,000 each for over 57,000 agricultural carbon credits.
Payment came from its own funds, before the credits were fully sold.
A CSKHPKV-Savannah Seeds study found DSR with SAVA-134 cut methane by nearly 90%.

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Science & Technology

10. NIXI-APNIC MoU to Strengthen India’s Internet Infrastructure

A memorandum between NIXI and APNIC was inked in Mumbai on 8 September 2026.
The pact spans network resilience, security, technical training and capacity building.
It backs RPKI for safer internet routing and promotes wider IPv6 adoption.

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Science & Technology

11. International Space Summit 2026 in Paris: key outcomes

The inaugural International Space Summit took place in Paris on 9-10 September 2026.
Nearly 90 countries attended; about 51 announcements worth roughly EUR 20 billion were made.
India and France signed three agreements on launches, surveillance systems and microsatellites.

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Environment & Ecology

12. Grass Mache: Dal Lake Weeds Turned into Craft Products

A Srinagar artisan developed Grass Mache from Dal Lake weeds.
The craft adapts Kashmir's papier-mâché tradition.
Dal Lake is managed by the LCMA, formerly LAWDA.

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Environment & Ecology

13. World Circular Economy Forum 2026 in Gandhinagar: Key Facts

WCEF 2026 is held at Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from 15 to 18 September 2026.
Theme: Circular Economy: Transition for People and Prosperity.
It is the 10th edition and the first in South Asia.
WCEF began in 2017 at the initiative of Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund.

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Environment & Ecology

14. National Forest Martyrs Day 11 September: Khejarli 1730

National Forest Martyrs Day is observed in India every 11 September.
It recalls the Khejarli Massacre of 1730 in Rajasthan.
The Environment Ministry designated the day in 2013; events are held at the memorial in Dehradun.

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Defence & Security

International Relations

15. Rajnath Singh in Sri Lanka: First Defence Minister Visit in 40 Years

Rajnath Singh visited Sri Lanka from 8 to 10 September 2026 to deepen defence and maritime security ties.
No Indian Defence Minister had gone to Sri Lanka for nearly four decades before this trip.
Three Bailey Bridges built by Indian Defence Forces were virtually inaugurated.
Three MoUs were signed on youth cooperation, military education and air-defence capability.

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International Relations

16. Samudra Laksamana 2026: 4th India–Malaysia Naval Exercise at Lumut

The 4th edition of Samudra Laksamana, the India–Malaysia bilateral maritime exercise, took place at Lumut, Malaysia.
It has a Harbour Phase followed by a Sea Phase of joint maritime activities and training.
Malaysia fielded KD Lekir and KD Gagah Sam.

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Awards & Persons

Polity & Governance

17. Eknath Shinde Honoured With Three International Awards

Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, received three international awards in London.
His visit ran from 9 to 11 September 2026.
The awards included Commonwealth Public Leadership Recognition and a Statesmanship Award for Transformative Leadership.
He also got the Global Pride of Maharashtra Award for promoting Marathi culture.

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History, Art & Culture

18. Konkani activist N. Purushothama Mallya dies at 97

N. Purushothama Mallya, educationist, writer and Konkani language activist, died aged 97.
The Padma Shri came to him in 2015, in the field of Literature and Education.
He translated Thirukkural into Konkani and received the Sahitya Akademi Translation Award in 2008.

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Daily Current Affairs: 15 September 2026

In this issue: 18 topics

National Affairs

1. World Suicide Prevention Day: 10 September and Theme

Government Schemes

2. PMMSY: Six Years of the Fisheries Scheme

3. Chhattisgarh NIPUN Mission: Rs 500 Crore Startup Plan

Banking & Finance

4. India’s Forex Reserves Hit Record $785.7 Billion

5. Global Fintech Fest 2026: Mumbai Highlights

Economy

6. CSL and Drydocks World Form 50:50 Ship Repair Venture in Kochi

7. Tata Steel COG Injection: India’s First at Meramandali

International Affairs

8. South-South Cooperation Day 2026: Theme and Background

Agriculture & Rural

9. Grow Indigo Carbon Credit Payout to Farmers via DSR

Science & Technology

10. NIXI-APNIC MoU to Strengthen India’s Internet Infrastructure

11. International Space Summit 2026 in Paris: key outcomes

Environment & Ecology

12. Grass Mache: Dal Lake Weeds Turned into Craft Products

13. World Circular Economy Forum 2026 in Gandhinagar: Key Facts

14. National Forest Martyrs Day 11 September: Khejarli 1730

Defence & Security

15. Rajnath Singh in Sri Lanka: First Defence Minister Visit in 40 Years

16. Samudra Laksamana 2026: 4th India–Malaysia Naval Exercise at Lumut

Awards & Persons

17. Eknath Shinde Honoured With Three International Awards

18. Konkani activist N. Purushothama Mallya dies at 97

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