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441 stories for “Current Affairs” · September 2026
Clear filtersTamil Nadu's first dedicated skate park built by the government was inaugurated on September 11, 2026, at Buttfire near Udhagamandalam (Ooty) in the Nilgiris district. The facility is the State's first government-constru...
Southern Railway has completed electrification of its entire broad-gauge network of 5,068 route-km, reaching 100% coverage. The journey began on 11 May 1931, when Madras became the second metropolitan city in India, afte...
Tamil Nadu has sanctioned 29,108 new police posts, the first such large expansion in 17 years, to ease manpower shortages and reduce the workload of personnel. The State's police-public ratio fell from 198.07 in 2013 to...
The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) has identified a brick structure exposed in the Kollidam riverbed at Koogur near Lalgudi in Tiruchi district as a Sangam-period water regulation structure. It lies a...
The International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies was observed on 7 September 2026 to build awareness and encourage action for better air quality. The theme for 2026 is "Clean Air, Healthy Choices: Acting Together for Pe...
Himalaya Diwas, observed on September 9, draws attention to the Himalayan ecosystem and the need to conserve it. It was first declared in Uttarakhand in 2015 to promote conservation, sustainable development and community...
Four Indian cultural heritage sites have been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, raising India's total to 73. They are the Rangpur-Sivasagar Historic Ensemble in Assam, the Colonial Penal Settlement in t...
Five young orangutans were rescued from a casuarina plantation in the Udayapur-Talsari forest area of Balasore district in Odisha. Orangutans are not native to India; they occur naturally only in the forests of Indonesia...
India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the men's doubles title at the China Masters badminton tournament held in China. In the final, the Indian pair defeated the Chinese duo of He Jiting and Ren Xian...
India collected 15 medals - four gold, three silver and eight bronze - at the World Archery Para Series Stage III held in Ahmedabad. Sheetal Devi won the women's compound gold, while Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami to...
Vinaya Prakash Singh, a senior Indian Postal Service (IPoS) officer, has been re-elected without opposition as Secretary-General of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union (APPU) for a second four-year term covering 2027-2030. Th...
Tripura achieved a zero per cent dropout rate in Classes 1 to 5 during the 2025-26 academic year, according to UDISE+ (Unified District Information System for Education Plus) data. The State's primary dropout rate has fa...
