Consider the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R): Assertion (A): In India, the total number of deaths from passive smoking rose between 1990 and 2023, even though the death rate per 1,00,000 fell. Reason (R): The number of people exposed to second-hand smoke grew from 375 million to 444 million during this period.

Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

Daily Current Affairs — 10 September 2026

10 September 2026 · 14 min read · TS Police Hub (Anvil Edtech)

A magazine-depth briefing for TSLPRB SI & Constable aspirants — Polity, Economy & Infrastructure, Environment, Science & Technology, International, Awards & Books, Sports, and a dedicated Telangana section, with exam-ready facts and 8 practice questions.

1. Polity & Governance

Mukhyamantri Yuva Bhavishya Nirman Yojana (Uttarakhand)

Why in news: On 7 September 2026, the Uttarakhand government launched the 'Mukhyamantri Yuva Bhavishya Nirman Yojana', a scheme that gives free online coaching for competitive exams to college students of the state.

About the scheme

Launched by: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, on 7 September 2026.
Benefit: Free online coaching plus quality study material for exams like UPSC, State PSCs, Defence (CDS), Banking, Railways and SSC.
Who is eligible: Students of state universities and government or government-aided colleges in Uttarakhand.
Phase 1: 11,000 students will get free online coaching, with special focus on aspirants from remote and hilly areas.

Independence Day 2026 — Six Big Reforms

Why in news: This state scheme follows the Prime Minister's Independence Day 2026 pledge to give free online coaching. That speech, from the Red Fort, listed six big reforms.

Six reforms from the 80th Independence Day

Which day: 15 August 2026 was the 80th Independence Day (India completed 79 years of freedom).
1. AI skills: Artificial Intelligence skills for 1 crore youth within about one year.
2. Free coaching: Free online coaching for competitive exams.
3. Civil Defence: A modern, nationwide Civil Defence network.
4. Sports talent hunt: Sports talent hunt for children aged 5 to 15 years.
5. Semiconductors: 5 to 8 new semiconductor (computer chip) plants over the coming years.
6. Nuclear power: 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047, with 5 new reactors this decade.

AP Human Organ Transplantation (Amendment) Bill, 2026

Why in news: The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed the Human Organ Transplantation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, making organ donation easier for more relatives.

Parent law: It amends the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act (THOTA), 1994.
Wider 'close relatives': Grandparents, maternal uncles and aunts are added to the list of allowed donors; 'swap donation' is permitted.
Penalties: Illegal organ removal: up to 10 years jail and Rs 20 lakh fine; illegal organ trade: 5 to 10 years and higher fines.

2. Economy & Infrastructure

Western Dedicated Freight Corridor Fully Operational

Why in news: On 8 September 2026, the Prime Minister, through video conferencing from Vadodara (Gujarat), inaugurated the last sections of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor. India's freight-rail network is now fully operational across the eastern, northern and western regions.

About Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs)

What they are: DFCs are freight-only, double-line, electrified rail routes. They keep goods trains separate from passenger trains, so goods trains run faster.
Western DFC: Route: Dadri (Uttar Pradesh) to Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), Navi Mumbai; length about 1,506 km. It carries double-stack container trains.
Eastern DFC: Route: Ludhiana (Punjab) to Sonnagar (Bihar); length about 1,337 km.
Who runs them: DFCCIL (Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited), a PSU under the Ministry of Railways.
Speed gain: A freight train now covers 100 km in about 3.15 hours, against about 6.5 hours earlier.

5th e-FAST India Summit — PACT & ZET Marketplace

Why in news: At the 5th e-FAST India Summit 2026 in New Delhi, NITI Aayog launched two new initiatives — PACT and the ZET Marketplace — to speed up the shift of freight trucks to electric power.

e-FAST: Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport – India: the country's first national platform for freight electrification.
PACT: Platform for Aggregating Clean Transport — it brings together freight demand from shippers and e-commerce to plan charging stations along corridors.
ZET Marketplace: A business platform linking e-truck makers, logistics firms, charge-point operators and financiers. ZET = Zero-Emission Truck.
Why trucks matter: Heavy trucks are only 3–4% of India's vehicles but cause over one-third of transport-sector CO2.

IFC's USD 1 Billion for MSMEs via SIDBI

Why in news: On 7 September 2026, the Ministry of Finance announced USD 1 billion raised from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to give more long-term loans to MSMEs through SIDBI.

The amount: USD 1 billion: USD 500 million from IFC itself, and USD 500 million from a lender group led by SIDBI.
SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India — it will pass on the loans to MSMEs for up to 7 years.
IFC: The private-sector lending arm of the World Bank Group; headquartered in Washington D.C.; founded in 1956.

3. Environment & Ecology

New Lichen Species — Buellia maharajensis (Kerala)

Why in news: Scientists described a new lichen species named Buellia maharajensis from Kerala, in the international botany journal Taiwania.

Where found: Mathikettan Shola National Park, Idukki district, Kerala, at about 1,351 m altitude.
Type: It is a saxicolous lichen, meaning it grows directly on rock.
What is a lichen: A lichen is a partnership of a fungus with an alga or cyanobacterium. Lichens are natural indicators of clean air.
Name: It honours Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, on its 150th anniversary. The park lies in the Western Ghats.

Passive Smoking in India — Lancet Study

Why in news: A study in The Lancet Public Health showed that deaths from passive (second-hand) smoking in India rose by about 50% between 1990 and 2023.

Deaths in India: Rose from 2,17,700 (1990) to 3,25,600 (2023). But the death rate fell by about 35% (46.1 to 30 per 1,00,000).
Why both can be true: The total number rose because the exposed population grew (375 million to 444 million); the rate fell because a smaller share of people were exposed.
Passive smoking: Breathing in tobacco smoke from others, without smoking yourself.
Law in India: COTPA, 2003 (Section 4) bans smoking in public places.

4. Science & Technology

TRISHNA — India–France Thermal Satellite

Why in news: The India–France TRISHNA satellite is set for launch around October 2027 on India's PSLV, even after two recent PSLV third-stage failures.

TRISHNA: Thermal infraRed Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural resource Assessment. A joint mission of ISRO (India) and CNES (France).
What it does: It measures the surface temperature of land and water using thermal infrared, to track plant water stress, urban heat and glacier melt.
PSLV fact: The PSLV has 4 stages. Both recent failures (May 2025, January 2026) were in the third stage.

GalaxEye — First Indian Startup with a US Patent

Why in news: GalaxEye Space became the first Indian startup to win a US patent for satellite imaging technology, for its OptoSAR sensor-fusion system.

The company: GalaxEye, a Bengaluru startup incubated at IIT Madras.
OptoSAR: A system that joins optical (camera) and SAR (radar) sensors on one satellite, for clear all-weather, day-and-night images.
Mission Drishti: The satellite that demonstrates OptoSAR; at about 190 kg it was India's largest privately built Earth-observation satellite at launch (3 May 2026, on a SpaceX Falcon 9).

ORV Sagar Manthan — Indigenous Ocean Research Vessel

Why in news: On 9 September 2026, GRSE launched the Ocean Research Vessel Sagar Manthan at Kolkata — India's first indigenously designed and built ocean research vessel.

Builder and owner: Built by GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers), a defence PSU, for NCPOR under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
What it does: A floating laboratory: it maps the seabed and runs seismic surveys to depths of about 6 km. Part of the Deep Ocean Mission.
Replaces: The 43-year-old ORV Sagar Kanya, which was bought from Germany in 1983.

In Brief — DRDO SHIELD, Agnikul & AlphaGenome

Why in news: In brief — DRDO issued a Request for Proposal for SHIELD, a system to test how high-power microwaves damage electronics; Agnikul Cosmos opened two rocket testing hubs in Chennai; and Google DeepMind released AlphaGenome Atlas.

DRDO SHIELD: S-band High-power microwave Integrated Evaluation system for Lethality and Damage. It tests how microwave energy disables electronics — a base for directed-energy weapons against drones.
Agnikul Cosmos: IIT-Madras startup; its new Chennai hubs test and re-check recovered reusable rocket stages. Its rocket is Agnibaan, with a 3D-printed engine.
AlphaGenome Atlas: An AI catalogue predicting the effect of all about 9 billion single-letter changes in human DNA; free for academic researchers. Made by Google DeepMind (makers of AlphaFold).

5. International

Princess Elisabeth Island — World's First Energy Island

Why in news: Belgium's Princess Elisabeth Island, the world's first artificial energy island, reached a construction milestone. It is being built in the North Sea.

What it is: An artificial island (about 5 hectares) about 45 km off the Belgian coast that bundles offshore wind cables into the grid; target capacity about 3.5 GW.
Built by: Elia, Belgium's transmission grid operator; it will link to the UK and Denmark.
Belgium facts: Capital Brussels hosts the headquarters of both NATO and the European Union; currency is the Euro.

APPU & UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2026

Why in news: Dr. Vinaya Prakash Singh of India was re-elected Secretary General of the Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU), and six programmes won the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2026.

APPU: Asian Pacific Postal Union, founded 1962, headquartered in Bangkok. Dr. Singh, a 1988-batch Indian Postal Service officer, won a second term (2027–2030).
UNESCO Literacy Prizes 2026: Won by six programmes from Colombia, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Thailand; theme: 'Literacy for people, the planet and prosperity'. Each laureate gets USD 30,000.
Literacy Day: International Literacy Day is observed on 8 September every year.

6. Awards, Books & Persons in News

Kalinga Ratna Award 2026 — Justice Dipak Misra

Why in news: On 8 September 2026, the Kalinga Ratna Award 2026 was conferred on Justice Dipak Misra, a former Chief Justice of India, at Cuttack, Odisha.

Recipient: Justice Dipak Misra, the 45th Chief Justice of India, an Odisha native.
Given by: Sarala Sahitya Sansad, a literary body; the award (instituted 2007) goes to a worthy person of Odisha.

Bhupen Hazarika Centenary — Book Release

Why in news: On 7 September 2026, the Vice-President released the book 'Bhupen Hazarika: 100 Years of a Wandering Song' at Gauhati University, marking the singer's birth centenary.

Bhupen Hazarika: Assam's cultural icon, called the 'Bard of the Brahmaputra'. Born 8 September 1926; awarded Bharat Ratna in 2019 (posthumous) and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1992.
Released by: The Vice-President of India, C.P. Radhakrishnan.

7. Sports

World Archery Para Series 2026 — Stage 3, Ahmedabad

Why in news: India won 15 medals at Stage 3 of the World Archery Para Series 2026, held at the Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad, from 5 to 9 September 2026.

Medal tally: India won 15 medals in all: 4 gold, 3 silver and 8 bronze.
Star performer: Sheetal Devi, an armless para-archer, won gold in the women's compound event.
First for India: This was the first time India hosted a World Archery Para Series event.

8. Telangana Special

TCS HyperVault AI Data Centre — Future City

Why in news: On 5 September 2026, TCS's data-centre arm HyperVault announced a Rs 70,000-crore AI data centre campus in Future City, near Hyderabad.

The project: An AI data centre on about 264 acres, with up to 1 GW capacity and about 7,000 jobs.
Timeline: The Chief Minister sought completion in 21 months, targeting inauguration on 2 June 2028 (Telangana Formation Day).
Scale: It is one of India's largest announced AI data centre projects.

Telangana Caste Survey as a 'Role Model'

Why in news: On 10 September 2026, the Telangana Chief Minister urged the Centre to follow Telangana's 2024–25 caste survey as a 'role model' for the national Census.

The claim: Telangana says its caste survey is a scientific model that the national Census can follow.
Context: The next national Census will, for the first time in decades, also count castes.

Practice questions with answers

With reference to India's Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs), consider the following statements:
1. The Western DFC runs from Dadri to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT).
2. The Eastern DFC runs from Ludhiana to Sonnagar.
3. DFCs are operated by DFCCIL, a body under the Ministry of Road Transport.
1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (A) 1 and 2 only
Explanation: Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is wrong: DFCCIL works under the Ministry of Railways, not Road Transport.
The TRISHNA satellite is a joint Earth-observation mission of ISRO and the space agency of which country?
1. United States
2. France
3. Japan
4. Germany
Answer: (B) France
Explanation: TRISHNA is an ISRO–CNES (France) mission. CNES is the French national space agency. It is a thermal-infrared satellite planned to launch on the PSLV around October 2027.
Match List-I (Organisation / mission) with List-II (Country / city):
List I List II
A. APPU headquarters 1. Kolkata
B. IFC headquarters 2. Bangkok
C. Sagar Manthan built at 3. Belgium
D. Princess Elisabeth Island 4. Washington D.C.
1. A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
2. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
3. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
4. A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
Answer: (A) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
Explanation: APPU is headquartered in Bangkok; IFC in Washington D.C.; ORV Sagar Manthan was launched by GRSE at Kolkata; and the Princess Elisabeth energy island is being built by Belgium.
Consider the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R):
Assertion (A): In India, the total number of deaths from passive smoking rose between 1990 and 2023, even though the death rate per 1,00,000 fell.
Reason (R): The number of people exposed to second-hand smoke grew from 375 million to 444 million during this period.
1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
2. Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
3. A is true, but R is false
4. A is false, but R is true
Answer: (A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
Explanation: Both are true and R explains A. The total deaths rose because more people were exposed (population effect), while the rate per 1,00,000 fell because a smaller share of people were exposed.
The Kalinga Ratna Award 2026 was conferred on which of the following persons?
1. Justice Dipak Misra
2. Dr. Vinaya Prakash Singh
3. C.P. Radhakrishnan
4. Sheetal Devi
Answer: (A) Justice Dipak Misra
Explanation: The Kalinga Ratna Award 2026 was given to Justice Dipak Misra, the 45th Chief Justice of India, at Cuttack. It is an Odisha award instituted in 2007 by Sarala Sahitya Sansad.
'PACT' and the 'ZET Marketplace', launched at the 5th e-FAST India Summit 2026, are initiatives of which body to promote freight electrification?
1. Ministry of Heavy Industries
2. NITI Aayog
3. DFCCIL
4. SIDBI
Answer: (B) NITI Aayog
Explanation: NITI Aayog launched PACT (Platform for Aggregating Clean Transport) and the ZET (Zero-Emission Truck) Marketplace under e-FAST, India's first national platform for freight electrification.
With reference to Buellia maharajensis, recently in the news, consider the following statements:
1. It is a newly described species of lichen.
2. It was discovered in the Western Ghats of Kerala.
3. A lichen is formed by a partnership between a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium.
1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation: All three are correct. Buellia maharajensis is a new saxicolous (rock-growing) lichen found at Mathikettan Shola National Park in the Western Ghats, Kerala. A lichen is a symbiosis of a fungus with an alga/cyanobacterium.
The Rs 70,000-crore 'HyperVault' AI data centre campus announced in September 2026 is coming up in which Telangana location?
1. Kakatiya Urban Park, Warangal
2. Future City, near Hyderabad
3. Kaleshwaram
4. Ramagundam
Answer: (B) Future City, near Hyderabad
Explanation: TCS's HyperVault will build the AI data centre in Future City, Telangana's new planned city near Hyderabad, with up to 1 GW capacity and about 7,000 jobs, targeted for 2 June 2028.

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