National News

Consultation Meeting with MSME Textile Exporters

• Union Minister of Textiles, Giriraj Singh, chaired a consultation meeting with MSME textile exporters across the textile and apparel value chain.

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Aerial Survey of Flood-Affected Areas in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
• Financial assistance of ₹1,500 crore was announced for flood- and rain-affected areas in Himachal Pradesh and ₹1,600 crore for Punjab, over and above the ₹12,000 crore already allocated.

National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF):

India’s Fisheries Production: Financial Year 2024-25

• India produced 19.5 million tonnes of fish in the financial year 2024-25, making it the second largest fish-producing country in the world.

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State News

Inauguration of II and III Phases of Godavari Water Project

• Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy inaugurated the second and third phases of the Godavari Water Project on 8 September 2025 at Gandipet, near Hyderabad.
• The total cost of both projects is approximately ₹7,360 crore, and the project will receive 20 TMC of water from the Mallanna Sagar Reservoir.

Telangana :

International News

India, Iran and Armenia Trilateral Consultation Meeting

• The third trilateral consultation meeting between India, Iran and Armenia was held on 8 September 2025 in Tehran.
• The meeting was co-chaired by Anand Prakash, Joint Secretary (PAI), India; Mohammad Reza Bahrami, Director General for South Asia Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran; and Anahit Karapetyan, Head of Asia-Pacific Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia.

Iran :

Agreement between India and Sri Lanka

• India and Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of an Accident and Emergency Care Unit at the Mannar District General Hospital.
• India has provided a grant of 600 million Sri Lankan Rupees for this project.

Sri Lanka :

Norway General Elections 2025

• Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of the Labour Party has won the recently held general elections for the second consecutive time.
• With this victory, he will continue to serve as Prime Minister for the next term.

Norway :

France’s New Prime Minister

• French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Sébastien Lecornu as the country’s new Prime Minister.
• This appointment comes after the resignation of François Bayrou, whose government failed to secure a vote of confidence in the Parliament.
• Sébastien Lecornu previously served as France’s Defence Minister.

France :

Economy and Banking

India’s GDP Growth for FY 2025-26: Fitch Ratings

• According to Fitch Ratings’ latest Global Economic Outlook, India has demonstrated strong economic performance amid geopolitical uncertainties.
• Fitch has revised India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 2025-26 from 6.5% to 6.9%.
• India’s economic growth is expected to be 6.3% in FY 2027, slightly declining to 6.2% in FY 2028.

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Environment News

Increase in India’s Solar Open Access Capacity

• India added 3.8 GW of solar open access capacity in the first half of 2025 (January-June), a significant increase compared to the previous year.
• According to Mercom India’s report, this brought the total solar open access capacity in India to 24.6 GW by June 2025.
• In the second quarter of 2025, Maharashtra led the additions, contributing over 30% of total installations.

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Defense News

Multinational Military Exercise ZAPAD 2025

• An Indian Army contingent will participate in the multinational military exercise ZAPAD 2025 being held in Russia.
• The exercise is taking place at the Mulino Training Ground in Nizhny, Russia, from 10 to 16 September 2025, with the participation of troops and observers from over 20 countries, including China and Pakistan.

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ASPIRE Programme

• On 9 September 2025, the Ministry of Defence signed an agreement with EdCIL (India) Limited under the ASPIRE (Accelerating Strategic Progress in Research and Education) Programme.

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Person In News

C.P. Radhakrishnan

• C.P. Radhakrishnan has been elected as the 15th Vice President of India.
• In the Vice-Presidential election of 2025, held on 9 September 2025, he secured 452 votes, while his opponent, Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy, received 300 votes.
• The election witnessed a voter turnout of about 98.2%.

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Honours and Awards

Tejaswi Manoj

• Indian-American Tejaswi Manoj has been selected by Time Magazine for the ‘Kid of the Year Award 2025’.
• Tejaswi created a website called “Shield Seniors”, which provides guidance to people above 60 years of age on cybersecurity and ways to protect themselves from online fraud.

Important Days

World Suicide Prevention Day

• World Suicide Prevention Day is observed every year on 10 September with the aim of raising awareness about suicide, sharing prevention measures, and encouraging open conversations about mental health.

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