📚 CURRENT AFFAIRS | 9 SEPTEMBER 2026
📌 Source: PIB
🔹 Global Dryland Congress 2026
• The Global Dryland Congress 2026 will be held in New Delhi from 10 to 12 September 2026.
• Theme : “Transforming Dryland Agriculture with South South Cooperation.”
• It is jointly organised by ICAR and ICRISAT and marks 50 years of ICAR ICRISAT partnership.
🔹 ORV Sagar Manthan Launched
• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched India’s advanced Ocean Research Vessel ORV Sagar Manthan at Rishi Bankim Shipyard, Kolkata.
• It has been designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, GRSE, for the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, NCPOR.
• The vessel will strengthen India’s indigenous oceanographic and maritime research capabilities.
🔹 International Deep Sea Macrofauna Taxonomy School
• A five day Deep Sea Macrofauna Taxonomy School is being held at CMLRE, Kochi, from 7 to 11 September.
• It is organised under the Sustainable Seabed Knowledge Initiative, SSKI, of the International Seabed Authority, ISA.
• Partners include CMLRE, ISA, Indian Ocean Rim Association, IORA, and Korea’s MABIK.
🔹 Aadhaar Face Authentication SDK and Sandbox Launched
• UIDAI launched the Aadhaar Face Authentication SDK and Sandbox at Global Fintech Fest 2026.
• The SDK allows Aadhaar Face Authentication to be integrated directly into Android and iOS applications.
• It is designed to simplify multi factor authentication, particularly for the banking and financial services sector.
🔹 New Green Hydrogen Research
• Scientists at CeNS Bengaluru, an autonomous institute under DST, developed a metal free approach for solar driven hydrogen production.
• Researchers combined aspartic acid with perylene diimide, PDI, producing self assembled nanosheets that generated nearly 18% higher photocurrent than the bulk material.
• The research could support future green hydrogen and solar fuel technologies.
🔹 3D Printed Patient Specific Bone Grafts
• Technology Development Board, DST extended financial support to Ceramat Private Limited, Maharashtra, for commercialisation of patient specific 3D printed bone grafts.
• The project uses indigenous calcium phosphate based bioceramic materials and 3D printing technology.
🔹 India Expands Participation at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026
• India will participate in 63 of 64 skills at the 48th WorldSkills Competition, scheduled in Shanghai, China, from 22 to 27 September 2026.
• Team Skill India will have nearly 70 competitors.
• India will compete for the first time in 11 new skills, including Unmanned Aerial Systems, Aircraft Maintenance, Software Testing and Intelligent Security Technology.
🔹 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026 Launched
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development launched the 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026 at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
• Theme : “Hamari Anganwadi, Hamari Jimmedari.”
• The month long campaign focuses on dietary diversity, adequate protein intake and fresh hot cooked meals.
• More than 14 lakh Anganwadi Centres serve over 7.5 crore children and 1.10 crore pregnant and lactating women.
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