Current Affairs 10 September 2026

Russia and North Korea Open First Road Bridge

Russia and North Korea opened their first-ever road bridge across their shared border on 7 September 2026, creating a new direct road connection between the two countries. The bridge crosses the Tumen River near Russia’s Khasan area and North Korea’s Rason region. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and North Korean Premier Pak Thae Song participated in the inauguration.

Before the new road bridge, the main land connection between the two countries was the Friendship Bridge, a railway crossing over the Tumen River dating from 1959.

9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026 Launched in Varanasi

The 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026 was launched on 9 September 2026 at the Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Rashtriya Poshan Maah is observed every September to promote awareness on nutrition, maternal health, child development and healthy caregiving practices.

The central theme of Poshan Maah 2026 is “Hamari Anganwadi, Hamari Jimmedari”, highlighting the importance of community ownership of Anganwadi Centres. The campaign focuses on dietary diversity, adequate protein intake, fresh hot-cooked meals, community accountability, early childhood development and maternal nutrition.

Poshan Maah 2026 also commemorates 10 years of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), India’s flagship maternity benefit programme. As of 31 July 2026, India had nearly 13.99 lakh Anganwadi Centres, around 13.30 lakh Anganwadi Workers and approximately 8.94 crore beneficiaries under the nutrition-service network.

Western Dedicated Freight Corridor Fully Completed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated three key sections of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) to the nation at Vadodara, Gujarat, on 8 September 2026, marking the completion of the corridor. The three newly commissioned sections together cover 326 route km and were developed at a cost of more than ₹20,700 crore.

The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor extends for about 1,506 km between Dadri in Uttar Pradesh and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (JNPT) in Maharashtra. India has also constructed the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) from Ludhiana to Sonnagar, covering about 1,337 km. With both corridors commissioned, India’s operational Dedicated Freight Corridor network extends for more than 2,800 km.

Dedicated Freight Corridors provide separate railway tracks primarily for goods trains, reducing dependence on tracks shared with passenger trains. They enable faster freight movement, higher carrying capacity, improved reliability and lower logistics costs.

Note:

• Western Dedicated Freight Corridor funding: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
• Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor major funding: World Bank

ICAR Develops AI-Based Real-Time Monitoring System for Mithun

Researchers at the ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun (ICAR-NRC on Mithun), Nagaland, have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based real-time system to detect and track the behaviour of Mithun in natural farm conditions. The AI framework uses the YOLOv8n model for behaviour detection and DeepSORT technology for tracking individual Mithun across video frames. Mithun, scientifically known as Bos frontalis, is popularly called the “Cattle of the Hills” and has major social, cultural and economic importance for tribal communities of Northeast India.

CosmoCube Mission

Scientists from the United Kingdom have proposed CosmoCube, a small satellite mission that would orbit the Moon and use the radio-quiet lunar far side to search for the extremely faint 21-cm radio signal from neutral hydrogen. The mission concept was detailed in Nature Astronomy on 14 August 2026 and is aimed at studying the poorly observed period between the formation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the first stars. CosmoCube is proposed as a roughly two-year lunar-orbit mission.

India is developing a similar scientific concept called PRATUSH — Probing ReionizATion of the Universe using Signal from Hydrogen. Developed by the Raman Research Institute (RRI) with ISRO involvement, PRATUSH aims to detect the redshifted 21-cm hydrogen signal from the Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionisation, ultimately using observations from lunar orbit.

Exercise Veer Guardian-2026

The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) will conduct the bilateral air exercise Veer Guardian-2026 at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 9 to 22 September 2026. The Indian Air Force will participate with frontline combat aircraft including the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Su-30 MKI and Rafale. The JASDF will participate with its F-2A fighter aircraft.

7th Global Fintech Fest 2026 Held in Mumbai

The 7th Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026 is being held in Mumbai from 8 to 11 September 2026. The event brings together policymakers, regulators, financial institutions, fintech companies and technology innovators to discuss the future of digital finance and emerging financial technologies. The theme of GFF 2026 is “Potential to Impact: Agentic AI | Tokenisation | Quantum: Trusted, Connected, Global Systems for Inclusive Finance.”

The principal organisers of the festival are the Payments Council of India (PCI), National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Fintech Convergence Council (FCC). The event is also supported by institutions including the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), NITI Aayog, IFSCA and PFRDA.

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika – 100th Birth Anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika on his 100th birth anniversary on 8 September 2026. The Prime Minister highlighted Hazarika’s role in carrying the cultural spirit of Assam and Northeast India to audiences across the country through his music.

Born on 8 September 1926, Bhupen Hazarika was a renowned singer, lyricist, composer, poet, writer and filmmaker from Assam. Popularly known as “Sudhakantha”, his songs often centred on humanity, social justice, communal harmony and universal brotherhood. His music helped popularise the folk and cultural traditions of Assam and Northeast India at the national level.

Hazarika received several major honours for his contribution to Indian music and cinema, including the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1992), Padma Bhushan (2001) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (2008). He was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012 and India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2019.

Financial Fraud Risk Indicator

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reported that its Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) helped prevent suspected cyber-fraud transactions worth more than ₹5,000 crore within 15 months of its launch. The FRI was launched on 22 May 2025 under DoT’s Digital Intelligence Platform (DIP).

By August 2026, the cumulative suspected fraud losses prevented through FRI had reached ₹5,043.73 crore, compared with ₹660 crore prevented during its first six months.

FRI classifies mobile numbers into three risk categories — Medium, High and Very High. The classification uses inputs from sources such as citizen reports on Sanchar Saathi, the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) of the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, telecom operators, banks and other financial institutions. The intelligence is then shared through the Digital Intelligence Platform with banks, payment service providers, insurers, securities intermediaries and pension-sector entities.

The system enables banks and UPI service providers to flag or stop suspicious transactions before money leaves the customer’s account, shifting fraud control from a reactive approach to a preventive one.

Q1. The 7th Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026 was held in which city?
A. Bengaluru
B. Hyderabad
C. Mumbai
D. New Delhi

Q2. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, whose 100th birth anniversary was observed in September 2026, was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in which year?
A. 2012
B. 2015
C. 2019
D. 2021

Q3. YOLOv8n, seen in the news recently, is primarily associated with which of the following?
A. Artificial Intelligence-based object detection
B. Quantum communication
C. Satellite navigation
D. Genome sequencing

Q4. The Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI), seen in the news recently, was developed by which organisation?
A. Reserve Bank of India
B. Department of Telecommunications
C. National Payments Corporation of India
D. Securities and Exchange Board of India

Q5. Exercise Veer Guardian-2026 is a bilateral air exercise between India and which country?
A. France
B. Japan
C. Australia
D. United States

Q6. What is the central theme of the 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026?
A. Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi
B. Hamari Anganwadi, Hamari Jimmedari
C. Suposhit Bharat, Saksham Bharat
D. Jan Poshan, Jan Bhagidari

Q7. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC), completed in 2026, connects Dadri in Uttar Pradesh with which major port?
A. Deendayal Port
B. Jawaharlal Nehru Port
C. Mormugao Port
D. New Mangalore Port

Q8. PRATUSH, seen in the news in connection with early-Universe studies, is designed primarily to detect which of the following?
A. Gravitational waves from merging black holes
B. 21-cm radio signal from neutral hydrogen
C. High-energy gamma rays from supernovae
D. Neutrinos emitted by the Sun

Q9. CosmoCube, a small satellite mission proposed to study the early Universe from the radio-quiet far side of the Moon, is associated with scientists from which country?
A. United States
B. United Kingdom
C. France
D. Japan

Q10. The first road bridge connecting Russia and North Korea, opened in September 2026, has been constructed across which river?
A. Amur River
B. Yalu River
C. Tumen River
D. Ussuri River