US FDA Approves AstraZeneca Breast Cancer Drug Etcamah

Dated: 08 September 2026

The US FDA granted accelerated approval on September 5, 2026, to AstraZeneca’s oral pill Etcamah, or camizestrant, for advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Key Highlights:
1. It is a next-generation oral selective estrogen receptor degrader and complete estrogen-receptor antagonist.
2. It is for adults with locally advanced or metastatic disease carrying an ESR1 mutation that often emerges during endocrine therapy.
3. Approval relied on SERENA-6 Phase III data; it cut progression or death risk by 56% in patients with emerging ESR1 tumour mutations.
4. Recommended dose is one 75 mg tablet daily with CDK4/6 inhibitors palbociclib, ribociclib or abemaciclib.
5. Common effects are neutropenia and bradycardia; photopsia may cause flashes of light.
6. It is approved in more than 30 countries including the UK, Japan, Canada and EU.
7. WHO data cited over 300,000 US cases and about 42,000 deaths yearly. AstraZeneca is a Cambridge-based British-Swedish company formed in 1999 by Astra and Zeneca.

Anil Chakravarthy Appointed Adobe President and CEO

Dated: 08 September 2026

Adobe named Anil Chakravarthy President and CEO and a Board member effective December 1, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. He will succeed the current head while Shantanu Narayen becomes Executive Chair; both will work together from December 1 for transition.
2. Chakravarthy currently leads Digital Experience and worldwide field operations for enterprise customers.
3. He held executive roles at Symantec, VeriSign and McKinsey and served four years as Informatica CEO after joining it in 2013.
4. He joined Adobe as Executive Vice President in January 2020 and became Digital Experience President in December 2021.
5. He earned a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IT-BHU, Varanasi, and an MS and PhD from MIT.

Giorgia Meloni Leads Italy’s Longest-Serving Post-War Government

Dated: 08 September 2026

On September 4, 2026, Giorgia Meloni’s government became Italy’s longest-serving single-term administration since World War II.

Key Highlights:
1. It passed Silvio Berlusconi’s previous record of 1,412 consecutive days.
2. The right-wing coalition led by the Brothers of Italy came to power after the October 2022 national election.
3. The milestone is notable in a country that had 68 governments in eight decades.
4. Meloni is Italy’s first woman Prime Minister, took office October 22, 2022 and leads Fratelli d’Italia.
5. Italy’s capital is Rome and currency Euro; it belongs to G7 and is a founding European Union member.

Scapia and Axis Bank Launch Co-branded Travel Credit Card

Dated: 08 September 2026

Scapia and Axis Bank launched a co-branded travel credit card for Indian travel consumers on September 4, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. It is issued on Mastercard and RuPay; the RuPay version can link with UPI for merchant payments.
2. It earns up to 10% on eligible everyday spending and up to 20% Scapia Coins on app travel bookings, redeemable for flights, stays, visas and experiences.
3. Benefits include zero foreign-exchange markup, Smart Forex spending visibility and control, and premium lounge, dining and retail privileges.
4. This is Scapia’s third bank partnership and its service reaches more than 175 countries.
5. Onboarding and management are fully digital in one connected application.
6. Axis Bank, India’s third-largest private bank, is based in Mumbai, incorporated as UTI Bank in 1993 and began in 1994.
7. NPCI was created by RBI and IBA in 2008 in Mumbai; it launched indigenous RuPay in 2012, the first new global payment network in 20 years.

India Wins Nine Medals at International Earth Science Olympiad 2026

Dated: 08 September 2026

India won nine medals at the 19th International Earth Science Olympiad held in Italy from August 20 to 27, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. The tally comprised 4 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.
2. Teams from 39 countries participated.
3. Selected meritorious students completed a three-week intensive camp in June 2026 at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara.
4. The programme is run under the Earth Sciences Ministry’s outreach and awareness work.
5. At other 2026 Olympiads, India won 5 gold at the 56th Physics Olympiad in Bucaramanga, Colombia; 4 gold at the 58th Chemistry Olympiad in Tashkent; and 2 gold plus 4 silver at the Mathematical Olympiad.
6. The Earth Sciences Ministry was formed in 2006 by merging the Ocean Development Department and IMD and is headquartered in New Delhi.

India and Japan to Play First-Ever Men’s T20I

Dated: 08 September 2026

India and Japan will play their first men’s T20 International at Sano International Cricket Ground on September 22, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. The venue is in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
2. BCCI and Japan Cricket Association confirmed the fixture.
3. Both will contest men’s cricket at the 2026 Asian Games: India enters directly in the quarter-finals while Japan starts in the group stage.
4. India enters after winning the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup earlier in 2026.
5. India is also defending the Asian Games men’s cricket gold won four years earlier.
6. BCCI was founded in 1928 and is based in Mumbai.
7. Japan hosts the 2026 Asian Games, an important step before cricket’s Olympic return. The “Sport 75” initiative has been launched to mark the completion of 75 years of diplomatic relations between India and Japan.

AICTE Launches Rs. 245-Crore Innovation and Entrepreneurship Doctoral Fellowship

Dated: 08 September 2026

AICTE launched the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Doctoral Fellowship Programme in New Delhi on September 4, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. The projected five-year outlay is Rs. 245 crore.
2. It will support 150 PhD fellowships for research with practical applications.
3. It shifts conventional research toward problem-driven studies, technology transfer, commercialisation and measurable social impact.
4. It connects academic research with industry and startups and supports a knowledge-driven economy.
5. AICTE Chairman Prof Yogesh Singh and Member Secretary Prof Shyama Rath launched it.
6. AICTE began as a national advisory body in November 1945, became statutory through a 1987 Act, is based in New Delhi and works under the Higher Education Department.
7. A doctorate is the highest university degree and centres on original contributions to knowledge.

Tripathi and Ghuge Appointed Chief Justices of Bombay and Calcutta High Courts

Dated: 08 September 2026

The President appointed Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge as Chief Justices of the Bombay and Calcutta High Courts respectively on September 6, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. Justice Tripathi, formerly of Allahabad High Court, became the 50th Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
2. Justice Ghuge, formerly Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, became Calcutta High Court Chief Justice and succeeded Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, who moved to the Supreme Court.
3. The Supreme Court Collegium recommended them on August 6, 2026; notifications covered Chief Justices of eight High Courts.
4. Tripathi is the second recent Allahabad judge to lead Bombay High Court after its 47th Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya.
5. Article 217 governs High Court appointments by the President after consultation with the Chief Justice of India and State Governor.
6. Bombay High Court was established in 1862 and covers Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu.
7. Calcutta High Court, India’s oldest, began July 1, 1862 and covers West Bengal and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

President Murmu Confers National Teachers Awards 2026

Dated: 08 September 2026

President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Teachers Awards 2026 in New Delhi on September 5, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. The school category honoured 48 teachers from 27 States, 7 Union Territories and 6 Central organisations.
2. Higher education and polytechnics honoured 21 faculty: 12 from Central institutions, 5 from State universities including 3 government and 2 private colleges, and 4 from polytechnics including 2 government and 2 private institutions.
3. The awards support the aim of making India the world’s skill capital and a global knowledge power.
4. Teachers were recognised for building dutiful citizens and helping first-generation learners overcome inadequacy.
5. Education Minister Pralhad Joshi and Ministers of State Jayant Singh and Dr Sukanta Majumdar attended.
6. Savitribai Phule opened the first girls’ school in Pune in 1848 and pioneered education and women’s rights.
7. Teachers’ Day on September 5 marks Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary; the Education Ministry administers these awards for meritorious school teachers.

BIO-NIVESH Platform Launched for Private Biotechnology Investment

Dated: 08 September 2026

Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched BIO-NIVESH in New Delhi on September 3, 2026, linking biotechnology startups with private investors for scale-up and commercialisation.

Key Highlights:
1. It channels private capital into market-ready biotechnology and industrial expansion.
2. Its Big Five in Five Years strategy seeks five anchor companies to stabilise the startup ecosystem.
3. It uses the Rs. 1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Fund for long-term patient capital, technology translation and innovation-led manufacturing.
4. BIRAC is the biotechnology sector’s second-level fund manager.
5. The first edition involved 20 high-potential biotech and deep-tech startups and about 50 investors.
6. BIRAC is a Department of Biotechnology Section 8 public enterprise founded in 2012 for biotech innovation.
7. The Department works under the Science and Technology Ministry and was created in 1986 to advance biology and biotechnology.

Vinaya Prakash Singh Re-elected Secretary-General of APPU

Dated: 08 September 2026

Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh was re-elected unopposed as APPU Secretary-General at its 14th Congress in Bangkok on September 4, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. The 1988-batch Indian Postal Service officer received a second consecutive four-year term.
2. The new tenure runs from January 2027 through December 2030.
3. He first took charge in January 2023 after election at the 13th Congress in 2022.
4. APPU is headquartered in Bangkok, has 32 Asia-Pacific members and functions as a regional union of the Universal Postal Union.
5. UPU is a United Nations specialised agency founded in 1874 and based in Berne, Switzerland.

IAF Sarang Team Reaches Egypt for El Alamein Airshow

Dated: 08 September 2026

The Indian Air Force Sarang Helicopter Display Team reached Egypt on September 6, 2026, for the second El Alamein International Airshow.

Key Highlights:
1. The airshow runs September 6-10 at El Alamein International Airport.
2. Sarang is the world’s only five-helicopter display team.
3. It flies indigenously designed and built ALH Dhruv helicopters to demonstrate agility and operational versatility.
4. It will perform Dolphin Leap and introduce Spot Stall Turn.
5. The mission showcases IAF professionalism and strengthens India-Egypt defence and diplomatic ties.
6. HAL developed the 5.5-tonne, new-generation, multirole ALH Dhruv.
7. Sarang formed in 2003 and first performed abroad at Singapore Asian Aerospace Show in 2004; IAF was established October 8, 1932 and is headquartered in New Delhi.

Munitions India and Drogo Aerospace Sign MoU for UAV Systems

Dated: 08 September 2026

Munitions India Limited and Drogo Aerospace signed a Pune MoU on September 4, 2026, to jointly develop indigenous UAVs and loitering munitions.

Key Highlights:
1. The work covers design, development and integration to strengthen domestic defence production.
2. Drogo will design and manufacture UAV platforms and hardware; Munitions India will provide warheads, munition design, explosive filling and fuzing.
3. A Hyderabad-tested Delta Wing Kamikaze platform uses a triangular wing for one-way attacks, has up to 1,000 km range and carries a 20-30 kg warhead.
4. Later stages include safety evaluation, field and range trials and quality certification.
5. Munitions India is a Pune Defence PSU created in 2021 when the Ordnance Factory Board became seven PSUs.
6. Drogo is an indigenous UAV engineering company headquartered in Hyderabad.

Two-Time Grammy Winner Cassandra Wilson Passes Away

Dated: 08 September 2026

Jazz singer, songwriter and producer Cassandra Wilson died aged 70 in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 6, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. She was born December 4, 1955 in Jackson and studied at Millsaps College and Jackson State University.
2. Her debut album Point of View appeared in 1986 and she joined Steve Coleman’s New York M-Base Collective.
3. Works included Jumpworld (1990), She Who Weeps (1991), Blue Light ‘Til Dawn (1993), New Moon Daughter (1995), Loverly (2008) and Coming Forth by Day (2015).
4. She won Grammy Awards in 1997 and 2009, was named America’s Best Singer by Time in 2001 and became an NEA Jazz Master in 2022.
5. The Recording Academy’s Grammy Awards began in 1959 as the Gramophone Awards.
6. The US Congress created the National Endowment for the Arts in 1965; its Jazz Masters Fellowship is America’s highest jazz honour.

New Delhi to Host USD 1 Trillion iBRICS Capital Summit

Dated: 08 September 2026

New Delhi will host the first iBRICS Sovereign Capital Summit on September 12-13, 2026, during India’s 18th BRICS chairship.

Key Highlights:
1. Bharat Mandapam will receive leaders from BRICS members and partner countries.
2. More than 500 institutional investors, including sovereign and pension funds managing a combined USD 1 trillion, will attend.
3. Talks cover non-dollar settlement corridors, links between India’s UPI and Brazil’s Pix, and interoperability of central-bank digital currencies.
4. The Sovereign Capital Compact is due to be signed September 12.
5. Priority sectors are infrastructure, technology, critical minerals and energy transition.
6. India’s chairship theme is Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability and uses a Humanity First approach.
7. The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute convenes the summit; chairman Lakshmi Narayanan is lead co-chair. Bharat Mandapam at Pragati Maidan hosted the 2023 G20 Summit.

RBI Allows LIC to Acquire Up to 9.99% in ICICI Bank

Dated: 08 September 2026

RBI approved LIC on September 4, 2026, to acquire up to 9.99% of ICICI Bank’s paid-up capital or voting rights.

Key Highlights:
1. Approval is valid for one year and acquisition must be completed by September 3, 2027 or it lapses.
2. LIC received similar HDFC Bank approval on August 19, 2026 and currently holds 4.11% there.
3. The purchase must comply with the Banking Regulation Act 1949 and RBI ownership directions for private banks.
4. LIC was formed September 1, 1956 under its Act, is headquartered in Mumbai and is India’s largest government-owned insurer and investor.
5. RBI began April 1, 1935 on Hilton Young Commission recommendations, was nationalised January 1, 1949 and operates under the 1934 Act.
6. ICICI originated in 1955 as Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, is based in Mumbai and is a domestic systemically important bank.

International Vulture Awareness Day 2026 Observed in Panchkula

Dated: 08 September 2026

International Vulture Awareness Day was observed in Panchkula, Haryana, on September 5, 2026, highlighting vultures as nature’s cleanup crew.

Key Highlights:
1. It is observed worldwide on the first Saturday of September.
2. A national workshop used the theme From Crisis to Recovery - Conserving India’s Vultures.
3. Partners were the Environment Ministry, Central Zoo Authority, Haryana Forest and Wildlife Department, BNHS and Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore.
4. The movement began in 2006 through South Africa’s Endangered Wildlife Trust Birds of Prey Programme and England’s Hawk Conservancy Trust.
5. CZA is a New Delhi statutory body created in 1992 under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
6. BNHS was founded September 15, 1883 and is based at Hornbill House, Mumbai.
7. The Pinjore centre is a Haryana Forest Department-BNHS project and India’s first centre for breeding and conserving Gyps vultures.

Stamp Released for Dinamalar’s 75th Anniversary

Dated: 08 September 2026

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan released a commemorative stamp in Chennai on September 6, 2026, for the Tamil daily Dinamalar’s 75th anniversary.

Key Highlights:
1. The Chennai event marked 75 publication years and recognised public service and patriotism.
2. Its Pattam education initiative gives schoolchildren general awareness, language-skill and scientific-innovation content.
3. Dinamalar was founded in 1951 by T. V. Ramasubbaiyer.
4. The Tamil publication was created as a major media organisation serving society through journalism.

Dinesh Sharma Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Dated: 08 September 2026

President Droupadi Murmu appointed BJP Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma as Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on September 6, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. His tenure begins when he assumes office.
2. He was Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister from 2017 to 2022 and earlier served as Lucknow Mayor.
3. He entered the Rajya Sabha unopposed through a 2023 Uttar Pradesh by-election and served on its panel of vice-chairpersons; his term was due to end on November 25.
4. As constitutional head, he will oversee the Union Territory administration.
5. The islands became a Union Territory in 1956 and are administered by the President through a Lieutenant Governor under Article 239; headquarters is Port Blair.
6. The President appoints a Lieutenant Governor for five years; the office is comparable to a Governor in specified Union Territories including Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir.

Assam’s Rangpur-Sivasagar Added to UNESCO Tentative List

Dated: 08 September 2026

The Rangpur-Sivasagar Historic Ensemble in Assam entered UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List on June 19, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. The nomination under criteria (iii) and (iv) precedes a possible permanent World Heritage nomination.
2. It includes Rang Ghar amphitheatre, Talatal Ghar palace, Joysagar, Gaurisagar and Sivasagar tanks, plus Ahom temples, roads and bridges.
3. It served as political, ceremonial, capital and strategic centre of the Ahom dynasty in the Brahmaputra Valley.
4. It is a functional counterpart of the Charaideo Moidams, recognised by UNESCO in 2024.
5. The Ahom Kingdom, founded by Tai prince Chaolung Sukaphaa, ruled the Brahmaputra Valley for about 600 years from 1228 to 1826.
6. UNESCO was established in 1945, is based in Paris and administers the 1972 World Heritage Convention.

Advanced Research Facilities Opened at Panjab University

Dated: 08 September 2026

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated SAIF/CIL and the Panjab University Tech Innovation Forum in Chandigarh on September 5, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. Five high-end instruments support nanotechnology, genomics and materials science: atomic force microscope, Raman spectrometer, DNA sequencer, flow cytometer and FTIR spectrometer.
2. Bio-NEST became PU-TIF, a Section 8 non-profit connecting academia, industry and investors.
3. A strategic plan aims to put Panjab University among the global top 100 within five years.
4. International university MoUs will focus on technology transfer, mentorship and industry knowledge.
5. Panjab University is headquartered in Chandigarh and India’s Vice President is ex-officio Chancellor.
6. SAIF/CIL means Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility and Central Instrumentation Laboratory and provides advanced analysis to scientists and research technologists.

BTTF and Première Vision Sign Global Textile Partnership

Dated: 08 September 2026

Bharat Tex Trade Federation and Première Vision SA signed a multi-year institutional MoU in Paris on September 6, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. Dr A. Sakthivel, BTTF Core Committee member and AEPC chairman, and Florence Rousson, Première Vision fashion-division CEO, signed it.
2. The partnership covers trade, sourcing, design, sustainability and heritage and integrates India with global fashion through the Première Vision platform.
3. It implements the Letter of Intent signed July 14, 2026 during Bharat Tex 2026 in New Delhi.
4. Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh heads the ministry responsible for textile policy and development.
5. AEPC was incorporated in 1978 as the official export-promotion body for apparel exporters.
6. Bharat Tex is India’s largest global textile event and follows the 5F chain: Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign.

UN Declares November 27 International Day Against Child Marriage

Dated: 08 September 2026

The United Nations approved a resolution on September 6, 2026, designating November 27 as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage.

Key Highlights:
1. Sierra Leone led the resolution and India joined other countries as a co-sponsor.
2. November 27 matches the launch date of India’s Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat campaign in 2024.
3. NFHS-5 for 2019-21 found 23.3% of women aged 20-24 married before 18; NFHS-6 for 2023-24 reported a fall to 20.1%.
4. India seeks a 10% reduction during 2026 and a prevalence below 15%.
5. The global goal follows SDG 5 Target 5.3, which calls for ending harmful practices by 2030.
6. The UN was founded on October 24, 1945, is based in New York and has 193 members.
7. The 17 SDGs and 169 targets were adopted in 2015 for achievement by 2030; SDG 5 concerns gender equality.
8. NFHS is conducted under the Health Ministry with Mumbai-based IIPS as nodal agency.

India Valve Registry Launched at India Valves 2026

Dated: 08 September 2026

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan launched the India Valve Registry at the India Valves 2026 conference in Chennai on September 5, 2026.

Key Highlights:
1. It is a collaborative multicentre initiative for secure, de-identified real-world data on transcatheter valve procedures.
2. It will create India-specific clinical evidence for decisions on valvular and structural heart disease.
3. It supports Viksit Bharat and Swasth Bharat by 2047.
4. The conference connects senior interventional cardiologists, researchers and health professionals for scientific exchange.
5. The registry tracks patient outcomes and interventions over time and uses indigenous data for self-reliant healthcare.
6. Viksit Bharat 2047 seeks developed-country status by the centenary of independence.
7. Structural heart disease means non-vascular defects of heart valves, walls or chambers.