Current Affairs 13 September 2026: Top Exam Facts with Bihar and Jharkhand Focus
Current Affairs 13 September 2026: Top Exam Facts with Bihar and Jharkhand Focus
Bharat Mandapam hosted eight heads of state on 12 September, and by evening the New Delhi Declaration was on the table with every BRICS member signing off. That single event will feed question papers for the next six months.
This digest covers the last 24 hours, 12 to 13 September 2026. Every fact below carries an exam tag so you know where it fits. Read it once now, then attempt today's practice set on ExamAtlas, and you are done with today.
National
- The 18th BRICS Summit was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on 12 and 13 September 2026, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [All exams]
- India's chairship theme for 2026 is "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability". This is India's fourth time hosting BRICS, after 2012, 2016 and 2021. [SSC / BPSC / All exams]
- The New Delhi Declaration was adopted unanimously. PM Modi pushed for UN Security Council reform with fixed timelines, and asked that global governance shift from what he called a pyramid of privilege to a platform of partnership. [BPSC / JPSC / All exams]
- Modi proposed a BRICS continuity and implementation mechanism run by a troika, a secure digital repository to track decisions, and a seafarers emergency support network. [All exams]
- The Rishikesh to Karnaprayag rail project recorded its 41st tunnel breakthrough on 11 September 2026, Escape Tunnel-1 on the 125-km line. [Railway / SSC]
- Southern Railway completed 100% electrification of its Broad Gauge network, covering 5,068 route kilometres. [Railway / SSC]
- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana completed 7 years on 12 September 2026. It pays ₹3,000 per month after age 60 to enrolled small and marginal farmers, with about 25 lakh enrolled and Haryana leading at roughly 5.74 lakh. [SSC / BPSC / Banking]
Appointments in the news
President Droupadi Murmu, on the recommendation of CJI Surya Kant, appointed eight High Court judges as Chief Justices. The notification went out on 5 September 2026.
International
- China takes over the BRICS chairship in 2027 and will host the 19th Summit. The handover was marked by a Modi and Xi Jinping handshake in Delhi. [All exams]
- Leaders present at the Delhi Summit included Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Cyril Ramaphosa, Masoud Pezeshkian, Prabowo Subianto, Abiy Ahmed and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. [BPSC / JPSC / SSC]
- India and Russia set a bilateral trade target of $100 billion by 2030, against roughly $60 billion today. [Banking / SSC]
- China Southern Airlines will resume its Guangzhou to New Delhi service from 21 September 2026. [All exams]
BRICS now has 10 full members: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the UAE. Saudi Arabia's status is still not formally confirmed. The group's share of world population, GDP and trade is widely quoted at roughly 49%, 40% and 26% respectively, though figures differ by source (verify).
Economy and Banking
- The Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026 replaces the 135-year-old 1891 Act and takes effect from 1 October 2026. It recognises physical, electronic, digital, virtual and cloud-based banking records as evidence. Presidential assent came on 13 August 2026. [Banking / SSC]
- Cochin Shipyard Limited and Drydocks World (a DP World company, UAE) signed a 50:50 joint venture on 11 September 2026 for the International Ship Repair Facility at Kochi. It is the first public-private ownership structure for a major Indian ship-repair yard. [Banking / SSC / Railway]
- IRDAI imposed a ₹1 crore penalty on IndusInd Bank for non-compliance with insurance grievance redressal norms. [Banking]
- SEBI floated consultation proposals on 12 September 2026 covering the Closing Auction Session framework and changes to derivatives settlement. [Banking]
- PM-KISAN continues from 2026-27 to 2030-31 with an outlay of ₹3.15 lakh crore, cleared by the Union Cabinet. Over 9.49 crore farmers received the 23rd instalment, and ₹4.47 lakh crore has moved through 23 instalments so far. [SSC / BPSC / Banking]
If you are preparing for IBPS or SBI, the Bankers' Books Evidence Act is the highest-value item on this page. A 135-year-old law being replaced is exactly the kind of fact banking paper setters like.
Sports
- Elena Rybakina won the US Open 2026 women's singles title, beating defending champion Aryna Sabalenka at Arthur Ashe Stadium on 12 September. It is Rybakina's third Grand Slam after Wimbledon 2022 and the Australian Open 2026, and it takes her to world number 1. Prize money: $5.5 million. [All exams]
- The US Open men's singles final is being played on 13 September between Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton. Result awaited at the time of writing. [All exams]
- The 20th Asian Games open in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan on 19 September 2026 and close on 4 October. Motto: "Imagine One Asia". India's best-ever haul remains 107 medals at Hangzhou 2022, including 28 gold. [All exams]
Awards
- The Ramon Magsaysay Award 2026 winners were announced on 1 September 2026: Tommy Koh (Singapore, diplomat), Runa Khan (Bangladesh, humanitarian) and Bo Kyi (Myanmar, activist). The award was established in 1958 and is often called Asia's Nobel Prize. [All exams]
- Solomon Pappaiah, Tamil scholar, orator and Padma Shri 2021 awardee, died on 11 September 2026 at the age of 90 in Madurai. He moderated over 12,000 Pattimandrams and headed the Tamil Department at The American College, Madurai, from 1961 to 1994. [SSC / All exams]
Science and Defence
- The Colombo Security Conclave Table Top Exercise concluded on 12 September 2026 at Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam, after running from 9 September. The focus was a coordinated response to illicit maritime activity in the Indian Ocean Region, in line with India's MAHASAGAR vision. [Defence / SSC / All exams]
- A female Badri calf was born on 11 September 2026 through Ovum Pick-Up and In Vitro Fertilisation at the academic dairy farm of G.B. Pant University, a step for indigenous breed conservation. [SSC / BPSC]
- A cold-adapted freshwater fish, Schizopygopsis waddellii of the Cyprinidae family, was recorded at Pangkang Teng Tso lake in Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh. [All exams]
- QClairvoyance Quantum Labs signed an MoU with IITM C-DOT Samgnya on 11 September 2026 for quantum technology work. [SSC / Railway]
Bihar and Jharkhand Special
This is the section that decides your BPSC, BSSC, JSSC and JPSC marks. National papers repeat; state papers reward the candidate who tracked the local file.
- Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao was appointed Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, notified on 5 September 2026. He moves from the Delhi High Court. [BPSC / BSSC / Bihar Police]
- BPSC 72nd CCE Prelims is scheduled for 25 October 2026 against 1,186 vacancies. The Commission had advertised 1,230 posts and then cancelled 44 Sugarcane Officer vacancies. The exam was shifted from its earlier 26 July date. [BPSC]
- BSSC Inter Level vacancies stand revised at 26,426 after the amended notification of 13 February 2026. Eligibility is Class 12 pass, age 18 to 37. [BSSC]
- Bihar rolled out the Viksit Bharat Gramin Rozgar evam Aajivika Guarantee (VB-GRAMG) scheme from 2 July 2026, replacing MGNREGA after its 20-year run. Bihar's own wage liability is around ₹4,500 crore, with an interim central allocation of ₹6,715 crore. [BPSC / BSSC / Bihar Police]
- In Jharkhand, the state government cancelled JSSC-CGL and a list of recruitment exams on 17 August 2026 after a 24-day student agitation, and ordered a CID probe into Jharkhand exams held since 2014. [JSSC / JPSC]
- The Jharkhand High Court stayed that cancellation order, giving relief to 1,932 JSSC CGL selected candidates. The next hearing is on 15 September 2026. If you are a JSSC or JPSC aspirant, this is the date to watch. [JSSC / JPSC]
- Under Digital Bharat Nidhi, an agreement was signed with the Jharkhand government for the Amended BharatNet Programme worth ₹1,684 crore, upgrading rural connectivity from linear to ring topology. [JSSC / JPSC / SSC]
- The Jharkhand Cabinet had cleared RIMS-2 at ₹4,189.41 crore and replaced MGNREGA with the Viksit Bharat G-RAM-G scheme in its 3 July 2026 meeting. [JSSC / JPSC]
Important Days
Hindi Diwas tomorrow is worth two minutes of your time. Sir M. Visvesvaraya, born 1861, received the Bharat Ratna in 1955, and that pairing of year and award shows up in SSC and Railway papers more often than you would expect.
Before You Close This Page
One honest caveat. The global share figures for BRICS, the population, GDP and trade percentages, vary across news reports today. Treat them as approximate until the full Declaration text is up on the Ministry of External Affairs site, and quote the safer facts in your answer sheets: venue, theme, member count and the 2027 chair.
Your concrete next step: put 15 September in your calendar twice. The Jharkhand High Court hearing lands that day, and so does Engineer's Day. One affects your exam calendar, the other affects your GK paper.
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