🔆 7th Global Fintech Fest 2026

📍 Why in News?
🟢 The 7th Global Fintech Fest (GFF) is being held in Mumbai from 8–11 September 2026.
🟢 Theme: “Potential to Impact: Agentic AI | Tokenisation | Quantum: Trusted, Connected, Global Systems for Inclusive Finance.”

📍 Organisers & Support
🟢 Principal organisers: Payments Council of India (PCI), NPCI and Fintech Convergence Council (FCC).
🟢 Supported by MeitY, Department of Financial Services, MEA, NITI Aayog, RBI, SEBI, IFSCA and PFRDA, among others.

📍 Objectives
🟢 Showcase India’s digital financial infrastructure and fintech capabilities.
🟢 Promote global dialogue and exchange of ideas.
🟢 Strengthen engagement with developed economies, emerging markets and the Global South.

📍 Three Foundational Technologies

🟢 Agentic AI – Enables financial systems to sense, decide and act in real time within governance frameworks; supports fraud prevention, regulatory oversight and personalised financial services.

🟢 Tokenisation – Converts assets into programmable digital units, enabling fractional ownership, instant settlement and interoperable money; can improve liquidity and access to capital markets.

🟢 Quantum Technology – Enables quantum-safe cryptography and advanced risk optimisation, strengthening the resilience and long-term security of financial infrastructure.

📍 Significance for India
🟢 Strengthens India’s position as a global fintech hub.
🟢 Promotes inclusive, secure and technology-driven finance.
🟢 Integrates emerging technologies with India’s digital financial ecosystem.

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🔆 ONE LINERS – 10 SEPTEMBER 2026

📍 SOCIAL ISSUES

🔆 World’s Worst Measles Outbreak – Bangladesh
🟢 Bangladesh is battling its worst measles outbreak since March 2026.
🟢 >1.66 lakh suspected cases, 19,835 confirmed infections and 999 deaths; over 1.46 lakh people hospitalised.
🟢 Causes: Vaccination gaps, supply problems and disruption of routine immunisation amid political turmoil during 2024–25.
🟢 80% of cases are among children below 5 years; infants under 9 months are particularly vulnerable.
🟢 Overcrowded hospitals and paediatric saline shortages are worsening the crisis, alongside a surge in dengue cases.

📍 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & ISSUES

🔆 Vinaya Prakash Singh Re-elected to APPU
🟢 Dr. Vinaya Prakash Singh, 1988-batch Indian Postal Service officer, was re-elected Secretary-General of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union (APPU).
🟢 Elected unopposed by acclamation at the 14th APPU Congress, Bangkok, on 4 September 2026.
🟢 Will serve a second consecutive 4-year term (January 2027–December 2030).
🟢 His re-election reflects the confidence of 32 member countries and recognition of India’s contribution to international postal cooperation.
🟢 Previously served in India Post, UPSC, UNDP Afghanistan and Army Postal Service Corps.

📍 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

🔆 AI Models in Indian Languages – IIT Madras
🟢 Bodhan AI, Centre of Excellence in AI for Education at IIT Madras, along with AI4Bharat, launched 4 foundational AI models.
🟢 Core capabilities: Speech recognition, speech generation, machine translation and optical character recognition (OCR).
🟢 Enables government partners and public institutions to deploy multilingual AI for education and public services.
🟢 EdTech companies can integrate Indian-language AI without developing models from scratch.

🔆 Global Call to Action for 6G Leadership & Security
🟢 India endorsed the Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in North Carolina.
🟢 Joined like-minded governments including US, UK, Japan, France, Germany, South Korea, Sweden and Canada.
🟢 Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will coordinate with government, industry and academia.
🟢 Focus: Open, interoperable, secure and resilient next-generation networks, supply-chain strategies and industry engagement.
🟢 India aims to secure 10% of global 6G standards.

🔆 World’s First Artificial Energy Island – Belgium
🟢 Princess Elisabeth Island has been completed in the North Sea, becoming the world’s first artificial energy island.
🟢 Built by TM Edison using 23 caissons, each measuring 58m × 28m and weighing around 22,000 tonnes.
🟢 Designed as an offshore energy hub/switchboard to collect wind power of up to 3.5 GW and transmit it through submarine cables.
🟢 Nature-inclusive features include seabird roosts for kittiwakes and marine structures for the European flat oyster.

📍 MISCELLANEOUS

🔆 Himalaya Diwas 2026
🟢 Himalaya Diwas was observed across Uttarakhand on 9 September.
🟢 Theme: Global Warming and the Himalayas.
🟢 Focus: Rising climate risks including unseasonal rainfall, flash floods and landslides.
🟢 First officially declared in 2015 by the Government of Uttarakhand.
🟢 Aim: Promote eco-sensitive hill-town planning and sustainable Himalayan development.

🔆 World Suicide Prevention Day 2026
🟢 Observed every year on 10 September to raise awareness that suicide is preventable.
🟢 Established in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) in association with WHO.
🟢 Theme 2024–2026: Changing the Narrative on Suicide.
🟢 Call to action: “Start the Conversation”.
🟢 Focus: Challenging harmful myths, reducing stigma and encouraging open, compassionate dialogue.
🟢 Suicide claims >7.2 lakh lives annually, affecting families, communities and workplaces.

🔆 National Fluorosis Day
🟢 Union Health Ministry organised a National Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Fluorosis.
🟢 Fluorosis results from excessive fluoride exposure over a prolonged period.
🟢 Dental fluorosis: Affects teeth.
🟢 Skeletal fluorosis: Affects bones and joints.

🟢 Aim: Strengthen the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis (NPPCF) through research, innovation and multisectoral action.
🟢 Focus areas: Surveillance, capacity building, health education, diagnosis, prevention and inter-sectoral interventions.

🔆 Dr. Bhupen Hazarika – 100th Birth Anniversary
🟢 PM paid tribute to legendary Dr. Bhupen Hazarika on 8 September 2026, marking his 100th birth anniversary.
🟢 His music carried the soul of Assam and the spirit of Northeast India to the national stage.
🟢 Through music, he expressed the thoughts and aspirations of countless people and helped bring communities closer.

🔆 Satwik–Chirag Win China Masters 2026
🟢 Satwik–Chirag became the first Indian pair to win the China Masters men’s doubles title.
🟢 China Masters 2026 was held in Shenzhen as part of the BWF Super 750 World Tour.
🟢 The victory marked the duo’s second title of the 2026 season.

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🔆 Indian Councils Act, 1892

📍 About the Act
🟢 The Indian Councils Act, 1892 exclusively dealt with the powers, functions and composition of legislative councils in India.

📍 Need for the Act
🟢 Earlier reforms were grudgingly conceded and proved inadequate, leading to demands for further reforms.
🟢 The non-official element under the Indian Councils Act, 1861 did not truly represent people; it mainly consisted of big zamindars, retired officials and Indian princes.
🟢 Rise of nationalism was fuelled by university education, English as a lingua franca, administrative apathy and repressive measures such as the Vernacular Press Act and Indian Arms Act.
🟢 Lytton’s repressive policies further strengthened anti-colonial sentiments.
🟢 The rise of the Indian National Congress created demands for greater political representation of Indians.
🟢 Lord Dufferin proposed liberalisation of councils and appointed a committee to prepare a plan for enlarging provincial councils and introducing the elective principle, without introducing parliamentary government.

📍 Major Provisions
🟢 Central Legislative Council: Additional members were increased to 10–16.
🟢 Provincial Councils: Additional members were 8–20 in Madras and Bombay, while the North-West Frontier Province could have a maximum of 15.
🟢 Non-official Members: Two-fifths of council members were to be non-official, partly nominated and partly elected.
🟢 Financial Discussion: Members could express views on financial statements/budgets, but could not move resolutions on them.
🟢 Right to Question: Members could ask questions on matters of public interest after giving six days’ notice. This provision was also extended to provincial legislative councils.

📍 Introduction of the Elective Principle
🟢 The Act did not explicitly use the word “election”; the process was described through selection of non-official members.
🟢 In the Central Council, five non-official members were elected—one each by four provincial legislative bodies and one by the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce.
🟢 The remaining five were nominated by the Governor-General.
🟢 In provinces, district boards, municipalities, universities and chambers of commerce acted as electoral colleges.

📍 Significance
🟢 Introduced the elective principle indirectly into legislative councils.
🟢 Increased opportunities for Indians to participate in legislative functioning.
🟢 Provided limited space for discussion of financial matters and public-interest issues.
🟢 Leaders such as Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Ashutosh Mukherjee, Rash Bihari Ghosh and Surendra Nath Banerjee entered the legislature.

📍 Key Takeaway
The Indian Councils Act, 1892 marked a limited step towards representative institutions by enlarging councils and introducing an indirect and restricted elective principle, but it fell short of nationalist demands for genuine political representation.

📌 UPSC Mains Model Question

“The Indian Councils Act, 1892 marked an important, though limited, step towards representative government in colonial India.” Discuss.
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