Team India scripted history with their highest successful ODI run chase, chasing down the target of 406 runs to win by 8 wickets and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Captain Shubman Gill led the chase with a massive unbeaten 223, while opener Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 101

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🔆 HISTORY, ART & CULTURE

📍 GI Tag for Mandar
🟢 Mandar, Jharkhand’s traditional tribal musical instrument, received the GI Tag in September 2026.
🟢 A centuries-old double-headed barrel/cylindrical folk drum.
🟢 Made using locally sourced red clay and indigenous techniques.
🟢 Closely associated with tribal music, dance and festivals such as Sarhul and Karam.
🟢 The GI tag recognises its distinctive regional identity and cultural heritage.

📍 Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis – Roman-Era Pyramid Tomb
🟢 Archaeologists discovered a 1,700-year-old Roman-era pyramid tomb at Bir Al-Shaghala, Dakhla Oasis.
🟢 Dakhla Oasis lies in Egypt’s Western Desert, in the New Valley Governorate.
🟢 The tomb dates to the late 3rd/early 4th century CE.
🟢 Built as a joint burial place for Pisechtes and his wife.
🟢 Shows a blend of Egyptian, Greek and Roman traditions.
🟢 Egyptian elements include hieroglyphic protective spells, winged sun disk and Amduat imagery.
🟢 Greek element: a 19-line elegiac poem by their son Sarapion.
🟢 Roman finds include pottery and a bronze coin bearing Emperor Constantine the Great’s image.

🔆 GEOGRAPHY

📍 PRAGATI-50 Initiative
🟢 Launched by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under SBM-U 2.0.
🟢 Aim: develop 50 model cities across 24 States demonstrating high standards of urban sanitation.
🟢 Covers solid waste, used-water management, public toilets and citizen participation.
🟢 Digital monitoring through a PRAGATI-style dashboard on the Swachhatam Portal.
🟢 Technology support from CSIR-CMERI Test Bed & Innovation Centre, Durgapur.
🟢 75 sanitation startups onboarded under SBM-U.
🟢 Aim: create replicable models for sustainable urban sanitation, scientific waste processing and behavioural change.

🔆 POLITY & GOVERNANCE

📍 Antyodaya Diwas
🟢 Observed annually on 25 September to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
🟢 Antyodaya means the “upliftment of the last person”.
🟢 Officially declared by the Government of India in 2014.
🟢 Associated with Integral Humanism (Ekatma Manavavad).
🟢 Emphasises holistic development while prioritising the poorest and most marginalised.

🔆 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

📍 US Voter Verification System – SAVE Programme
🟢 The system uses an expanded version of the federal SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) programme.
🟢 Originally designed to verify eligibility for federal benefits.
🟢 Expanded to enable checks of voter-registration databases against federal citizenship/immigration records.
🟢 State/local authorities can conduct bulk searches using Social Security numbers.
🟢 The system is intended to identify potential non-citizens on voter rolls.
🟢 Its use has been part of ongoing legal and political disputes in the US.

🔆 ECONOMY

📍 Ladakh’s First Lilium Consignment
🟢 Ladakh dispatched its first consignment of 15,000 A-grade Lilium stems to Indian flower markets.
🟢 Flagged off from KBR Airport, Leh, on 29 September 2026.
🟢 Flowers grown at Choglamsar, Leh, in red, pink, white, yellow and orange varieties.
🟢 Choglamsar flower field is located at around 10,600 ft (3,265 m).
🟢 Facility contains 25 lakh+ Lilium plants and uses solar-powered irrigation.
🟢 Cultivation reported without pesticides and chemical fertilisers.
🟢 Project created employment for 15 local women, each receiving ₹900/day.
🟢 Expansion planned to Kargil, Drass, Sham, Changthang and Zanskar.
🟢 Target: 200 acres of high-value flower cultivation by 2027.

🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

📍 GPT-6.1 Sol & Dots AI Agents
🟢 As supplied in the source: OpenAI unveiled GPT-6.1 Sol at DevDay in San Francisco on 29 September 2026.
🟢 Positioned as a lower-cost, high-capability model for coding, development and AI-agent workloads.
🟢 Claimed pricing: $2/million input tokens and $10/million output tokens.
🟢 Context window: 1.05 million tokens; maximum output: 128,000 tokens.
🟢 Supports tools including web/file search, code interpretation, computer use, image generation, MCP and function calling.
🟢 Dots were showcased as always-on AI agents with cloud computers and connectivity to 4,000+ applications.
🟢 Enterprise Dots are designed with defined identities, credentials, permissions and responsibilities.
🟢 The source also reports that the planned GPT-6.1 Astra release was shelved following internal testing concerns.

📍 FASTag Annual Pass Crosses 1 Crore
🟢 FASTag is India’s electronic toll-collection system using RFID technology.
🟢 A windshield-mounted RFID tag enables automatic toll deduction.
🟢 Payment is linked to a prepaid wallet, bank account or savings account.
🟢 Users receive transaction notifications after toll payments.
🟢 The FASTag Annual Pass has crossed the 1-crore mark.

📍 Chinese AUV Swarm – World Record
🟢 A Chinese team operated 116 TH-618 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) simultaneously on 29 August 2026.
🟢 The vehicles performed autonomous formation navigation for 34 minutes over 500 metres without human intervention.
🟢 AUVs are unmanned underwater systems using onboard sensors, navigation software and power systems.
🟢 Applications include oceanographic research, underwater mapping, inspection and surveillance.
🟢 Trial conducted in a controlled 50 m × 20 m swimming pool.
🟢 Demonstrates advances in swarm robotics, autonomous navigation and coordinated underwater operations.

🔆 SPORTS

📍 Bodhana Sivanandan – Youngest Woman Grandmaster
🟢 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan, representing England, became the youngest Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
🟢 Achieved the milestone at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
🟢 Played all 11 rounds on England’s top board and scored 8 points.
🟢 Also earned her second International Master (IM) norm.
🟢 Began playing chess during the COVID-19 lockdown.
🟢 In August 2026, became Britain’s youngest Women’s Chess Champion at the British Chess Championships.

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The theme for this year is “ The Age of Longevity: Rethinking Systems for Longer Lives.”

The day highlights the need to ensure longer lives are healthy, dignified, productive, and equitable for all.

According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2025, the literacy rate in urban areas reached 89% for those aged 7 years and above, and 88% for those aged 5 years and above. Among urban residents aged 7 years and above, literacy reached 93.1% for males and 84.8% for females. In rural areas, the literacy rate among those aged 7 years and above was 77.4%, and 76.4% for those aged 5 years and above. Among the rural population aged 7 years and above, the literacy rate was 84.8% for males and 70.3% for females. The overall Literacy rate of the country is 81.1 % as per this survey.

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📍 Nature & Focus
🟢 Deals with the daily problems of Vedic people, rather than being primarily focused on sacred rituals.
🟢 Contains healing spells, charms, incantations and rituals related to disease, health, longevity and anxieties.
🟢 Also covers philosophy, cosmology, mythology, marriage, agriculture and spirituality.
🟢 Associated with black magic and rituals for removing maladies.

📍 Other Names & Priests
🟢 Also known as Brahmaveda.
🟢 Its associated priest is Brahma, regarded as the highest among the four Vedic priests.
🟢 The name is associated with Atharvan, Angirasa and Bhrigu.

📍 Political & Social References
🟢 Mentions the Vedic assemblies of Sabha and Samiti.
🟢 Provides insights into the social, religious and everyday life of the Vedic period.

📍 Structure
🟢 Divided into 20 Kandas (books).
🟢 Contains 731 hymns.
🟢 According to Patanjali, it had 9 Shakhas.
🟢 Today, its Samhita survives in two recensions:
Shaunaka and Paippalada.

📍 Rituals
🟢 Shantika → Mitigation of evil and creation of a favourable atmosphere.
🟢 Paushtika → Plenty and prosperity.
🟢 Adbhuta → Warding off evils from unseen agencies.
🟢 Abhicharika → Warding off evils from enemies.

📍 Ayurveda
🟢 The Atharvaveda is traditionally regarded as an important source associated with the origin of Ayurveda, the Indian science of medicine.

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Atharvaveda → Daily life + healing + charms & spells
Also called → Brahmaveda
Priest → Brahma
Assemblies → Sabha & Samiti
20 Kandas | 731 hymns
9 Shakhas → Patanjali
2 surviving recensions → Shaunaka & Paippalada
Rituals → Shantika, Paushtika, Adbhuta, Abhicharika

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🔆 ONE-LINERS | 01 OCTOBER 2026
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🔆 POLITY & GOVERNANCE
📍 Five Digital Identity Initiatives – UIDAI
🟢 Face Authentication for ePDS – Consent-based, contactless face authentication; developed by UIDAI + DFPD + NIC.
🟢 SWIK Portal 2.0 – Simplifies Aadhaar authentication approvals and enables eligible non-government entities to submit proposals online.
🟢 Sub-AUA/Sub-KUA (LITE) – Simplified onboarding for low-volume Aadhaar authentication users through existing AUA/KUA infrastructure.
🟢 New Token Management System – Digital queue and appointment system for UIDAI offices to reduce waiting time and improve grievance handling.
🟢 Revamped UIDAI Website & Career Portal – Improved interface, accessibility, screen-reader support and keyboard navigation.

🔆 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & ISSUES
📍 15th UN Congress on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice
🟢 Held in Abu Dhabi, UAE; organised by UNODC and known as the UN Crime Congress.
🟢 Theme: “Accelerating crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law: protecting people and planet and achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the digital age.”
🟢 Abu Dhabi Declaration – Five-year roadmap for modernising justice systems and strengthening global legal cooperation.
🟢 Four pillars: Prevention & Resilience | Justice & Rule of Law | Evolving & Converging Criminal Threats | Innovation & Cooperation.

📍 India’s Justice-Sector Reforms
🟢 New criminal laws: BNS, BNSS and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA).
🟢 Digital crime-fighting: I4C and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.
🟢 India reiterated zero tolerance towards terrorism and stressed international cooperation against organised and environmental crimes.
🟢 India–UAE legal cooperation includes IIAC–DIAC collaboration on arbitration, training, research and digital dispute resolution.

🔆 ECONOMY
📍 India’s First Blue Bond
🟢 SEBI recognises blue bonds as sustainable finance instruments.
🟢 Blue Bond – Bond whose proceeds are earmarked for identified water- and ocean-related projects.
🟢 Issuers need frameworks for fund utilisation, impact measurement and periodic reporting to prevent bluewashing.
🟢 India’s maiden blue bond is planned under Sagarmala to raise ₹1,000 crore for maritime-sector projects.
🟢 Issuance planned through Sagarmala Finance Corporation Ltd. (SMFCL).
🟢 Sagarmala Programme – Launched in 2015 for port-led development and reduction of logistics costs.

🔆 INFRASTRUCTURE
📍 1st Steel Bridge for Bullet Train
🟢 Maharashtra launched a 100-metre steel bridge over NH-3 for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project.
🟢 Location: Dive-Anjur, Bhiwandi, Thane.
🟢 Specifications: 1,405 metric tonnes and 14 metres high.
🟢 Fabricated in Trichy, transported around 1,300 km and assembled on site.
🟢 16 of 28 planned steel bridges along the corridor have been completed.

🔆 SECURITY
📍 India’s Kaveri Engine
🟢 Kaveri Derivative Engine (KDE) – Dry turbofan developed by DRDO’s GTRE, Bengaluru.
🟢 Project began in the late 1980s to power LCA Tejas.
🟢 Tested at CIAM and Gromov Flight Research Institute, Russia.
🟢 Peak dry thrust: 48.5 kN, exceeding the 46 kN benchmark.

📍 Ghatak UCAV
🟢 Stealth tailless flying-wing UCAV with curved air intakes and shaped exhausts.
🟢 Uses 80–90% carbon-fibre prepreg composites.
🟢 Designed for internal carriage of missiles, bombs and precision-guided munitions.

📍 ASEAN–India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2026)
🟢 Began at Subic Bay, Philippines, co-hosted by the Indian Navy and Philippine Navy.
🟢 Theme: “Anchored in Trust, United at Sea.”
🟢 Indian participants: INS Sahyadri and INS Kulish.
🟢 Phases: Harbour Phase + Sea Phase.
🟢 Drills: boarding operations, medical evacuation and helicopter cross-deck landings.
🟢 Supports India’s MAHASAGAR vision and Act East Policy.

🔆 AWARDS
📍 Skytrax World Airline Awards 2026
🟢 Based on the world’s largest annual airline passenger satisfaction survey.
🟢 2026 survey: 24.8 million eligible responses, covering 300+ airlines and 100+ nationalities.
🟢 Categories: Cabin service | Ground & airport experience | Onboard product.
🟢 Singapore Airlines – World’s Best Airline; sixth overall win.
🟢 Qatar Airways – 2nd; Cathay Pacific Airways – 3rd globally.
🟢 Air India – Best Airline in India; 57th globally, up from 82nd.
🟢 Air India – 2nd Most Improved Airline globally.
🟢 IndiGo – 61st overall and received regional awards in low-cost service, staff and cleanliness.

🔆 SPORTS
📍 Neeru Dhanda – Asian Games 2026
🟢 Won India’s first individual women’s gold in an Asian Games shotgun event in women’s trap.
🟢 Scored 28/30, setting a new Asian record.
🟢 Also won silver in women’s trap team and gold in trap mixed team with Kynan Chenai.
🟢 20th Asian Games – Aichi-Nagoya, Japan; 19 September–4 October 2026.
🟢 Over 10,000 athletes from 46 nations competing across 43 sports and 469 medal events.

🔆 MISCELLANEOUS
📍 WorldSkills Shanghai 2026
🟢 Six-day competition with 1,400+ competitors from around 70 countries/regions.
🟢 India’s largest-ever contingent: 70 competitors across 63 skills.
🟢 Debuted in 11 new/emerging skill categories, including dental prosthetics, digital interactive media design, intelligent security technology and unmanned aerial systems.
🟢 Participation coordinated by NSDC under MSDE.
🟢 Team India won 6 silver medals and 20 Medals for Excellence.
🟢 WorldSkills – Global vocational and technical skills competition held every two years.

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