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Daily Current Affairs – 16 September, 2026

    Criminalisation of Politics and Delays in Trials Against Legislators

    Context

  • A recent report submitted to the Supreme Court shows that the special courts created for expediting criminal cases against MPs and MLAs have not significantly reduced pendency.

    • Background

  • In Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay vs Union of India (2017), the Supreme Court directed the establishment of 12 special courts in 10 States and Union Territories for the expeditious disposal of criminal cases involving sitting and former MPs and MLAs.
  • The Court directed these courts to prioritise cases involving offences punishable with life imprisonment, followed by offences carrying imprisonment of five years or more.
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    Meta to Share Child Safety Information with Indian Agencies

    Context

  • Meta, the parent firm of Instagram and Facebook, has agreed to share child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in India with the cybercrime portal managed by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). 

    • About

  • The move comes amid scrutiny of Meta after reports that CSAM-related content was being served through advertisements on social media platforms.
  • Earlier, Indian agencies accessed such reports through a 2019 MoU between the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
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    U.S. Acknowledges Deploying Weapons in Space

    Context

  • The United States said it had active weapons deployed in space, the first such public admission by any country.

    • About

  • The US did not reveal the nature of weapons deployed, or when they were deployed.
  • There was immediate reaction from China and Russia, two countries that the US considers its space adversaries.
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    PM Vishwakarma Scheme

    Context

  • The PM Vishwakarma scheme has achieved its target of registering 30 lakh beneficiaries as it approaches three years of implementation.

    • About the scheme

  • Launched in 2023, PM Vishwakarma is a Central Sector Scheme launched by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), with an outlay of ₹13,000 crore for 2023-24 to 2027-28. 
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    News In Short 16-09-2026

    In News

  • The Prime Minister has paid homage to Saratchandra Chattopadhyay on his 150th birth anniversary. 

    • Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 

  • Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was a Bengali writer whose work transcended all language barriers, finding acceptance all over India and even abroad.
  • He was born in Devanandapur, Bengal, in 1876. Later he was settled in Rangoon (Myanmar) in 1903, where he stayed until 1916. 
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