{"id":85556,"date":"2026-09-26T13:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T07:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=85556"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T07:48:12","slug":"headlines-of-the-day-26-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/headlines-of-the-day\/26-09-2026\/85556\/","title":{"rendered":"Headlines of the Day 26-September-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Hindu, PIB, Indian Express<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headline<\/strong><\/td>Source<\/strong><\/td>Syllabus<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Congress leads protests seeking CEC\u2019s exit, arrest<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Union govt., banks to decide subsidy amount for UPI after charges kick in<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)\/GS3(Economy)<\/strong>
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Keralam urges Centre to limit eco-sensitive areas to forests<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page6)<\/strong><\/a>
<\/td>		GS3(Environment)<\/strong>

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The case for accountable lottery regulation in India<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page8)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Revisiting India\u2019s nuclear doctrine without revising it<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page8)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS3(Science and Tech)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Govt. yet to decide how open-field caste data will be sorted, tabulated<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page11)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)<\/strong>
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Shaunak sails for Australia with QUAD officers onboard<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page11)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
French Rafales, A400Ms arrive for \u2018Tarang Shakti\u2019<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page12)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
AFSPA extended in parts of Arunachal, Manipur, Nagaland<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page12)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)<\/strong>
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Coffee Board brews sustainability push with new framework<\/strong><\/td>The Hindu(Page13)<\/strong><\/a>
<\/td>		GS2(Governance)<\/strong>

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Iran proposes 7-day plan to end war, reopen Strait of Hormuz, revive n-talks<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page 1)<\/strong>

<\/td>		GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Key trade pacts in mind, Delhi looks at multi-nation visit by PM in December<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page 1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance\/GS3(Economy)<\/strong>

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BrahMos made in UP giving sleepless nights to Pakistan, says Shah<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page 2)<\/strong>
<\/td>		GS3(Defence)<\/strong>
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Arunachal’s Subansiri Upper hydel project gets panel nod<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page 7)<\/strong><\/a>


<\/td>		GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Child abuse material online: SC gives MeitY, law & justice ministries ‘one last chance’ to act<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page 9)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)<\/strong>
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IIT-Delhi researchers build homegrown graphics chip for low-cost devices<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page 9)<\/strong><\/a>
<\/td>		GS3(Economy)<\/strong>
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AFSPA extended in parts of Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page10)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
A declining United Nations is not good news for a rising India<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page12)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Trump, Xi wrap up summit with tea minus any big breakthrough<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page14)<\/strong><\/a>
<\/td>		GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
4-5 BIT pacts to be finalised soon’<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page15)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(IR)\/GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
France’s EDF pushes for its nuclear reactor tech in India<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page15)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS3(Sceince and Tech)<\/strong>
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India’s 50,000-km high-speed road plan: What new highway design rules say<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page15)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Conflict and consensus in the ECI’s functioning<\/strong><\/td>Indian Express(Page16)<\/strong><\/td>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
APEDA Facilitates Export of GI-Tagged Gulbarga Tur Dal from Karnataka to Maldives<\/strong><\/td>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Operation Drishti: AFMS conducts 220 sight-restoring surgeries during a 2-day Mega Eye Surgical Camp at Tangdhar along the LoC<\/strong><\/td>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance\/GS3(Defence)<\/strong>
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Production Linked Incentive Schemes have Strengthened India\u2019s Pharmaceutical, Bulk Drugs and Medical Devices Manufacturing Ecosystem<\/strong><\/td>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/td>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congress leads protests seeking CEC\u2019s exit, arrest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines-of-the-day"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85558,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85556\/revisions\/85558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}