2 September 2026 — Current Affairs Quiz

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The Indian Navy commissioned INS Nipun, the second Nistar-class Diving Support Vessel, at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on 31 August 2026, presided over by Navy Chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan. Built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam, it was delivered on 30 July 2026 with about 75 percent indigenous content. It supports saturation diving to 300 metres and is a mother ship for the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle. Exam angle: INS Nistar, the class leader, was commissioned in July 2025.

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According to ISRO, Earth observation satellite EOS-05, also called GISAT-1A, is due for launch on 4 September 2026 aboard GSLV-F17 from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. This is the 19th flight of the GSLV and uses a 4 metre ogive payload fairing. The vehicle will place it in a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Exam angle: EOS-05 is India's first imaging satellite from geosynchronous orbit; predecessor GISAT-1 (EOS-03) was lost in the GSLV-F10 failure of 2021.

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The Department of Consumer Affairs, under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 on 27 August 2026. Framed under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, they make IST the common time reference for legal, administrative, commercial and official purposes. The Rules take effect 180 days after gazette publication and allow NavIC and other approved Indian timing sources. Exam angle: IST is maintained by CSIR-NPL.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of a Rs 472-crore T-72 and T-90 tank overhaul facility at Vehicle Factory Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, on 27 August 2026, with Chief Minister Mohan Yadav present. The unit works under Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited. The new facility will overhaul 80 tanks a year, against an Army requirement of about 230 annually. Exam angle: Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi currently overhauls around 150 tanks a year.