24 September 2026 — Current Affairs Quiz

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Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women's 49 kg weightlifting event at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 23 September 2026, lifting a total of 198 kg (87 kg snatch, 111 kg clean and jerk). North Korea's Ri Song-gum took gold with a world record 215 kg, and Indonesia's Luluk Wijayana won bronze. At Hangzhou 2023 she finished fourth after an injury. Exam angle: this is India's first Asiad weightlifting medal in 28 years; the last was Karnam Malleswari's 63 kg silver at Bangkok 1998.

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The first V4+India Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in New York on 21 September 2026, on the sidelines of UNGA81 under Slovakia's V4 presidency. Slovak FM Juraj Blanar said all four V4 countries (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic) agree India must be a permanent UNSC member. The meeting agreed on annual foreign ministers' meetings and an annual business forum. Exam angle: India seeks UNSC reform with the G4 (Brazil, Germany, Japan); the Weimar Triangle is France, Germany and Poland.

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SEMICON India's fifth edition ran 17-19 September 2026 at Yashobhoomi (IICC), New Delhi, on the theme 'Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem', inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on 17 September. It was organised by ISM, MeitY and SEMI, with six country pavilions: Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore and Sweden. 'Sand to Silicon to Systems' was the Value Chain Experience, not the theme. Exam angle: the 2025 edition's theme was 'Building the Next Semiconductor Powerhouse'.