3 September 2026 — Current Affairs Quiz

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ISRO's mission page describes EOS-05 as a state-of-the-art Earth observation spacecraft and India's first ever imaging satellite from geosynchronous orbit. GSLV-F17 is scheduled to lift off at 02:55 AM IST on 4 September 2026 from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, placing the roughly 2367 kg payload into a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The earlier GISAT satellite EOS-03 failed to reach orbit in August 2021 when the cryogenic stage of GSLV-F10 underperformed.

Explanation

According to ISRO, GSLV-F17 is the 19th flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle. The three-stage rocket stands 51.7 m tall with a lift-off mass of 420.5 tonnes and flies the 4 m diameter ogive composite payload fairing. It will inject EOS-05 into a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit with a nominal perigee of 170 km and an apogee of 28,934 km, lifting off from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

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At a Trust meeting in Ayodhya on 2 September 2026, retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra was named the first full-time Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. The 62-year-old fighter pilot headed the Indian Air Force's Western Air Command during Operation Sindoor. He was chosen from 5,585 applicants, with 16 shortlisted for interview by a search panel headed by retired Justice Pramod Kohli. The Trust itself was constituted in February 2020.

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On 2 September 2026, Japan Credit Rating Agency upgraded India's Foreign Currency and Local Currency Long-term Issuer Ratings from BBB+ to A- with a stable outlook, and raised the country ceiling by one notch to A. JCR noted real GDP growth of 7.7 percent in FY2026, driven by private consumption and public investment, and expects over 6 percent growth in FY2027. This is an unsolicited rating. Separately, Japan's R&I had raised India from BBB to BBB+ in September 2025.

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INS Sudarshini, the Indian Navy's sail training ship, arrived at Barcelona, Spain on 1 September 2026 under her transoceanic expedition Lokayan 26. The 10-month voyage began from Kochi on 20 January 2026 and covers about 22,000 nautical miles. At Barcelona the ship undertakes professional and cultural engagements with the Spanish Navy and opens to visitors on 4 September. Earlier, at Ponta Delgada in the Azores, she marked India's 80th Independence Day on 15 August 2026.

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At the high-level meeting of 2 September 2026, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma said that under the Atal Pragati Path scheme, cement concrete roads are being built in rural areas having a population of more than 5,000. The same meeting decided that Atal Gyan Kendras will be set up in a phased manner at every gram panchayat headquarters, offering modern library and e-library facilities, and that sports grounds will be developed at every gram panchayat level.

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According to NCRTC, the Delhi-Gurugram-SNB-Alwar Namo Bharat corridor will start from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi, connect Munirka and Aerocity, and run via Gurugram to reach Alwar in Rajasthan. SNB stands for Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror. NCRTC puts the tentative length at 196 km with 22 main line stations. A consensus between the Rajasthan and Haryana governments in May 2026 pushed the project forward. Industrial hubs such as Bhiwadi and Neemrana are expected to benefit.