4 September 2026 — Current Affairs Quiz

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On 4 September 2026 Smriti Mandhana became the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket. Playing a Women's Asia Cup 2026 Group A match against Hong Kong at Dubai International Stadium, she made 124 off 64 balls with 14 fours and 7 sixes, taking her tally across all three formats to 10,880 and passing Mithali Raj's 10,868. Exam angle: it was her 18th international hundred, which also took her past Meg Lanning's record of 17 centuries.

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Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma on 1 September 2026 became the first non-medical woman officer of the Indian Defence Services to attain two-star rank. The same day she took charge as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Education) at Air Headquarters. Commissioned into the IAF Education Branch on 18 June 1994, she served three decades at training establishments, field stations and Command Headquarters. Exam angle: in the medical stream Padma Bandopadhyay reached Air Vice Marshal first, in 2002.

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At a rural development review meeting on 2 September 2026, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma said about 3,219 km of rural roads will be built in the state under Phase IV of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), of which 1,500 km will be completed in 2026-27 and the rest the following year. Exam angle: PMGSY is a Ministry of Rural Development scheme launched in 2000; separately, Rajasthan is laying concrete roads under Atal Pragati Path in villages with over 5,000 population.

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Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma announced Atal Gyan Kendras at every gram panchayat headquarters, along with the posting of Atal Preraks, on Good Governance Day, 24 December 2024, marking the 100th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. On 2 September 2026 he directed that the centres be rolled out in phases to every gram panchayat. Exam angle: the 2025-26 state budget said the first phase would cover panchayat headquarters with a population above 3,000.

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The RBI appointed Suman Ray as Executive Director with effect from 1 September 2026. Before the promotion he was Regional Director for Maharashtra. As ED he will look after the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) and Premises Departments. In over three decades at the RBI he has worked in currency management, financial inclusion, payment and settlement systems, consumer education and protection, and human resources. Exam angle: Ravi Shankar became an RBI ED in July 2026.