5 September 2026 — Current Affairs Quiz

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Dr. Divyendu Sen is a Biology lecturer at Mahatma Gandhi Government School, Pachpahar (Bhawani Mandi), in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district. President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers' Award on him at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 5 September 2026. He built Tree Talk, a QR code based plant study system, and a virtual biology lab. His students identified 12 asteroid candidates in a NASA supported citizen science campaign. Exam angle: the Ministry of Education runs the award.

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Dr. Vartika Gulati teaches at Government Girls Upper Primary School, Tumli Ka Bas, Chaksu, in Rajasthan's Jaipur district. President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers' Award on her at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 5 September 2026. During Covid-19 she taught on Google Meet and assessed pupils via Google Forms. She made audio books, comic books and videos for children with special needs, and contributed to DIKSHA and PM e-Vidya. Exam angle: the Ministry of Education runs the award.

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For the National Teachers' Awards 2026, the Department of School Education and Literacy under the Ministry of Education selected 48 school teachers, 26 men and 22 women, drawn from 27 states, 7 union territories and 6 central organisations. Rajasthan's awardees were Dr. Divyendu Sen and Dr. Vartika Gulati, while Uttar Pradesh had the highest count with three. Exam angle: selection runs through a three stage process at district, state or organisation, and national level.

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Belgian PM Bart De Wever made an official visit to India from 2 to 4 September 2026 at PM Narendra Modi's invitation, holding bilateral talks on 3 September. Belgium's Defence and Foreign Trade Minister Theo Francken accompanied him. A defence cooperation Letter of Intent and MoUs on transnational and cyber crime, renewable energy and diplomatic training were signed, and the India-Belgium Investment Fast-Track Mechanism was launched. Exam angle: De Wever became Prime Minister in February 2025.

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The Ministry of External Affairs described this as the first visit to India by a Belgian Prime Minister in two decades. The previous one was by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt from 2 to 7 November 2006. Bart De Wever was in India from 2 to 4 September 2026. The visit built on Princess Astrid's economic mission of March 2025 and the first India-Belgium Strategic Dialogue held in Brussels on 15 July 2026. Exam angle: Antwerp in Belgium is a global hub of the diamond trade.