6 September 2026 — Current Affairs Quiz

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released the 'RAKSHA' document on defence diplomacy at Kartavya Bhawan, New Delhi, on September 3, 2026. It sets out India's strategic roadmap for global defence partnerships over the next 10 years. Its four pillars are strategic partnerships, capacity building via joint exercises, indigenous defence exports under Make in India, and maritime security. Exam angle: it reaffirms India's role as Net Security Provider and First Responder in the Indian Ocean Region.

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ISRO launched EOS-05 from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on September 4, 2026. The mission was the 19th flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, and it placed the satellite successfully into a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The flight used a 4 m diameter ogive composite payload fairing and an indigenous cryogenic upper stage. Exam angle: the preceding 18th flight was GSLV-F16, which carried the India-US joint satellite NISAR in July 2025.

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ISRO placed the roughly 2,367 kg EOS-05 satellite into a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit using GSLV-F17 from the Second Launch Pad at Sriharikota on September 4, 2026. It is the heaviest satellite yet injected into a transfer orbit by a GSLV. The vehicle stands 51.7 metres tall with a lift-off mass of about 420.5 tonnes. Exam angle: the first GSLV flight, D1, had a GTO payload capability of about 1,536 kg, a gain of roughly 54 percent over two decades.

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Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, a Chhattisgarh High Court judge, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium recommended his name on August 31, 2026, and the Centre notified the appointment on September 5, 2026. Governor Haribhau Bagde will administer the oath at Raj Bhavan, Jaipur. The court had functioned under an Acting Chief Justice for over ten months. Exam angle: the Rajasthan High Court has its principal seat at Jodhpur and a bench at Jaipur.

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Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal will be the 44th Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. The count covers only regular Chief Justices; those serving in an acting capacity are not numbered. The 43rd was Justice K. R. Shriram, in office from July to September 2025. The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the appointment on August 31, 2026 and the Centre notified it on September 5, 2026. Exam angle: the Rajasthan High Court was established at Jodhpur in 1949.