8 September 2026 — Current Affairs Quiz

Explanation

Veer Guardian 2026 is the bilateral air exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), held at Air Force Station Jodhpur, Rajasthan from 9 to 22 September 2026. It is the second edition; the first, Veer Guardian 2023, was held at Hyakuri Air Base in Japan in January 2023. The IAF is fielding indigenous LCA Tejas, Su-30MKI and Rafale jets, while the JASDF flies F-2A fighters. The Japanese contingent arrived on two C-2 transport aircraft.

Explanation

Veer Guardian 2026 is being held at Air Force Station Jodhpur in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district from 9 to 22 September 2026. It is the second edition of the India-Japan bilateral air exercise and the first held on Indian soil, as the 2023 edition took place at Hyakuri Air Base in Japan. Jodhpur Air Force Station comes under South Western Air Command (SWAC), which was raised at Jodhpur in 1980 and is now headquartered at Gandhinagar.

Explanation

On 20 August 2026 the Indian Patent Office granted Patent No. 599900 to the DRDO Chairman and ACRHEM at the University of Hyderabad, now renamed DIA-CoE. The invention BAM-H24 is a boron-, hydrogen- and nitrogen-rich energetic compound usable as a solid rocket fuel, propellant additive and burn-rate accelerator, with high thermal stability and low impact and friction sensitivity. Inventors: Dr M. Hanumantha Rao and Prof. Muralidharan Krishnamurthi; filed 21 December 2022.