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New Members Elected to the IAEA Board of Governors

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Eleven countries have been elected to serve on the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors for the 2026-2028 period. Eleven newly elected countries will join the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors for the 2026-2028 period. The election took place on Thursday, 17 September at the seventh plenary session of the 70th IAEA General Conference. The new Board members include Angola, Brazil, Greece, Honduras, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Slovakia and Sweden. For the 2026-2027 period, the new composition of the IAEA Board of Governors will be as follows: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, India , Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Togo, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America. The Board of Governors is ...
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UPI Continues to Remain Free for Peer to Peer Transactions and 96% of Merchant Transactions

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  The new UPI framework introduced has no impact on any person to person transactions. UPI will continue to remain completely free for all person-to-person transactions, irrespective of the amount transferred. Payments to merchants up to ₹2,000, along with transactions covered under the zero-MDR framework for small merchants, will also remain free. Consequently, approximately 96% of all P2M transactions will remain unaffected. MDR will apply only to specified merchant transactions above ₹2,000. It is clarified that MDR is neither a tax nor a charge collected by the Government or NPCI. It is distributed among payment ecosystem participants, including banks and payment application providers, to support the operation and continued expansion of the UPI ecosystem. Introduced under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, following detailed deliberations by the UPI Steering Committee, the framework seeks to ensure the long-term sustainability of UPI while protecting individuals and ...
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UPSC IAS Daily Current Affairs ( 19 – 09 – 2026 ) by UniFocus IAS

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European Union successfully launched Copernicus Sentinel-3C & FLEX (FLuorescence Explorer) aboard a Vega C launcher BIMSTEC Energy Centre Organises Five-Day Capacity Building Programme on New & Emerging Technologies in Power Sector OneTag facility launched Scientists discovered for the first time in 100 years a new wild cat species in Bolivia Kishau Multipurpose Project
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European Union successfully launched Copernicus Sentinel-3C & FLEX (FLuorescence Explorer) aboard a Vega C launcher

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On 15 September 2026 at 03:21 CET , the European Union successfully launched Copernicus Sentinel-3C from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, aboard a Vega C launcher. The satellite established its first contact with Earth at 04:33 CET confirming that is in good health. It was launched along with  ESA’s Earth observation satellite FLEX (FLuorescence Explorer). Sentinel-3C  Sentinel-3C will provide data that help us better understand what is happening on Earth, from changes in the oceans and polar regions to wildfires, droughts and extreme heat. Owned and managed by the European Commission as part of Copernicus, the EU’s Earth observation programme , the satellite will provide data that are freely available to public and private users around the world. The mission has been delivered in close cooperation with the European Space Agency, EUMETSAT and Avio. Sentinel 3C will also strengthen the continuity of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission. Once operational, it will work a...
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BIMSTEC Energy Centre Organises Five-Day Capacity Building Programme on New & Emerging Technologies in Power Sector

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The BIMSTEC Energy Centre (BEC) organised a five-day Capacity Building Programme on “New & Emerging Technologies in Power Sector (Generation, Transmission, Distribution & End Use)” from 14 to 18 September 2026 in Bengaluru in hybrid mode under the aegis of Ministry of Power, Government of India. About BIMSTEC Energy Centre (BEC) The BEC became operational in Bengaluru on 1 April 2025 and serves as a Centre of Excellence for regional energy cooperation, promoting sustainable development, energy security and energy integration among BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral and Technical Cooperation) Member States Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Thailand. PIB
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