Daily Current Affairs 2 September 2026

Welcome to the Ujiyari Daily Current Affairs edition for Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The Supreme Court Collegium notified recommendations for the Chief Justices of four High Courts on August 31, one of them the Rajasthan High Court, where a sitting Supreme Court judge has written three letters to the Chief Justice of India alleging maladministration by the Acting Chief Justice. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI fell to 52.8 in August, the weakest expansion in five years, two days after a 7.8 per cent Q1 growth print, and the gap between the two numbers is the story. The Prime Minister closes the Ministry of Jal Shakti’s Departmental Summit today, the first in a planned series built around cooperative federalism. Nepal has moved from asking for aid to demanding compensation, naming China, the United States and India as historically responsible for the Rasuwa flood. India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam on September 12 and 13. At Bishkek, the Prime Minister pressed Iran’s President on freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. Today’s edition carries six deep-dive articles, a news roundup, ten editorial analyses, three State PCS editions and a practice quiz.