Daily Current Affairs 13 September 2026

The 13 September 2026 edition opens with the close of the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam and the adoption of the 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration titled “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”, which backs a comprehensive UN Security Council reform with greater roles for India and Brazil, condemns the Pahalgam terror attack for the second year running, calls for a ceasefire and a two-state solution in Gaza, and opposes unilateral tariffs and WTO-incompatible carbon border adjustment measures. The Modi-Xi Jinping bilateral on the summit sidelines, President Xi’s first visit to India in nearly seven years since the Mamallapuram informal summit, produced commitments on a “fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable” boundary settlement, reaffirmation of existing agreements, and agreement to address structural trade imbalance, supply-chain vulnerabilities and predictable market access. In Uttarakhand, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, and ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, delivered the first Badri cattle calf through Ovum Pick-Up and In Vitro Fertilisation (OPU-IVF), a female calf born on 11 September 2026 from a Badri embryo transferred into a Sahiwal recipient, funded by the Uttarakhand Biotechnology Council; Badri is the first cattle breed of Uttarakhand to be registered with NBAGR. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) imposed a Rs 1 crore penalty on IndusInd Bank under Regulation 20(1) of the Corporate Agent Regulations for failing to maintain a dedicated insurance grievance-redressal mechanism, with other lapses drawing a caution and advisory. Tamil scholar and celebrated Pattimandram moderator Solomon Pappaiah, Padma Shri (2021) and Kalaimamani (2000) awardee, who moderated more than 12,000 Pattimandram debates and taught at The American College, Madurai, died at Madurai on 11 September 2026 aged 90. China Southern Airlines will resume the Guangzhou-Delhi route from 21 September 2026 with CZ359 and CZ360 operating five times a week on a Boeing 737-8 before going daily on 26 October 2026, making it the third Chinese carrier back on Indian routes after China Eastern and Air China. The roundup covers the Delhi Declaration’s key paragraphs, the SEBI Blended VWAP consultation, and a practice quiz.