Daily Current Affairs 15 September 2026

The 15 September 2026 edition opens with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seizing about 362 metric tonnes of Pakistan-origin dry dates at the Container Freight Station, Ambad, Nashik, under Operation Deep Manifest, exposing trade-based evasion of the blanket import prohibition on Pakistan-origin goods, in force since May 2025 under Para 2.20A of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023. In the southern Red Sea, Iran-backed Houthi fighters captured the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands on 14 September 2026, days after taking Mokha on the mainland and Perim (Mayun) inside Bab-el-Mandeb, with the International Organization for Migration reporting nearly 94,000 displaced this month. In New Delhi, the Reserve Bank of India, by letter dated 11 September 2026, rejected Tata Sons’ application to surrender its Core Investment Company registration, effectively enforcing the mandatory stock exchange listing requirement that applies to an Upper Layer NBFC under the RBI’s Scale-Based Regulation; the Tata Sons board is expected to consider listing and leadership on 17 September. The Earth for All Survey 2026 by Earth4All and Ipsos, covering 17 countries (G20 minus China, Russia and Saudi Arabia, plus Sweden), reports that fewer than one-third expect leaders to act in citizens’ long-term interests, with an India signal showing 61 per cent support for a strong leader unconstrained by parliament, well above the global figure. The roundup carries the record USD 44.9 billion weekly rise in forex reserves to USD 785.7 billion for the week ended 4 September 2026, and the Prime Minister’s scheduled inauguration of SEMICON India 2026 on 17 September, alongside a practice quiz.