Daily Current Affairs 24 September 2026

The 24 September 2026 edition leads with the Supreme Court’s split verdict of 23 September on referring the challenge to the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023 to a larger Bench: Justice Dipankar Datta would hear it, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma would refer it, and the papers were placed before the Chief Justice of India to consider constituting a Constitution Bench. A second deep dive follows three anti-defection matters: the Court flagged a Speaker’s three-month delay, upheld a disqualification under Paragraph 2(1)(a) of the Tenth Schedule, and asked the ECI for a timeline on a frozen party symbol under Paragraph 15 of the Symbols Order. The Centre cut customs duty on crude edible oils (sunflower to nil, palm and soybean to 5 per cent) while keeping a 19.25 per cent crude-refined differential, and MoSPI’s Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey found pilgrimage the top purpose of overnight trips over a year and health trips the costliest.

The roundup covers the WHO-UNICEF report on water and sanitation in schools, the BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities meeting, the anti-narcotics Vision Document 2026-2029, the SAT-SAAW contract, Exercise Varuna, BIS registration for screen protectors, the Dallirajhara-Rowghat line, a quantum measurement result from the Raman Research Institute, and the day’s observances: World Maritime Day, NSS Day, the Poona Pact and Bhikaji Cama. The editorials take up the India-New Zealand FTA, Quality Control Orders on inputs, who pays for nuclear waste, collective functioning at the ECI, standard essential patents, ship biofouling after the Hormuz disruption and US-China talks on AI, alongside a practice quiz.