Daily Current Affairs 25 September 2026

The 25 September 2026 edition leads with the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s 215th Board meeting of 24 September, which approved new Settlement Regulations, 2026 with a formula-based settlement amount and separate disgorgement, new Portfolio Managers Regulations, 2026, and a Common Advertisement Code. The Supreme Court laid down safeguards against misuse of the POCSO Act in custody disputes, barring automatic arrest and requiring an expert assessment where a parent is accused amid a matrimonial dispute. The Environment Ministry revised greenhouse gas emission intensity targets for 21 refineries and 173 textile units under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme.

The roundup covers the ASEAN-India review of the AITIGA, FSSAI’s draft rule on paneer, a DRDO contract for a quantum-grade dilution refrigerator, a bio-based plastic under BioE3, an advisory on Nidhi companies, Japan’s call to delete the UN Charter’s “enemy state” clauses, twelve years of Make in India and Antyodaya Diwas. The editorials take up reform of the UN Security Council veto, police publicity and the presumption of innocence, political party finance, women’s safety in public spaces, forecasting a changing monsoon and public trust in official numbers, alongside a practice quiz.