UPSC Current Affairs for 2026-09-04

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• Orthodoxy redux: On Keralam, religion and Muslim women’s rightsSociety · Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar's directive restricting Muslim women's participation in public celebrations has sparked debate in Kerala.
• ISRO successfully launches Earth observation satellite EOS-05Science and Technology · ISRO successfully launched EOS-05, India's first geosynchronous orbit imaging satellite, aboard GSLV-F17 on September 4.
• Nepal flash floods: Death toll crosses 1,200; over 4,000 remain missing a week after disasterEnvironment and Disaster Management · Nepal flash floods death toll crosses 1,200 with over 4,000 missing, prompting PM to link disaster to climate change.
• Direct Uttarakhand CM to register FIR against those behind ‘purification’ of Haldwani rally site, Kharge writes to NaddaPolity and Social Justice · Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Union Minister J.P. Nadda demanding an FIR against those who performed a 'purification' ritual after his rally in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, calling it an act of untouchability.
• Parliamentary panel flags ‘punitive’ tax regime, seeks data on new Income Tax Act’s ImpactPolity and Economy · Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance flagged punitive tax enforcement and compliance glitches in the new Income Tax Act, 2026.
• El Nino could be strongest in decades, UN warnsEnvironment and Ecology · WMO warns current El Nino may become strongest on record, with peak expected late 2026 and impacts extending into 2027.
• RBI's forex swap facility draws over $136 billion; more than $127 billion mobilised via FCNR (B) depositsEconomy · RBI's special forex swap facility mobilised over $136 billion, far exceeding projections, providing relief to the rupee.
• ‘Ill-educated, egregiously wrong’: World Bank ED Mishra on row over GDP dataEconomy · World Bank Executive Director Neelkanth Mishra rebutted claims that India's Q1 FY26 GDP growth was only 2.6%, calling them 'ill-educated and egregiously wrong'.