UPSC Current Affairs for 2026-09-11

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• Ground control: On ISRO, policy and and its focusScience and Technology · ISRO employee associations have sought clarity on long-term plans amid concerns over privatization and job losses.
• Double deflation debate over GDP methodology no ‘great battle’: Niti Ayog Vice ChairmanEconomy · Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri defended the use of double deflation in India's new GDP series, calling it feasible and not a 'great battle'.
• Falling edifice: On the Delhi private hostel building collapseSociety · A five-storey private hostel building collapsed in Delhi, killing seven and injuring five, exposing unregulated student housing and civic infrastructure failures.
• FCNR(B) deposits: Who bears the currency risk? | ExplainedEconomy · RBI's special swap facility for FCNR(B) deposits has raised questions about who bears currency risk on principal and interest payments.
• PM-KUSUM 2.0 announcement likely soon; agrivoltaics to get dedicated componentEconomy · Union Minister Pralhad Joshi announced that PM-KUSUM 2.0 is likely to be launched soon, with a dedicated agrivoltaics component.
• Dangerous phase: On the crisis in West AsiaInternational Relations · Escalating US-Iran conflict with attacks on oil tankers, air bases, and threats to key maritime chokepoints.
• UN chief to stress multipolarity, UNSC reforms at BRICS Summit in IndiaInternational Relations · UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will address the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, emphasizing multipolarity and UNSC reforms.
• Yemen rebels report fresh Saudi strikes as conflict deepensInternational Relations · Renewed Saudi airstrikes and Houthi offensive near Bab al-Mandab have escalated Yemen conflict, causing mass displacement and oil price surge.