Pointwize Daily Current Affairs One-Liners — 19 September 2026– 🇮🇳 National Affairs — ● HAL handed over two Tejas FOC twin-seater trainers and three HTT-40 basic trainers to the IAF, along with four Dhruv NG helicopters to Pawan Hans. ● Under the 20th Rozgar Mela, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly recruited government employees on September 19. ● PM Vishwakarma completed three years with 30 lakh artisans registered under the scheme, supporting traditional crafts and skilled occupations. ● The 100 Weeks Nasha Mukt Yuva Abhiyan began on September 18 with nationwide youth participation through the Rashtriya Sankalp Samaroh. ● World Patient Safety Day 2026 was observed in India with the theme “Safe Care for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)”. 🌎 International Affairs — ● Ukraine launched the “Carpathian Eight” initiative with seven regional countries and the European Union to promote trade, security and connectivity. ● The United States, Denmark and Greenland agreed on arrangements allowing a larger US military presence in Greenland while restricting adversaries’ military bases. ● South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ruled out military deployment that could involve Seoul in the Middle East conflict while reviewing measures to protect shipping. ● US President Donald Trump plans to receive Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews during Xi’s upcoming visit to the United States. ● Cuba’s national electricity grid collapsed on September 18, causing a nationwide blackout amid fuel shortages and ageing power infrastructure. 💰 Economy — ● Moody’s raised India’s FY2027 growth forecast to 7%, citing stronger economic activity and resilience despite West Asian risks. ● RBI absorbed ₹2.23 lakh crore of surplus banking-system liquidity through a variable-rate reverse repo auction on September 18. ● India’s net direct tax collection rose 13% to ₹12.12 lakh crore by September 17, according to CBDT data. ● The US Federal Reserve raised its policy rate to 3.75–4.00%, marking its first rate hike under Chair Kevin Warsh. 🔬 Science & Technology — ● ISRO clarified that it will remain India’s leading space institution as the country expands private participation in the space sector. ● ISRO’s GSLV-F17 successfully launched EOS-05 on September 4, placing the advanced Earth-observation satellite into a sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit. ● Scientists identified Leopardus tilcayo, a new wild cat species in Bolivia’s Yungas cloud forest, the first newly described living feline species in more than a century. 🏆 Sports — ● The 20th Asian Games opened in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on September 19, featuring athletes from 45 countries and regions across 43 sports. ● India’s women’s cricket team defeated Japan by eight wickets in the Asian Games quarter-final to enter the semi-finals. ● India Under-19 defeated Australia Under-19 by seven runs in the first Youth ODI at Rajkot, with Yashbardhan Chauhan starring with an all-round performance.  Read full Current Affairs   ⃜ ⃜   Download Pdf   ⃜ ⃜   Download Oneliner Pdf   ⃜