SSC CHSL Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 31 August – 6 September 2026

The release says the campaign builds on its success over the last four years, which is the internal check an aspirant can apply: four earlier editions plus the one being launched makes this the fifth.

The release refers throughout to the ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Fund, and it is the size of that corpus that makes the Minister's appeal for outreach necessary: thousands of applications are arriving, some from applicants who do not appear to understand what the fund is for.

The Rules were notified by the Department of Consumer Affairs on 27 August 2026 and published in the Official Gazette on 29 August 2026, and the release states that they take effect 180 days from the date of that publication.

The release states that every awardee receives three things: a statuette, a certificate and award money of Rs 15 lakh.

The release calls the response encouraging and puts the number of nominations received from across the country at that figure.

The release states that the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan on that date to combat the demand for drugs in the country, which is why the campaign is now marking its sixth anniversary with a National Mass Pledge Against Drug Abuse.

The release records that Indian student delegates delivered their best-ever performance at the 19th International Earth Science Olympiad, held under the aegis of the International Geoscience Organisation in Turin, Italy, from 20 to 27 August 2026.

The release records that the Union Home Minister extended his best wishes to the 108 athletes from 19 countries participating in the World Archery Para Series, and that the participating nations include Bhutan, the United Kingdom, China, Bangladesh, France, Germany, Indonesia and the United States.

The release states that the coordinated efforts of forty ministries and departments culminated in the successful resolution of this many cases, and that the redressal rate works out to seventy-two per cent.

The release records that 82 teachers and educators were selected for the National Teachers Awards this year, and that they came from three departments.

The release records that the Vice President released a commemorative postage stamp in Chennai marking the 75th year of Dinamalar, and that the function itself was held to mark the paper's 75th year of publication along with the release of the stamp.

The release says the sixth edition opened at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in Salt Lake, Kolkata, and runs on 6 and 7 September.

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the national workshop under this theme at Panchkula in Haryana, and the release uses the same phrase again at the close to describe the journey the country has made in vulture conservation through science, policy, conservation breeding, safe landscapes and community participation.

He is a 1988 batch officer of the Indian Postal Service and was declared elected unopposed, by acclamation, at the 14th APPU Congress held in Bangkok on 4 September 2026.

The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment appointed him Chairperson of the Commission, and the release sets out his background: a Master's degree in Economics, long experience in social work for Scheduled Caste communities, earlier service as Vice-Chairman and then Chairman of the Safai Karamchari Commission under the Government of…

The release says the 89th edition was organised there with the theme 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat', led by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr Mansukh Mandaviya together with Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi.

The campaign is spearheaded by that ministry, and the minister who launched it, Dr Jitendra Singh, holds Earth Sciences as Minister of State with Independent Charge.

The board was created so that technologies would not remain confined to laboratories but would be translated into products, solutions and enterprises that bring ease of living, provide livelihoods and add to the economy of the country.

It is India's National Metrology Institute, mandated to set up primary national standards and to disseminate them.

The award has exactly four categories and that is not one of them. Three of the four are defined by where the feat takes place, namely Land Adventure, Water Adventure and Air Adventure, and the fourth is Lifetime Achievement, which recognises a career rather than a single exploit.

The release states that the evaluation used a comprehensive assessment framework in which the survival rate carried the highest weightage.

That is the total reach of the campaign as stated in the release.

The medals were won across the Written and Practical examinations, the International Team Field Investigation and the Earth Science Project categories.

Speaking at the inauguration, the Union Home Minister said that the 2030 Commonwealth Games will mark the centenary edition of those Games, and that it is a matter of great joy that Ahmedabad will host the event.

The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare started Special Campaign 3 on the earlier of those dates, for the timely and qualitative redressal of long-pending pension grievances, claims and issues, and the campaign concluded on the later one.

Of the 82 awardees, 48 came from that department, which is well over half the total and easily the largest block.

The Vice President noted in his address that Dinamalar was founded in that year with the resolve to serve as a touchstone of truth, and the same address places the paper in its 75th year of publication, which fits the founding year.

The release places this 4M framework at the heart of the conclave and explains that the four words represent the complementary strengths of the four CSIR laboratories hosting it.

The release records that the Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre at Pinjore housed that many vultures during 2025-26 and bred 35 chicks successfully in the same period.

The release describes the Asian-Pacific Postal Union as an inter-governmental organisation headquartered in Bangkok with 32 member countries, and it was in Bangkok that the 14th Congress met on 4 September 2026 and re-elected its Secretary-General.