UPSC current affairs — 8 September 2026

The 8 exam-relevant stories for 8 September 2026.

  1. Does ‘inflation targeting’ work in India? (Economy)
    A study indicates that inflation targeting in India can lower output and employment without a commensurate reduction in inflation, as the country's Phillips curve is flat and household expectations remain higher than RBI projections.
  2. U.K. recognises India's carbon credit scheme under its carbon tax mechanism: official (Economy)
    The United Kingdom has recognized India's carbon credit scheme under its carbon tax mechanism, enabling UK importers of eligible Indian goods covered under CBAM to seek carbon price relief.
  3. Supreme Court refuses extension for Aravalli panel, sets November 30 deadline for final report (Environment)
    The Supreme Court has set a November 30 deadline for a high-powered committee tasked with evolving a uniform definition for the ecologically fragile Aravalli hills and recommending measures to regulate mining.
  4. C. Rangarajan flags fewer regional rural banks as ‘a step in the wrong direction’; urges RBI to incentivise SFBs (Economy)
    Former RBI Governor C. Rangarajan warned that consolidating regional rural banks risks eroding their local character, and stated that eleven small finance banks cannot meet the sector's unmet credit needs.
  5. As Yoga and Ayurveda become part of India’s global health diplomacy, experts press for credible standards (Governance)
    As India pushes for traditional medicine in international agreements, experts emphasize that the AYUSH sector needs credible standards, evidence, regulation, and patient safety to establish itself in regulated global markets.
  6. ‘Conduct worthy of derision’: Allahabad HC pulls up District Magistrate over NSA detention of law student (Polity)
    The Allahabad High Court criticized a District Magistrate for detaining a law student under the National Security Act, observing that the official sought to deter others from exercising their right to freedom of speech in support of workers.
  7. Assam told to pay ₹2 lakh to husband of woman pushed into Bangladesh (Polity)
    The Gauhati High Court took serious exception to a Foreigners' Tribunal's handling of a case, ordering Assam to compensate the husband of a woman deported to Bangladesh and impleading the Ministry of External Affairs to locate and expatriate her.
  8. Rise of ‘digital hawala’ aiding money laundering, terror financing, global watchdog says (Security)
    A Financial Action Task Force report has warned that the fusion of virtual assets with the traditional hawala system, termed digital hawala, is aiding global money laundering and terror financing.

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