Daily Current affairs GK 05 September 2026

Current Affairs and GK updates 05/09/2026

Here is the Daily current affairs and GK updates of the day for UPSC,SSC,IBPS,RRB,NTPC and other competitive exams preparations.This updates particularly focus on news updates from 5th Sept 2026.

National

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the centenary celebrations of Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) in New Delhi on 5 September.SRCC, a constituent college of the University of Delhi, completed 100 years. The Prime Minister highlighted the institution's contribution to India's education sector and said India's growth and transformation were accelerating.

International

• UN votes to adopt new world map reflecting accurate size of Africa:The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. The “Correct the Map” resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by African Union (AU) members, passed .
• The Mercator map, which has been in common use since the 16th Century, has come under criticism as it shows Africa as similar in size to Greenland, even though it is 14 times larger. Critics say this leads to the development needs and potential for countries near the equator to be minimised.
• The Mercator map was designed in 1569 by the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator to help European explorers navigate across the world. The map makes countries near the poles appear much larger than they really are. The distortion of his map is a result of the fact that it is impossible to accurately represent the surface of a globe on a two-dimensional chart.
• In an effort to correct this, a team of cartographers in 2018 created an equal area map they called the Equal Earth projection, which shows the relative sizes of continents more accurately.
• The Mercator map shows bigger sizes for countries near the poles because it stretches the grid lines wider and wider as they move away from the equator to turn a round globe into a flat rectangle.Flattening a sphere: The Earth is a 3D ball, but paper or computer screens are 2D flat surfaces. You cannot flatten a round orange peel without tearing or stretching it.

Sports and culture

• Satwik–Chirag reach China Masters final:Indian men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reached the final of the China Masters on 5 September 2026

Awards and recognition

• President Droupadi Murmu confers National Awards on Teachers:On Teachers' Day, 5 September, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Awards on Teachers at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Days Observed

• Teachers' Day – 5 September:Teachers' Day is observed throughout India on 5 September, marking the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
• Born: 5 September 1888
• First Vice-President of India: 1952–1962
• Second President of India: 1962–1967
• International Vulture Awareness Day 2026 was observed on Saturday, September 5, 2026, highlighting the critical ecological roles and conservation needs of vultures worldwide.

Static GK for exam preparations

• Coal and lignite gasification is a thermo-chemical process that converts solid coal or brown/soft lignite into a combustible gas mixture called syngas (synthesis gas) rather than burning it directly. Inside a pressurized vessel called a gasifier, solid coal or lignite is subjected to high temperatures (typically above 1,000°C) and high pressure with a limited, controlled supply of oxygen and steam. Instead of burning into ash, the carbon bonds in the coal react chemically with steam and oxygen to produce a mixture composed primarily of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H₂), along with smaller amounts of methane (CH₄) and carbon dioxide (CO₂).
• Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0:The ECLGS 5.0 provides targeted credit guarantee support to businesses affected by external disruptions. 
• Implemented by the National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company, the scheme enables eligible lending institutions to extend additional working capital with reduced credit risk. 
• It supports MSMEs, eligible non-MSME businesses and scheduled passenger airlines through government-backed guarantees.To address these challenges, the Government approved the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 on 5th May 2026.
• The scheme is implemented by the National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company (NCGTC). It provides government-backed credit guarantees to Member Lending Institutions (MLIs) for extending additional working capital to eligible business borrowers. It aims to facilitate an additional credit flow of up to ₹2.55 lakh crore..

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