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Current affairsEngineers' Day 2026: Honouring Sir M. Visvesvaraya — India's Greatest Civil EngineerIndia observes National Engineers' Day on September 15 each year to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1861–1962), Bharat Ratna awardee and one of the greatest civil engineers of modern India. The 2026 theme is "Smart Engineering for a Sustainable Future through Innovation and Digitalization." Current affairsNIXI-APNIC MoU 2026: India Strengthens Internet Routing Security with IPv6 and RPKI PartnershipThe National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on September 8, 2026, at the APNIC 62 Conference in Mumbai. The agreement aims to strengthen India's internet routing security through IPv6 deployment, RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure) adoption, and establishment of an APNIC RPKI repository mirror in India — hosted by NIXI. Current affairsSarnath Inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site: India's 45th — 2,500 Years of Buddhist Heritage Now on the Global MapThe Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 25 July 2026 at the 48th World Heritage Committee session in Busan, Republic of Korea — 28 years after being placed on the tentative list in 1998. India now has 45 World Heritage Sites; Sarnath is Uttar Pradesh's fourth. Current affairsGOBARdhan National Circular Bioenergy Scheme: Cabinet Approves ₹23,731 Crore for Compressed BiogasThe Union Cabinet on August 6, 2026 approved the National Circular Bioenergy Scheme — GOBARdhan — with a ₹23,731 crore outlay over FY 2026–27 to FY 2035–36. The scheme consolidates India's fragmented biogas policy into a single framework to achieve tenfold growth in compressed biogas (CBG) production, providing guaranteed pricing, capital assistance, and assured offtake for ten years.