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Monthly Compilation

September 2025 Current Affairs for UPSC

65 current affairs published in September 2025

September 2025 Current Affairs for UPSC — every Why-in-News article AnantamIAS published in September 2025, mapped to the GS syllabus and packaged for revision. This September 2025 monthly current affairs compilation runs to 65 articles spanning Polity, Economy, Environment, Science & Technology, International Relations, Geography, History, Society and Internal Security — every entry written in the Why-in-News + GS-paper-mapping + UPSC-style practice-question format the Compass uses across every monthly digest on the site.

Each September 2025 entry opens with a Why in News? hook so you know exactly why the story matters for the exam, maps to the precise GS paper and sub-topic, summarises the development in scannable sub-headings, and closes with a UPSC-style practice question plus an FAQ accordion. The structure is deliberately repeatable: the same skeleton across every article in this September 2025 compilation, so revision feels familiar by week two and weak topics surface fast.

Use this September 2025 monthly current affairs page three ways. Read sequentially for a single-sitting scan of everything that mattered in September 2025. Download the September 2025 PDF for offline revision, printing or last-mile cycles before Prelims and Mains. Or filter by GS paper from the Monthly Current Affairs hub to focus on Polity, Economy, IR or Environment in isolation. For day-by-day study, jump to Daily Current Affairs; for the full year, see the 2025 Current Affairs archive. Working backwards? The previous month is August 2025 Current Affairs; the next is October 2025 Current Affairs.

Monthly current affairs for UPSC is the spine of revision — daily reading is for awareness, monthly compilations are what you actually re-read. The September 2025 set below is built for exactly that: open the article, skim the Why-in-News, lock the GS mapping, attempt the practice question, move on. Every piece links to its own per-article PDF if you'd rather collect the high-yield few than the full month.

Japanese Encephalitis

Why in news: Anew study published last week has now added an unexpected twist to this story. Researchers have found that waning immunity against infections of the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) can predispose individuals to more severe dengue. UPSC Relevance: Examination has tested our knowledge…

UNHRC

Why in news: India recently condemned Israel’s airstrike on Qatar at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva. UPSC Relevance: Important International institutions, agencies and fora their structure, mandate. UPSC PYQ: The Security Council of UN consists of 5 permanent members, and the…

Women Empowerment

Context: In a recently given speech, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has emphasized that women empowerment is multi-dimensional imperative, covering political, social and economic aspects of development. UPSC Relevance: Role of women and women's organizations: Issues related to women: Globalization's impact on women: Welfare schemes…

FDI goes to tax haven

Context: Indian companies are increasingly routing their outward FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) through low-tax jurisdictions (tax havens) such as Singapore, Mauritius, UAE, the Netherlands, the UK, and Switzerland. An RBI dataset for 2024–25 reveals that nearly 60% of India’s outward FDI went to these tax…

Malaria

Context The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls mosquitoes the “world’sdeadliest animals.” They have good reason. Small, annoying but dangerous: this disease carrying insect helps kill more than a million people in the world every year. Now, as the world becomes warmer,…

Pink Tax

Context The article explains the concept of Pink Tax—a form of gender-based price discrimination where products or services marketed towards women are priced higher than similar items for men. UPSC Relevance: Tax System and Key terms. UPSC PYQ: Q.Consider the following items: (2018)  Cereal grains…