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26 September 2026
Country Focus Current Affairs — 26 September 2026, Morning
26 September 2026
Malaysia's Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan delivered the national statement at the General Debate of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York on 26 September.
He said the veto power of the Security Council must be challenged and ultimately abolished.
He said expanding the Council's membership alone will not be enough to resolve its failures.
He urged every General Assembly member to question the use of the veto, especially in cases of crimes against humanity.
He said Resolution 76/262 had already created an accountability channel between the Security Council and the General Assembly.
The Security Council has 15 members, five of them permanent members with the veto.
UNGA session:
81st
Resolution cited:
76/262
Security Council members:
15 (5 permanent)
Why it matters for exams: UN Security Council reform and the veto are standard topics in UPSC international relations papers.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
UNGA United Nations General Assembly — The main deliberative body of the UN, in which every member state has one vote.
Veto Veto power — The right of each of the five permanent Security Council members to block a substantive resolution.
Resolution 76/262 UN General Assembly resolution 76/262 — The General Assembly resolution that links a Security Council veto to a debate in the Assembly.
26 September 2026
Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil announced on 26 September that the government will bear the postal delivery cost of medicines from 1 October.
Patients who opt for the service will no longer pay for delivery themselves.
The Communications Ministry will help the Health Ministry provide the service through the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
It will be rolled out nationwide with an allocation of about RM5 million.
It is expected to benefit about 80,000 patients a month.
Fahmi spoke after visiting the Persada digital health connectivity project at Padang Besar Health Clinic in Perlis.
Start date:
1 October 2026
Allocation:
RM5 million
Patients per month:
80,000
Why it matters for exams: It is an example of telecom and postal infrastructure being used to widen access to public healthcare.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
MCMC Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission — Malaysia's regulator for telecommunications, broadcasting, internet and postal services.
Persada National Digital Health Ecosystem and Connectivity Driver — A Malaysian project to improve digital connectivity at health facilities.
26 September 2026
Malaysia's S. Sivasangari beat Hong Kong's Chan Sin Yuk 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 in the women's singles semi-final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on 26 September.
Ng Eain Yow beat Pakistan's Noor Zaman 11-7, 11-2, 11-4 in the men's singles semi-final.
The matches were played at the Nagoya Kinjofuto Arena in Japan.
Sivasangari set up a final against India's Anahat Singh.
Eain Yow set up a final against India's Abhay Singh.
Both were seeking to defend the titles they won at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.
Sivasangari semi-final score:
11-6, 11-8, 11-7
Eain Yow semi-final score:
11-7, 11-2, 11-4
Venue:
Nagoya Kinjofuto Arena
Why it matters for exams: Asian Games results and venues, and Asia's squash powers, are asked in sports current affairs.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Aichi-Nagoya 2026 20th Asian Games, Aichi-Nagoya — The Asian Games held in 2026 in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan.
26 September 2026
The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) chairman Abang Ahmad Kerdee Abang Masagus said on 26 September that FAMA plans to buy selected agro-food products and store them as buffer stocks.
The stocks cover about 34 types of products, including red chillies, green chillies, cabbage, onions, chicken and beef.
FAMA formed a special committee two months earlier to prepare for El Nino.
MetMalaysia director-general Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip had put the probability of El Nino reaching the "very strong" or "Super El Nino" category between October and December at more than 90 per cent.
FAMA has warehouses, including cold storage, in every state.
Types of products:
34
El Nino probability cited:
more than 90 per cent
Why it matters for exams: El Nino and food-security responses are linked topics in geography and economy papers.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
FAMA Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority — Malaysia's federal agency for marketing agricultural produce.
El Nino El Nino — A periodic warming of the central and eastern tropical Pacific that disturbs rainfall patterns.
MetMalaysia Malaysian Meteorological Department — Malaysia's national weather and climate agency.
25 September 2026
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also Finance Minister, approved an additional RM2.8 million this year to repair basic infrastructure at 14 Islamic education institutions across Kedah.
He announced it in a Facebook post on 25 September.
The aim is a more comfortable and safe learning environment for students.
He also approved RM250,000 for hadith-related programmes.
Both allocations will be coordinated by the Implementation Coordination Unit of the Prime Minister's Department (ICU JPM) in Kedah.
Repair allocation:
RM2.8 million
Institutions:
14
Hadith programmes:
RM250,000
Why it matters for exams: It shows Malaysia's Prime Minister also holding the finance portfolio and federal funding to a state.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
ICU JPM Implementation Coordination Unit, Prime Minister's Department — The unit in Malaysia's Prime Minister's Department that coordinates federal projects.