18 September 2026 Current Affairs One Liners | Daily GK Points

• In how many balls did Abhishek Sharma score a century in the third T20I against Afghanistan?

  30 balls

• Which prestigious award was conferred upon Sethuraman Panchanathan in 2026?

  Arthur M. Bueche Award

• Sethuraman Panchanathan served as the 15th director of which US institution?

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

• To which position has Michael Kremer been appointed within the World Bank Group?

  Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics

• With which two economists did Michael Kremer share the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2019?

  Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

• For how many years was N. Chandrasekaran reappointed as the Chairman of Tata Sons?

  Five years

• What were India's rank and Gender Parity Score in the Global Gender Gap Report 2026?

  131st rank and 64.5%

• In which category was India placed in the 'Free to Think 2026' report by Scholars at Risk?

  Highly Restricted

• How many Indian institutions were included in the QS Global Full-Time MBA Ranking 2027?

  19 institutions

• By how much did the US Federal Reserve raise the Federal Funds Rate on September 16, 2026?

  25 basis points (0.25 percentage points)