UPSC Current Affairs 17 September 2026 — PIB

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Inaugurates SEMICON India 2026; Unveils India’s Ambitious Roadmap for Transition to Semicon 2.0, with Expanded Support for Design, Manufacturing, Packaging, R&D and Talent Development
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates SEMICON India 2026
• Ministry of Coal Successfully Launches 16th Round of Commercial Coal Mine Auctions; Executes CMDPAs for Six Coal Mines
• India Welcomes Passage of New Zealand Legislation to Give Effect to India-New Zealand FTA
• Semicon 2.0 to deepen India’s semiconductor ecosystem with focus on design, equipment, fabs, advanced packaging, R&D and talent
• Text of PM's speech during the inauguration of SEMICON India 2026
• Third BIMSTEC Conference on Traditional Medicine Concludes in Goa
• India’s First Soil Carbon Payments Put Farmers at the Centre of Regenerative Agriculture
• Aatmanirbhar Bharat: HAL to hand over LCA Tejas FOC Twin Seater Trainers & HTT 40 Basic Trainer Aircraft to IAF and Dhruv NG helicopters to PHL in the presence of Raksha Mantri & Civil Aviation Minister in Bengaluru
• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Inaugurates India's 51st Doppler Weather Radar at Sambalpur Odisha, Says Mission Mausam Strengthening India’s Weather Preparedness
• Union Health Ministry Proposes Amendments to Drugs Rules, 1945 to Strengthen Regulatory Oversight of Schedule H, H1 and X Drugs
• India Calls for Secure, Affordable and Reliable Energy at the G20 Energy Abundance Ministerial Meeting in USA
• NHAI Rajmargyatra App Hosts ‘OneTag’ FASTag Portability Service
• India’s Textile exports rise 16.1% to ₹29,776 crore in August 2026
• Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)
• Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme