Current Affairs – 17 October 2026

17 October 2026Yesterday

1. 2:12 PM
   Ministry of Personnel

   DARPG releases the 50th Report on Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) for States/UTs for September, 2026

   The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) released the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) 50th monthly report for States/UTs for September, 2026. The said report provides a…

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2. 2:12 PM
   Current Affairs

   India, Czech Republic Expand Defence Industrial Cooperation

   India and the Czech Republic agreed to expand defence industrial cooperation on 13 October 2026 to promote India’s Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiatives. The

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3. 2:12 PM
   Current Affairs

   IIT Kharagpur Launches AI Tutor for GATE and JAM

   On 12 October 2026, IIT Kharagpur launched the NDLI-FERMI AI Tutor and a free online preparation platform for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and the Joi

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4. 2:12 PM
   Current Affairs

   Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Third-Lowest Winter Maximum

   Antarctic sea ice reached an annual maximum extent of 17.59 million square kilometres on 14 September 2026, the third-lowest maximum in the satellite record. Scientists f

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5. 2:12 PM
   Current Affairs

   John Urschel Addresses a 30-Year-Old Mathematics Problem

   Former Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel, now a tenure-track assistant professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has publ

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6. 2:12 PM
   Current Affairs

   India Hosts First BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting

   India is hosting the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi on 13 October 2026. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is chairing the meeting, attended by delegations

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7. 2:12 PM
   Current Affairs

   RDIF Announces First Cohort of 19 Fund Managers

   The Government of India’s Research, Development and Innovation Fund (RDIF) announced its first cohort of 19 Second-Level Fund Managers (SLFMs) on 12 October 2026. The Emp

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8. 2:12 PM
   Current Affairs

   BHASHINI Uses Voice-First Multilingual AI in Mussoorie

   The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), deployed BHASHINI’s Shrutlekh platform at a National Cen

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9. 2:12 PM
   Current Affairs

   Bangladesh and China Sign Mongla Port Expansion Loan

   On 10 October 2026, Bangladesh signed a concessional loan agreement worth $335.78 million with China’s Export-Import Bank to expand and modernise Mongla Port. The l

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10. 2:12 PM
    Current Affairs

    Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Completes One Year

    The Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) completed its first year of implementation on 11 October 2026. The Union Cabinet approved the scheme on 16 July 202

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11. 2:12 PM
    Current Affairs

    India and UK Inaugurate Genomics Centre

    The BRIC-CDFD–ONT India Genomics Centre of Excellence was jointly inaugurated in New Delhi on 12 October 2026 by Dr Jitendra Singh, India’s Union Minister of State (Indep

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12. 2:12 PM
    Current Affairs

    SEBI Introduces Credit Risk-o-Meter for Debt Securities

    The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) mandated a colour-coded Credit Risk-o-Meter for specified debt securities through a circular dated 7 October 2026. The m

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