Daily Current Affairs 2026

17 October 2026Yesterday

1. 2:12 PM
   Ministry of Defence

   Raksha Mantri holds bilateral talks with 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry & Trade of Czech Republic

   Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Czech Republic Mr Karel Havlíček in New Delhi on October 13,…

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2. 2:12 PM
   Ministry of Culture

   Celebrating Uttarakhand’s Spiritual Heritage at the 8th edition of PM Mementos e-Auction

   Uttarakhand’s identity as Devbhoomi, the land of the gods, finds expression in a collection of 27 mementos featured in the eighth edition of the PM Mementos e-auction. These gifts presented to the…

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3. 2:12 PM
   Ministry of Railways

   Indian Railways Registers 6.14% Growth in Freight Loading in September 2026 over September 2025

   Indian Railways recorded continued growth in freight and passenger segments during September 2026, with higher freight loading, and growth across several key commodity categories. Freight loading during the first six months of…

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4. 2:12 PM
   Ministry of Jal Shakti

   Industrial Pollution Abatement: Sustainability through Regulations under Namami Gange

   Industrial pollution abatement is emerging as a key pillar river rejuvenation, with regulation increasingly evolving from conventional enforcement to continuous compliances, scientific monitoring, cleaner production, resource efficiency and technological improvement. Under Namami…

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5. 2:12 PM
   Prime Minister's Office

   Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addresses the Bloomberg New Economy Forum

   Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today addressed the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi. Acknowledging Mr. Michael Bloomberg’s earlier remarks, the Prime Minister celebrated the forum's unprecedented debut in India. He…

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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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