IBPS Current Affairs Quiz: 17 September 2026

The fifth edition of SEMICON India was hosted at Yashobhoomi and the Prime Minister opened it on 17 September 2026.

The 16th round puts 25 coal blocks before bidders, of which 21 are fully explored and four only partly explored, and they are spread across nine coal-bearing states from Arunachal Pradesh to West Bengal.

The agreement was signed in the Indian capital on that date, and the legislation to give it effect was passed by the Parliament of New Zealand months later.

The ministerial was held in that American city under the United States presidency of the G20, and the Indian delegation was led by the Union Minister for Power and Housing and Urban Affairs.

The Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences inaugurated the radar virtually in the presence of the Chief Minister of Odisha, and its main job is to strengthen weather watch over Western Odisha along with adjoining parts of southern Jharkhand, northern Chhattisgarh, north Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.

The theme draws attention to safe, coordinated and continuous care for people living with noncommunicable diseases, a group of conditions that need long-term management rather than one-time treatment.

The Prime Minister said the second phase of the Semiconductor Mission has been set at this size while addressing the opening session.

The commercial coal mining framework was designed to attract wide participation, so it carries no end-use restriction on the coal mined, permits full foreign investment without prior approval, and keeps upfront payments low by allowing them to be adjusted against future revenue share.

From the date the agreement enters into force, the whole of India's export basket to New Zealand becomes duty free.

The Union Minister told the ministerial that India's installed electricity generation capacity had reached this level and that more than half of it now comes from non-fossil fuel sources.

The Minister contrasted the position a decade ago with the present network, which has now reached 51 radars with the commissioning of the Sambalpur facility.

The Union Health Minister said the standards were brought in that year to create nationally recognised benchmarks for assessing the quality of healthcare institutions.

The Prime Minister virtually opened commercial lines at CDIL Semiconductor in Mohali, which makes discrete devices, and at Suchi Semicon in Surat, which handles packaging.

With the launch of the sixteenth round, the commercial coal mining programme has auctioned this many mines since the sector was thrown open in 2020.

Besides tariff concessions, the agreement carries a commitment to facilitate investment of this size into India, and it strengthens bilateral cooperation in agricultural productivity, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, traditional medicine and AYUSH, technology and trade facilitation.

The correct answer is G20 Global Carbon Tax Treaty, which does not exist and was not an outcome of this ministerial.

The Minister said around forty more radars are planned under this mission, which would raise the national total to roughly eighty-one.

The Union Health Minister said that many beneficiaries have accessed treatment under Ayushman Bharat, worth around Rs 1.6 lakh crore in all, and that eligible families receive cover of up to Rs 5 lakh a year for secondary and tertiary care.