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Highlights of 16 September 2025 Current Affairs
- Defence Procurement Manual 2025 prioritises self-reliance, streamlines revenue procurement, and encourages joint logistics across Army, Navy, and Air Force operations.
- Challenges in defence indigenisation include technological gaps, weak R&D, limited private sector involvement, import reliance, and higher short-term procurement costs.
- Initiatives like iDEX, Sudarshan Chakra Mission, FDI liberalisation, and SRIJAN Portal promote Indian defence manufacturing and MSME participation.
- India inaugurated its first bamboo-based bio-ethanol plant in Golaghat, Assam, using non-food bamboo to boost second-generation biofuel production and rural income.
- Bio-ethanol applications include transport fuel blends, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and bioplastics, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting energy security.
- The Prime Minister highlighted North East India’s emergence as a growth driver, enhancing connectivity, infrastructure, and regional development under the Act East vision.
- Kerala approved a Wildlife Protection Act amendment granting state powers to kill dangerous animals and declare certain species as vermin amid rising human-animal conflicts.
- India held India–Iran–Uzbekistan and India–Iran–Armenia trilateral meetings to promote Chabahar Port, improve regional connectivity, and strengthen trade with Central Asia and the Caucasus.
- The Ho tribe protested against interference in their traditional Manki–Munda self-governance system, which manages village-level socio-political disputes in Jharkhand and Odisha.
- The Indian Navy commissioned Androth, an indigenously built anti-submarine warfare ship, equipped with lightweight torpedoes and advanced rockets for shallow coastal operations.
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