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Highlights of Current Affairs 17 September 2026
- The 1951 Refugee Convention marked its 75th anniversary; India remains a non-signatory to both the Convention and its 1967 Protocol, though 149 states are parties.
- NPCI introduced a revised UPI Merchant Discount Rate framework effective October 15, 2026, keeping P2M transactions under ₹2,000 MDR-free while imposing 0.4% MDR on larger transactions (capped at ₹300 for ₹75,000+).
- IBBI proposed stronger safeguards for personal guarantor insolvency under IBC, including mandatory asset valuation, restrictions on related-party creditor voting, and enhanced scrutiny of preferential/undervalued transactions.
- Meta announced it will directly report child safety matters to India’s Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), strengthening coordinated enforcement against online crimes targeting children.
- India set a Guinness World Record for the longest steel-slag road (1.85 km, four-lane) in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, cutting construction costs by ~40% while promoting a circular economy approach.
- World Ozone Day 2026 marked 10 years since the Kigali Amendment, which mandates HFC phase-down and could prevent up to 0.5°C of warming by 2100; full ozone recovery is projected by 2066 over Antarctica.
- Samvatsari, the holiest day in the Jain calendar and culmination of Paryushana Parva, was observed as a day of forgiveness, non-violence and compassion.
- Nuakhai, a harvest festival with tribal roots institutionalized in the 14th century by Raja Ramai Deo, is celebrated across Western Odisha, southern Chhattisgarh and parts of Jharkhand.
- Russia unveiled the S-71K Kovyor, a stealth air-launched cruise missile for the Su-57E fighter with a 300-350 km range, amid discussions on Su-57 technology transfer and joint manufacturing with India.
- In the Lalit Kumar Jain v. Union of India (2021) precedent underpinning current IBC reforms, the Supreme Court held that a corporate debtor’s resolution plan approval does not automatically discharge personal guarantors from liability.
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