Current Affairs One-liners — 17 September 2025

Wed, 17 Sept 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar' Abhiyaan and the 8th Rashtriya Poshan Maah from Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, on 17 September 2025, with over 10 lakh health camps planned till 2 October.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi, launching development works in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, on 17 September 2025, said about 1,300 acres have been allocated for the PM MITRA Park there and over 80 industrial units allotted.
• The Combined Commanders' Conference 2025, the apex-level forum of the Armed Forces, was held in Kolkata from 15 to 17 September 2025 on the theme 'Year of Reforms – Transforming for the Future'.
• Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement in Riyadh on 17 September 2025, stating that aggression against either is aggression against both; India's MEA said on 18 September it would study the implications.
• The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy notified the National Policy on Geothermal Energy (2025) on 17 September 2025 to promote exploration and use of geothermal energy in support of India's Net Zero 2070 goal.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally launched the Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan from Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, on 17 September 2025, a tribal grassroots leadership mission covering 11 crore citizens in 1 lakh villages across 30 States/UTs.
• The Election Commission of India revised its guidelines under Rule 49B of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, on 17 September 2025, so that EVM ballot papers carry colour photographs of candidates for the first time, starting with Bihar.
• The Technology Development Board under DST announced on 17 September 2025 its support for developing and commercialising a 240-volt electric motorcycle platform by Raptee Energy Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, a first in India's two-wheeler segment.
• The Ministry of Corporate Affairs invited public comments on 17 September 2025 on establishing Indian Multi-Disciplinary Partnership (MDP) firms, with responses due by 30 September 2025.
• The Department of Posts and BSNL signed an MoU in New Delhi on 17 September 2025 for the sale of BSNL SIM cards and mobile recharge services through India Post's network of over 1.65 lakh post offices.