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Daily Current Affairs: 17 February 2026

Current affairs of 17 February 2026: UNEP FI Impact Centre: Aligning Finance with SDGs; PM RAHAT: Cashless Treatment for Road Accident Victims; Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0: ₹10,000 Crore Corpus, and 19 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 22 topics

National Affairs

  1. Brahmaputra Underwater Road-Rail Tunnel: ₹18,662 Crore Project
  2. CCEA Clears ₹18,509 Crore Railway Multitracking Works
  3. National Women’s Day on 13 February: Sarojini Naidu Tribute

Government Schemes

  1. PM RAHAT: Cashless Treatment for Road Accident Victims
  2. Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0: ₹10,000 Crore Corpus
  3. India’s First CBDC-Based PDS Launched in Gandhinagar
  4. Urban Challenge Fund and Startup India FoF 2.0 Approved

Banking & Finance

  1. ECB Regulations 2026: RBI Removes All-in-Cost Cap, Eases Norms
  2. DBS and Visa Intelligent Commerce: AI Agent Payments Pilot
  3. UPI One World Wallet Opened to AI Summit Foreign Visitors
  4. Natural Gas Futures Get SEBI Nod for NSE
  5. RBI Tightens Collateral Norms for Capital Market Lending
  6. SEBI ETF Reform Proposals: T-1 Base Price

Economy

  1. PLFS January 2026: Unemployment Rate Rises to 5%
  2. Record 52,537 MW Power Capacity Added in FY26

International Affairs

  1. UNEP FI Impact Centre: Aligning Finance with SDGs

Agriculture & Rural

  1. AI in Agriculture and Dairy: MahaVISTAAR and Sarlaben

Science & Technology

  1. Bio-based Chemicals and Enzymes: India’s BioE3 Priority
  2. BIRAC–RDI Fund: ₹2,000 Crore for Biotech and Deep-Tech
  3. SING Submarine Cable to Link India, Gulf and Singapore
  4. Kerala Graphene Policy: India’s First Comprehensive One

Environment & Ecology

  1. Great Nicobar Project: NGT Upholds Environmental Clearance

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Banking & Finance

Economy

11. Natural Gas Futures Get SEBI Nod for NSE

  • SEBI approved the National Stock Exchange to launch Indian Natural Gas futures.
  • The step moves India towards market-based price discovery for natural gas.
  • Contracts will be monthly, with 12 monthly contracts available for trading at any time.
  • NSE brings derivatives expertise and the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) brings spot-platform know-how.
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