18 September 2026 — Current Affairs Quiz

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2026 on 17 September 2026 at Yashobhoomi, the India International Convention and Expo Centre in Dwarka, New Delhi. This fifth edition ran from 17 to 19 September under the theme 'Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem', organised jointly by the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), MeitY and global body SEMI. Exam angle: the Cabinet cleared Semicon 2.0 on 15 July 2026 with a Rs 1,27,500 crore outlay, against Rs 76,000 crore for Semicon 1.0.

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The World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) 2026 was held from 15 to 18 September 2026 at the Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, under the theme 'Circular Economy: Transition for People and Prosperity'. It was the 10th edition and the first WCEF held in South Asia. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel inaugurated it on 15 September. Exam angle: WCEF was launched in 2017 by Finland's Sitra; CPCB co-organised the 2026 edition.

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India's 51st Doppler Weather Radar was commissioned in September 2026 at Jamadarpali in Sambalpur, Odisha. The Make in India radar falls under Mission Mausam of the Ministry of Earth Sciences and covers western Odisha and parts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Earth Sciences MoS (I/C) Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated it virtually; Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi was present. Exam angle: India had only 14 DWRs in 2014; about 40 more are planned under Mission Mausam, taking the network to roughly 81.