Banking GK Questions 2026

GI-AI4FS is a global initiative of the United Nations and the ITU is named as the body that coordinates it, working in close collaboration with three partner agencies.

The Ministry of Defence recalls that the Greek Minister of National Defence came to India in February 2026 and held talks with the Raksha Mantri, and it treats such high-level exchanges as evidence of a growing India-Greece partnership in the defence and strategic domains.

According to the Ministry of Defence, the India-Cyprus Strategic Partnership gained further momentum after the President of Cyprus travelled to India in May 2026, and the Defence Secretary's visit on 12 and 13 October 2026 is expected to underline the shared commitment of both sides to deepening and expanding the…

The announcement states that these two subjects will remain prominent themes in the discussions with both countries.

The Ministry of Defence has said that the Defence Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Singh, will undertake an official visit to these two countries from 12 to 15 October 2026, with the Cyprus leg falling on 12 and 13 October and Greece forming the second half of the tour.

The Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre stands at IIT Madras and is being dedicated to the nation during the Chennai visit.

The five stations named for inauguration in Tamil Nadu, at Palani, Vellore Cantonment, Ambasamudram, Paramakkudi and Namakkal, have been rebuilt under that scheme and are being opened as Amrit Stations, as part of railway works worth more than ₹750 crore that also include the Karaikal-Peralam line and three rail flyovers…

The stretch from Poonamallee to Vadapalani is part of the second phase of the Chennai Metro Rail Project, it was built at a cost of about ₹4,900 crore, and its distinguishing feature is a double-decker structure running 3.7 km, along with advanced signalling meant to support driverless operations.

The announcement states that the projects taken up together at Chennai in Tamil Nadu carry a combined value of more than ₹13,000 crore, and that they cover metro rail, national highways, railways, ports, petroleum and education.

The mission set for this edition was public health emergency response, and it was tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal on good health and well-being.

The Challenge is organised by the ITU together with the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, with support from the I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics, the Technology Innovation Hub of IIT Delhi, and it is a flagship initiative under ITU’s AI for Good programme.

The winners of the Junior and Senior categories of the India Nationals will represent the country at the Grand Finale to be held at Geneva during the AI for Good Global Summit in June 2027, where teams from participating countries will compete.

The Junior Category of the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge India 2026 was won by Team Singularity of Gopalan International School, Karnataka.

The inaugural session was followed by a fireside chat titled ‘Social Stock Exchange: Purpose, Capital and Impact’, featuring Shri Shailesh K. Pathak, Senior Advisor for Policy at the National Stock Exchange, along with Prof. Garima Dadhich of IICA.

The theme set the direction of both days: speakers were asked to treat CSR as a sustained commitment rather than an annual compliance exercise, and the valedictory session carried the shorter title ‘From Compliance to Commitment’.

He inaugurated the conference, delivered the keynote address and released the Comprehensive CSR Framework for Indian Coal Companies, a document meant to give the coal sector a structured and need-based direction for its CSR spending.

NCCSR 2026 was organised by IICA, specifically by its School of Business Environment, under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and was held at The Ashok in New Delhi on 6 and 7 October 2026.

The Minister asked industry to accelerate innovation and scale up technological capability so that India meets the national objectives set for 2047 and strengthens its strategic sovereignty, a year that marks a century of independence.

The Minister spoke at the 121st Annual Session of PHDCCI in New Delhi, where industry leaders, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders had gathered to discuss growth and innovation priorities.

The bioeconomy has grown from roughly US$10 billion in 2014 to about US$196 billion, crossing the US$195 billion mark, and the ambition stated is to take it to US$300 billion by 2030.