IBPS GK Questions 2026

The paper was authored by Tarang Vashisht, a student at IISER Mohali, together with Aru Beri of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and researchers from IUCAA and the Raman Research Institute.

It is often used as a benchmark for how bright an accreting object can be, since beyond it the outward push of radiation would overwhelm the inward pull of gravity.

Archival and recent observations of the source were drawn from the Chandra, XMM-Newton and Swift space-based X-ray telescopes covering the years 2000 to 2024, which makes it one of the longest X-ray studies of this object carried out so far.

The minister said forecasts are now disseminated at the panchayat level across all panchayats in the five districts, and that the weather forecast and agromet advisory services have reached this many people, giving farmers and residents wider access to weather information.

Nine stations were added to the three that existed at Udhampur, Kathua and Ramban, taking the total to twelve; of the new ones, four are in Kishtwar, two each in Doda and Ramban, and one in Kathua.

The correct answer is the National Centre for Seismology, whose Earthquake Monitoring Centre in New Delhi works round the clock and will receive the Kishtwar readings as they are recorded.

The observatory was set up through the Ministry of Earth Sciences, carries digital seismic equipment and transmits readings in real time to the round-the-clock Earthquake Monitoring Centre of the National Centre for Seismology in New Delhi.

The article written by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi with Mike Bloomberg, which the Prime Minister shared, records the growth of renewable energy as a whole, the expansion of rooftop solar and the money going into storage and into transmission.

In the article shared by the Prime Minister, the growth of solar power in India is credited to initiatives such as these two, which carry the household and the farm side of solar generation respectively.

The article by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, which the Prime Minister shared, looks at what lies ahead for solar power in the country as India works towards a renewable energy target of 500 GW, with solar powered farming, energy storage, manufacturing and green jobs named among the areas of growth.

The campaign had two clear stages, and this was the implementation stage, during which offices actually identified and disposed of pending references and closed electronic files.

This was the strongest of the department's numbers under the campaign, showing that almost every public grievance on its books had been disposed of.

It is the nodal department for the Special Campaign exercise, and DPIIT carried out Special Campaign 6 on its guidance along with its attached and subordinate offices.

The first phase of the orientation drew roughly five hundred and fifty tribal healers, each nominated by the tribal welfare department of their state, and they came from nine States and Union Territories: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

The programme was organised under this initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, in collaboration with ICMR-NIHR, Bhubaneswar, and it was the first of its kind in the country.

The two-day orientation was held there, and it was inaugurated in the auditorium of the same venue.

The rules are explicit that registration of a grievance cannot be refused on the ground of its format, the language used, the manner in which it was submitted, or any procedural deficiency.

The rules place district level supervision of grievance redressal on this officer, who must ensure that complaints are handled through the designated machinery and through the Digital Public Infrastructure meant for the purpose.

The rules draw a clear line between two stages. The enquiry has to be wrapped up within seven working days of receipt, and the grievance itself has to be settled within 15 days of receipt.

Over the April to October period, production from captive and commercial mines moved up from 105.33 MT to 117.23 MT, which is a growth of 11.30 per cent.