IBPS GK Questions 2026

Two disputes between its management and its employees organisations were settled on 22 and 23 October 2026 through the conciliation efforts of the Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), Patna, working under the Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

The Central Vigilance Commission has advised all ministries, departments and organisations of the Central Government to run a preventive vigilance campaign of three months, from 17 August to 16 November 2026, and it named five focus areas: disposal of pending complaints, disposal of pending cases, capacity building programmes, digital initiatives…

The Central Vigilance Commission is observing the week across those seven days, and the integrity pledge was administered to the Commission officers and staff on 27 October 2026 at Satarkata Bhawan in New Delhi.

That is the theme chosen by the Central Vigilance Commission for the week observed from 26 October to 1 November 2026, and it connects honesty in public office with national prosperity.

It is organising the second edition of the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave, ESTIC-2026, from 27 to 29 October 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, on the theme Creative Minds, Catalyzing Science, Empowering Technologies.

The first integrated CCUS Field Laboratory was inaugurated there in May 2026 and brings capture, utilisation and permanent geological storage together on one pilot scale platform.

The scheme for carbon capture, utilisation and storage was announced in February 2026 and the Ministry of Finance set aside that sum over five years for five industrial sectors, namely power, steel, cement, refineries and chemicals.

Twenty-nine central labour laws have been merged into four Labour Codes, and the exercise came with a set of threshold changes that are easy to ask about.

India drew that much foreign direct investment over the twelve financial years from FY 2014-15 to FY 2025-26, which is 169 per cent more than in the twelve years before it.

It also runs the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, the Fund of Funds for Startups and the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups.

India had 10.38 crore people aged 60 and above at the Census of 2011, split into 5.11 crore men and 5.27 crore women, and the elderly population is projected to rise to 23 crore by 2036.

That is the amount released as grant-in-aid to 755 projects under the Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens, a component of the Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana, for the quarter that ended on 30 September 2026 in financial year 2026-27.

It is the nodal ministry for the Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana and handles policy formulation, funding, monitoring and overall implementation through its Department of Social Justice and Empowerment.

The roundtable that brought together the chief executives of 15 Dutch companies was arranged by India's Embassy in The Hague in collaboration with HSBC Netherlands, and it covered investment plans, commercial partnerships and the business environment on both sides.

Arthur van Dijk holds that provincial office, through which the Dutch crown is represented in North Holland, and he was among the leaders Piyush Goyal met in the Netherlands on 26 October 2026.

The India-Netherlands Business Forum held during the engagements of 26 October 2026 drew roughly that many participants, and the gathering was made up largely of leading representatives of Indian and Dutch companies rather than of officials alone.

He holds the Dutch portfolio of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, and he chaired the India-Netherlands Business Forum jointly with India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal during the visit of 26 October 2026.

Bolivia, fighting alongside Peru, was defeated by Chile and lost the nitrate-rich Atacama coast, so that it has had no access to the Pacific since; the dispute still colours relations between the two countries, and Bolivia observes a Day of the Sea every year and keeps a naval force on…

The Vatican, about 0.44 square kilometres inside Rome, is both the smallest country in the world and the smallest landlocked country; it is the seat of the Pope and the smallest member of the family of sovereign states.

Lesotho lies wholly within South Africa and is one of only three countries in the world surrounded by a single neighbour, the other two being San Marino and Vatican City, both inside Italy.