NDA Current Affairs Quiz: 12 November 2026

This is the theme of the two-day Air Force Commanders' Conference held in New Delhi, which the Defence Minister addressed on 12 November 2026.

Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State with independent charge for Science and Technology and for Earth Sciences, travelled to Italy from 11 to 15 November 2026 and took part in the Second Science and Innovation Dialogue with the Italian Minister of University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini.

The Minister of State for Defence launched the rebuilt Gallantry Awards portal in New Delhi, calling the website a digital tribute to the courage and the supreme sacrifice of the gallantry awardees.

That is the number of defence pensioners who had filed their Digital Life Certificates under the fifth edition of the nationwide campaign, and it is the largest contribution by any department taking part.

The AI Centre of Excellence of this unit developed, in-house, the suite of Artificial Intelligence applications that the Raksha Mantri launched at the Air Force Commanders' Conference.

The delegation's programme for 13 November took it to Trieste, where it visited Elettra along with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, all three of which sit in that city.

The fifth edition of Veer Gatha reached more than 1.92 crore students across over 1.9 lakh schools, a very large jump from where the programme began.

Face authentication based on Aadhaar is offered through the Jeevan Pramaan portal and its mobile application, and more than four-fifths of the certificates in this campaign are being generated in that manner, which removes the need for a separate biometric device.

The correct answer is Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, the Chief of the Air Staff, who was present at the inaugural session along with the Raksha Mantri.

The minister's programme in Italy included an event to mark World Diabetes Day at the Indian Embassy in Rome on that date, followed by a meeting with members of the Indian community living in Italy.

Veer Gatha drew 28,005 students from 91 CBSE-affiliated schools located in 18 countries, which is how the programme stretched beyond India’s borders.

The Defence Accounts Department has mobilised that many SPARSH Service Centres, fully equipped both to generate the certificates and to provide other services of the SPARSH platform.