SSC CHSL Current Affairs Quiz: 22 October 2026

PM-DAKSH was a Central Sector Scheme of that ministry, and its Department of Social Justice and Empowerment ran it through three corporations, NSFDC, NBCFDC and NSKFDC, which reimbursed training costs to the institutes.

The fifth edition of the programme, to be held from 28 November to 12 December 2026, is designed around that classical Tamil text and aims to bring its ethical and moral wisdom closer to students and young learners through classroom engagement, multilingual resources and public outreach.

The correct answer is 61,888 square feet, freed through the disposal activities and cleanliness campaigns taken up during Special Campaign 6 and reported in the mid-campaign figures.

Sheetal Devi won the gold medal in this event at the Asian Para Games 2026 and, because she had also won it at the previous edition of the Games, the win counted as a successful defence of her title and made her champion for a second consecutive edition.

Anjanaben won the gold medal in that event with an outstanding timing, and her speed, focus and determination were singled out for praise.

That many candidates were trained under PM-DAKSH in the years from 2020-21 to 2023-24.

Each of the seven groups will carry roughly 200 participants from Tamil Nadu, and every group follows an eight-day itinerary made up of four days of travel and four days of visits and structured programmes in Varanasi, Prayagraj and Ayodhya.

At the start of the campaign 315 sites were identified, and after the review meeting of 5 October, chaired by the Joint Secretary (Administration) as nodal officer, the figure went up to 401.

Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar together won the gold medal in the Para Compound Mixed Team event at the Asian Para Games 2026, a victory the Prime Minister described as a display of skill, composure and teamwork.

Her victory came in the Women's Discus Throw F54 event, and the Prime Minister's message credited it to hard work, perseverance and an unwavering commitment to sporting excellence, adding that India was celebrating the triumph.

After a course finished, the training institute had to provide wage employment or self-employment to at least that share of the candidates it had trained.

The itinerary for each group covers these three cities with cultural, academic, domain-specific and spiritual engagements spread over four programme days, after four days of travel.

The drive covers the department and its autonomous institutes, subordinate offices, field offices, Technology Innovation Hubs, missions and other affiliated organisations, and it concludes on 31 October 2026.

Swati Chaudhary won the silver medal in Women's W1 Archery on her very first appearance at the Asian Para Games, and this was India's first ever medal in the W1 category, which is why the achievement was singled out as a special moment for Indian para archery.

Tejalben Damor won the silver medal in the Women's 400m T12 event, and her speed, determination and commitment to excellence were described as commendable.

PM-DAKSH was an additionality to PMKVY, and every job role used for skill training under it was taken from the Skill India Digital Hub portal, where PMKVY job roles are also listed.

The report also records that nine of the twenty-three grievance appeals were resolved and seven of the twelve references received from Members of Parliament were disposed of, so the three pendency figures need to be kept apart from one another.