SSC CHSL Current Affairs Quiz: 29 October 2026

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation began running the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 from 1 October 2025, and the window was originally set to shut on 30 September 2026.

The Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology told the session on autonomous systems at the conclave that technology innovation hubs under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems have been established at twenty-five leading academic institutions spread across the country.

It was after this cyclone that the Union Minister of Home Affairs and of Cooperation, Amit Shah, telephoned the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Odisha and Chhattisgarh and assured the three states and the Union Territory of every assistance to ease the hardship caused by the disaster.

The two Memorandums of Settlement signed on 14 October 2026 between the management of UltraTech, Bathinda and the workers' unions are expected to extend financial benefits of approximately Rs 3.36 crore to this many workers over the next five years.

The Ministry of Textiles reported that the Textile Committee earned this amount by undertaking extensive scrap disposal during Special Campaign 6.0.

Eligibility under the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 is decided by the date on which the litigation began: only those court cases instituted up to 31 March 2025 may be taken up for settlement under it.

The Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave of 2026, in short ESTIC 2026, was held there from the twenty-seventh to the twenty-ninth of October 2026, bringing together people from science, technology, research and industry to discuss emerging technologies and innovation.

The Home Minister spoke to the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh and of the Union Territory of Puducherry, so options A, B and D were all on the list and Tamil Nadu was not.

The management of UltraTech at Bathinda signed one Memorandum of Settlement with each of these two unions on 14 October 2026, and together the agreements are expected to deliver benefits of about Rs 3.36 crore to 217 workers over five years.

Special Campaign 6.0 is being undertaken across government offices during this period, with its attention fixed on institutional cleanliness, efficient management of records, the disposal of matters left pending and the promotion of sustainable working practices.

One of the three reliefs built into the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 is meant for employers who have already cleared the contribution dues demanded of them but whose cases are still being heard.

Speaking at the session, he said physical artificial intelligence is not merely an artificial intelligence problem but also a systems engineering problem, since an intelligent physical system works only when reliable sensors, efficient actuators, real-time computing, robust control algorithms, low-latency communication and energy-efficient hardware all hold together.

The Home Minister said such teams would be sent soon after Cyclone Arnab to assess the impact of the disaster and to determine the further assistance the affected states and the Union Territory require.

The office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) works under this ministry, and the Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central) at Jalandhar, whose conciliation produced the settlements at UltraTech, Bathinda, functions under that office.

It was this ministry that highlighted the Textile Committee's work under Special Campaign 6.0 and that has asked its attached offices, subordinate organisations and associated institutions to take part in the drive and sustain the practices built up during it.

Where the Corporation had raised a demand on an ad-hoc or estimated basis, the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 allows the employer to close the matter by paying the contribution that was genuinely owed together with the interest on it, and the claim to damages is given up altogether.