Who launched the India Valve Registry at India Valves 2026?
- A.The President of India
- B.The Vice President of India
- C.The Union Health Minister
- D.The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Vice President of India, C. P. Radhakrishnan. The release records that he launched the India Valve Registry at India Valves 2026, a national academic meeting on valvular and structural heart disease held in Chennai. Option C and option D are the kind of distractors a paper setter builds from the guest list: the event was attended by the Tamil Nadu Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, K. G. Arunraj, along with senior cardiologists from Chennai, New Delhi and Gurugram, but the launch itself was done by the Vice President. Option A is wrong because the President of India had no role in this event; on the same day the President was conferring the National Awards to Teachers in New Delhi, which is a separate item of news. When two similar national launches appear in the same week, tie each one to the dignitary and the city together. Here the unit to remember is Vice President, India Valve Registry, India Valves 2026, Chennai.
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Practice Questions
The India Valve Registry collects data mainly on which type of medical procedure?
- A.Transcatheter valve interventions
- B.Kidney transplants
- C.Cataract surgeries
- D.Knee replacement surgeries
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The release describes the registry as a collaborative multicentre initiative for the systematic, secure and de-identified collection of real-world data on transcatheter valve interventions across India, with the aim of strengthening India-specific clinical evidence and improving patient care.
Read the full explanation →In his address, the Vice President said that a Viksit Bharat must also be which of the following?
- A.Atmanirbhar Bharat
- B.Digital Bharat
- C.Swasth Bharat
- D.Swachh Bharat
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Referring to the national goal of building a Viksit Bharat by 2047, the Vice President said that a developed India must also be a healthy India, and the release carries the line as one of its highlighted quotations.
Read the full explanation →As of 6 November 2026, how many equipment items were listed on the I-STEM portal?
- A.4,044
- B.18,250
- C.31,540
- D.45,000
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As of 6 November 2026, the day its API integration with the Startup India Portal was launched, I-STEM listed 31,540 equipment items across 4,044 registered institutions, giving researchers and innovators a large national pool of scientific resources.
Read the full explanation →Who chaired the launch of the API integration between the Startup India and I-STEM portals on 6 November 2026?
- A.Dr. Parvinder Maini
- B.Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood
- C.Ateesh Kumar Singh
- D.Dr. Vishal Choudhary
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He described the integration as an institutional convergence that can lower R&D costs, avoid duplication of capital-intensive facilities and raise the use of publicly funded infrastructure.
Read the full explanation →What does the acronym I-STEM, whose portal was integrated with the Startup India Portal in November 2026, stand for?
- A.Indian Scheme for Technology and Engineering Mentorship
- B.Indian Science, Technology and Engineering Facilities Map
- C.Integrated Startup Technology Enablement Mission
- D.Indian Society for Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
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I-STEM is the portal that maps scientific equipment and research facilities across academic and research institutions so that they can be shared.
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