With which of these did the Indian Minister NOT hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of SIEW 2026?
- A.Bhutan
- B.Japan
- C.IRENA
- D.IEA
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Explanation
The correct answer is Japan. Four bilateral meetings were held on the margins of the week, and Japan was not among them. The Minister met the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Energy and Trade and Industry of Singapore, where the proposed cross-border electricity link between the two countries came up along with an invitation for long-term investment in transmission, pumped storage, battery storage and renewables. He met the Bhutanese Minister for Energy and Natural Resources and reviewed the Punatsangchhu-I and Punatsangchhu-II hydroelectric projects as well as cross-border transmission planning. He met the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency on cooperation under their Strategic Partnership Agreement, and the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, who will bring out reports on India's renewable energy market and on critical minerals. Candidates should learn these four counterparts as a set, since the question is usually framed as an odd-one-out.
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Practice Questions
What was India's installed electricity capacity as on 30 September 2026, as stated at Singapore International Energy Week 2026?
- A.458.9 GW
- B.508.9 GW
- C.558.9 GW
- D.608.9 GW
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This was the installed electricity capacity of the country as on 30 September 2026, and of it about 308 GW, or roughly 55 per cent, came from non-fossil sources.
Read the full explanation →What is the capacity of the Punatsangchhu-I hydroelectric project in Bhutan, reviewed during the talks?
- A.720 MW
- B.1020 MW
- C.1200 MW
- D.1500 MW
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Punatsangchhu-I is the project of that size, and the two ministers noted that dam work there has moved steadily since concreting resumed in April 2026.
Read the full explanation →According to the figures cited at ESTIC 2026, how many startups did India have in 2014?
- A.About 400
- B.About 4,000
- C.About 40,000
- D.About 1 crore
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Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, cited the growth of the startup ecosystem from roughly 400 startups in 2014 to more than 2.3 lakh today, and added that an estimated 50 to 60 per cent of them are based in…
Read the full explanation →Which Nobel laureate delivered the ESTIC 2026 plenary talk on cryo-electron microscopy in target discovery and drug design?
- A.Sir Richard J. Roberts
- B.Prof. Joachim Frank
- C.Prof. Ajay K. Sood
- D.Dr Tessy Thomas
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His plenary covered cryo-electron microscopy for target discovery and drug design, including the computational and mathematical frameworks used in high-resolution single-particle work and the three-dimensional visualisation of macromolecular complexes.
Read the full explanation →ESTIC 2026 is organised around how many core thematic priority domains?
- A.Eight
- B.Ten
- C.Twelve
- D.Fifteen
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Prof. Ajay K. Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, described the 12 core thematic priority domains around which the conclave is built, and called for closer alignment of research, industry and policy across them.
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