Railway GK Questions 2026

The clusters listed under Pillar II of Horizon Europe in the announcement are health; digital technologies, industry and space; climate, energy and mobility; and food and the bioeconomy.

According to the announcement, an exploration of the possible association was launched after the India-EU Summit held on that date, which the Ministry of Science and Technology calls historic.

The Ministry of Science and Technology announced that India and the European Union had successfully completed negotiations for India's association with Horizon Europe, which the release describes as the EU's flagship research and innovation programme.

Under the Memorandum of Agreement, the IAF's Software Development Institute, IIT Madras and the IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation will jointly design and develop such a system, working on advanced algorithms for communication systems and networking.

He signed the Memorandum of Agreement with the Indian Air Force's Software Development Institute for developing an indigenous digital secure communication system for airborne use.

The SDI of the Indian Air Force signed a Memorandum of Agreement with IIT Madras and the IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation for the joint design and development of an indigenous digital secure communication system for airborne applications; its Commandant, Air Vice Marshal Sarabjit Singh, signed the document.

The Ministry of Defence stated that Amini, the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft built by GRSE Kolkata and delivered on 5 November 2026, has more than 80 per cent indigenous content.

The ship is named after Amini Island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The name also brings back the earlier INS Amini, a Petya III class anti-submarine warfare corvette that was decommissioned in 2002, keeping alive the naval custom of passing on distinguished names.

Amini is one of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft that GRSE designed and built in India, following the classification rules of the Indian Register of Shipping, and it was handed over to the Indian Navy on 5 November 2026.

The exercise focused on improving interoperability and mutual understanding in planning and conducting combined HADR operations, with particular emphasis on joint amphibious operations, in which forces move from ships to the shore.

The Ministry of Defence described Tiger Triumph 2026 as the fifth edition of the bilateral tri-service HADR exercise between India and the United States.

Tiger Triumph is a bilateral tri-service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise between India and the US.

Exercise Rahat Mitra, the first bilateral tri-services HADR exercise between India and Myanmar, is centred on this theme, which captures its two aims: humanitarian help in disasters and closer defence ties between the neighbours.

The inaugural India-Myanmar tri-services HADR exercise 'Rahat Mitra' opened at Chennai on 5 November 2026 and was scheduled for 5 and 6 November.

India and Myanmar commenced their maiden bilateral tri-services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise, named 'Rahat Mitra', at Chennai on 5 November 2026, with the drill running to 6 November.

It is the CAQM's Sub-Committee on GRAP that met on 6 November 2026, studied the air quality data and forecasts, and decided to put Stage-III into effect across the whole NCR.

According to the daily AQI bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for 6 November 2026, Delhi recorded a daily average Air Quality Index of 382, which lies in the 'Very Poor' category.

On 6 November 2026 the Sub-Committee on GRAP of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) reviewed Delhi-NCR's air quality along with IMD and IITM forecasts and decided to invoke Stage-III in the entire NCR with immediate effect.

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.

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.