SSC CGL GK Questions 2026

It was announced at the function that the PMAY-U Awards are being institutionalised, so that the contribution of states, union territories, urban local bodies and partner agencies under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban is recognised every year on World Habitat Day.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs observed World Habitat Day on this theme, with the stated focus on strengthening the urban housing system through innovation, policy reform, technology and sustainable financing.

The fourteenth edition of India Chem will be held in Mumbai from 22 to 24 October, as an international exhibition and conference bringing together industry leaders, policy makers, investors, researchers and participants from abroad.

The Secretary of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals said the long held vision of dedicated chemical parks is coming close to reality through this scheme, and that the parks will offer best in class plug and play facilities and other infrastructure so that the cost of production comes down.

This theme was announced when the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers launched the fourteenth edition of India Chem, and it reflects the growing capability of the country in the global chemicals and petrochemicals trade.

India has emerged as the fifth nation in the world to design and build an indigenous 4G stack of its own, a milestone the Ministry of Communications treats as proof of growing self-reliance in developing and deploying advanced telecom technology.

The Union Minister of Communications visited this convention centre to review the final arrangements before the opening of the tenth India Mobile Congress, and the exhibition halls, sessions and investor meetings of the event are housed there.

This is the theme chosen for the tenth India Mobile Congress, which is being held at Yashobhoomi in Dwarka, New Delhi, and which the Prime Minister inaugurates on 8 October 2026.

The meeting was told that pulses production in 2025-26 reached that record level, which is above the national target.

At the review meeting the Union Agriculture Minister said this intensive campaign will begin across the country on the 22nd of this month to save farmland from declining soil health, poor stubble and residue management and the unbalanced use of chemical fertilisers.

The agriculture ministry's first comprehensive monthly review was told that unique digital Farmer IDs have so far been made for that many farmers under the Digital Agriculture Mission.

The release states that the Flying Squads were deployed following a communication made by CAQM to the Central Pollution Control Board, usually written as CPCB.

The release fixes the deployment for exactly that window, which is the stretch when paddy is harvested in Punjab and Haryana and when crop residue is most often burnt, and it is also the period when air quality in the National Capital Region falls sharply.

The release of the environment ministry states that Flying Squads have been deployed in 34 districts across the two States for the period from 1 October to 30 November 2026, and it splits the number as 18 districts in Punjab and 16 districts in Haryana.

The release sets out three steps in order, and the Rule of Implementation is the one adopted on 8 June 2026.

The release states that the launch of the Manual marks a milestone in operationalising bilateral cooperation between India and Japan under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, the provision that allows countries to cooperate on mitigation outcomes that are transferred internationally.

The environment ministry's release describes the Operational Manual as the manual for the India-Japan Joint Crediting Mechanism, and it was launched by the Ambassador of Japan to India, Keiichi Ono, with the then Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Tanmay Kumar.

TRAI reports monthly ARPU for wireless service at that level in 2025-26, a rise of 3.59 per cent over the year.

The report puts total telephone subscribers, that is wireless and wireline taken together, at that number at the end of March 2026, a growth of 10.81 per cent over the year.

TRAI's annual report records overall tele-density rising to that level at the end of March 2026 from 85.04 per cent a year earlier, which is why option A is wrong, as it is the figure for the end of March 2025 and not the one being asked.