UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

Speaking on human capital, the Raksha Mantri said a military's strength is decided not merely by technology and financial resources but by the capability and preparedness of its personnel, and that all three Services have continuously refined their structures and formations.

The Raksha Mantri said the defence budget for the financial year 2026-27 was raised to a record Rs 7.85 lakh crore, within which a capital outlay of Rs 2.19 lakh crore has been earmarked for modernisation and capital procurement, the part of the budget that buys new platforms and weapon…

The Defence Minister said the aim is to reach defence production worth Rs 3 lakh crore and defence exports worth Rs 50,000 crore by 2029.

The Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Defence met there on the subject of Modernisation of Indian Defence Forces, with Members of Parliament from both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha taking part, and the deliberations covered emerging security challenges, changing warfare paradigms and the building of a technologically…

The Ministry of Defence said this year's edition is being conducted in that form, which means officers of both countries talk through a disaster scenario around a planning table rather than moving ships, aircraft and troops into the field.

An NDRF team is joining Tiger Triumph for the first time in this 5th edition, which is significant because it brings the country's dedicated civil disaster-response agency into a military exercise built around Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief.

Visakhapatnam is the headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command, and the officer who presided from the Indian side, Rear Admiral Vishal Bishnoi, is the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, which explains the choice of venue.

Tiger Triumph is the India-United States bilateral tri-service exercise devoted to Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, and the opening ceremony of its 5th edition was held at the Maritime Warfare Centre in Visakhapatnam.

The amendment regulations provide that every interconnection established after they come into force must be IP-based, and that points of interconnection still working on E1 or TDM technology have to be converted to IP-based interconnection in a phased manner within three years.

A fresh provision now deals with late payment of interconnection charges and interconnection usage charges: the two service providers may settle the interest rate between themselves, but it cannot go above that benchmark.

The amendment modernises the framework by moving handover and takeover of telecom traffic away from the older charging-area geography to the Licensed Service Area, and it lets the interconnection provider and seeker agree between themselves where traffic will change hands.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released these amendment regulations and stated that they would come into force from the first day of January 2027, which gives operators a window to prepare before the new interconnection duties begin.

While tracing how urban rail has spread in the country, the Prime Minister said the first metro in India ran in 1984, and he contrasted that long start with the slow building that followed, pointing out that metro services were confined to five cities even in 2014.

The Prime Minister said that metro trains ran in only five Indian cities in 2014 and that the service has since spread to 26 cities.

The Prime Minister drew particular attention to the fact that this metro line is the product of joint effort by the government and the private sector, and he described it as a development model whose success would add pace to the country's progress.

The Pune Metro line dedicated to the public by the Prime Minister on this occasion runs from Hinjawadi to Shivajinagar, and its importance lies in the fact that Hinjawadi holds the city's largest information-technology cluster, which now gets direct metro connectivity.

ICD Dadri appears in the Health Ministry's proposal as an inland container depot in Uttar Pradesh, the same state that holds the proposal's only airport, Noida International Airport.

Among the locations the Health Ministry wants added to the list of authorised import gateways, this is the only airport, and it is named specifically for drugs brought in by air.

This is the provision of the Drugs Rules, 1945 that sets out the ports, airports, railway stations, road crossings and other points through which drugs may lawfully be brought into India, and it is the rule the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has proposed to amend.

The Marine Commandos did not sail out with the warship for the final move on the boat; they were added to the force at sea through a precision airdrop, and the aircraft named for that drop is an Indian Air Force C-17.