UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

The fair is arranged in seven themed zones, named कला आँगन, प्रकाश चौक, पूजा पथ, सजावट बाज़ार, घराना, स्वाद चौक and मंच, which between them cover crafts, lamps and lighting, articles of worship, decoration, textiles, food and stage performance.

It has been organising Shilp Samagam Melas since 2022 so that artisans from Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, Safai Karamchari families and persons with disabilities can reach buyers directly.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is holding the fifteen-day Shilp Samagam Mela 2026 at Dilli Haat in the INA complex of the national capital, and the fair runs until 15 November 2026.

The regulator listed the parameters it measures on such a route as coverage gap, that is the share of samples with signal strength below the level prescribed for the technology, and for voice the call setup success rate, the drop call rate and the call setup time, and for data…

The regulator stated that the drive test in the Assam Licensed Service Area covered that length of railway along with 2 hotspot locations, and that it was conducted on 11 September 2026 under the supervision of its regional office at Kolkata.

On this railway stretch in the Assam Licensed Service Area the regulator measured an average download speed of 110.82 Mbps for RJIL, the highest of the four operators tested.

The Department said this much space was reclaimed by the systematic removal of obsolete records, scrap, redundant furniture and other unserviceable material, and that it can now be used more effectively for official work.

By identifying and disposing of obsolete material, including electronic waste and other unserviceable items, the Department earned that amount, putting redundant assets to productive use.

The Department of Legal Affairs reported that it had reviewed 27,289 physical files under the campaign and had removed 15,679 of them from its records.

The Telecommunication Interconnection (Port Charges) Regulation of that year laid down what an interconnection seeker pays an interconnection provider for terminating interconnection links at its point of interconnection, and it was framed around legacy E1 or TDM port technology.

The amendment prescribes annual ceilings on IP port charges of Rs 5.6 lakh for a 1 Gbps port and Rs 42.3 lakh for a 10 Gbps port, and allows an interconnection provider and seeker to agree on lower charges or on other capacities computed by the same transparent method.

TRAI released the amendment regulations and stated that they would come into force from that date. The amendment introduces a framework of port charges for interconnection based on internet protocol, adding to the provisions that already applied to ports used for E1 or TDM based interconnection.

The Ministry of Defence stated that INS Surat reached Muscat on 8 November 2026 for the 15th edition of Naseem Al Bahr, held by the Indian Navy with the Royal Navy of Oman, after which the two navies will carry out a Coordinated Patrol.

The Ministry of Defence said the port call of INS Surat at Muscat is in keeping with this vision of the Government of India, and that it also allows both sides to build on the understanding reached at the 13th meeting of the India-Oman Joint Military Cooperation Committee held on…

The Ministry of Defence stated that Indian Naval Ship Surat reached Muscat in Oman on 8 November 2026 to join the 15th edition of this bilateral maritime exercise, which the Indian Navy conducts with the Royal Navy of Oman, and that its name means Sea Breeze.

In the 10th edition, urban local bodies were marked on 43 indicators grouped into 10 assessment areas, which included visible cleanliness, access to sanitation, solid waste management, the segregation, collection and transport of waste, used water management, mechanisation of desludging services, advocacy for Swachhata, institutional strengthening, the welfare of sanitation…

Swachh Shehar Jodi links these cities across 33 States and Union Territories, and the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 will also honour its best performers.

President Droupadi Murmu will confer the awards across various categories at a ceremony there on 11 November 2026, in the presence of Manohar Lal, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Power, and Tokhan Sahu, Minister of State in the same ministry.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said that the 10th edition of Swachh Survekshan has been completed on this theme, and that its awards will be conferred by President Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 11 November 2026.

On the opening day the two sides ran a table-top exercise set during a severe cyclone, and used the scenario to talk through coordinated response mechanisms and joint disaster management protocols.