UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

The first two are institutions of the Department of Science and Technology, and the team was led by Dr. Pradip Pachfule, Prof. Ramendra Sundar Dey and Prof. Ranjit Thapa respectively, with the findings published in the journal Science Advances.

Tests showed that even after that long a spell of continuous running, the material kept its performance and did not suffer the degradation or contamination that commonly affects catalysts built around metals.

Many clean-energy technologies, and hydrogen fuel cells in particular, depend on platinum to speed up the oxygen reduction reaction, and because it is one of the rarest and most expensive metals available, its cost and limited supply stand in the way of large-scale use.

This combination is the heart of the design, because it joins administrative leadership with the youth reach of the MY Bharat platform of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the cadet network of the Ministry of Defence.

The first phase of the squads has been planned on that scale, with the work concentrated at the block, ward and community level so that information about tuberculosis reaches people where they live and work rather than staying inside health facilities.

That is the expansion of the acronym used by the Union Health Ministry for the squads being launched at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, which bring Class-I Officers, MY Bharat Volunteers and NCC Cadets together for community work against tuberculosis.

The article in question asks the EFTA states to aim at increasing foreign direct investment from their investors into India by that amount within ten years of the pact starting, and then by a further fifty billion dollars during the five years that follow.

That is the day the partnership agreement between India and the four EFTA states entered into force, which is why leaders from all the member countries gathered in the Indian capital in early October to mark its completion of one year and to discuss the road ahead.

These are the four member states of the European Free Trade Association, and leaders of all four were in New Delhi to mark the first year of the agreement with India.

The campaign came to an end on 2 October, which the release identifies both as Swachh Bharat Diwas and as the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi; the final plantation activity at NIFT Delhi was held on that occasion.

Environmental sustainability formed an important part of the drive, and tree plantation was carried out under this initiative, with the concluding plantation at NIFT Delhi on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.

The release records that the final plantation activity took place at NIFT Delhi on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti and was led by her, with senior officials of the ministry joining, under the Shramdaan call Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath.

The Ministry of Textiles says it took part in the campaign over exactly these dates, with its organisations, institutions and field formations joining in, and that the drive culminated on the closing date, which is observed as Swachh Bharat Diwas and as the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

The release says that developments under that system, particularly the way natural resource accounting is now recognised within the national accounting framework, strengthen the importance of environmental accounting, and that the subjects in the roadmap will help in understanding the links between natural resources, the economy and the environment while…

The earlier roadmap, issued by the National Statistical Office under MoSPI, picked out Material Flow Accounts, Ocean Accounts, Energy Accounts and thematic accounts for biodiversity and urban areas as the areas to work on in that period.

The release states plainly that MoSPI has been following the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting, which that commission has endorsed, and that the ministry took up work on various aspects of environment accounts from 2018.

The document is its own compilation and follows the earlier strategy that covered the period ending in 2026.

The Minister met him along with Prakash Melwani, and the talks dealt with expanding Blackstone's investments and partnerships in India across key sectors.

The release says that in the meeting with IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna, the discussion focused on strengthening the company's engagement in India and expanding collaboration in these emerging technologies.

The Minister met its Non-Executive Chairman, Mark Tucker, and the discussion turned on the group's engagement in India and the openings in the insurance and financial services sectors, expressly in the context of India's vision of Insurance for All by 2047.