UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

BHARAT-TULIP was a key focus of the Shilp Samagam Mela held at Guwahati, and its work is to open market access for artisans through physical outlets as well as e-commerce platforms, so that inherited skills reach the channels where buyers shop today.

The fair is organised by that Ministry to give traditional craftspeople a platform to display their heritage, build direct links with customers and strengthen their socio-economic self-reliance.

AIIA-iCAINE was established on 29 October 2021 under the mandate of the Ministry of Ayush at the All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi, and it supports Ayurveda-based products, services and enterprises through mentorship, capacity building, institutional partnerships and industry engagement.

The challenge asks participants to use AyurParam to build artificial intelligence solutions that are trustworthy, transparent, safe and practical, and to apply them to Ayurvedic clinical practice, retrieval from classical texts, research, treatment planning and public health awareness.

The challenge is organised by Techfest of IIT Bombay in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush and the All India Institute of Ayurveda, and it was launched at the sixth Foundation Day of the institute's incubation centre AIIA-iCAINE.

In the Kachchh city stretch, which takes in Gandhidham and Bhuj, its average download speed was measured at 231.92 Mbps on 5G and 4G. Airtel came next at 177.25 Mbps on the same technologies, so option A is wrong on the ranking though the operator did well.

That is a commercial measure of what an operator earns from each subscriber, and it has no place in a drive test, which looks only at the quality of service experienced on the ground.

The drive test also covered the highway running from Bhuj to Bhachau, and all of it lay within the Gujarat licensed service area.

It conducts Independent Drive Tests to check, on the ground, the real-time quality of voice and data services offered by telecom service providers, and publishes the findings so that consumers know what to expect and operators have reason to improve.

The campaign was implemented from 2 October 2026 and closes on 31 October 2026, and the Railways reported crossing several of its targets as that closing date drew near.

As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Railway Board he took part in Rail Jan Samvaad at New Delhi on 22 October 2026 and met stakeholders there, while the Secretary of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances attended the same programme at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in…

Those three were the stated subjects on which Indian Railways sought feedback and suggestions from passengers at 5,884 stations on 22 October 2026.

Indian Railways held Rail Jan Samvaad on 22 October 2026 at that many stations across the country, so that staff could speak to passengers at the station itself and take their feedback and suggestions on cleanliness, passenger amenities and service delivery.

As Ambassador of India to Italy she went aboard INS Trishul at Civitavecchia and met the ship's company, and she attended the cultural event hosted on the deck along with Vice Admiral Aurelio De Carolis, Fleet Commander and CINCNAV of the Italian Navy.

The frigate's crew went aboard this Italian aircraft carrier while both ships were at Civitavecchia, and the visit gave officers and sailors of the two navies a chance to compare professional practice and exchange experience at sea.

The port call at Civitavecchia was part of the ship's ongoing operational deployment in that sea, and once the visit ended on 28 October 2026 the frigate proceeded to the next phase of the same deployment.

Civitavecchia is an Italian port, and INS Trishul finished its call there on 28 October 2026 as part of a continuing operational deployment in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Climate Champion model of GCF-ECRICC puts such women to work as the link between technical knowledge and the villages that have to act on it, and they are called ECRICC Didi.

Narendra Bhooshan, Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, said at the inaugural session that this mission would work as the fulcrum for coastal resilience and adaptive intervention, building on what the GCF-ECRICC project has produced.

Progress under the project in these three States, and the chance of replicating or scaling up what has worked, was presented at the workshop in the welcome address.