UPSC GK Questions 2026

The contingent of one hundred and seventy members that left for Sri Lanka is built mainly around a battalion of that regiment, with troops from other arms and services and personnel of the Indian Air Force making up the rest.

The Ministry of Defence stated that the edition would be held there between the thirteenth and the twenty-sixth of November, with an Indian contingent of one hundred and seventy personnel taking part.

MITRA SHAKTI is the annual bilateral military exercise of the Indian and Sri Lankan armies, and the two countries take turns to host it.

It is the nodal ministry for internal security in the country, and the decision to keep the Islamic Research Foundation on the list of unlawful associations was announced by it, with the Home Minister Office putting out the message on the day.

The Ministry of Home Affairs describes him as a fugitive preacher of terror who leads the foundation, and says the organisation under his leadership has taken part in designs against India, including the incitement of communal hatred, the fostering of hostility between communities and the promotion of terrorism.

The ministry announcement states that the Islamic Research Foundation continues to be treated as an unlawful association under that law, and that the ban on it has been extended.

Listing the measures taken for traditional medicine, the Prime Minister said global demand for Indian turmeric, used in households for generations, has been rising, and that this body was set up to give new strength to its production, its quality and its export.

The Prime Minister described the journey from a modest yoga centre to a movement of lakhs of practitioners as an inspiration in itself, and inaugurated several new facilities on the campus.

At the golden jubilee of Prashanti Kutiram the Prime Minister said rules had been amended so that the gains of yoga reach every citizen, and that Yogasana now carries official recognition in the country as a competitive sport with a dedicated place in those two events.

Three energy works were in fact covered. The first is the Mangaluru LPG project, which adds eighty thousand metric tonnes of storage capacity to the system.

While dedicating the Pink Line, the Prime Minister said the Bengaluru network had reached its century of kilometres, and that the only places in the country to have done so earlier were Delhi and the National Capital Region, and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

On this day in Bengaluru the Prime Minister inaugurated finished works, dedicated them to the nation, laid foundation stones and flagged off new services whose combined worth was placed above that figure.

Installed wind capacity in the country had reached 59.20 GW by 29 October 2026, and the sector added 6.05 GW during the financial year 2025-26, its highest annual addition so far.

The rooftop solar scheme was launched in February 2024 with that outlay and a target of one crore households.

The correct answer is 308 GW, which on that date made up 55% of the country's total installed power capacity.

The controllers have to check that manufacturers, dealers, hospitals and medical institutions are selling at the revised rates, and then report to the Authority by that date.

The Authority working under it fixes and monitors medicine prices, and in this case it ordered strict monitoring of trade margin rationalisation on anti-cancer drugs.

The Authority applied the measure to that many non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines through a Gazette Order dated 17 October 2026, and the revised prices took effect on 9 November 2026.

The Authority found that the app continued to display its advance payment prompt even after the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways clarified on 11 August 2026 that such prompts cannot appear before completion of a ride.

The prompts appeared while a rider was waiting for a driver to accept the booking, and by suggesting that an extra payment would improve the chance of getting a ride they implied that anyone who refused could face a delay or miss the cab altogether.