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How many people has the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan reached, according to the latest figures?
That is the total outreach reported for the campaign, and the other figures quoted are parts of it or measure something else entirely.
Read the full explanation →The Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan was initially launched in how many vulnerable districts?
The Abhiyaan was first taken up in 272 districts identified as vulnerable to substance use, and its reach was later expanded so that every district in the country is covered.
Read the full explanation →When was the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan launched?
The announcement states plainly that the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan was launched on that date and that it has now entered its seventh year, which fits the Independence Day launch in 2020.
Read the full explanation →Which ministry launched the online 'Nasha Mukt Yuva, Viksit Bharat Quiz'?
The quiz was opened by that ministry under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, the drug-demand-reduction campaign it runs, and it is the same ministry whose department supports the network of de-addiction centres quoted in the announcement.
Read the full explanation →How many vacancies were notified by the Government for the Air Force Academy, Hyderabad, in CDS (I) 2026?
The announcement lists the vacancies reported by the Government academy by academy, and the Air Force Academy at Hyderabad accounts for 32 of them, including 3 kept aside for holders of the NCC 'C' certificate of the Air Force Wing under the NCC special entry.
Read the full explanation →The 162nd (DE) Course named in the CDS (I) 2026 final result belongs to which academy?
The result states that successful candidates have qualified for admission to the 162nd (DE) Course of the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun.
Read the full explanation →How many candidates feature in the final merit lists of the Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2026?
The merit lists put out by the Union Public Service Commission for the Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2026 carry 243 names in all, and that total is itself broken into three groups of 155, 63 and 25 candidates meant for the three training academies.
Read the full explanation →How many biotechnology institutions does BRIC bring into its national network?
Dr Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology and Director General of BRIC, said the council’s core vision was to unify thirteen premier biotechnology institutions spread across eleven cities into a decentralised national network supported by a lean secretariat.
Read the full explanation →How much grant did the Wellcome Trust announce for the iBRIC+ PhD immersion programme?
The Wellcome Trust announced this grant at BRIC’s third Foundation Day for a five-year immersion training programme that will cover more than 250 iBRIC+ PhD scholars.
Read the full explanation →According to the minister, India’s bioeconomy has grown to more than what size?
Speaking at the Foundation Day of the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council, Dr Jitendra Singh said the bioeconomy had expanded from about ten billion dollars when the government took office to more than this figure.
Read the full explanation →BRIC signed a Letter of Intent on biomanufacturing with which United Kingdom body?
At BRIC’s third Foundation Day on 10 November 2026 a Letter of Intent was signed with this British centre to strengthen India-UK collaboration in biomanufacturing and to help build biofoundries, the minister having already named such hubs at Mohali, Hyderabad, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram.
Read the full explanation →How many members took part in the 45th Indian Antarctic Expedition reported to the council?
The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research told the meeting that the forty-fifth Indian Antarctic Expedition involved ninety-five members, and it also reported the sixteenth Indian Arctic Expedition, glacier monitoring in the Himalayas and scientific work in the Southern Ocean.
Read the full explanation →How many institutions make up the Earth System Sciences Council whose reports were reviewed?
The annual reports and audited accounts for 2025-26 of five constituent institutions were placed before the council: the National Institute of Ocean Technology, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, the National Centre for Earth Science Studies, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and the National Centre for Polar…
Read the full explanation →Aboard which submersible did Indian aquanauts complete their deep dives in the Indo-French expedition?
The briefing to Dr Jitendra Singh said Indian aquanauts dived to 4,025 metres and 5,002 metres during an Indo-French expedition aboard this submersible, which marked a notable advance in India’s crewed deep-sea capability.
Read the full explanation →MATSYA-6000, reviewed at the ESSC meeting, is rated to dive to what depth?
MATSYA-6000 is India’s human submersible under the Deep Ocean Mission and is depth-rated for six thousand metres, as the Ministry of Earth Sciences confirmed at the Earth System Sciences Council meeting of 10 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →Where was it proposed to set up a Centre of Excellence on Millets?
Dr Mangi Lal Jat proposed establishing the centre there, and separately proposed stronger research collaboration with the Indian Institute of Millets Research at Hyderabad, which is why option B is a near miss rather than the answer: the Hyderabad institute is the research partner and the route for market linkage…
Read the full explanation →How many finger millet landraces has Odisha documented, as noted at the event?
The meeting at Bhubaneswar on 10 November 2026 appreciated Odisha’s work in conserving indigenous millet diversity, pointing in particular to the one hundred and sixty-three documented landraces of finger millet in the state.
Read the full explanation →Which Odisha campaign was described as a potential national model for millet-led agricultural transformation?
Dr Mangi Lal Jat highlighted the success of this Odisha campaign and said it had the potential to become a national model for transforming agriculture around millets.
Read the full explanation →What millet area target was proposed for Odisha by 2047 at the Bhubaneswar national event?
Addressing the two-day national event at Bhubaneswar on 10 November 2026, the Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Dr Mangi Lal Jat, proposed expanding Odisha’s millet area from 1.79 lakh hectares at present to five lakh hectares by 2047, with production reaching eight lakh metric tonnes.
Read the full explanation →Up to which date was the OPD milestone of the new AIIMS counted?
The ministry said the new AIIMS had collectively recorded over six crore outpatient consultations in the five-year period since 2021-22, as on that date, and it also gave the running figure of 97.41 lakh outpatients for the current year 2026-27 up to October 2026.
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