UPSC GK Questions 2026

Simran took the title in the women's 100 metres run in the T12 classification at the Asian Para Games 2026, and the timing she produced in that final was good enough to stand as a new Games Record.

At the outreach the Air Force listed four areas needing focused attention: indigenous propulsion, autonomous software, resilient navigation and standardised interfaces, all of them meant to cut dependence on external sources and strengthen the domestic defence ecosystem.

Around 100 representatives of drone companies and allied industry partners attended, which the Air Force treated as a measure of its growing engagement with the unmanned ecosystem in the country.

The roadmap was released there on 14 September 2026, and the Industry Outreach Programme of 21 October 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi was built on it, with the roadmap booklet distributed to industry partners on that day.

The Union Home Secretary said the National School of Drama would present its programme with an array of around 2,000 artists drawn from 126 districts of the country that had at some point witnessed the menace of armed Naxalism, and that these artists would show through their performances what they…

The Union Home Secretary said that the play, curated by the National School of Drama and staged before the Prime Minister, takes Anandamath as its theme this year because it is the year of Vande Mataram, and that it rests on the novel's enduring idea that every Indian carries a…

The Union Home Secretary said the theme of the cultural items at the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations, the tableaux included, is Vande Mataram, and that this is its 150th year, from which several new features of the parade have been drawn.

The opening ceremony of SIMBEX-2026 took place on 21 October 2026 onboard these two Indian Navy warships at Visakhapatnam, and it was attended by the Chief Staff Officer (Operations) of the Eastern Naval Command, the Fleet Commander of the Republic of Singapore Navy and other senior officers of both navies.

The series now known as SIMBEX was first conducted in 1994 under that name, and it has since widened in scope and complexity to become a significant maritime engagement between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy.

SIMBEX is the short name of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise, and the two forces that take part are the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy, abbreviated RSN.

The industry is projected to reach that size by 2030 and to grow to USD 1 trillion by 2040, supported by rising demand, export opportunities, a demographic dividend, relatively low per capita consumption and enabling government initiatives.

Under this theme the three-day event at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, NESCO, in Mumbai will display the country's industrial capabilities, investment opportunities and emerging technologies, and position India as a global manufacturing and sourcing destination.

The correct answer is Japan, which joins the fourteenth edition as the partner country, a step seen as strengthening economic cooperation between India and Japan.

This technology was brought to India through the programme and improves upon the activated sludge process and the sequential batch reactor by adding fixed artificial media and plant roots, which gives it a smaller footprint, lower power use and nutrient removal.

The plant was therefore raised vertically, and its land need works out to far less per unit of capacity than the conventional alternative.

The Namami Gange Programme was launched in that year as an integrated conservation mission with the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution and the conservation and rejuvenation of the National River Ganga.

The tribute states that the historic Sengol was presented to the former Prime Minister, and the craftsman who helped make it has now passed away, drawing the Prime Minister's condolences.

In his message the Prime Minister recalled that many years after the sceptre was made, it was in that year that his government had the honour of installing the Sengol in the new Parliament building, and he met Thiru Vummidi Ethiraj around the same time to convey gratitude for his…

The Prime Minister said that Thiru Vummidi Ethiraj would always be remembered for his effort in crafting the historic sceptre that was presented to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and that in 2023 the government had the honour of giving it a place of pride in the new Parliament building.

The Ministry of Defence stated that the purchase aligns with the government's vision of a developed India and is a significant step towards indigenisation of air defence platforms, giving a boost to the domestic defence manufacturing ecosystem, including micro, small and medium enterprises, and helping build a resilient, self-reliant and…