UPSC GK Questions 2026

The day is observed annually on this date and was proclaimed by UNESCO to highlight how biosphere reserves conserve biodiversity while supporting sustainable development and the livelihoods of people living inside them.

Dr M. L. Jat proposed expanding the traditional four-part vision of food, feed, fodder and fuel by placing farmers at the centre, stressing that research and extension must translate into higher farm profitability and improved livelihoods rather than remaining confined to laboratories.

Dr M. L. Jat, Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, congratulated the maize research community on production reaching about 55 million tonnes with sizeable productivity gains over the past decade, and then set out the next goal…

The first edition of the conference began at the JD Convention Centre in that city and runs from 2 to 4 November, drawing scientists, policymakers, agricultural institutions and industry to discuss maize research, productivity and value chain development.

The Secretary of the department, Nivedita Shukla Verma, said that technological advances, and face authentication in particular, have transformed the way a life certificate is submitted, because the pensioner can now create the certificate independently on a smartphone without going to a bank or any other office.

The department organised the mega camp in collaboration with this bank at the NDCC Convention Centre in New Delhi as part of the fifth nationwide campaign.

The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare has set this target for the fifth edition of its nationwide drive, and the mega camp held with the State Bank of India at the NDCC Convention Centre in New Delhi was part of it.

The programme was held at Guwahati and the Government of Assam presented its CM FLIGHT Scheme along with its vision for a Global Skill Center, setting out the state's effort to connect its workforce with emerging opportunities.

Letters of Intent for two Industrial Training Institute clusters were signed at the Guwahati programme, the Jorhat cluster supported by Numaligarh Refinery Limited and the Tinsukia cluster by Oil India Limited, both under the PM-SETU scheme.

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship used this expansion while describing the Guwahati programme, where a dedicated session was held on how the scheme can strengthen the skilling ecosystem of the North-Eastern Region through an industry-led remaking of Industrial Training Institutes.

Every service provider must establish this committee to oversee and periodically review how its grievance machinery works.

The amendment replaces the earlier arrangement of sixteen hours with support at every hour of every day, and allows a service provider to man the centre through human representatives, automated systems, artificial intelligence agents or other customer-centric technology, or a mix of these.

The Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2026, cut the time for filing an appeal after a complaint is closed, the regulator reasoning that a consumer normally prefers to appeal at once while a longer window only adds to compliance work.

At the climate summit of 2021 India pledged to reach 500 GW of non-fossil power capacity by 2030, and the Prime Minister said about 300 GW of that has already been built, placing India among the top three countries in solar power.

The Prime Minister said it was a happy coincidence that this assembly was taking place inside the summit, and that delegates of the fourth conference on green hydrogen were also in the hall, which widened the scope of the year's event.

The Prime Minister inaugurated the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit and Expo in Delhi, where Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and Shripad Naik joined him along with industry leaders, investors and startup founders from India and other countries.

The correct answer is Rs 1,352.26 crore, which represented a growth of 76.3% over the corresponding period of the previous year.

Enhanced coordination with the Railways and focused monitoring of rake placement and loading drove the improvement, and rake loading to the power sector alone grew by 40.8%.

The correct answer is 5.93 MT against 3.60 MT, a growth of 64.87% and the highest among the major subsidiaries of Coal India, with the company also reaching 108.60% of its monthly production target.

Western Coalfields Limited is a subsidiary of Coal India under the Ministry of Coal, and it was the only subsidiary to exceed its targets on coal production, offtake and overburden removal during April to October 2026, achieving 102.47%, 108.82% and 104.56% of those targets respectively.