UPSC GK Questions 2026

The Commission told the Department of Financial Services that the absence of Scheduled Caste beneficiary figures in bankers committee reports was hindering the constitutional mandate this clause gives it, namely to evaluate the progress of socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes.

It is the department of the Finance Ministry that deals with banks, insurance and the financial inclusion schemes, and it is the body that issued the directions to convenors of State Level Bankers Committees and their Union Territory counterparts after the National Commission for Scheduled Castes raised the gap.

The Commission notified the competency-based curriculum for the Diploma in Medical Radiology and Imaging Technology on 30 September 2026 under One Nation One Curriculum, and institutions that run the course or intend to run it must adopt the curriculum mandatorily from the academic year 2027-28.

The regulations create a Central Assessment Committee for States and Union Territories where no functional State Allied and Healthcare Council exists.

The Commission notified both the Registration of Allied and Healthcare Professionals Regulations and the Autonomous Boards and Central Assessment Committee Regulations under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021, which is the parent law for this sector and the source of the Commission powers to frame rules…

Drawing on the findings of the Jal Seva Adhayan, the Secretary told the meeting that leakages and breakages in pipelines continue to be the single largest cause of disruption in rural water supply, and that power cuts and low-voltage problems come next.

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation of the Ministry of Jal Shakti organised the regional review meeting at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, where Professor Gopal Naik, who holds the JJM Professor Chair at that institute, also presented a study on power cost optimisation in Mission schemes.

At the regional review of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, the Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation said that rural drinking water access has been transformed, with more than 15.96 crore rural households now holding tap water connections.

The Gen Media India report prepared by Public First and Google found that generative media tools offer a productivity boost of that order for creative workers in India, which translates into roughly 390 hours saved every year, or close to ten full weeks given back for writing, world-building and refining…

Chekavar, made by Avium Studios, is a fictional cinematic story set against that historic battle, and it draws inspiration from the land, the people, the courage and the martial traditions of the era.

The Create with AI programme was announced in November 2025 by IICT together with YouTube, to support creative projects built with artificial intelligence and to strengthen India's capability in emerging technologies, and the first four AI-enabled short films under it were unveiled at the IICT Theatre in Mumbai.

He addressed the Chintan Shivir and pressed for wider use of digital technologies, GPS-based monitoring and artificial intelligence in field verification, monitoring and timely decision-making, while also seeking faster preparation of Detailed Project Reports, better construction quality and stronger accountability.

The current phase of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana is designed to provide connectivity to 25,000 eligible unconnected habitations, and to do so it targets roughly 62,500 km of all-weather roads with an outlay of Rs 70,125 crore.

Under PMGSY-IV, with this outlay, about 62,500 km of all-weather roads are targeted so that 25,000 eligible unconnected habitations receive connectivity.

The messages on the milestone came from leaders across continents, and the Prime Minister of Japan is named as Sanae Takaichi.

The President of Nigeria recalled the State Visit to Abuja in November 2024, when his country conferred that title on the Indian Prime Minister, and said the visit gave fresh impetus to cooperation in trade and investment, energy, defence and security, health, education and technology.

The milestone of 25 continuous years as Head of Government, reached on 7 October 2026, is counted from the day in 2001 when Narendra Modi first assumed office as Chief Minister of Gujarat.

The Prime Minister traced India's relationship with the sea from the ancient port city of Lothal to the Chola dynasty and then to the naval vision of the Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, recalling that Indian sailors and traders carried goods, ideas, stories and culture to distant lands.

In his message the Prime Minister said that Indian seafarers now form the second largest maritime workforce in the world, and that young Indians are earning respect across the oceans.

The dialogue is a thought leadership conference put together by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways together with the Observer Research Foundation, and its third edition is being held in New Delhi.