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The National Conference on Building and Other Construction Workers concluded in which city?
The two-day conference was organised by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra and concluded in the city on the second day.
Read the full explanation →Which institute coordinated the Swachh Sagar Surakshit Sagar 5.0 campaign nationwide?
The drive at Digha was organised by the Ministry of Earth Sciences and coordinated nationwide by this institute, whose officials also joined the inaugural ceremony at the Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre.
Read the full explanation →International Coastal Cleanup Day, for which the Digha drive was a prelude, is observed on which date?
The cleanup drive at Digha was described as a prelude to International Coastal Cleanup Day, to be observed on 19 September 2026, and the objective was to build wider awareness about marine pollution and to encourage practices that protect coastal and marine ecosystems.
Read the full explanation →Which ministry organised the coastal cleanup drive marking the start of Swachh Sagar Surakshit Sagar 5.0?
The drive at Digha in East Midnapore was organised by this ministry, and the campaign was coordinated across the country by the National Institute of Ocean Technology at Chennai, which is an institute under the same ministry.
Read the full explanation →Which two institutions carried out the Badri OPU-IVF programme?
The programme was a collaboration between the two, with financial support from the Uttarakhand Biotechnology Council at Haldi.
Read the full explanation →In the Badri breeding programme, the Badri embryo was transferred into a recipient cow of which breed?
Under the programme, oocytes were collected from genetically valuable Badri donor cows through ultrasound-guided ovum pick-up, matured and fertilised in the laboratory with semen from a genetically superior Badri bull, and grown as embryos under controlled conditions.
Read the full explanation →Badri cattle, in which the OPU-IVF calf was born, are the state animal of which State?
Badri cattle are described as an important indigenous cattle genetic resource of that state and are recognised as its state animal, which is why the conservation of the breed carries both a scientific and a symbolic weight there.
Read the full explanation →Which two institutions jointly pursued the record road and signed a Technology Transfer Agreement at the event?
The CSIR-Central Road Research Institute in New Delhi supplied the scientific guidelines, processing protocols and quality-control framework, while the steel company supplied the processed slag and the site.
Read the full explanation →According to Dr Jitendra Singh, steel slag road technology can reduce road construction cost by roughly how much?
The Minister said the technology can cut construction cost by around this share while delivering four times the strength of a conventional road, and can stretch the maintenance cycle so that major maintenance is needed only after about fifteen years in suitable applications.
Read the full explanation →The Guinness World Record for the world's longest road built with processed steel slag aggregates was set at which place?
The record road runs 1.85 km and was pursued jointly by the CSIR-Central Road Research Institute of New Delhi and Jindal Steel Limited, with the record conferred at an event addressed by Dr Jitendra Singh.
Read the full explanation →According to the Union Health Minister, out-of-pocket expenditure on health in India has declined to what level?
The Minister cited the decline in out-of-pocket expenditure as an indicator of the growing financial protection available to citizens, and listed it alongside other outcomes of the health-system transformation.
Read the full explanation →The Sanjeevani programme praised by the Union Health Minister belongs to which State, and how many health parameters does it test for?
Speaking at the inauguration of the new health facilities in the state, the Union Health Minister praised the Sanjeevani programme for carrying healthcare to people's doorsteps and making testing available for this many health parameters.
Read the full explanation →How many Critical Care Blocks has the Government of India sanctioned across States and Union Territories under PM-ABHIM?
The Union Health Minister said that under PM-ABHIM the Government of India has sanctioned this many Critical Care Blocks across the States and Union Territories, creating a nationwide network of critical-care capacity.
Read the full explanation →Under which mission were the Critical Care Blocks and Integrated Public Health Laboratories in Andhra Pradesh built?
The Union Health Minister said the mission was framed after the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim of strengthening the ability of the health system to answer future pandemics and public health emergencies while routine healthcare continues without disruption.
Read the full explanation →MAHASAGAR, the vision with which the exercise was aligned, stands for which of the following?
The Ministry of Defence described the Colombo Security Conclave exercise as aligned with this vision, which frames India's approach to security and development cooperation with its maritime neighbours.
Read the full explanation →What was the focus of the Colombo Security Conclave Table Top Exercise held in September 2026?
The exercise was built around non-traditional security challenges rather than conventional naval combat. Delegations and maritime security experts from member states and observer nations of the Conclave worked through simulated operational scenarios for more than 72 hours, covering maritime terrorism, narcotics smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
Read the full explanation →The Table Top Exercise of the Colombo Security Conclave concluded at which naval command?
The three-day exercise was held under the aegis of the Colombo Security Conclave and concluded at this command, with the opening address delivered by Rear Admiral Manoj Jha, Chief Staff Officer (Operations) of the same command.
Read the full explanation →According to the Election Commission, how many universities does India's higher education sector comprise?
The release sets out the scale of the educational network that ELC 2.0 can reach, and says higher education comprises nearly that many universities along with around seventy thousand educational institutions, with an estimated enrolment of 4.33 crore students.
Read the full explanation →What is the tagline of the ELC 2.0 initiative of the Election Commission?
Lead Democracy. The release says ELC 2.0 carries that tagline and reimagines Electoral Literacy Clubs as structured, visible and digitally enabled platforms across schools, colleges and universities, encouraging young and first-time voters to understand democracy and take part in it meaningfully.
Read the full explanation →In which city did the Election Commission hold its fifth regional conference on Electoral Literacy Clubs and ECINET?
The Commission held the fifth conference in the series there, and the participants were students and teachers drawn from schools, colleges and universities across Gujarat.
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