UPSC GK Questions 2026

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Ujwa in Delhi is conducting the special awareness programmes in villages of rural Delhi as part of Khet Bachao Abhiyan - Rabi 2026, from 22 October to 30 November 2026.

Under the campaign agricultural scientists travel to farmers' fields to share the newest scientific techniques, research-based knowledge and practical information that can improve farming practice and productivity, which is exactly what the expression describes.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare is holding Khet Bachao Abhiyan - Rabi 2026 across the country over these weeks, working through its two departments.

Officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence acted on specific intelligence and intercepted two Indian passengers who reached Trichy International Airport on that routing on 26 October 2026.

The reptiles were seized and the two Indian passengers were arrested by the Air Intelligence Unit at Trichy under the provisions of that Act, because the offence was the illegal import of goods, here live wildlife, across a customs frontier.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, acting with the Air Intelligence Unit at Trichy, foiled an attempt to bring that many live reptiles into India through Trichy International Airport.

EFTA is made up of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, so options A, B and C are all members.

That is the investment aim written into the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement, and it is paired with the facilitation of a million direct jobs in India.

The India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement entered into force on that date, a point Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal made while calling on Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein.

Speaking about demand within the country, Sarbananda Sonowal said the domestic market is booming and that public agencies are looking to acquire more than four hundred vessels in the years ahead.

At the Seoul meeting it repeated its strong intent to take part as the primary strategic investor, offering its global expertise in shipyard design, construction, advanced manufacturing and operations.

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal met HD Hyundai Chairman Chung Ki-sun in Seoul and discussed the next steps for the greenfield shipyard proposed there.

The first Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign was launched that day, timed to coincide with the observance, and it laid the base for a focused national effort against tobacco use among young people.

The fourth edition is a 60-day nationwide campaign, the same length the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has used for the drive each year since 2023.

The fourth edition of the Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign is a drive of that ministry, and it was launched on 28 October 2026 by Minister of State Shri Prataprao Jadhav at ABVIMS and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi.

This is the target set by the Department of Space, and emerging technologies such as reusable launch vehicles, air-breathing propulsion, electric propulsion and in-space docking are expected to support that growth.

The Union Cabinet approved the development of the vehicle in September 2024, and the amount covers development costs, three developmental flights, the essential facilities, programme management and the launch campaign.

Its two satellites docked for the first time on 16 January 2025, then repeated the manoeuvre with full autonomy from an inter-satellite distance of 15 m on 20 April 2025, and the following day power was transferred between the docked spacecraft.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has recognised three ports as green hydrogen hubs, namely Deendayal Port at Kandla in Gujarat, V.O.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy notified the Standard in August 2023, and the ceiling applies on a well-to-gate basis, measured as an average over twelve months; with it India became one of the first few countries to define green hydrogen formally.