Daily Current Affairs Quiz: October 14, 2026
1. TRISHNA is a joint satellite mission between which two countries? [A] India and the United States[B] India and Russia[C] India and France[D] India and Japan Show Answer...
UPSC Prelims 2027 CGS Test-7
1. India’s operational strategic crude oil reserves are located in which of the following states: Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Tamil Nadu Select the correct option from codes given below:...
India, Czech Republic Expand Defence Industrial Cooperation
India and the Czech Republic agreed to expand defence industrial cooperation on 13 October 2026 to promote India’s Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiatives. The agreement followed...
IIT Kharagpur Launches AI Tutor for GATE and JAM
On 12 October 2026, IIT Kharagpur launched the NDLI-FERMI AI Tutor and a free online preparation platform for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and the Joint...
NLMC Raises ₹366.33 Crore in RINL Land E-Auction
The National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) raised ₹366.33 crore on 12 October 2026 by auctioning land parcels owned by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). The first phase sold...
Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Third-Lowest Winter Maximum
Antarctic sea ice reached an annual maximum extent of 17.59 million square kilometres on 14 September 2026, the third-lowest maximum in the satellite record. Scientists from NASA and...
John Urschel Addresses a 30-Year-Old Mathematics Problem
Former Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel, now a tenure-track assistant professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has published research addressing a conjecture about...
NPCI Defers Proposed UPI Merchant Fee Until After Diwali
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is an instant payment system operated by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). As of 13 October 2026, NPCI had deferred the...
Indian Coast Guard Team Summits Mount Mukut
A 17-member Indian Coast Guard (ICG) mountaineering team summited Mount Mukut, at an elevation of 7,045 metres, on 7 October 2026. The expedition was named “Tat Se Parwat”,...
BHASHINI Uses Voice-First Multilingual AI in Mussoorie
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), deployed BHASHINI’s Shrutlekh platform at a National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) capacity-building...
Bangladesh and China Sign Mongla Port Expansion Loan
On 10 October 2026, Bangladesh signed a concessional loan agreement worth $335.78 million with China’s Export-Import Bank to expand and modernise Mongla Port. The loan is equivalent to...
