India Current Affairs [Nation & States] MCQs

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Indian Railways is planning to install a new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Locking Monitoring System called DRISHTI. DRISHTI stands for an AI-based Freight Wagon Locking Monitoring System. It is developed jointly by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Technology Innovation and Development Foundation (IITG TIDF). The system detects unlocked or tampered freight wagon doors in real time to enhance safety and security. It uses AI-powered cameras, sensors, computer vision, and machine learning to monitor door positions.

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Recently, the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) reviewed the progress of the Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) 2.0 to push rural technology solutions. RuTAG is an initiative of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (OPSA) launched in 2004 to bring Science and Technology support to rural areas. It focuses on demand-driven interventions to fill technology gaps at the grassroots level. It upgrades local technologies and provides training and demonstrations through innovative projects. It connects stakeholders like Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs), community bodies, and start-ups to identify technology needs.

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The Union Food and Public Distribution Ministry recently launched new digital tools to modernise warehousing and improve transparency in the Public Distribution System (PDS). ANNA DARPAN is a new platform introduced by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to replace the old Depot Online System. It links procurement, storage, movement, sales, quality checks, labour management and contract monitoring under one integrated system. It acts as a single, reliable source of information for FCI and the Department of Food and Public Distribution.

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The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, launched the nationwide campaign ‘Hamara Shauchalaya, Hamara Bhavishya’ (Our Toilet, Our Future) on World Toilet Day 2025. The campaign focuses on the importance, maintenance, repair, and aesthetic upliftment of rural toilets, including Community Sanitary Complexes (CSCs) and Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs). It aligns with the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) objectives, promoting Open Defecation Free (ODF) sustainability and ODF Plus Model villages.

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Recently, a large mock drill named “Vishanu Sankraman Pratirodh Abhyas” was held in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh under the National One Health Mission (NOHM) in November, 2025. The drill tested India’s pandemic preparedness and intersectoral coordination against zoonotic disease outbreaks. It simulated an outbreak of Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever affecting both humans and animals to assess investigation, pathogen identification and containment in real time. The exercise was led by the National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) with experts from human health, veterinary and wildlife sectors.

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Bastar region is seeing increasing participation of Abhujmadia youth in events like the Bastar Olympics. Abhujmadia is a Primitive Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) living in Narayanpur, Dantewada, and Abujhmad areas of Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh. They are an ancestral and patriarchal tribe divided into several dynasties. They speak the Abujhbadia Gondi dialect. Abujhmaria women consider Godana (traditional tattooing) as a permanent and sacred form of jewellery

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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, visited IIT Bombay and hailed BharatGen as India’s first sovereign multilingual and multimodal AI-driven Large Language Model (LLM). BharatGen supports 22+ Indian languages and integrates text, speech, and document vision modalities to understand and generate information naturally. Built as a national AI asset, it reflects India’s linguistic, cultural, and social diversity, aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of tech rooted in India

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The Andhra Pradesh government has officially renamed Raj Bhavan as Lok Bhavan. The change was approved by Governor S. Abdul Nazeer following communication from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India. A notification confirming the renaming was issued by G. Anantha Ramu, Special Chief Secretary to the Governor. With this change, the Governor’s official residence in Andhra Pradesh will now be known as Lok Bhavan.

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Controller General of Communication Accounts (CGCA) Smt. Vandana Gupta inaugurated onboarding of MTNL employees retiring in November 2025 onto the SAMPANN pension portal at the Principal CCA Office, Delhi. The initiative covers 45,939 MTNL pensioners from Delhi and Mumbai, including current and past retirees, and will enable fully digital pension processing from December 2025. SAMPANN (System for Accounting and Management of Pension) is a Comprehensive Pension Management System (CPMS). It is an online pension processing and payment system for Department of Telecommunications pensioners under the Ministry of Communications.

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Bhopal becomes the 26th city in India with an operational Metro network, taking India’s total operational Metro length to 1,090 km. Bhopal Metro aims to make urban travel faster, cleaner, and more convenient, supporting smart, green, and sustainable mobility. The Metro network in Bhopal spans a total length of 30.8 km, consisting of two corridors—Orange Line (16.74 km) and Blue Line (14.16 km)—and one depot.