India Current Affairs [Nation & States] MCQs

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Recently, Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav inaugurated Prakriti Café at Ayush Bhawan, New Delhi. It is the first workplace café of the Ministry based on the Ayush Ahaar initiative. The café promotes healthy, balanced, and nutritious dietary practices. It offers fresh and wholesome food inspired by Ayush principles. The initiative aims to increase awareness about healthy eating and wellness. It also seeks to address lifestyle diseases caused by unhealthy dietary habits and junk food.

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Recently, India launched an electric boat pilot project on the Ganga River in Varanasi to promote green inland water transport. The project is a collaboration between the Varanasi Development Authority (VDA) and GAIL (India) Limited. It was inaugurated on 23 July 2026 and flagged off from Namo Ghat. The pilot project includes five retrofitted electric passenger boats. Each boat is equipped with a 15-kW electric outboard motor and a 20-kWh lithium battery pack. The project is expected to reduce operating costs by up to 80% compared to diesel boats. It also helps reduce noise and air pollution, improving the river ecosystem and passenger experience.

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Kerala government launched the SAMPATH portal for centralized digital management of government assets. It serves as a unified digital registry for public land, buildings, roads, and machinery. The portal replaces fragmented physical records with standardized digital records. It aims to improve transparency, prevent unauthorised land transfers, and identify idle public assets. SAMPATH supports accurate asset valuation and facilitates auditing by internal audit units and the Accountant General.

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Recently, the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026 came into force on 30 July 2026. The Act prohibits religious conversions through force, fraud, undue influence, misrepresentation, or allurement. A person intending to convert must give a 60-day prior notice to the District Magistrate. The law provides up to 7 years’ imprisonment for the first offence and up to 10 years for repeat offences. It also allows parents, siblings, and close relatives to file complaints regarding alleged illegal conversions.

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During the national World Elephant Day celebrations, the government of Andhra Pradesh announced the ‘H.A.N.U.M.A.N.’ initiative. This technology-driven platform is designed for real-time wildlife monitoring and human-elephant conflict management. By deploying advanced tracking technology, it aims to monitor elephant movements and provide early warnings to local communities, thereby minimizing crop damage and preventing casualties.

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The Meghalaya Government launched the CM-IMPACT Read & Rise Meghalaya programme. It aims to improve foundational reading skills and address learning gaps among schoolchildren. The programme targets ensuring that every child can read and write by the age of seven. It is part of the Meghalaya Universal Reading Readiness Mission. The initiative particularly focuses on rural and remote areas and strengthening reading readiness across the state. A Teacher Training Guide for Universal Reading Readiness was also released at the launch.

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the Pramaan Operating System (Pramaan OS), an AI-driven platform for accounting and statutory compliance. The platform was developed by Pramanique Infotech Private Limited. It is designed to automate daily accounting operations and streamline statutory compliance management. The platform caters to Chartered Accountants, professionals and MSMEs. The initiative aligns with the visions of Viksit Bharat @ 2047 and Swarna Andhra Pradesh, seeking to integrate modern technology into financial governance.

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Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched BIO-NIVESH, a strategic platform to strengthen collaboration between biotechnology innovators, startups and investors. BIO-NIVESH aims to catalyse private investment in biotechnology innovations and support their scale-up and commercialisation. The platform is being developed as a recurring initiative, with future editions planned across different cities to connect regional biotech ecosystems with investment networks. BIO-NIVESH seeks to help promising technologies move from laboratory to market and from India to global markets. Make a quiz like which initiative

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In September 2026, the Goa Police was officially awarded the prestigious President’s Police Colour, making it the fifth state police department in India to receive this ceremonial distinction. This landmark award recognizes the force’s sustained, exemplary, and distinguished service, along with its outstanding operational record and discipline over the decades. Unlike individual decorations like the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service, the President’s Colour is a unit-level honor conferred upon the entire organizational force as a symbol of institutional pride.

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A recent study has examined the gut microbiome of the Pangwala tribal community of Himachal Pradesh. The study found that Pangwala people living in the remote Pangi Valley and those who migrated to urban areas retained a remarkably similar core gut microbiome, despite differences in lifestyle, diet and environment. The Pangwala tribe is a tribal community mainly found in Pangi Valley of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh. Pangi Valley is a remote and mountainous region of Himachal Pradesh. Traditionally, the Pangwala community has depended heavily on agriculture, livestock and locally available natural resources.