ഓരോ ആഴ്ചയ്ലേയും പത്രങ്ങളിലെ CURRENT AFFAIRS-59(OCT-3)
1. Name the city in which India's first dedicated Quantum and Artificial Intelligence (AI) University campus is going to be established.
Answer: Amaravati.
2. Which country won both the men's and women's Junior Asia Cup hockey titles in 2026?
Answer: India.
3. Which district will host the 68th Kerala School Sports and Games?
Answer: Kozhikode.
4. Who is the author of the memoir 'Belonging: A Journey of Love'?
Answer: Sonia Gandhi.
5. Which team won the 2026 Kerala Cricket League title?
Answer: Thrissur Titans.
6. Which Malayalam film was selected for the 31st Busan International Film Festival?
Answer: Chevittorma.
7. Who has been appointed as the new Ombudsman for Local Self-Government Institutions in Kerala?
Answer: Justice C. Pradeep Kumar.
8. What name did the Social Justice Department of Kerala give to old-age homes in the state?
Answer: Snehalayam.
9. Where was the 18th BRICS Summit held?
Answer: India.
10. Which zone won the 2026 Duleep Trophy?
Answer: East Zone.
11. Name the portal launched to promote Kerala's products and services in the global market.
Answer: Kerala Brand Portal.
12. Name the Konkani language advocate who played a key role in establishing the Konkani Bhasha Prachar Sabha in Mattancherry in 1966 and recently passed away.
Answer: N. Purushothama Mallya.
13. Which scheme has Kerala rolled out on a pilot basis at Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, to provide cashless treatment to road accident victims?
Answer: PM-RAHAT Scheme.
14. Which state became the first in India to introduce an Elderly-Friendly Office Certification Scheme?
Answer: Kerala.
15. Which local body in Kerala became the first to own and operate its own solar power plant?
Answer: Peralassery Grama Panchayat.
16. Who won the 2026 US Open women's singles title by defeating Aryna Sabalenka?
Answer: Elena Rybakina.
17. Which team won the 2026 Women's Asia Cup by defeating Sri Lanka?
Answer: India.
18. Which state announced the establishment of a Coconut Park with the support of the Coconut Development Board?
Answer: Kerala.
19. Which temple in Telangana was declared a Monument of National Importance by the Archaeological Survey of India?
Answer: Golala Gudi Temple.
20. Name India's first indigenously developed AI-powered safety platform launched by Agnikavach Safety Solutions Private Limited.
Answer: Agni Kavach.
1. Which theme has been chosen for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly?
Answer: “Restoring trust, managing transformation: A United Nations that delivers for all.”
2. Which city is hosting the 20th Asian Games, which began on September 19, 2026?
Answer: Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
3. Which country did India defeat in the women's cricket semifinal at the 2026 Asian Games?
Answer: Bangladesh.
4. Who scored a 49-ball century for India in the women's Asian Games cricket semifinal?
Answer: Shafali Verma.
5. Which Indian shooter became the first Malayali to win an Asian Games shooting medal?
Answer: Vidarsha K. Vinod, Kozhikode.
6. Which spiritual leader's 99th Mahasamadhi Day was observed in Kerala and elsewhere on September 21?
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru.
7. Which two veteran Indian cricketers were recalled to the ODI squad for the upcoming West Indies series?
Answer: Ravindra Jadeja and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
8. Who was named captain of India's ODI team for the upcoming series against the West Indies?
Answer: Shubman Gill.
9. Which author has been chosen for the 2026 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by the National Book Foundation?
Answer: Salman Rushdie.
10. Which Marathi film was selected as India's official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2027 Oscars?
Answer: Gondhal, directed by Santosh Davakhar.
11. Who won the 2026 Venu Nagavalli Memorial Kala Saparya Award in Kerala?
Answer: Poet and social worker K. S. Sudhi.
12. Which Indian space mission received the 2026 Goddard Astronautics Award?
Answer: Chandrayaan-3.
13. Which two Earth-observation satellites were launched aboard a Vega-C rocket on September 15?
Answer: FLEX and Sentinel-3C.
14. What new fee did India's payments authority announce for certain large UPI merchant transactions?
Answer: A 0.4% fee for transactions above ₹2,000.
15. Which international organisation began its 70th General Conference in Vienna on September 14?
Answer: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
16. Which city hosted the first International Space Summit where Indian and international space companies signed strategic agreements?
Answer: Paris, France.
17. The 72nd National Film Awards ceremony was scheduled to be held in which city on September 22?
Answer: Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Gujarat.
