ഓരോ ആഴ്ചയ്ലേയും പത്രങ്ങളിലെ CURRENT AFFAIRS-60(OCT-10)
1. Who were India’s flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Asian Games?
Answer: Manu Bhaker and Pawan Sehrawat.
2. Name the director of the film 'Lovers in the Blue Night', which won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
Answer: Anuparna Roy.
3. Who won the 2026 US Open men’s singles title?
Answer: Alexander Zverev.
4. Name the official mascot of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
Answer: Honohon.
5. Which city hosted the 46th Chess Olympiad?
Answer: Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
6. What is the new Merchant Discount Rate proposed for UPI transactions between consumers and merchants?
Answer: 0.4%.
7. Name the free AI-powered digital learning portal launched by the Government of Kerala through KITE to help higher secondary and vocational higher secondary students prepare for competitive entrance examinations.
Answer: Mukulam.
8. What is the single-window regulatory reform approved by the Government of Kerala to fast-track investment approvals?
Answer: Saral Keralam.
9. What is the government-led strategic series of Round Table Conferences in Kerala to prepare implementation roadmaps for transformational development projects?
Answer: Reimagining Keralam.
10. Who received the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 at the 72nd National Film Awards?
Answer: Anant Nag.
11. What was India’s rank out of 145 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2026 released by the World Economic Forum?
Answer: 131.
12. Who was appointed as the head of the five-member expert committee formed by the Kerala Government for the Land Reforms 2.0 initiative?
Answer: A. T. James.
13. Name the shooter from Kerala who won a silver medal in the women’s 10-metre air rifle team event at the 2026 Asian Games.
Answer: Vidarsha K. Vinod.
14. Who became the first woman to win a silver medal in the women’s 10-metre air rifle event at the 2026 Asian Games?
Answer: Elavenil Valarivan.
15. Where is the world’s longest steel slag road, which entered the Guinness World Records, located?
Answer: Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.
16. What was the declaration adopted at the conclusion of the Dryland Congress 2026 in New Delhi to set a shared agenda for transforming dryland agriculture?
Answer: Delhi Declaration on Drylands (3D).
17. Which Marathi film was selected as India’s official entry for the 99th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category?
Answer: Gondhal.
18. What is the FASTag portability facility launched by NHAI that allows users to change their issuer bank without replacing the existing physical FASTag?
Answer: OneTag.
19. Which village was declared Ladakh’s first Heritage Village?
Answer: Kumik.
20. Which language was approved as the additional administrative language for Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka?
Answer: Tulu.
21. Which country will chair the 19th BRICS Summit in 2027?
Answer: China.
22. Which country became the European Union’s first associate member?
Answer: Canada.
23. Which port in Oman is emerging as an alternative gateway for India to maintain trade and energy flows amid disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz?
Answer: Sohar Port.
1. Which veteran actor received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 72nd National Film Awards on September 22?
Answer: Anant Nag.
2. Who shared the Best Actor award at the 72nd National Film Awards?
Answer: Mammootty, for Bramayugam, and Kartik Aaryan, for Chandu Champion.
3. Who won the Best Female Playback Singer award at the 72nd National Film Awards for a Malayalam song?
Answer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, for Angu Vaana Konilu.
4. Which Malayalam theatre and film actress passed away on September 23 at the age of 83?
Answer: Savithri Sreedharan, known for films including Sudani from Nigeria.
5. Which noted Kerala artist and founder of the Soorya Stage and Film Society passed away on September 23?
Answer: Soorya Krishnamoorthy.
6. Which literary festival announced its 10th edition to be held at Kozhikode Beach in January, with Australia as the Guest Nation?
Answer: Kerala Literature Festival (KLF).
7. Which international film festival began in Thiruvananthapuram on September 25?
Answer: The 18th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK).
8. Which Indian woman became the first female cricketer to reach 11,000 international runs during the Asian Games on September 22?
Answer: Smriti Mandhana.
9. Which country did India defeat to win the women's T20 cricket gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games?
Answer: Sri Lanka.
10. Which Indian weightlifter won a silver medal in the women's 49 kg category at the Asian Games on September 23?
Answer: Mirabai Chanu.
11. Who became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in squash at the Asian Games?
Answer: Anahat Singh.
12. Which Indian athlete won silver in the women's long jump at the Asian Games?
Answer: Ancy Sojan.
13. Which Indian city ranked highest in the Oxford Economics Global Cities Index 2026?
Answer: Delhi.
14. India's first port-based e-methanol plant has been established in which state?
Answer: Gujarat.
15. Where was India's first Victim Rights Centre inaugurated?
Answer: Patna, Bihar.
