ഓരോ ആഴ്ചയ്ലേയും പത്രങ്ങളിലെ CURRENT AFFAIRS-62(OCT-21)
1. Who is the South African jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights named in the image as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Navanethem “Navi” Pillay.
2. What is the name of the Indian research organization developing the High-Altitude Platform tested by DRDO in October 2026?
Answer: Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra.
3. Which Indian state announced the WOMN (Woman On the Move and Menstrual Needs) scheme to install sanitary napkin vending machines dispensing products for ₹10 at public places?
Answer: Kerala.
4. Which Japanese judoka siblings won gold medals at the World Judo Championships reported on October 5, 2026?
Answer: Uta Abe and Hifumi Abe.
5. Where was the Indian Navy's next-generation offshore patrol vessel Shreyas (Yard 3040) launched?
Answer: Kolkata.
6. Who is the only Malayali player who won a gold medal with the Indian men's cricket team at the Asian Games in Japan?
Answer: Sanju Samson.
7. Which country's airport was targeted in a missile attack attributed to Yemen's Houthi rebels in October 2026?
Answer: Saudi Arabia – King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh.
8. Who are named in the image as the winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics?
Answer: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel.
9. Who is named in the image as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics?
Answer: Francis Halzen, for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.
10. Where is the IceCube Neutrino Observatory located?
Answer: Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica.
11. Who are named in the image as the winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries involving nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis?
Answer: Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai.
12. Which Canadian writer is named in the image as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer: Anne Carson.
13. Which literary work by Anne Carson is a verse novel inspired by the myth of Geryon and Herakles?
Answer: Autobiography of Red.
14. Which country did India defeat in the third T20 International cricket match on October 11, 2026?
Answer: West Indies. India won by 14 runs.
15. Who was India's top scorer in the third T20 International against West Indies on October 11, 2026?
Answer: Abhishek Sharma, who scored 69 runs off 30 balls.
1. Who won India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in pole vault?
Answer: Baranica Elangovan.
2. Who won the bronze medal in the women’s 400m hurdles at the 2026 Asian Games by breaking P. T. Usha’s 42-year-old national record?
Answer: Vithya Ramraj.
3. Where was India’s first LNG-powered dual-fuel train flagged off?
Answer: Sabarmati, Gujarat.
4. What is the target year set by Kerala to become free from rabies?
Answer: 2030.
5. Which Dubai-based consortium acquired 100% of the shares of Kerala Blasters FC?
Answer: Al Furzan Group.
6. Who was appointed as the first woman Prime Minister of Morocco?
Answer: Fatima Zahra El Mansouri.
7. What is the brand name of the workation facility introduced in Gavi and Suryanelli by the Government of Kerala?
Answer: SHOLA.
8. What is the tea and coffee brand launched by the Kerala Forest Development Corporation?
Answer: Aathma.
9. Which documentary won the Best Long Documentary Award at the 18th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK)?
Answer: Close Up Close – The Making of Political UBU.
10. Which grama panchayat in Kerala was declared the second elderly-friendly panchayat recently?
Answer: Edavanna.
11. Name the campaign launched by the Kerala Government to make the state completely waste-free by 2031.
Answer: Nirmalam.
12. What is the brand name launched by the Kerala Government to connect technology companies, startups, research and knowledge-based industries under a common ecosystem?
Answer: Kerala Tech Brand.
13. Who became the first Indian woman golfer to win an individual gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games?
Answer: Pranavi Urs.
14. Where will the Kerala Government establish a Tribal University to promote education and employment opportunities for the tribal community?
Answer: Wayanad.
15. Which wildlife sanctuary in Kerala is the state’s only remaining habitat for vultures?
Answer: Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
16. How many medals did India win at the 20th Asian Games held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, in 2026?
Answer: 85 medals.
17. Which traditional musical instrument from Jharkhand recently received the official Geographical Indication (GI) tag?
Answer: Mandar.
18. Where is Uttarakhand’s first glacial lake early warning system being installed?
Answer: Vasundhara Tal.
19. Which wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat was officially designated as the second home for Asiatic lions?
Answer: Barda Wildlife Sanctuary.
20. Who was crowned as the new King of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom?
Answer: Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I.
21. Where is the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) scheduled to be held in 2026?
Answer: Antalya, Türkiye.
