ഓരോ ആഴ്ചയ്ലേയും പത്രങ്ങളിലെ CURRENT AFFAIRS-42(MAY 30)
Current Affairs – Question & Answer
Set 1
- Which European country signed a Letter of Intent with India for cooperation on Gujarat's Kalpasar Project?
Answer: The Netherlands - What is the name of the AI-based helpbot launched by the CBI to verify fake notices and cyber frauds?
Answer: ABHAY (AI Based Helpbot for Authentication of Your Notice) - Which Indian intelligence agency recently organized the R.N. Kao Memorial Lecture 2026?
Answer: Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) - Which country's Mount Uturuncu volcano was recently in the news?
Answer: Bolivia - Which country hosted the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting that began on May 18?
Answer: France - Which Indian company partnered with ASML to establish India's first front-end semiconductor fabrication plant in Gujarat?
Answer: Tata Electronics - What is the proposed new GDP base year announced by India’s Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)?
Answer: 2022–23 - Which public sector port in Gujarat announced India’s first green methanol plant using Prosopis juliflora?
Answer: Deendayal Port Authority (Kandla) - Which Union Minister laid the foundation stone for the Bhimmandali Eco Heritage Site in Odisha?
Answer: Dharmendra Pradhan - Which organization declared the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?
Answer: World Health Organization (WHO) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent foreign tour included the UAE, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and which other European country?
Answer: Italy - What is Captagon, recently seized for the first time in India during Operation RAGEPILL?
Answer: A synthetic psychotropic drug - Which country's President To Lam visited India recently to strengthen bilateral ties?
Answer: Vietnam - Which Indian city houses the headquarters of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)?
Answer: New Delhi - What is the 2026 theme of the International Day of Families observed on May 15?
Answer: Families, Inequalities and Child Wellbeing
Set 2
- The Hantavirus, first identified in the Hantan River area, was discovered in which country?
Answer: South Korea - What is the name of the European Union policy tool designed to prevent carbon leakage by taxing embedded carbon emissions of imported goods?
Answer: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - Which state has been declared India's first fully paperless judiciary state?
Answer: Sikkim - Name the world's first OptoSAR satellite launched by Bengaluru-based startup GalaxEye.
Answer: Mission Drishti - CINBAX-II is a bilateral military exercise between the Indian Army and the army of which country?
Answer: Cambodia - Which organisation developed the indigenous Cell Broadcast System (CBS) launched to strengthen India's disaster management?
Answer: Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) - Which port in India is launching a pilot project to convert Prosopis juliflora into bio-methanol for clean maritime fuel?
Answer: Deendayal Port, Kandla - Through which pass do India and China plan to conduct the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, objected to by Nepal?
Answer: Lipulekh Pass - Which book by Adam Smith, regarded as the foundation stone of modern economics, completed 250 years in 2026?
Answer: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - Which virus causes Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS) in humans?
Answer: Hantavirus - Name one of the oldest and most vital units of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which celebrated its 66th Raising Day recently in Shimla.
Answer: Project Deepak - Which test used as a primary assessment for brain death in Kerala is being examined by the Supreme Court over concerns of medical inconclusiveness?
Answer: Apnoea Test - Which volcano in the Philippines entered a state of Strombolian activity, prompting evacuations?
Answer: Mayon Volcano - Which professional organisation for journalists received the 2026 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize?
Answer: Sudanese Journalists Syndicate - Where will the Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) and Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) jointly develop a state-of-the-art Ship Repair Facility?
Answer: Vadinar, Gujarat - Which Indian landfill was identified among the world’s three largest methane emitters under the UN's Methane Alert and Response System (MARS)?
Answer: Kanjurmarg landfill, Mumbai - Which Hyderabad-based startup unveiled India's first germanium-free thermal imaging payload for drones?
Answer: EonSpaceLabs - Which organisation released a policy report analysing a decade of India's school education system from 2014–15 to 2024–25?
Answer: NITI Aayog - Name the digital platform launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to maintain digital health records for women across the continuum of care.
Answer: JANANI (Journey of Antenatal, Natal and Neonatal Integrated Care) - Name the naval escort mission launched by the USA in the Strait of Hormuz.
Answer: Project Freedom - What is the name of India’s first indigenous glide weapon system designed to convert unguided warheads into precision-guided weapons?
Answer: Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA)
