Current Affairs Test — October 04, 2026

Gaupalak Sammelan & Cooperative Infrastructure: Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah addressed the Gaupalak Sammelan in Bhopal, highlighting that India's milk production reached 24.80 crore tonnes with per-capita availability at 485 grams per day. Key dairy projects were inaugurated under White Revolution 2.0, aiming to establish 75,000 new cooperative dairies nationwide [https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2318698].

Jal Arpan & Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0: Over 1,850 Gram Panchayats observed *Jal Arpan* to formalize community ownership of rural water supply systems, with Har Ghar Jal Certificates generated in 17 regional languages [https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2318669].

WASH Social Bond: NABKISAN listed India's first WASH-focused Social Bond on the NSE, successfully raising ₹180 crore with an 8.10% coupon rate to expand safe water and sanitation access [https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2318568].

5th Kautilya Economic Conclave: Leaders emphasized that economic resilience is deeply tied to social resilience. Discussions focused on transition to light-touch, risk-proportionate regulation in alignment with *Jan Vishwas* philosophy, supported by massive digital inclusion via the JAM trinity and GST [https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2318770], [https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2318564].

Great Indian Bustard (GIB) Rewilding: Marking Wildlife Week 2026, the process for releasing captive-bred Great Indian Bustards into the wild at Desert National Park, Jaisalmer, was initiated following a decadal conservation effort [https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2318629].

Centres of Excellence for Classical Languages: The Ministry of Education approved five new Centres of Excellence for advanced research and digital preservation of Classical Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali, and Prakrit [https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2318679].

PM-SETU One-Year Milestone: The ₹60,000 crore initiative for upgrading Government ITIs has identified 850 ITIs, approved 14 ITI clusters with strategic investments worth ₹3,446 crore, and introduced 32 new-age courses covering AI, EVs, and semiconductors [https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2318631].

Fugitive Extradition Milestone: India secured the deportation of hardened narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh from Türkiye, taking the total tally of extradited fugitives to 288 across 36 countries since 2019 [https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2318575].

Quantum Key Distribution Link: India successfully demonstrated its first 5.56 km free-space Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link between BISAG-N and IIT Gandhinagar, integrating hardware QKD with post-quantum cryptography [https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2318656].