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1) Where did the Indian Coast Guard conduct the 10th National Pollution Response Exercise and the 27th NOSDCP and Preparedness Meeting?

2) Which country launched its first-ever national child safeguarding policy in October 2025, to ensure child safety across all sectors?

3) An MoU has been signed between the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) and which organisation for green hydrogen production from biomass?

4) California declared Diwali a state holiday, becoming the third U.S. state to do so. Which two U.S. states had already recognized Diwali as a state holiday before California?

5) Who inaugurated the first-ever Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference in Mehsana, North Gujarat, on 9 October?

6) Which bank's Managing Director and CEO, Raghavendra Srinivas Bhat, had his term extended by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

7) Who attended the 90th Foundation Day celebrations of the National Sugar Institute (NSI) in Kanpur as the chief guest?

8) Where was the world's first-ever live underwater interview successfully hosted?

9) Which company announced a strategic partnership with IBM to integrate its Claude AI models into IBM's software ecosystem?

10) Where will the 8th session of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Assembly be hosted?

11) Which two ministries jointly launched the Tobacco Free Youth Campaign 3.0 in India?

12) Where was the 12,000-year-old T-shaped pillar carved with a human face discovered?

13) NITI Aayog urged to boost manufacturing as India's trade reaches _________ in FY25.

14) What is the name of the digital library being established by the Odisha government to preserve the Jagannath Temple's ancient records?

15) Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of Blackstone's India Credit Platform?

16) Who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that reaffirms the power of art amidst apocalyptic terror?

17) World Mental Health Day is observed every year on which date?

18) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recognised which organisation as a Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO) for the Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) sector?

19) According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which city has emerged as India's safest city for the fourth consecutive year?

20) Which country is hosting the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 from October 9 to 15, 2025?