Current Affairs : October 2026
Q7. Who has been appointed as India Women's White-Ball Captain by the BCCI ? BCCI-āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĻāϞ⧰ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻ āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ ?
(A) Harmanpreet Kaur / āĻšā§°āĻŽāύāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻā§ā§°ã (B) Smriti Mandhana / āϏā§āĻŽā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϧāĻžāύāĻžã (C) Jemimah Rodrigues / āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻŽāĻž ā§°āĻĄā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻã (D) Shafali Verma / āĻļā§āĻŦā§āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻŽāĻž
Ans: (B) Smriti Mandhana / āϏā§āĻŽā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϧāĻžāύāĻž.
Explanation: BCCI announced Smriti Mandhana's appointment as India's women's team captain on 6 October 2026. (BCCI-āϝāĻŧā§ ā§Ŧ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āϏā§āĻŽā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϧāĻžāύāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĻāϞ⧰ āĻ āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Q8. SAREX-2026 was conducted by the Indian Coast Guard off which coast ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞ⧰āĻā§āώ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύā§āϝāĻŧā§ SAREX-2026 āĻā§āύ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Mumbai Coast / āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞã (B) Chennai Coast / āĻā§āύā§āύāĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞã (C) Paradip Coast / āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻžāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞã (D) Kochi Coast / āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞ
Ans: (C) Paradip Coast / āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻžāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞ.
Explanation: The Indian Coast Guard conducted the 12th National Maritime Search and