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IIT Bombay and Honeywell Partner for Sustainability Skills Excellence
IIT Bombay and Honeywell have collaborated to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Sustainability Skills and Innovation at the Powai campus.
The centre aims to train over 100,000 students by 2030 in specialized fields like sustainable finance and energy security.
The curriculum includes five tracks: Policy advocacy, sustainable infrastructure, energy security, reporting, and finance.
This initiative is funded by the Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation, the company's philanthropic wing.
The centre aims to train over 100,000 students by 2030 in specialized fields like sustainable finance and energy security.
The curriculum includes five tracks: Policy advocacy, sustainable infrastructure, energy security, reporting, and finance.
This initiative is funded by the Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation, the company's philanthropic wing.
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Honeywell is a global technology and manufacturing company.
Practice Quiz — 11 March 2026
Q1. Who has been appointed as the 30th Governor of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: (C) Kavinder Gupta — Kavinder Gupta was sworn in as the 30th Governor of Himachal Pradesh, replacing Shiv Pratap Shukla.
Q2. Jishnu Dev Varma succeeded whom as the Governor of Maharashtra?
Answer: (B) Acharya Devvrat — Jishnu Dev Varma succeeded Acharya Devvrat, who was holding the additional charge as Maharashtra Governor.
Q3. Who is the newly appointed Supreme Leader of Iran as of March 2026?
Answer: (C) Mojtaba Khamenei — Mojtaba Khamenei was appointed as the third Supreme Leader of Iran in March 2026.
Q4. Which of the following statements regarding the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) extension is correct?
Answer: (C) Central assistance for the project is ₹3.59 lakh crore. — The Union Cabinet extended JJM to December 2028 with a total outlay of ₹8.69 lakh crore and central assistance of ₹3.59 lakh crore.
Q5. Which airport was recently granted International status by the Union Cabinet in March 2026?
Answer: (B) Madurai Airport — The Union Cabinet approved the declaration of Madurai Airport as an International Airport.
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