Daily Current Affairs: 16 & 17 November 2025

Current affairs of 16 & 17 November 2025: Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin and Ashtamudi Fisher Cooperation; e-Jagriti Platform: AI-Enabled Consumer Redressal Portal; AMRIT Pharmacies Mark 10 Years: Nadda Opens New Outlets, and 11 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 14 topics

National Affairs

POCSO Act, 2012: Is the Law Gender-Neutral?
Birsa Munda 150th Birth Anniversary: Life and Ulgulan

Government Schemes

e-Jagriti Platform: AI-Enabled Consumer Redressal Portal
AMRIT Pharmacies Mark 10 Years: Nadda Opens New Outlets

Banking & Finance

RBI Draft Acquisition Finance Norms: 10% Tier-I Cap Debated
Low-Income Household Credit: Reform Ideas for Banks, NBFCs and PSL
NUCFDC Seeks RBI Nod for Digital Services in Small UCBs

Economy

NITI Aayog Panel’s 17 Reforms to Ease MSME Burden

International Affairs

Sheikh Hasina Sentenced to Death by Bangladesh Tribunal

Agriculture & Rural

India’s Agricultural Exports: Growth, Drivers and Import Mix
Aeroponic Saffron in Telangana: SKLTHU’s Lab Experiment
Adam Chini Black Rice: BHU Mutation-Bred Improved Variety

Environment & Ecology

Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin and Ashtamudi Fisher Cooperation

Defence & Security

Counter-Drone IDDIS Mark-2: Army and IAF to Buy 16 Units

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. POCSO Act, 2012: Is the Law Gender-Neutral?

The Supreme Court issued notice on a woman's plea that POCSO Section 3 applies only to male offenders.
POCSO protects all children aged 0-18, boys and girls, and requires reporting and special courts.
Section 13(1) of the General Clauses Act, 1897 reads masculine words as including females.

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History, Art & Culture

2. Birsa Munda 150th Birth Anniversary: Life and Ulgulan

Birsa Munda (1875-1900), revered as 'Bhagwan' and 'Dharti Aaba', was honoured on his 150th birth anniversary.
The day is observed as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas.
He led the Ulgulan (Munda Rebellion) in the 1890s and founded the Birsait sect.

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Government Schemes

Polity & Governance

3. e-Jagriti Platform: AI-Enabled Consumer Redressal Portal

e-Jagriti has crossed 2.75 lakh users, including 1,388 NRIs.
Run by the Department of Consumer Affairs, it unifies consumer dispute systems in one AI-enabled portal.
Fees are paid through PayGov and Bharat Kosh.

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Government Schemes

4. AMRIT Pharmacies Mark 10 Years: Nadda Opens New Outlets

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated the tenth anniversary events of AMRIT Pharmacy in New Delhi.
Ten new AMRIT outlets were opened across India.
AMRIT pharmacies give 50%-90% discounts on life-saving medicines, implants and consumables.
The scheme began in 2015 and mostly runs in government hospitals.

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Banking & Finance

Economy

5. RBI Draft Acquisition Finance Norms: 10% Tier-I Cap Debated

RBI's 24 October 2025 draft would let banks finance corporate acquisitions, domestic or overseas, with long-term strategic value.
Banks may fund up to 70% of the cost; the acquirer must bring 30% equity.
Total acquisition finance exposure is capped at 10% of Tier-I capital; some bankers want about 30%.

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Economy

6. Low-Income Household Credit: Reform Ideas for Banks, NBFCs and PSL

Shocks since 2010, including demonetisation and Covid-19, caused sudden lending cuts to low-income households.
Proposals: align bank-NBFC rules, deepen NBFC market funding and replace blunt lender caps with income assessment.
Household debt stands at 42% of GDP, lower than in many emerging markets.

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Banking & Finance

7. NUCFDC Seeks RBI Nod for Digital Services in Small UCBs

NUCFDC will ask RBI to let small UCBs with net worth below Rs 50 crore offer internet banking, mobile banking and UPI.
Present rules allow digital services only for UCBs with net worth above Rs 50 crore; over half of India's 1,462 UCBs fall short.
NUCFDC, licensed in February 2024 as a mid-layer NBFC, is building a shared tech stack for 440 partner UCBs.
Its queries to RBI and the finance ministry were still unanswered.

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Economy

8. NITI Aayog Panel’s 17 Reforms to Ease MSME Burden

The Rajiv Gauba-led NITI Aayog committee proposed 17 reforms for MSMEs.
Proposals include extending CGTMSE to manufacturing medium enterprises and cover on TReDS receivables.
Tax audit exemption limit would go from ₹1 crore to ₹2 crore for firms with over 5% cash receipts.

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International Affairs

International Relations

9. Sheikh Hasina Sentenced to Death by Bangladesh Tribunal

The International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death on 17 November 2025 for crimes against humanity.
The trial was held in absentia; Hasina has lived in India since leaving office in August 2024.
Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal also received a death sentence.
The UN estimates up to 1,400 people died in the 2024 uprising; properties of Hasina and Kamal are to be confiscated.

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Agriculture & Rural

Economy

10. India’s Agricultural Exports: Growth, Drivers and Import Mix

Farm exports rose 8.8% to $25.9 billion in April-September 2025, against only 2.9% growth in total merchandise exports.
In FY 2024-25 agricultural exports grew 6.4% to $52 billion while merchandise exports grew just 0.1%.
The US imposed a 58% effective tariff on Indian seafood; US-bound marine exports fell 26.9% in September 2025.
Farm imports grew 5.9% to $19.5 billion in April-September 2025, led by vegetable oils at +13.5%.

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Agriculture & Rural Development

11. Aeroponic Saffron in Telangana: SKLTHU’s Lab Experiment

SKLTHU scientists in Telangana grew saffron using aeroponics, without soil.
The 200-square-foot lab imitates Kashmir's cool climate and the project is funded by NABARD.
Plans include model labs in other colleges and training for farmers.

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Agriculture & Rural Development

12. Adam Chini Black Rice: BHU Mutation-Bred Improved Variety

BHU researchers improved the aromatic black rice Adam Chini using mutagenesis.
Adam Chini got its GI tag on 22 February 2023, marketed as Vindhya Black Rice.
Mutants: about 105 cm tall, around 120 days to mature, yield 30-35 q/ha.

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Environment & Ecology

13. Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin and Ashtamudi Fisher Cooperation

An international study to 2028 will examine dolphin-fisher cooperation at Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala.
Dolphins herd fish to the shore and signal fishers, who cast nets at once.
The species is Sousa plumbea, listed Endangered in many local populations.

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Defence & Security

Science & Technology

14. Counter-Drone IDDIS Mark-2: Army and IAF to Buy 16 Units

The Army and IAF planned to buy 16 units of the home-grown Mark-2 drone detection and interdiction system.
DRDO developed it, led by CHESS.
Its 10 kW laser reaches 2 km, double the Mark-1.

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Daily Current Affairs: 16 & 17 November 2025

In this issue: 14 topics

National Affairs

1. POCSO Act, 2012: Is the Law Gender-Neutral?

2. Birsa Munda 150th Birth Anniversary: Life and Ulgulan

Government Schemes

3. e-Jagriti Platform: AI-Enabled Consumer Redressal Portal

4. AMRIT Pharmacies Mark 10 Years: Nadda Opens New Outlets

Banking & Finance

5. RBI Draft Acquisition Finance Norms: 10% Tier-I Cap Debated

6. Low-Income Household Credit: Reform Ideas for Banks, NBFCs and PSL

7. NUCFDC Seeks RBI Nod for Digital Services in Small UCBs

Economy

8. NITI Aayog Panel’s 17 Reforms to Ease MSME Burden

International Affairs

9. Sheikh Hasina Sentenced to Death by Bangladesh Tribunal

Agriculture & Rural

10. India’s Agricultural Exports: Growth, Drivers and Import Mix

11. Aeroponic Saffron in Telangana: SKLTHU’s Lab Experiment

12. Adam Chini Black Rice: BHU Mutation-Bred Improved Variety

Environment & Ecology

13. Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin and Ashtamudi Fisher Cooperation

Defence & Security

14. Counter-Drone IDDIS Mark-2: Army and IAF to Buy 16 Units

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