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Daily Current Affairs: 23 & 24 November 2025

Current affairs of 23 & 24 November 2025: Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2025: Chandigarh and Article 240; Atomic Energy Bill 2025: Private Entry in Civil Nuclear Sector; G-20 Johannesburg Summit: US Boycott, Modi’s Proposals, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2025: Chandigarh and Article 240
Atomic Energy Bill 2025: Private Entry in Civil Nuclear Sector
Justice Vikram Nath Appointed Executive Chairman of NALSA

Banking & Finance

ANMI Wants Investor Education Over F&O Expiry Changes
MF Broker Fee Cap: SEBI Plans Talks With AMCs
Payout APIs: RBI Probe into Money Laundering Misuse
Easebuzz Gets RBI Approval as Full-Service Payment Aggregator

International Affairs

G-20 Johannesburg Summit: US Boycott, Modi’s Proposals
India and Canada Resume Talks on Trade Pact, Eye USD 50 Billion
Malaysia to Bar Under-16s from Social Media from 2026

Agriculture & Rural

Integrated Farming Push for Marginal Farmers: Chouhan

Science & Technology

Genome Editing vs GM Crops: India’s Agri Biotech Shift

Environment & Ecology

COP30 Outcome: Global Mutirão Agreement and India’s Stand
African Grey Parrot Trade: No Forest Records in India

Awards & Persons

Dharmendra Dies at 89: Veteran Actor of Sholay Fame

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2025: Chandigarh and Article 240

The 131st Amendment Bill, 2025 aims to bring Chandigarh under Article 240.
Article 240 empowers the President to make regulations for Union Territories.
Critics say it erodes Punjab’s rights and weakens federalism.

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Polity & Governance

2. Atomic Energy Bill 2025: Private Entry in Civil Nuclear Sector

The Atomic Energy Bill, 2025 would open India's civil nuclear sector to private players.
It is one of ten bills listed for the winter session starting December 1.
A Higher Education Commission of India Bill would create a new independent regulator.

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Polity & Governance

3. Justice Vikram Nath Appointed Executive Chairman of NALSA

Justice Vikram Nath has been appointed Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
NALSA was established under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
The Chief Justice of India is NALSA's Patron-in-Chief.
NALSA conducts Lok Adalats and legal literacy campaigns.

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Banking & Finance

4. ANMI Wants Investor Education Over F&O Expiry Changes

The Association of National Exchanges Members of India submitted recommendations to Sebi amid rising retail F&O losses.
ANMI said investor education should come first and product tweaks like fewer expiry days will not fix the root issue.
It suggested stricter eligibility checks, possibly on financial literacy and risk awareness, for complex derivatives.
ANMI is an industry body of trading members of national exchanges such as NSE and BSE.

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5. MF Broker Fee Cap: SEBI Plans Talks With AMCs

SEBI planned talks with AMC heads on capping brokerage mutual funds pay for trade execution.
Proposed cuts: cash market 12 bps to 2 bps; derivatives 5 bps to 1 bps.
Brokers want a relaxed 6-7 bps cap, citing their research.

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Banking & Finance

6. Payout APIs: RBI Probe into Money Laundering Misuse

RBI was probing rising money laundering through bank payout APIs.
Unregulated technology service providers posed as fintechs to move money without KYC or OTP.
A payout API lets entities send money automatically to many recipients.

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Banking & Finance

7. Easebuzz Gets RBI Approval as Full-Service Payment Aggregator

RBI authorised fintech Easebuzz as a full-service payment aggregator for online, offline and cross-border payments.
A payment aggregator lets merchants accept many payment modes through one integration.
New PAs need a minimum net worth of ₹15 crore and must be Indian companies.

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International Affairs

International Relations

8. G-20 Johannesburg Summit: US Boycott, Modi’s Proposals

The Johannesburg G-20 Summit was the first in Africa; the US boycotted it.
India proposed a G-20-Africa Skills Multiplier (1 million Africans), a Global Healthcare Response Team and a Drug-Terror Nexus initiative.
India, Australia and Canada announced the ACITI partnership.

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9. India and Canada Resume Talks on Trade Pact, Eye USD 50 Billion

India and Canada agreed to revive negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
The goal is to double bilateral trade to USD 50 billion by 2030.
PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Johannesburg.
Talks were suspended in 2023; goods and services trade was about C$31 billion in 2024.

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International Relations

10. Malaysia to Bar Under-16s from Social Media from 2026

Malaysia will bar users under 16 from social media platforms starting in 2026.
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil confirmed the plan on 24 November 2025.
Stated aims are protection from cyberbullying, financial scams and child sexual exploitation.
Platforms with over eight million Malaysian users must register with regulators under a licensing rule.

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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

11. Integrated Farming Push for Marginal Farmers: Chouhan

Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked agro-scientists to draw up a five-year plan for integrated farming for marginal farmers.
He noted that 46% of India's population still depends on farming.
The Sixth International Agronomy Congress in New Delhi ran for three days.

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Science & Technology

Agriculture & Rural Development

12. Genome Editing vs GM Crops: India’s Agri Biotech Shift

India's GM adoption is mostly limited to Bt cotton, and no new GM technology has been approved for commercialisation since 2006.
Genome-edited rice lines (Samba Mahsuri and MTU-1010) show up to 19% yield gain in one line.
ICAR shortlisted editing targets in 24 field crops (178 genes) and 16 horticultural crops (43 genes).
Genome-edited plants without foreign DNA are exempt from strict GM biosafety rules.

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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

13. COP30 Outcome: Global Mutirão Agreement and India’s Stand

COP30 in Belém concluded with a consensus agreement titled Global Mutirão.
Two road maps were announced: one on halting deforestation, one on a just transition away from fossil fuels.
India and other developing countries opposed a fixed timeline for phasing out fossil fuels.

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Environment & Ecology

14. African Grey Parrot Trade: No Forest Records in India

RTI replies show State Forest Departments hold no records of African grey parrot trade.
The species is Endangered (IUCN) and in CITES Appendix I.
Legal breeding needs a licence under the Breeders of Species Licence Rules, 2023, plus import permits.

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Awards & Persons

History, Art & Culture

15. Dharmendra Dies at 89: Veteran Actor of Sholay Fame

Veteran actor Dharmendra died in Mumbai on 24 November 2025 at the age of 89.
He was born on 8 December 1935 in Nasrali, Punjab, and began his film career in 1960.
His debut film was Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere; he later played Veeru in Sholay (1975).
He acted in over 300 films and received the Padma Bhushan in 2012; his last film Ikkis is due on 25 December 2025.

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