One Liner Current Affairs: November 2025

National Affairs

1. Arunachal Pradesh secured two new Geographical Indication tags in November 2025. Notes ›
2. Vivek Chaturvedi has been appointed Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs after ACC approval. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. Apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Arattai must ensure the device running them contains the corresponding active SIM. Notes ›
4. Uttar Pradesh crossed 1 GW of residential rooftop solar, with 1,003.64 MW installed on 2.90 lakh homes. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

5. Scientists for Genetic Diversity opposed a 'compromise proposal' at ITPGRFA's 11th session in Lima, Peru. Notes ›
6. Meghalaya launched its first Northeast India Organic Week, a four-day event. Notes ›

Science & Technology

7. CSIR-NAL, Bengaluru unveiled the production Hansa-3(NG), an indigenous two-seater trainer. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

8. Kolkata saw an unusual surge of brown butterflies, identified as the Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda). Notes ›
9. CGWB's 2025 report shows recharge of 448.52 BCM, up from 446.9 BCM in 2024 but below 2023's 449.08 BCM. Notes ›
10. India will establish the National Coral Reef Research Institute (NCRRI) at Chidiyatapu, South Andaman. Notes ›

Defence & Security

11. India's humanitarian mission for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka is known as Operation Sagar Bandhu. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

12. Sir Tom Stoppard died aged 88 at his home in Dorset, England, with Wikipedia giving the date as 29 November 2025. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. BIS issued the revised earthquake code IS 1893:2025 with a new seismic zone map. Notes ›
2. At Shree Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math, the PM revealed a bronze statue of Lord Rama standing 77 feet high. Notes ›
3. India won the first-ever Blind Women's T20 World Cup, beating Nepal by 7 wickets in the final. Notes ›

Government Schemes

4. Tex-RAMPS is a fully Centre-funded Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Textiles. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. RBI issued 244 Consolidated Master Directions after reviewing about 3,500 earlier instructions. Notes ›
6. The Finance Ministry and RBI are building one portal to find and claim unclaimed financial assets. Notes ›
7. Bandhan Bank plans to sell unsecured retail NPAs, including written-off accounts, worth ₹6,931.31 crore. Notes ›
8. RBI's final instructions say digital banking cannot be made mandatory for other services such as debit cards. Notes ›
9. RBI fined HDFC Bank ₹91 lakh after its Statutory Inspection for Supervisory Evaluation (ISE 2024). Notes ›
10. SEBI proposed social media guidelines for regulated entities and their agents. Notes ›
11. On 19 November 2025 SEBI allowed AIFs to launch accredited investor-only schemes. Notes ›

Economy

12. The IMF's Article IV review gave India's national accounts statistics a C grade. Notes ›
13. IMF says 15% of continuously operating Indian firms are zombie firms. Notes ›

International Affairs

14. The 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg went ahead without the US, China and Russia, and South Africa pushed through a Leaders' Declaration. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

15. India seeks Mutual Recognition Agreements on farm-goods testing with the US, EU, UK, Singapore, Switzerland, ASEAN and Australia. Notes ›
16. India's ₹35,000 crore-plus seed sector faces a draft Seeds Bill 2025, PPVFRA amendments and Plant Treaty talks. Notes ›

Science & Technology

17. Samudrayaan, India's first crewed deep-sea mission, is delayed over syntactic foam cladding from France. Notes ›
18. BSIP scientists found a 37,000-year-old fossil bamboo stem in the Imphal Valley, Manipur. Notes ›
19. Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace unveiled Vikram-1, India's first private commercial orbital rocket. Notes ›

Defence & Security

20. Defence ministers were expected to discuss India possibly buying Russia's S-500 during the India-Russia Summit. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

21. IMF rates India's national accounts statistics 'C', the second-lowest of four grades on its Data Adequacy Assessment scale. Notes ›
22. An IIMAD and Population Foundation of India report projects Kerala's demography up to 2051. Notes ›
23. UN World Urbanisation Prospects 2025 says Jakarta has overtaken Tokyo as the world's largest city. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. India won a historic silver in the under-19 boys' team event at the ITTF World Youth Championships 2025. Notes ›
2. Rohit Sharma regained the top spot in the ICC ODI batting rankings, replacing New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. The Cabinet cleared a first-of-its-kind scheme for sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets (REPMs). Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. BHIM, run by NPCI, introduced full delegation on UPI Circle. Notes ›
5. SEBI explored redefining promoters of IPO-bound firms by actual control and influence. Notes ›
6. RBI is allowing transfer of NBFC or Core Investment Company ownership to family trusts case by case. Notes ›

Economy

7. EPFO formed a committee to carry out cadre restructuring across the organisation. Notes ›

International Affairs

8. India unveiled a bust of Dr B.R. Ambedkar at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris as part of Constitution Day celebrations. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

9. Six reforms: commercialise farming, expand exports, spread eNAM, widen futures, warehouse receipt finance, build warehousing. Notes ›
10. The World Bank-led report urges responsible scaling of AI in agrifood systems, focusing on low- and middle-income countries. Notes ›

Science & Technology

11. The IAU approved naming a Mars crater 'Krishnan Crater' after geologist M.S. Krishnan (1898-1970). Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. On 20 November 2025 the Supreme Court accepted a new Aravalli Hills definition: hills of at least 100 m above local relief plus adjacent slopes. Notes ›
13. CAFE-III, India's third round of fuel efficiency norms, is set for FY28 to FY32. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

14. Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan won the FIDE World Cup 2025 in Goa, defeating China's Wei Yi in the final. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Assam brought in the Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, making polygamous marriages a crime. Notes ›
2. Bhubaneswar will host India's first World Athletics Continental Tour Silver level meet on 22 August. Notes ›
3. The bill proposes the Assam Satra Preservation and Development Commission, a quasi-judicial body. Notes ›
4. PM Modi released a commemorative stamp, a special coin and a coffee-table book on Guru Tegh Bahadur. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. SEBI relaxed educational requirements for Investment Advisors (IAs) and Research Analysts (RAs). Notes ›
6. SEBI proposed raising the simplified documentation limit for duplicate certificates from ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh. Notes ›

Economy

7. The rupee depreciated about 4.3% against the US dollar in 2025, the worst among major Asian currencies. Notes ›
8. India's net FDI was -$2.4 billion in September 2025, negative for the second month running, per RBI. Notes ›
9. RBI Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta said RBI forecasts show no systematic bias. Notes ›
10. The Safran Aircraft Engine Services India facility was inaugurated at GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park-SEZ, Hyderabad. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. The Draft Seeds Bill was released on 12 November with comments invited until 11 December, to replace the Seeds Act, 1966 and Seeds (Control) Order, 1983. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. Hayli Gubbi (Afar, Ethiopia) erupted on 23 November 2025, its first eruption in 12,000+ years. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

13. UNICEF's SWOC 2025 says about 417 million children worldwide are severely deprived in at least two critical areas. Notes ›
14. The US-based Centre for Global Development released the Commitment to Development Index (CDI) 2025. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. MoRTH released the draft Bharat NCAP 2.0 with higher benchmarks and new tests. Notes ›
2. Justice Surya Kant became the 53rd CJI on 24 November 2025, succeeding B. R. Gavai. Notes ›
3. WHO says it prescribes no country-level doctor-population ratio. Notes ›
4. The HECI Bill 2025 is due in Parliament's Winter Session, five years after NEP 2020 urged a single regulator. Notes ›
5. For the first time, Delhi Police relied on the BNSS clause allowing trial in absentia. Notes ›
6. India defeated Chinese Taipei 35-28 in the final of the Women's Kabaddi World Cup 2025. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

7. Crisil projects NBFC AUM growth of 18-19% in FY26-FY27, passing ₹50 trillion by March 2027. Notes ›
8. SEBI's consultation paper of 24 November 2025 proposes revising the Basic Services Demat Account (BSDA) framework. Notes ›
9. Sebi proposed cutting the cash-market brokerage cap from 0.12% to 0.02%. Notes ›

Economy

10. RBI's November 2025 Bulletin said economic momentum is strengthening. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. The editorial says gene editing and precision breeding are vital for India's food security. Notes ›

Defence & Security

12. India and France agreed to produce HAMMER precision-guided air-to-ground munitions locally. Notes ›
13. INS Mahe, first Mahe-class anti-submarine shallow watercraft, was commissioned at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. NITI Aayog and GIZ India prepared the report 'Water Budgeting in Aspirational Blocks', covering 18 blocks in 11 States. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The 131st Amendment Bill, 2025 aims to bring Chandigarh under Article 240. Notes ›
2. The Atomic Energy Bill, 2025 would open India's civil nuclear sector to private players. Notes ›
3. Justice Vikram Nath has been appointed Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. The Association of National Exchanges Members of India submitted recommendations to Sebi amid rising retail F&O losses. Notes ›
5. SEBI planned talks with AMC heads on capping brokerage mutual funds pay for trade execution. Notes ›
6. RBI was probing rising money laundering through bank payout APIs. Notes ›
7. RBI authorised fintech Easebuzz as a full-service payment aggregator for online, offline and cross-border payments. Notes ›

International Affairs

8. The Johannesburg G-20 Summit was the first in Africa; the US boycotted it. Notes ›
9. India and Canada agreed to revive negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). Notes ›
10. Malaysia will bar users under 16 from social media platforms starting in 2026. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked agro-scientists to draw up a five-year plan for integrated farming for marginal farmers. Notes ›

Science & Technology

12. India's GM adoption is mostly limited to Bt cotton, and no new GM technology has been approved for commercialisation since 2006. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. COP30 in Belém concluded with a consensus agreement titled Global Mutirão. Notes ›
14. RTI replies show State Forest Departments hold no records of African grey parrot trade. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

15. Veteran actor Dharmendra died in Mumbai on 24 November 2025 at the age of 89. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Centre notified all four Labour Codes, replacing 29 older labour laws. Notes ›
2. World Television Day is observed every year on 21 November and was marked again on 21 November 2025. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. ICDS was launched on 2 October 1975 under the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. RBI, NIPL and the ECB agreed to start the realisation phase of linking UPI with TIPS. Notes ›
5. SEBI will review its mutual fund and stock broker regulations at the board meeting on 17 December 2025. Notes ›

Economy

6. The banks' credit-deposit ratio crossed 80%, at 80.21% in the fortnight ended 31 October 2025. Notes ›
7. The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 is listed for Parliament's Winter Session. Notes ›

International Affairs

8. Australia's under-16 social media restrictions take effect on 10 December 2025. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

9. e-NAM added 9 commodities, including green tea, mustard oil, lavender oil, mentha oil and broken rice. Notes ›

Defence & Security

10. Tejas Mk1A is an upgraded LCA developed by HAL and ADA. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

11. India's average temperature rose by nearly 0.9 degC between 2015 and 2024, the study says. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

12. ISB conferred the ISB Research Catalyst Award on Azim Premji, Founder Chairman of Wipro. Notes ›
13. The Best Animated Feature race has 35 eligible films; documentary drew 201 submissions, the most of any category. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. A five-judge bench led by CJI B.R. Gavai held that Article 142 cannot create 'deemed assent' for Bills pending with governors or the President. Notes ›
2. The Regional Open Digital Health Summit 2025 began in New Delhi on 19 November and ran three days. Notes ›
3. India won 20 medals, 9 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronze, at the World Boxing Cup Finals. Notes ›
4. Amit Agrawal, 1993-batch IAS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, is the new Secretary, Department of Telecommunications. Notes ›

Government Schemes

5. Ministry of Jal Shakti launched the Hamara Shauchalaya, Hamara Bhavishya campaign on World Toilet Day 2025. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

6. Banks say RBI's acquisition financing guidelines limit their role in M&A. Notes ›
7. Digital gold lets investors buy fractions of gold electronically, backed by vaulted physical gold. Notes ›
8. Sebi warned investors against dealing with unregistered online bond platform providers (OBPPs). Notes ›
9. SEBI is evaluating a phased inclusion of REIT units in market indices to attract passive investment via index funds and ETFs. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

10. India is the world's second-largest aquaculture producer after China, contributing 23 million tonnes of aquatic animals (FAO SOFIA 2024). Notes ›
11. India's 2024-25 foodgrain output hit a record 357.73 million tonnes, versus 332.30 mt a year earlier. Notes ›

Science & Technology

12. Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy is to inaugurate GSI's international seminar in Jaipur, marking 175 years. Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. Sagar Kavach is a two-day joint coastal security exercise hosted by the Indian Coast Guard, held biannually. Notes ›
14. DRDO and France's Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) signed a defence research and development agreement. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

15. Fatima Bosch of Mexico won the 74th Miss Universe pageant, held on 21 November 2025 in Thailand. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. PM Modi released a ₹100 commemorative coin at Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. The Centre is considering raising PMJJBY and PMSBY cover from ₹2 lakh up to ₹5 lakh for those paying more. Notes ›
3. YUVA AI for ALL is a free, self-paced 4.5-hour online AI course from MeitY under the IndiaAI Mission. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. IRDAI introduced the Bima Gram API to strengthen rural insurance penetration digitally; the pilot phase has finished. Notes ›
5. NBFCs sought a dedicated refinance window modelled on the National Housing Bank. Notes ›
6. IRDAI Chairman Ajay Seth said on 30 June 2026 that initial Bima Sugam products should arrive by end-September 2026. Notes ›
7. Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said same-day settlement netting for FPIs was being examined. Notes ›
8. The Finance Ministry authorised 19 private banks, including ICICI, HDFC, Axis, Kotak Mahindra and Yes Bank, for CGAS deposits. Notes ›
9. RBI added more unauthorised forex platforms to its Alert List, now 95 entities. Notes ›
10. Axis Bank's New Economy Group (NEG) launched a salary programme for employees of funded start-ups and digital businesses. Notes ›
11. MuleHunter.ai is an AI tool from the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) that flags mule accounts in real time. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

12. PM Modi inaugurated the South India Natural Farming Summit 2025 in Coimbatore and said India can become the world hub of natural farming. Notes ›

Science & Technology

13. BIRSA 101 is India's first indigenous CRISPR therapy for sickle cell disease, developed by CSIR-IGIB. Notes ›
14. ISRO demonstrated bootstrap mode start of the CE20 cryogenic engine, used in the LVM3 upper stage. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

15. A wild tiger stayed nine continuous months in Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat. Notes ›
16. NGT expressed dissatisfaction with the Central Groundwater Authority's response to toxic arsenic and fluoride in groundwater. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. NAP-AMR 2.0 is India's five-year (2025-29) plan against antimicrobial resistance. Notes ›
2. Payas Jain (Delhi) won the men's singles at the UTT National-ranking event in Panchkula. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. Antariksh Venture Capital Fund (AVCF) is a spacetech-focused fund set up by SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd, a SIDBI subsidiary. Notes ›
4. RBL Bank launched LUMIERE and NOVA, its first premium credit cards. Notes ›
5. Master Capital Services, a Master Trust subsidiary, got SEBI's in-principle approval for mutual funds. Notes ›
6. South Indian Bank launched the SIB HER Account, a premium savings account exclusively for women, including NRIs. Notes ›

Economy

7. NIC is the standard industry classification maintained by the National Statistics Office; NIC-2025 is the planned revision. Notes ›

International Affairs

8. India was unanimously re-elected Asia's representative on Codex's Executive Committee until CAC50 in 2027. Notes ›
9. On 19 November 2025 President Trump announced Saudi Arabia as a Major Non-NATO Ally during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's White House visit. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

10. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced plans to amend the 20-year-old PPV&FRA Act. Notes ›
11. The Agriculture Ministry set PMFBY compensation rules for crop loss from wild animals and paddy inundation. Notes ›

Science & Technology

12. Sentinel-6B is an ocean-altimetry satellite continuing the Topex-Poseidon to Jason to Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich series. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. UNEP's report is a mid-term check on the Global Methane Pledge, which aims at a 30% methane cut by 2030. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. Lund University (Sweden) topped the QS Sustainability Rankings 2026; no Indian institution reached the global top 200. Notes ›
15. India dropped 13 places from 10th to 23rd in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2026. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. A Constitution Bench noted 4.69 crore cases pending in district courts and blamed procedural inefficiency. Notes ›
2. World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day was observed for the first time on 18 November 2025. Notes ›
3. Raulane is an ancient winter tradition of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh. Notes ›

Government Schemes

4. The Labour Ministry launched Digital Labour Chowk, Labour Felicitation Centres and a cess collection portal. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. PayU received RBI integrated authorisation to operate as a payment aggregator for online, offline and cross-border payments. Notes ›
6. Uday Kotak says Indian banks must adapt as savers turn into investors in equities and mutual funds. Notes ›
7. RBI Floating Rate Bonds are government-backed, with a seven-year lock-in, drawing risk-averse investors. Notes ›

Economy

8. SEBI has begun a comprehensive review of LODR to simplify compliance for listed companies. Notes ›
9. The Centre approved 17 electronics component manufacturing projects with total investment of Rs 7,172 crore. Notes ›

International Affairs

10. India-Africa ties were being stepped up ahead of IAFS-IV, with a call to connect, build and revive. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. Rajasthan Animal Husbandry Department launched a chatbot for livestock veterinary advice. Notes ›

Defence & Security

12. Garuda-2025 is a bilateral India-France air combat exercise at Mont-de-Marsan Air Base, France. Notes ›
13. Ajeya Warrior 2025 is the eighth edition of the biennial India-UK army exercise. Notes ›
14. Goa Police is reported as India's first state force to reach a 100% response rate for cyber fraud complaints. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

15. The 2025 National Gopal Ratna Awards winners were announced by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Supreme Court issued notice on a woman's plea that POCSO Section 3 applies only to male offenders. Notes ›
2. Birsa Munda (1875-1900), revered as 'Bhagwan' and 'Dharti Aaba', was honoured on his 150th birth anniversary. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. e-Jagriti has crossed 2.75 lakh users, including 1,388 NRIs. Notes ›
4. Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated the tenth anniversary events of AMRIT Pharmacy in New Delhi. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. RBI's 24 October 2025 draft would let banks finance corporate acquisitions, domestic or overseas, with long-term strategic value. Notes ›
6. Shocks since 2010, including demonetisation and Covid-19, caused sudden lending cuts to low-income households. Notes ›
7. NUCFDC will ask RBI to let small UCBs with net worth below Rs 50 crore offer internet banking, mobile banking and UPI. Notes ›

Economy

8. The Rajiv Gauba-led NITI Aayog committee proposed 17 reforms for MSMEs. Notes ›

International Affairs

9. The International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death on 17 November 2025 for crimes against humanity. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

10. Farm exports rose 8.8% to $25.9 billion in April-September 2025, against only 2.9% growth in total merchandise exports. Notes ›
11. SKLTHU scientists in Telangana grew saffron using aeroponics, without soil. Notes ›
12. BHU researchers improved the aromatic black rice Adam Chini using mutagenesis. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. An international study to 2028 will examine dolphin-fisher cooperation at Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala. Notes ›

Defence & Security

14. The Army and IAF planned to buy 16 units of the home-grown Mark-2 drone detection and interdiction system. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 protects digital personal data; Parliament passed it in August 2023. Notes ›
2. Thadou Inpi Manipur asked the Centre to remove the 'Any Kuki Tribes' (AKT) category from Manipur's ST list. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. Seven new interventions were launched under the Export Promotion Mission (EPM) for MSMEs. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. RBI recognised the Self-Regulated PSO Association (SRPA) as the self-regulatory organisation for payment system operators. Notes ›
5. SEBI proposed a mandatory concise summary of the offer document, kept separate from the draft offer document. Notes ›
6. SEBI began reviewing its case settlement rules to simplify calculations and curb inflated penalties. Notes ›
7. SEBI will discuss the expert panel report on conflict-of-interest rules at its board meeting on 17 December 2025. Notes ›
8. Federal Bank unveiled 'Bharat Surotsav' in Chennai, a festival of Indian music and dance. Notes ›

Economy

9. Flexible Inflation Targeting began in 2016 via amendments to the RBI Act, 1934, with a 4% target and a 2% tolerance either way. Notes ›
10. RBI extended export realisation time from 9 to 15 months for exporters hit by the 50% US tariff. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. PPV&FRA Act, 2001 is India's first sui generis law on plant varieties and farmers' rights, operational since 2005. Notes ›

Science & Technology

12. New Glenn's second flight on 13 November 2025 carried NASA's ESCAPADE twin spacecraft, Blue and Gold, from Cape Canaveral. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. ARISE is a Climate Investment Funds initiative launched at COP30. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. Global cooling capacity may rise 2.6 times, from 22 TW in 2022 to 58 TW by 2050. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

15. The awards are a national scheme under Section 39(1)(iii) of the PPV&FRA. Notes ›
16. Actor Kamini Kaushal died at her Mumbai home aged 98. Notes ›
17. Pentala Harikrishna's strong run at the chess World Cup was cited as proof of depth in Indian chess. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Minister Piyush Goyal cut the GI application fee from ₹5,000 to ₹1,000 to help tribal artisans. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. MEA launched PSP V2.0, the Global Passport Seva Programme and e-passports. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. A SEBI panel chaired by Pratyush Sinha (vice-chair Injeti Srinivas) proposed tougher conflict-of-interest rules. Notes ›
4. DFS launched the Startup Common Application Journey on the Jan Samarth portal. Notes ›
5. Sebi issued a public advisory on digital gold on 8 November 2025. Notes ›

Economy

6. NSO's HIS 2026 will gather household income data for the first time in nearly two decades. Notes ›
7. The 16th Finance Commission kept the states' share of the divisible pool at 41% for 2026-31. Notes ›
8. WPI inflation was -1.21% in October 2025, versus 0.13% in September and 2.75% a year earlier. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

9. The Draft Seeds Bill, 2025 would replace the Seeds Act, 1966 and the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. Cohort Connect 2025 was launched at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, under Phenome India. Notes ›
11. Indian Railways is deploying DRISHTI, an AI system that spots unlocked, open or tampered freight wagon doors in real time. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. The Supreme Court directed Jharkhand to declare 31,468.25 hectares of Saranda forest a wildlife sanctuary. Notes ›
13. India's 2025 emissions are projected to rise 1.4%, down from about 4% in 2024. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. Germanwatch released the Climate Risk Index 2026 at COP30, covering extreme weather losses over 1995-2024. Notes ›
15. WHO Global TB Report 2025 recorded a 21% decline in India's TB incidence between 2015 and 2024. Notes ›
16. Women's employability stood at 54% against 51.5% for men, the first lead over men in five years. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Supreme Court called women the largest minority, citing their low presence in Parliament and State legislatures. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh 2025 is a year-long national celebration of tribal heritage and freedom fighters. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. Banks planned to ask RBI to lower the proposed minimum 5% provision for Stage-II loans under the draft ECL framework. Notes ›
4. First Insurance Lokpal Day, 11 November 2025: IRDAI chairman Ajay Seth urged trust and transparency. Notes ›
5. Ageas Federal Life Insurance tied up with Muthoot Microfin Ltd for distribution. Notes ›
6. Amit Shah launched Sahakar Digi Pay and Sahakar Digi Loan for urban cooperative banks (UCBs). Notes ›
7. RBI's draft allows only two banks, each with at least 10% of a borrower's total exposure, to hold current accounts for borrowers owing ₹10 crore or more. Notes ›
8. NUCFDC planned to seek SRO status from RBI within two months, as paid-up capital neared the ₹300 crore criterion. Notes ›

International Affairs

9. PM Narendra Modi completed a two-day state visit to Bhutan. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

10. Watershed Mahotsav is a national festival of Jan Bhagidari (public participation) in watershed development. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

11. Delhi enforced GRAP Stage III after AQI crossed 400, the season's first 'Severe' reading. Notes ›

Defence & Security

12. Mitra Shakti XI, the India-Sri Lanka army exercise, began at Belagavi, Karnataka. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

13. Rural unemployment (15+) dropped from 4.8% to 4.4% between April-June and July-September 2025. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

14. David Szalay, a Hungarian-British author, won the 2025 Booker Prize. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Supreme Court criticised repeated Union adjournment requests in the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 case. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is refining the PM Internship Scheme for youth appeal. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. SEBI issued a public caution on digital gold or e-gold products sold online as gold prices neared record highs. Notes ›
4. CASA = current plus savings deposits, the cheapest funds for banks; credit growth now outpaces deposit growth. Notes ›

Economy

5. OMOs are RBI purchases or sales of G-secs to manage liquidity. Notes ›
6. Demonetisation was announced on 8 November 2016; old ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes lost tender status next day. Notes ›

International Affairs

7. Kochi hosted the first BIMSTEC-India Marine Research Network (BIMReN) conference, 4-6 November 2025. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

8. Chouhan urged scientists to develop better millet seeds to make the crop more profitable. Notes ›
9. FAIFA, representing commercial-crop farmers, protested its exclusion from the WHO tobacco treaty's COP11. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. 3I/ATLAS is the third known interstellar object seen crossing the solar system, found on 1 July 2025. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

11. India will join the Tropical Forest Forever Facility as an observer. Notes ›
12. IUCN rated Khangchendzonga National Park (Sikkim) 'Good' in its World Heritage Outlook 2025. Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. The 29th Malabar exercise ran near Guam from 10 to 18 November 2025 with India, US, Japan and Australia. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The PM inaugurated year-long celebrations of 150 years of Vande Mataram on 7 November 2025. Notes ›
2. The Indian Hockey Federation was established on 7 November 1925, a year after the International Hockey Federation (FIH). Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. Ethiopia announced it will adopt India's DAY-NRLM model to fight rural poverty and empower women economically. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. IBBI proposed that CIRP bidders disclose their Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO). Notes ›
5. Voting rights stay capped at 26% for a shareholder in private banks and 10% in public sector banks. Notes ›

International Affairs

6. Bangladesh became the first South Asian country to accede to the UN Water Convention. Notes ›
7. Zohran Mamdani was elected New York City's incoming Mayor on a welfare agenda. Notes ›

Science & Technology

8. Project Suncatcher is Google's plan for solar-powered AI data centres on satellites. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

9. Gogabeel Lake in Katihar district, Bihar, became India's 94th Ramsar site. Notes ›

Defence & Security

10. China commissioned Fujian, its third aircraft carrier, after sea trials. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

11. World Bank and IMF assessed India's financial sector under FSAP in 2025, noting progress since 2017. Notes ›
12. SOFA 2025 is titled 'Addressing Land Degradation Across Landholding Scales' and is FAO's annual flagship report. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Centre told the Supreme Court that right to vote and freedom of voting are different concepts. Notes ›
2. The argument: UBI is needed because of wealth inequality, automation and climate displacement; India's top 1% hold 40% of wealth. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. UDAN was launched in 2016 by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. FM Nirmala Sitharaman said talks with RBI and PSBs have begun on creating larger banks. Notes ›
5. SEBI raised the anchor investor reservation in IPOs from 33% to 40%. Notes ›
6. SEBI will set up a working group for a comprehensive review of short selling and the SLB framework. Notes ›
7. SEBI will trim the offer document summary and make it separately available to investors. Notes ›
8. SEBI wrote to social media and search firms to tighten verification and monitoring against securities fraud. Notes ›

Economy

9. The Insurance Brokers' Association of India wants zero-rated GST on insurance. Notes ›

International Affairs

10. India backed Afghanistan's plan for a dam on the Kunar River, which may cut water reaching Pakistan. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. PRADAN said 5 lakh rural households earned over ₹1 lakh a year in FY 2024-25. Notes ›
12. UPL launched '#AFarmerCan' ahead of COP30 (10-21 November 2025, Belém, Brazil). Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. Food systems drive five of the six breached planetary boundaries and about 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Notes ›
14. Delhi's Public Works Department (PWD) will install a mist spraying system at Anand Vihar. Notes ›

Defence & Security

15. INS Ikshak, the third Survey Vessel Large, was commissioned on 6 November 2025 at Naval Base, Kochi. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

16. WEF's AI4AI initiative released 'Shaping the Deep-Tech Revolution in Agriculture'. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Household Income Survey 2026 is billed as India's first survey to measure detailed household income directly. Notes ›
2. 103 punch-marked gold coins were found in a pot at the Kovilur Shiva temple, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. The Pakhwada ran from 1 to 15 November 2025. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. The India-US 10-year spread widened to about 244 bps from 219 bps. Notes ›
5. IBBI's 4 November 2025 circular lets insolvency professionals seek restoration of assets ED attached under PMLA. Notes ›
6. Fintech Scapia and Federal Bank launched an Add-On Credit Card for family travel rewards. Notes ›
7. SBI made its first gold trade as a Special Category Client (SCC) on the India International Bullion Exchange. Notes ›
8. NBFC Purple Finance, set up in 2021, aims to get a Small Finance Bank licence by 2028. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

9. NABARD signed an MoU with the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). Notes ›
10. A two-day national workshop on soil testing for medicinal herbs was held on 27-28 October 2025. Notes ›
11. Lokal launched AgriLokal to link farmers with expert agronomists in their own language. Notes ›

Science & Technology

12. MeitY issued the India AI Governance Guidelines, updating a January 2025 consultation draft. Notes ›
13. NASA and ISRO were to declare NISAR operational on 7 November 2025, said ISRO chief V. Narayanan. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

14. COP30 opened in Belém, in the Brazilian Amazon. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

15. The top 1% globally captured 41% of new wealth in 2000-2024; the bottom 50% got 1%. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. ECI opened the International Election Visitors' Programme (IEVP) 2025 in New Delhi. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. The PM launched a ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme Fund at ESTIC 2025. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. India and IFSCA are reconsidering allowing GIFT City International Banking Units to deal in offshore renminbi (CNH). Notes ›
4. Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said stock broker rules, largely unchanged for over thirty years, will be overhauled. Notes ›
5. ANMI, the brokers' body, urged SEBI to restore weekly options on Bank Nifty, citing hedging use and liquidity. Notes ›
6. SBI started a nationwide Digital Life Certificate (DLC) campaign for pensioners in November 2025. Notes ›
7. NaBFID is to be renamed Infrastructure Development Bank (IDB) with a new logo. Notes ›
8. Bank of Baroda shelved its plan to sell majority stake and give up control of Nainital Bank Ltd. Notes ›
9. NIPL partnered with Razorpay Curlec to enable UPI payments in Malaysia. Notes ›

Economy

10. RBI's net short position in FX forwards and futures was $59.4 billion at end-September 2025. Notes ›

International Affairs

11. The Embassy of India, Riyadh concluded the third Pravasi Parichay 2025. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

12. Chhattisgarh sent out 12 metric tonnes of Fortified Rice Kernel (FRK) to Costa Rica, India's first such export, with APEDA's help. Notes ›

Science & Technology

13. Airtel and Jio partnered with SpaceX to offer Starlink satellite internet, aimed at rural and remote last-mile connectivity. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. Global GHG emissions rose 2.3% in 2024 to a record 57.7 GtCO2e, says UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2025. Notes ›
15. Seven Indian universities feature in the top 100 of the QS Asia University Rankings 2026. Notes ›

Government Schemes

1. Sagarmala is being rebuilt as Sagarmala 2.0, a ten-year programme worth ₹75,000 crore. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

2. RBI's short dollar forward position rose in October 2025, the first rise in seven months. Notes ›
3. SEBI amended mutual fund rules to treat REIT units explicitly as equity instruments. Notes ›
4. The inflation-targeting framework is due for review by March 2026; the 4% target with a 2% band is widely backed. Notes ›
5. India's insurance penetration is only about 4% of GDP; experts propose Standalone Micro-Insurance Companies (SAMIs). Notes ›
6. Fintech platform Dhan launched SLBM so investors can earn a fee on idle shares and ETFs. Notes ›
7. The government planned a review of Digital Banking Units (DBUs) run by state-run banks. Notes ›

Economy

8. SLR is the share of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) a bank has to hold as liquid assets. Notes ›
9. IBBI is considering resolving insolvency project by project in real estate rather than at company level. Notes ›

International Affairs

10. The 2nd World Summit for Social Development (WSSD-2) is being held in Doha, Qatar, from 4 to 6 November 2025. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub released 'Reimagining Agriculture', a technology roadmap to 2047. Notes ›
12. Chouhan ordered a probe into very low PMFBY payouts, some only ₹1. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. Cadmium and lead crossed safety limits in several Cauvery fish species. Notes ›
14. Pampadum Shola is Kerala's smallest national park, covering 1,300 hectares in Idukki district. Notes ›
15. Rowmari-Donduwa is a floodplain-marsh wetland complex in Assam, lying in Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary within the Kaziranga Tiger Reserve. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. MoRTH will publish national highway black spot data for 2023 and 2024 drawn from the e-DAR/iRAD system. Notes ›
2. India won 48 medals (13 gold, 18 silver, 17 bronze) at the Asian Youth Games 2025, its best ever. Notes ›
3. India won its first ICC Women's World Cup, beating South Africa by 52 runs in the final. Notes ›

Government Schemes

4. The scheme runs from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026. Notes ›
5. Kerala was declared free of extreme poverty on Kerala Piravi Day, India's first state to claim this. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

6. RBI was weighing a review of exposure limits on sensitive sectors to let banks fund M&A deals. Notes ›

Economy

7. Household financial assets rose 48% to ₹35.6 lakh crore in 2024-25, from ₹24.1 lakh crore in 2019-20. Notes ›

International Affairs

8. The Maldives became the first country to enforce a generational tobacco ban, effective 1 November 2025. Notes ›
9. The US has ordered nuclear weapons testing to resume after a gap of 33 years; its last test was in 1992. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

10. Nano urea is IFFCO's liquid nitrogen fertiliser (2022), sprayed on leaves instead of being applied to soil. Notes ›
11. Western Ghat Agroforestry Lab devised a layered crop, livestock, fruit-tree and timber model. Notes ›

Science & Technology

12. ISRO launched CMS-03 (GSAT-7R) on LVM3-M5 from Sriharikota. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

13. Lucknow was named a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy at the 43rd General Conference in Uzbekistan. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju opened the WAVES Bazaar in November 2025. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. Foundation stone for the Integrated Development of the Sohra Tourism Circuit was laid at Sohra, Meghalaya, in November 2025. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. RBI cancelled the ₹11,000 crore 6.28% 2032 bond auction after bidders sought a yield near 6.6%. Notes ›
4. SEBI is probing the MCX outage of 28 October 2025; trading began at 1:25 p.m. instead of 9 a.m. Notes ›

Economy

5. RBI began a new round of three surveys that feed its policy decisions. Notes ›
6. Total installed power capacity reached 500.89 GW, according to PIB data published on 1 November 2025. Notes ›

International Affairs

7. The US granted India a six-month sanctions waiver for Chabahar Port, running from October 2025 to April 2026. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

8. SBI Foundation, SBI's CSR arm, launched SMART-CROP in Hyderabad under its LEAP Programme. Notes ›
9. Marine Fisheries Census 2025 is India's first fully digital, geo-tagged count of marine fishing communities. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. Aadhaar Vision 2032 is UIDAI's ten-year roadmap, issued under MeitY. Notes ›
11. Shenzhou-21 lifted off at 11:44 pm local time on 31 October 2025 on a Long March-2F rocket from Jiuquan. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. India recorded 687 disasters over 1900-2022; 240 struck the Himalayan belt. Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. India will stage the IFR, Exercise MILAN 2026 and the IONS Conclave of Chiefs together at Visakhapatnam in February 2026. Notes ›
14. The second India-ASEAN Defence Ministers' Informal Meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

15. Home Ministry named 1,466 police personnel for the medal on 31 October 2025. Notes ›