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Daily Current Affairs: 18 November 2025

Current affairs of 18 November 2025: National Gopal Ratna Awards 2025: Categories and Prizes; Subordinate Judiciary: 4.69 Crore Cases Pending; India-Africa Relations Ahead of IAFS-IV: Key Areas, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

Subordinate Judiciary: 4.69 Crore Cases Pending
World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day Marked for First Time
Raulane Festival of Himachal Pradesh: Kinnaur’s Winter Ritual

Government Schemes

Digital Labour Chowk and Construction Workers’ Portals

Banking & Finance

PayU Gets RBI Payment Aggregator Authorisation
Uday Kotak on Darwinian Adaptation: Why Banks Must Evolve
RBI Floating Rate Bonds: Features, Pros and Cons

Economy

SEBI LODR Review: Listing Rules and Disclosure Norms
Centre Clears 17 Electronics Component Manufacturing Projects

International Affairs

India-Africa Relations Ahead of IAFS-IV: Key Areas

Agriculture & Rural

Rajasthan Veterinary Chatbot: Digital Advice for Livestock Owners

Defence & Security

Garuda-2025 and Ajeya Warrior-25: India’s Military Drills
Ajeya Warrior 2025: India-UK Army Exercise in Bikaner
Goa Police Tops India with 100% Cyber Fraud Response

Awards & Persons

National Gopal Ratna Awards 2025: Categories and Prizes

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. Subordinate Judiciary: 4.69 Crore Cases Pending

A Constitution Bench noted 4.69 crore cases pending in district courts and blamed procedural inefficiency.
Articles 233-237 give High Courts and State Governments joint charge of the subordinate judiciary.
Judicial infrastructure funding: ₹12,101 crore for 22,372 court halls and 19,851 residential units.

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Health & Social Issues

2. World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day Marked for First Time

World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day was observed for the first time on 18 November 2025.
HPV infection causes over 95% of cervical cancer cases worldwide.
WHO's strategy aims to vaccinate 90% of girls by age 15 by 2030.
Pap smears and HPV tests are recommended for women aged 25 to 65.

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History, Art & Culture

3. Raulane Festival of Himachal Pradesh: Kinnaur’s Winter Ritual

Raulane is an ancient winter tradition of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.
It honours celestial protectors called Saunis, believed to shield villagers through the harsh winter.
Two men symbolically play Raula (groom) and Raulane (bride) in woollen attire, ornaments and face coverings.
The ritual movement takes place at the Nagin Narayan Temple.

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Government Schemes

Polity & Governance

4. Digital Labour Chowk and Construction Workers’ Portals

The Labour Ministry launched Digital Labour Chowk, Labour Felicitation Centres and a cess collection portal.
They aim to modernise registration, benefits and data management.
CWFI is the national trade union body of construction workers.

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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

5. PayU Gets RBI Payment Aggregator Authorisation

PayU received RBI integrated authorisation to operate as a payment aggregator for online, offline and cross-border payments.
A payment aggregator collects customer payments for merchants and settles them after deducting fees.
RBI's July 2021 guidelines require a minimum initial net worth of ₹15 crore for new PAs.
Funds collected for merchants must sit in a separate trust account.

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Banking & Finance

6. Uday Kotak on Darwinian Adaptation: Why Banks Must Evolve

Uday Kotak says Indian banks must adapt as savers turn into investors in equities and mutual funds.
Banks' intermediation cost is high relative to mutual funds, eroding their edge.
Social duties such as financial inclusion and priority lending must continue alongside innovation.

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7. RBI Floating Rate Bonds: Features, Pros and Cons

RBI Floating Rate Bonds are government-backed, with a seven-year lock-in, drawing risk-averse investors.
Interest is reset periodically against a benchmark such as the T-Bill yield or G-Sec rate.
Downside: coupons fall when benchmark rates fall, and prices may swing before maturity.

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Economy

8. SEBI LODR Review: Listing Rules and Disclosure Norms

SEBI has begun a comprehensive review of LODR to simplify compliance for listed companies.
LODR is notified under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and covers all listed entities.
Core areas are continuous disclosure, corporate governance and other compliance duties.
Non-compliance can bring fines, suspension or delisting, and SEBI action against directors.

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9. Centre Clears 17 Electronics Component Manufacturing Projects

The Centre approved 17 electronics component manufacturing projects with total investment of Rs 7,172 crore.
About 11,800 jobs are expected to be created.
Expected production is worth Rs 65,111 crore.
The push supports the goal of $500 billion electronics manufacturing by 2030-31.

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International Affairs

International Relations

10. India-Africa Relations Ahead of IAFS-IV: Key Areas

India-Africa ties were being stepped up ahead of IAFS-IV, with a call to connect, build and revive.
Trade hit $100B in 2024-25, with India the 3rd-largest partner.
IAFS-III (2015) drew all 54 African nations; India opened 17 embassies and backed the AU G20 seat.

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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

11. Rajasthan Veterinary Chatbot: Digital Advice for Livestock Owners

Rajasthan Animal Husbandry Department launched a chatbot for livestock veterinary advice.
Certified vets give real-time guidance on animal health.
AI-based disease analysis is planned for the future.

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Defence & Security

International Relations

12. Garuda-2025 and Ajeya Warrior-25: India’s Military Drills

Garuda-2025 is a bilateral India-France air combat exercise at Mont-de-Marsan Air Base, France.
Ajeya Warrior-2025 is an India-UK army exercise at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan.
Ajeya Warrior involved 240 personnel and focused on counter-terrorism and semi-urban warfare.

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International Relations

13. Ajeya Warrior 2025: India-UK Army Exercise in Bikaner

Ajeya Warrior 2025 is the eighth edition of the biennial India-UK army exercise.
It focuses on urban and semi-urban counter-terrorism under a UN mandate.
Held at Mahajan Field Firing Range, Bikaner, till 30 November 2025.

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Science & Technology

14. Goa Police Tops India with 100% Cyber Fraud Response

Goa Police is reported as India's first state force to reach a 100% response rate for cyber fraud complaints.
Over 5,000 calls were reportedly received, and 581 turned into formal complaints.
A cloud-based 1930 cyber helpline centre underpins the system.
Coordination with financial institutions helps trace money and prevent losses.

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Awards & Persons

Agriculture & Rural Development

15. National Gopal Ratna Awards 2025: Categories and Prizes

The 2025 National Gopal Ratna Awards winners were announced by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Presentation was set for 26 November 2025, National Milk Day.
First prize is ₹5 lakh; the AIT category gets no cash.

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