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Daily Current Affairs: 19 November 2025

Current affairs of 19 November 2025: Global Methane Status Report 2025: UNEP Mid-Term Review; NAP-AMR 2.0: India’s 2025-29 Plan Against Antimicrobial Resistance; Sentinel-6B Ocean Altimetry Satellite: Mission Facts, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

NAP-AMR 2.0: India’s 2025-29 Plan Against Antimicrobial Resistance
UTT National-Ranking Table Tennis: Payas Jain and Swastika Ghosh Win

Banking & Finance

SIDBI Antariksh Venture Capital Fund: Spacetech Funding
RBL Bank LUMIERE and NOVA Premium Credit Cards Launched
Master Capital Services Wins SEBI In-Principle Nod for MF Business
SIB HER Account: South Indian Bank’s Savings Plan for Women

Economy

NIC-2025: Draft Update to India’s Industry Codes

International Affairs

India Re-Elected to Codex Executive Committee as Asia’s Voice
US Names Saudi Arabia a Major Non-NATO Ally, Approves F-35 Sale

Agriculture & Rural

PPV&FRA Act Amendment Plans and Farmers’ Worries
PMFBY Crop Loss Cover for Wild Animal Attacks

Science & Technology

Sentinel-6B Ocean Altimetry Satellite: Mission Facts

Environment & Ecology

Global Methane Status Report 2025: UNEP Mid-Term Review

Reports & Indexes

QS Sustainability Rankings 2026: India Misses Top 200
CCPI 2026: India Slips 13 Places to 23rd Rank

National Affairs

Science & Technology

1. NAP-AMR 2.0: India’s 2025-29 Plan Against Antimicrobial Resistance

NAP-AMR 2.0 is India's five-year (2025-29) plan against antimicrobial resistance.
It uses a One Health approach across multiple sectors.
The Health Ministry launched it in World AMR Awareness Week.

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2. UTT National-Ranking Table Tennis: Payas Jain and Swastika Ghosh Win

Payas Jain (Delhi) won the men's singles at the UTT National-ranking event in Panchkula.
PSPB's Swastika Ghosh won the women's singles.
Priyanuj Bhattacharyya and Syndrela Das won the u-19 titles.

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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

3. SIDBI Antariksh Venture Capital Fund: Spacetech Funding

Antariksh Venture Capital Fund (AVCF) is a spacetech-focused fund set up by SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd, a SIDBI subsidiary.
Its first close was ₹1,005 crore, with IN-SPACe as anchor investor committing ₹1,000 crore.
AVCF is a Category II AIF with a 10-year tenure, billed as India's largest spacetech VC fund.
It supports India's goal of a $44 billion space economy by 2033.

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Banking & Finance

4. RBL Bank LUMIERE and NOVA Premium Credit Cards Launched

RBL Bank launched LUMIERE and NOVA, its first premium credit cards.
LUMIERE: invitation-only 18-gram metal card, ₹50,000 annual fee.
NOVA: metal card with ₹12,500 annual fee; RBL Bank was founded in 1943.

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5. Master Capital Services Wins SEBI In-Principle Nod for MF Business

Master Capital Services, a Master Trust subsidiary, got SEBI's in-principle approval for mutual funds.
Final registration is still required before launching schemes.
An AMC needs a minimum net worth of ₹50 crore.

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Banking & Finance

6. SIB HER Account: South Indian Bank’s Savings Plan for Women

South Indian Bank launched the SIB HER Account, a premium savings account exclusively for women, including NRIs.
Launched at an event in Kochi in November 2025.
Minimum monthly balance ₹50,000, waived with a ₹1 lakh FD or ₹50,000 debit card spends.

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Economy

7. NIC-2025: Draft Update to India’s Industry Codes

NIC is the standard industry classification maintained by the National Statistics Office; NIC-2025 is the planned revision.
Earlier versions: 1962, then 1970, 1987, 1998, 2004 and 2008.
It aligns with ISIC and draws on digital data such as GST filings.

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International Affairs

International Relations

8. India Re-Elected to Codex Executive Committee as Asia’s Voice

India was unanimously re-elected Asia's representative on Codex's Executive Committee until CAC50 in 2027.
Codex was created in May 1963 by FAO and WHO; India joined in 1964.
Codex has 189 members: 188 countries plus the European Union.

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International Relations

9. US Names Saudi Arabia a Major Non-NATO Ally, Approves F-35 Sale

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.
The US approved a future sale of F-35 stealth fighters to Saudi Arabia.
A Strategic Defense Agreement and a civil nuclear energy declaration were signed.
The arrangement is not a formal defence treaty.

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Agriculture & Rural

Polity & Governance

10. PPV&FRA Act Amendment Plans and Farmers’ Worries

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced plans to amend the 20-year-old PPV&FRA Act.
A committee under R.S. Paroda is consulting stakeholders.
Farmers' groups, including Samyukt Kisan Morcha, fear seed monopolisation.

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Government Schemes

11. PMFBY Crop Loss Cover for Wild Animal Attacks

The Agriculture Ministry set PMFBY compensation rules for crop loss from wild animals and paddy inundation.
Wild animal damage is the fifth add-on cover in PMFBY's Localised Risk category.
Farmers must report within 72 hours via the Crop Insurance app with geotagged photos.

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Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

12. Sentinel-6B Ocean Altimetry Satellite: Mission Facts

Sentinel-6B is an ocean-altimetry satellite continuing the Topex-Poseidon to Jason to Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich series.
It launched on a SpaceX Falcon-9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, USA.
It orbits at 2 km/s and circles Earth every 112 minutes.

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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

13. Global Methane Status Report 2025: UNEP Mid-Term Review

UNEP's report is a mid-term check on the Global Methane Pledge, which aims at a 30% methane cut by 2030.
Current pledges would cut only 8% below 2020 levels; feasible measures could deliver 32% by 2030.
Agriculture emits 42% of methane, energy 38% and waste 20%.

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Reports & Indexes

Environment & Ecology

14. QS Sustainability Rankings 2026: India Misses Top 200

Lund University (Sweden) topped the QS Sustainability Rankings 2026; no Indian institution reached the global top 200.
IIT Delhi was India's best at rank 205, down from 171.
103 Indian universities were featured: 32 improved, 15 held rank and 30 slipped.
QS said the falls are relative, as global peers improved faster and over 250 new entrants joined.

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Environment & Ecology

15. CCPI 2026: India Slips 13 Places to 23rd Rank

India dropped 13 places from 10th to 23rd in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2026.
India's overall score is 61.31, moving it from the high to the medium performance category.
CCPI assesses 63 countries and the EU, covering over 90% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Denmark, the UK and Morocco hold 4th, 5th and 6th ranks; the top three positions stay vacant.

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15 questions from the news of 19 November 2025, with answers and explanations.