TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu, addressing Indian Police Service probationers of the 2025 batch (78 RR) at Rashtrapati Bhavan, said police officers and constables are the symbols of governance for citizens, and urged them to give priority to the fears and grievances of weaker sections who cannot easily reach senior officials.
2. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi greeted citizens on Govardhan Puja, sharing a Sanskrit subhashitam in praise of Lord Krishna, and conveyed Nutan Varsh (New Year) wishes, especially to the people of Gujarat.
3. Vice-President Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan will visit Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, today. He will grace the 105th Foundation Day celebrations of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd and attend the Platinum Jubilee Alumni Meet of V.O. Chidambaram College, his alma mater.
4. The Centre extended the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Medical Devices up to 2035–36 with an outlay of about ₹2,700 crore and invited fresh applications; the online portal will open within 10 days. The revamped scheme covers four target segments, drops the minimum sales threshold and trims the minimum investment. Since its launch in 2020-21, the scheme has helped make over 60 high-end devices in India, including MRI and CT scanners and linear accelerators, with production of more than ₹16,000 crore.
5. Round 2 of the ₹37,500-crore Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal/Lignite Gasification Projects concluded with two applications from NTPC Ltd — for urea and for methanol and DME (dimethyl ether). The Coal Ministry opened Round 3 on 10 November, with 11 January 2027 as the last date. The scheme, approved by the Cabinet on 13 May 2026, supports the national target of 100 million tonnes of coal gasification by 2030.
6. The Social Justice Ministry invited citizens aged 18 and above to register as ‘Vayo SAATHI’ volunteers under the Vayo Samman Rashtriya Abhiyan of the Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana, through the SCW SAMAVESH portal or the JEEVAN app.
7. The new AIIMS set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana have crossed 6 crore OPD consultations since 2021-22 (about 6.01 crore as on 31 October 2026). Of the 22 AIIMS approved, 18 are fully functional. Yearly OPD numbers rose from 50.03 lakh in 2021-22 to 144.96 lakh in 2025-26, with 97.41 lakh already recorded in 2026-27 up to October.
8. The Fisheries Department said island fisheries are at the centre of India’s Blue Economy push. Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep together account for about 40% of India’s Exclusive Economic Zone, and PMMSY investments of ₹218 crore and ₹175 crore respectively are building harbours, cold chains and processing units, with tuna as the centrepiece. India has an 11,099-km coastline, an EEZ of about 24 lakh sq km and seafood exports of about ₹73,890 crore in 2025-26.
9. Delhi’s river tourism began as Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched the Yamuna Recreational Cruise Service at Sonia Vihar. A 30-seater electric vessel will make a round trip of about 6 km on the Sonia Vihar–Jagatpur stretch, and a light and sound show on the Yamuna’s mythology and heritage is planned.
10. Odisha charted a national roadmap for millet-led farming at a two-day event in Bhubaneswar. ICAR Director General Dr M.L. Jat called for expanding the State’s millet area from 1.79 lakh hectares to 5 lakh hectares and raising production to 8 lakh tonnes by 2047, citing the Odisha Shree Anna Abhiyan as a national model.
11. The Election Commission said Model Code of Conduct restrictions on government employees will also apply to retired officials and others engaged by State and UT governments. It wrote to the Chief Secretaries and Chief Electoral Officers of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which go to Assembly polls next year, asking them to ensure such officials remain neutral.
12. Elections to all eight Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils, covering 100 constituencies (earlier 26 each in Leh and Kargil), will be held on 4 December, with 36 seats reserved for women; nominations close on 17 November. Kargil observed a complete shutdown over the poll timing and delimitation, while the Leh Apex Body, the Nambardar Association and the Gonpa Association announced a boycott of the panchayat and urban local body polls.
13. In Tripura, 810 candidates are in the fray for 268 seats in 21 urban local bodies, including the Agartala Municipal Corporation, after 49 withdrew; 77 candidates have been elected unopposed. Polling will be held on 27 November and counting on 2 December.
14. Delhi’s 24-hour average AQI eased to 299 (‘Poor’) in the CPCB’s 4 pm bulletin on Tuesday from 344 a day earlier, but rose to 302 by 6 pm, with IIT Delhi (389), Pusa (381) and Chandni Chowk (380) the worst stations.
15. The Delhi Government declared a public holiday on 16 November for Chhath Puja, and Northern Railway is running 31 special trains from major Delhi-area stations from today for the festival rush. Himachal Pradesh declared a holiday today (11 November) for Bhai Dooj, which families across the country celebrate today along with Yama Dwitiya and Chitragupta Puja.
16. World Bank Global Director for Water Saroj Kumar Jha praised India’s Jal Jeevan Mission for improving drinking-water access for about 800 million people in under seven years, along with the Namami Gange programme and dam-safety work on nearly 900 dams. He said India’s experience would be valuable at the UN Water Conference in Abu Dhabi from 8 to 10 December.
17. The sacred relics of Lord Buddha drew 11,969 devotees in the first two days of their exposition at the Thupsung Dhargye Ling (TGL) Monastery in Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh. Darshan continues till 13 November; the relics will then be displayed at the Golden Pagoda in Namsai from 14 to 20 November before returning to the National Museum, New Delhi, on 21 November.
18. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh chaired the general body meeting of the Earth System Sciences Council, which reviewed the Deep Ocean Mission’s MATSYA-6000 submersible, Mission Mausam and the Bharat Forecasting System.
19. Indian students won five medals — two gold, two silver and one bronze — at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics–Junior (IOAA-Jr) 2026 in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand (1–8 November). Siddharth Laxmisha and Swara Srujal Patel won gold, Aarna Chaplot and Krish Bhaskar silver, and Akshara Gulab Ambone bronze; 104 students from 25 countries took part.
20. Oxford University’s Pitt Rivers Museum returned the ancestral remains of 39 Naga people, taken between 1910 and 1940 during the colonial period, to Naga representatives on 9 November. The remains will be laid to rest at the Naga Solidarity Park in Kohima, ending a long campaign led by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation.
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NEW APPOINTMENT
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1. Mandi-born Abhishek Awasthi, 43, was sworn in on 9 November as Mayor of the City of Greater Bendigo in Victoria, Australia, for 2026-27 — the first person of Indian origin to hold the post.
2. US President Donald Trump nominated career diplomat Natalie Baker as US Ambassador to Pakistan.
3. Maj Gen Mukesh Sharma assumed charge as Additional Director General of the NCC Directorate, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, in Jammu on 10 November.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. A Supreme Court Bench headed by CJI Surya Kant asked WhatsApp and other intermediaries to set out the steps they will take to curb ‘digital arrest’ scams and share them with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). Police in all States and UTs must report the status of FIRs and probes, and the RBI’s KYC Amendment Directions, 2026 are to be notified by 30 November and in force by 31 December. WhatsApp told the court it had acted against 9,400 accounts; the next hearing is on 23 November.
2. The Supreme Court held that a grandson has no birthright in property that came to his father through partition after devolving under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, as such property is the father’s own.
3. The Manipur High Court ordered that the Census 2027 exercise in Manipur stay in abeyance till 30 April 2027, and directed the Registrar General of India to decide seven representations by a reasoned order. The Bench of Chief Justice M. Sundar and Justice A. Guneshwar Sharma heard a PIL by the Kangleipak Students’ Association and IPSA raising NRC and delimitation concerns.
4. The Gauhati High Court ruled that PAN cards and voter ID cards (EPICs) issued on self-declaration cannot by themselves prove Indian citizenship.
5. The Madras High Court directed the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption to register an FIR over the purchase of allegedly ‘AI-generated’ books for public libraries and ordered the freezing of the publishers’ bank accounts.
7. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced that the CBI will investigate the death of tribal activist Nisha Kumari Bhagat, who died on 6 November after a Facebook live alleging harassment, saying orders have been issued. An FIR has been registered against Jyotsana Kerketta and Ajay Tirkey under BNS Sections 108 and 61(2), an SIT has been formed.
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1. In Hosur, Tamil Nadu — Three Workers Die of Gas Inhalation at iPhone Parts Unit
Three contract workers — B. Akmal (28), M. Sarathi Kumar (28) and Kaveri (30) — died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a nano-filtration feed tank of the effluent treatment plant at Tata Electronics’ iPhone component facility in Hosur on Monday evening. The utility is operated by Nalco Water, an Ecolab company.
2. In Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh — Three Youths Drown After Jumping Into Pond
Three teenagers aged 15–17 — Sameer, Gaurav and Durgesh Vanshkar — drowned in a pond behind Chowpatty in Shahdol on Monday evening after four youths allegedly jumped into the water on seeing a Dial-112 police patrol vehicle; the fourth, Pushpendra, survived. Families alleged a police chase, which the Kotwali police denied. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced ₹4 lakh aid to each family.
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DEFENCE News
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1. Chief of Defence Staff Gen N.S. Raja Subramani began a three-day visit to Tanzania and was received in Dar es Salaam by High Commissioner Bishwadip Dey. He will hold talks with the leadership of the Tanzania People’s Defence Force. The visit follows the first India–Tanzania Army-to-Army Staff Talks (27–29 October) and the 4th Joint Defence Cooperation Committee meeting in Zanzibar in February.
2. The Annual Joint HADR Exercise 2026 will be held at Air Force Station Jamnagar from 17 November for three days. The Army, Navy, Air Force, Indian Coast Guard and NDMA, along with friendly foreign countries, will rehearse coordinated responses to large-scale natural disasters.
3. The NSG will give its VIP-security ‘Black Cat’ commandos breathable ‘nyco’ (nylon-cotton blend) uniforms, after a commando fainted in about 44°C heat near Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada in April. The commandos also carry bulletproof vests weighing about 6 kg; the same fabric is used by the CRPF’s CoBRA unit.
4. Italy’s Leonardo is pitching its M-346 trainer for the IAF’s Stage-III Advanced Jet Trainer requirement, meant to complement the Hawk 132 fleet. The twin-engine jet is in service with Italy, Singapore, Israel, Poland, Qatar and Greece.
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1. India’s unemployment rate for people aged 15 and above fell to 5.1% in July–September 2026 from 5.4% in the previous quarter, according to MoSPI’s PLFS quarterly bulletin.
2. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said India is well on track to achieve its $1 trillion export target this year, with the engineering sector recording 22% growth. At the curtain raiser of the third Bharat Mobility Global Expo, he said it would be the world’s second-largest mobility expo and urged organisers to attract at least 25,000 international visitors out of the expected 10 lakh.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. Sitar Maestro Pandit Manilal Nag Passes Away
Sitar maestro Pandit Manilal Nag of the Bishnupur gharana died in Kolkata on 9 November at the age of 87. Born in Bankura in 1939 and trained by his father Gokul Nag, he was honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Padma Shri.
2. Cinematographer Shaji Kumar Dies at 57
Malayalam cinematographer Shaji Kumar, known for ‘Pulimurugan’, ‘Odiyan’, ‘Naran’ and ‘Thudarum’, died of cardiac failure in Kochi early on 10 November at 57. He shot about 50 films.
3. M. John Harrison Wins Booker Prize 2026
British author M. John Harrison, 81, won the Booker Prize 2026 for ‘The End of Everything’, the shortest book on the shortlist at 198 pages, becoming the oldest winner of the prize. The award was announced in London.
11 Nov (Wednesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Sharad
Drik Ritu : Hemant (Prewinter)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Samvatsara : Parabhava Nama
(Purnimanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2083
Month : Kartika 17
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1948
Month : Kartika 2
Tithi : Dwitiya (up to 3:53 pm)Tritiya
Nakshatra: Anuradha/
Jyeshtha
Rahu : 12:05 PM – 01:26 PM
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