TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. PM Modi has asked team of India’s first bullet train project to document their experiences in a ‘Blue Book’ to guide future work. PM Modi said, maintaining such records will be useful for students and contribute to nation-building. The Prime Minister made the remarks while interacting with the team of engineers and other workers involved in the project during his visit to the under-construction Bullet Train Station at Surat in Gujarat.
2. In Bihar, hectic deliberations are underway among the five constituent parties of the NDA on the formation of the new government following the completion of the Legislative Assembly elections.The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a thumping majority in the Bihar Assembly Polls, winning 202 seats in the 243-member House.
3. ISRO is gearing up for one of its busiest times with seven more launches planned this financial year, even as India’s first human spaceflight remains scheduled for 2027. The ISRO chief V. Narayanan said the government has approved the Chandrayaan-4 mission, designed as a lunar sample-return mission and it will be India’s most complex lunar endeavour yet.
4. Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal urged the plastics industry to take a decisive leap towards ensuring 100 per cent reuse and recycling of plastics, in line with India’s national sustainability goals and growing global demand for circular and environmentally responsible products.
5. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the 32nd meeting of the Northern Zonal Council in Faridabad, Haryana. The meeting will bring together member States and Union Territories of the Northern Zone to discuss issues of regional and national relevance. Senior officials of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Chandigarh will participate.
6. Telangana is stepping up to give a major push to promote weekend tourism, with the Tourism Department working on a plan to identify around 100 short-trip destinations that can be packaged as one to two day excursions out of Hyderabad, said Tourism Department’s Special Chief Secretary Jayesh Ranjan.
7. Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Harsh Malhotra flagged off Namo Run at the Yamuna Sports Complex in New Delhi. The event, organised as part of the Sansad Khel Mahotsav 2025.
8. Punjab Government has paid floral tributes to the great freedom fighter Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha on his martyrdom anniversary and has announced development projects worth Rs 45.84 crore for complete facelift of his native village, Sarabha in Ludhiana.
9. The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is organizing a grand-scale culmination event celebrating five years of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan on November 18th, at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Around 7,000 participants are expected to attend the event.
10. In Kerala, the Sabarimala hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa opened yesterday evening for the auspicious Mandala-Makaravilakku annual pilgrimage. The temple witnessed a heavy rush of devotees who had gathered to offer prayers.
11. Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is likely to take a decision on conducting local body elections, giving preference to panchayat elections, in view of the Jubilee Hills bypoll victory, during the Cabinet meeting scheduled for Monday.
12. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Mahe till today.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Kashmiri resident named Amir Rashid Ali from Delhi in the Red Fort car blast case. According to the agency, Amir Rashid reportedly conspired with the suicide bomber Umar Nabi to carry out the terror attack, which claimed 10 innocent lives and left around 25 injured.
2. Trouble brews for Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra as Lokpal on Saturday gave its approval to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a chargesheet against the politician in the alleged cash-for-query case within a month.
3. The Supreme Court has been set to hear a plea urging the creation of a system to ensure no postgraduate medical seats remain vacant. The petition also seeks five-year data on unfilled seats in pre-clinical and para-clinical branches.
4. Tripura CM Manik Saha rejects demand for CBI inquiry into banned cough syrup seizure case Escuf, which is used as an intoxicant in Bangladesh, has been banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
A consignment of banned cough syrup, ‘Escuf’, worth Rs 2 crore was seized from a goods train in West Tripura’s Jirania station on October 17. The Crime Branch has arrested four persons in connection with the case.
5. In Chhattisgarh, three Maoists, including two female rebels, have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Sukma district.
6. In Jammu and Kashmir, the security forces recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the district of Rajouri on Saturday, and later destroyed it in a controlled explosion.
7. The Calcutta High Court has asked for an affidavit from the Government of West Bengal on the issue of fencing along the Indo-Bangladesh border. A public interest litigation PIL was filed in the court demanding barbed wire fencing in open border areas along the Bangladesh border.
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Uttar Pradesh, one person lost his life and more than a dozen are feared to be trapped in a mine which caved in last evening in Sonbhadra district. Rescue teams of NDRF, SDRF and local administration are working on a war footing to rescue the trapped workers.
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FINANCE
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Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey highlighted the growing confidence of Indian investors in the country’s capital markets. Speaking at the India International Trade Fair 2025 in Delhi, he pointed out that as of October 2025, India has nearly 13.6 crore investors holding more than 21 crore demat accounts, signalling a strong faith in the market.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. De De Pyaar 2 box office collection day 3: Ajay Devgn’s latest release, which also stars Rakul Preet Singh, R. Madhavan, Ishita Dutta, Meezaan Jaffrey, Javed Jaffrey, and Gautami Kapoor in key roles, released to mixed reviews. The film had a decent opening and has shown slight growth over its first weekend. It has managed to collect ₹12.24 crore on its third day of release.
2. Filmmaker SS Rajamouli unveiled the first look, title, and teaser of SSMB 29 at a grand event in Hyderabad, and the film has been the talk of the town ever since.
Actor Mahesh Babu unveiled the trailer of his next film Varanasi in Hyderabad. It is directed by SS Rajamouli. The actor was present with cast members Priyanka Chopra, Prithviraj Sukumaran at the Globe Trotter event in Hyderabad. Mahesh Babu’s wife, Namrata Shirodkar, and daughter, Sitara, were also there.
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DEFENCE News
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1. The Indian Navy will commission Mahe, its first indigenously built Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, on November 24 in Mumbai.
2. The Annual Navy Education Society (NES) Conference 2025 was successfully conducted at the Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam, from 10 to 13 Nov 2025.
The conference featured pivotal meetings of the Executive Committee, Management Advisory Committee (MAC), and Academic Advisory Committee (AAC) focusing on policy framework and operational aspects of Naval Schools amidst the transformative implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
3. India will showcase its defence strength at the Dubai Air Show 2025. This two-day airshow will begin today in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Indian Air Force will participate in the Air Show with Suryakiran Aerobatic Team and LCA Tejas. Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth will lead the Indian delegation.
4. India strengthens eastern defences with three new garrisons near Siliguri ‘Chicken’s Neck’
Lachit Borphukan station in Assam and forward bases at Kishanganj and Chopra to bolster surveillance, readiness and coordination with BSF. The Siliguri Corridor, a narrow land link to India’s eight northeastern States, is strategically crucial, and the additional garrisons will enhance surveillance in the region.
17 Nov (Monday)
Vedic Ritu/ Sharad
Drik Ritu : Hemant
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Agrahayana 12
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Month :Karthika 27
Tithi : Trayodashi
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Swati
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