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Consent Manager Registration Framework Comes into Effect; MeitY Secretary Launches Online Registration Portal
The registration framework for Consent Managers under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 took effect on 13 November 2026, with applications through dpbi.gov.in and a minimum net worth of ₹2 crore. Putting a major Act into operation creates testable facts about Consent Managers, the Data Protection Board and eligibility rules.
India’s Export Growth in FY 2026-27: Strong Performance, New Milestones
This PIB backgrounder reports that India's exports grew 16.66% to US$ 568.84 billion in April-October FY 2026-27, with seven straight months of year-on-year growth. Trade figures and export trends feed into economy questions. Even so, a mid-year cumulative number is usually less testable than annual data or a new policy.
Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission
The backgrounder explains PMJVM, which helps tribal people get fair returns on Minor Forest Produce; MFP makes up 20–40% of annual income for many of India's 10.4 crore Scheduled Tribes. The scheme's features, its link to Van Dhan and MSP for MFP are classic Prelims material.
India commits over 7 million Euros as co-partner in Elettra 2.0 in Italy for development of next-generation synchrotron beamlines: Dr. Jitendra Singh
India has committed over 7 million euros as a co-partner in Elettra 2.0, the upgraded synchrotron light source in Trieste, Italy, to develop next-generation beamlines over five years from 2026-27. The facilities support research in chemistry, physics, advanced materials and structural biology. Prelims often asks about international research facilities India joins, such as CERN, ITER, FAIR and SKA, and about the science behind synchrotron radiation, so this is a strong fact hook.
PM to participate in Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas programme on 15 November
The PM will attend the Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas programme on 15 November, marking the 151st birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda. He will also launch tribal development projects worth about ₹3,000 crore and open the Ropuiliani Tribal Freedom Fighter Museum. Prelims often asks about tribal freedom fighters such as Birsa Munda and Ropuiliani, the Mizo chieftainess who resisted the British, and about the date and meaning of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas. The project announcements themselves are routine.
Indian Railways Approves Weekly Train Service Connecting Janakpur Dham in Nepal with Ayodhya in India
Indian Railways approved a weekly train between Janakpur Dham in Nepal and Ayodhya to boost religious tourism and India–Nepal connectivity. Cross-border links and Ramayana circuit places are standard map and IR question material.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces five lakh PMAY-G houses for Odisha
The Union Rural Development Minister announced 5 lakh PMAY-G houses for Odisha and said 29 lakh women in the state have become Lakhpati Didis, along with panchayat funding of up to ₹2 crore. PMAY-G and Lakhpati Didi are flagship schemes that Prelims tests often. The state-level numbers matter less than the scheme features they lead back to.
Union Health Minister Shri J.P. Nadda Highlights India's Remarkable Progress in Reducing TB Mortality; Reiterates Resolve for TB-Mukt Bharat
The release cites the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2026: India's TB mortality has fallen 38% since 2015, against a 35% global decline, and its treatment success rate is 94%. WHO South-East Asia Region also recognised India's role in cutting TB deaths. Global report data and TB-Mukt Bharat targets are standard Prelims material.
The Manufacturing Transformation Powered by PLI
This PIB backgrounder covers the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) framework across 14 strategic sectors and its effects on investment, manufacturing, exports and jobs. The scheme itself is not new, but its sectors, number of sectors and goals are common Prelims material, which makes this useful for revision.
India’s Renewable Energy Journey: Powering a Cleaner Future
This PIB backgrounder covers India's renewable energy sector: solar, wind, hydro, bio-energy, geothermal and green hydrogen, plus the policy and manufacturing push behind them. Backgrounders like this usually bring together installed-capacity numbers, targets and schemes such as the Green Hydrogen Mission and PLI. Those are common Prelims fact areas, but the excerpt shown is generic, so the actual figures still need checking in the full text.
The cumulative exports (merchandise & services) during April-October 2026-27 are estimated at US$ 568.84 Billion, as compared to US$ 487.59 Billion in April-October 2025-26, an estimated growth of 16.66%.
The Ministry of Commerce & Industry's monthly trade data puts April–October 2026-27 total exports at US$ 568.84 billion, up 16.66%, with merchandise exports at US$ 309.06 billion, up 21.96%. Prelims sometimes asks about trade trends, export composition and the merchandise vs services split, but one month's figures are rarely tested directly. They matter as economy background.
INS SAHYADRI CONCLUDES VISIT TO YOKOSUKA FOLLOWING MALABAR 2026
INS Sahyadri left Yokosuka after Exercise MALABAR 2026 with the navies of India, Japan, the US and Australia. Questions often ask which countries take part in military exercises, and Malabar is one of the most commonly tested.

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Pakistan picks vocal India critic for SCO dialogue in New Delhi
Climate Change Minister Musadik Masood Malik has called out India’s decision to place Indus Treaty in abeyance after the Pahalgam attack; Islamabad says committed to promoting dialogue among civilisations; India had invited Culture Minister
Quad leaders to meet in Philippines on Tuesday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of Japan and Australia at the first Quad summit since 2024, on the sidelines ...
Money power, capture of institutions pushed the Opposition to margins: Rahul
India’s democratic system was destroyed in 2014, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, said on Saturday, claiming that money power and the ca...
Quad summit likely to be held in Manila on Nov. 17
It is for the first time that the summit will be held in a non-member country; supply chains for critical minerals, securing commercial shipping lanes for energy supplies likely on the agenda
Goyal in Egypt, to discuss strengthening bilateral ties
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will begin a two-day visit to Egypt on Sunday, focusing on ways to strengthen bilateral trade, investment ties and e...
ECI assures SC of measures in place to enrol voters deleted by mistake
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday filed a supplementary affidavit in the Supreme Court detailing “further measures” in place to ensure that vot...
How Microsoft outage affected millions
When the problem first emerged, Microsoft engineers and automated systems shifted their workload to other machines, which then became overloaded and failed as well, thus triggering a chain reaction through its networks that affected multiple services
Can India refuse summons in Pannun case?
A U.S. court has allowed Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun to pursue serving summons on India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and former RAW chief Samant Goel through Indian courts. The order raises several legal questions
What are the hurdles in Hasina’s return?
Bangladesh govt. calls her a ‘terrorist’ and will not issue passport; repatriation or extradition requires the document
Potent perovskites demand domestic manufacturing push
As China tightens export controls on next-generation photovoltaic technology, local enterprises are racing to establish independent supply chains; national testing facilities are now vital to ensure lightweight modules become viable
Ancient south Indian diets featured milk, wild game: study
The archaeology of food is well documented in North India’s ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, where the culinary repertoire, deduced from rigorous studies of p...
Smoke in the air
Why do firecracker emissions sometimes linger in the air? Emissions from firecrackers can linger when local atmospheric conditions keep the pollutants from disp...

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