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Government Health Spending Triples, Households' Out-of-Pocket Expenditure Share Falls Sharply: National Health Accounts 2023–24
The National Health Accounts estimates for 2023–24 show households' out-of-pocket expenditure falling from 64.2% of total health expenditure in 2013-14 to 42.7%. Government health expenditure rose from ₹1.30 lakh crore to ₹4.14 lakh crore over the same period. NHA figures are a national data release with hard numbers, and OOPE and government health expenditure trends are a frequent subject of Prelims questions.
The Lakhpati Didi Initiative
This PIB backgrounder explains the Lakhpati Didi initiative, which is implemented under DAY-NRLM through SHG networks to raise rural women's household incomes. Scheme features such as the parent mission, income threshold and targets are the kind of facts Prelims commonly tests.
Opening Up India’s Space Economy
The backgrounder covers India's move from a government-led space programme to one that enables private participation through policy reforms. Institutions like IN-SPACe and NSIL, the Indian Space Policy 2023 and FDI liberalisation are frequent Prelims topics.
Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum
The backgrounder covers the Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum, being developed to present India's 5,000-year civilisational heritage, reportedly in North and South Block. As a major new cultural institution, its location and concept could be tested.
Adi Vaani
Adi Vaani is the Ministry of Tribal Affairs' AI-powered translation platform for tribal languages, now supporting nine tribal languages. Its nodal ministry, purpose and coverage are concrete facts that fit Prelims questions on government digital initiatives.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah performs Bhoomi Pujan of NHEC Multi-State Cooperative Society, virtually inaugurates Western Regional Office of Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies an...
Amit Shah, Union Minister of Cooperation, laid the foundation stone (Bhoomi Pujan) for the NHEC Multi-State Cooperative Society, virtually opened the Western Regional Office of the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies, and launched Bharat Taxi services in Pune. Bharat Taxi is a ride-hailing platform owned by its drivers through a cooperative, and a question on cooperative-sector initiatives could test it. The release also names early leaders of the cooperative movement, Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil and Vaikunthbhai Mehta, who are possible static-GK hooks. The rest of the event is routine ministerial activity.
India to strengthen engagement with Italy based 'International Physics Centre', says Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
The Department of Science & Technology (DST) signed a Letter of Intent with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. The agreement sets up an 'India-ICTP Co-operation Fund' to formalise research collaboration and help researchers move between India and the Centre. For Prelims, the testable facts are about the institution: where ICTP is, and that UNESCO and the IAEA run it with Italy. The Letter of Intent itself is a fairly routine step.
Union Sports Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya and Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy Unveil Logo and Mascot for 8th Edition of Khelo India Youth Games 2026
The logo and mascot were unveiled for the 8th Khelo India Youth Games, to be held in six cities in Telangana from 11 to 22 December 2026. The games will have about 8,000 participants and 29 disciplines, and softball makes its debut as a competitive sport. The host state, edition number and new sport are concrete facts that a current-affairs question could test.
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.

The Hindu

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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