NOV 2ND WEEK
1. Khangchendzonga National Park (Sikkim) – rated as ‘Good’ by IUCN in 2025
global review of natural World Heritage sites.
2. Karnataka – became 1 st state in India to approve 1 day of paid menstrual leave
per month
3. Namo Bharat train – officially became the fastest train in India Operates on –
55-km stretch of Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS)
4. MK Stalin (Tamil Nadu CM) – to inaugurate India’s 1st “Women’s Wellness on
Wheels” vehicles
5. India’s Bhadohi craftsmen – created world’s largest handmade rug, earning a
place in ‘Guinness World Records’
6. Gujarat – became 1st Indian state to launch a large-scale genome sequencing
project, focused on tribal communities
7. Nirmala Sitharaman – inaugurated “Gateway of Guwahati Terminal and Jetty”
on Brahmaputra River in Guwahati, Assam
8. Cabinet approved rationalisation of royalty rates for 4 critical minerals for high-
tech applications & green energy - Graphite, Caesium, Rubidium & Zirconium
9. Punjab – to become 1 st state in India to implement “Amended Bharat Net
Scheme” throughout the state
10. “Tungbuk” & “Puntong Palit” (Sikkim’s ancient Lepcha musical instruments) –
granted GI tag
11. Sweden – became world’s 1st cashless society in 2025 ‘Riksbank’ (Sweden’s
central bank) – piloting its own state-backed digital currency, called “e-krona”
12. Albania – appointed world’s 1 st AI-generated government minister, “Diella”
13. Ethiopia – to adopt India’s “Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural
Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)” scheme - To combat rural poverty &
empower women
14. Bangladesh – became 1st country in South Asia & 56th country globally to join
UN Water Convention
15. AU SFB – unveiled “M” circle, a distinctive women’s banking proposition to
meet their unique needs & aspirations 25% additional discount on locker
rentals | Preferential loan rates with 0.2% lower interest
16. ‘Co-Op Kumbh 2025’, Amit Shah (Min. of Cooperation) launched 2 digital
applications
“Sahakar Digi Pay” and “Sahakar Digi Loan” | Developed by – NAFCUB +
NCDC + Ministry of Cooperation Theme – “Digitalising Dreams -
Empowering Communities
17. NIPL + BENEFIT (Bahrain) = tied-up to enable real-time cross-border
remittances between India & Bahrain
18. Federal Bank unveiled poster of its new cultural property, “Bharat Surotsav”,
in Chennai
19. SAMCO MF – launched India’s 1st Momentum-based Small Cap Fund with NFO
20. PNB – became 1st Public Sector Bank in India to migrate its corporate website
to secure ‘.[Link]’ domain
21. 29th edition of multilateral “Exercise Malabar-2025” – to be held in Guam, North
Pacific Ocean, US
22. India + Sri Lanka = commenced 11th edition of their joint military exercise,
“Mitra Shakti XI - 2025”
23. Rajnath Singh (Defence Min.) – launched “SRIJAN-DEEP” (Defence
Establishments and Entrepreneurs Platform) portal
24. 6th edition of “Vietnam - India Bilateral Exercise 2025” (VINBAX 2025)
25. Raahul V.S. – became India’s 91st Grandmaster after winning 6th ASEAN
Individual Championship with a round to spare Ilamparthi A.R. – 90 th
Grandmaster of India
26. “2025 ISSF World Championships” – held in Cairo, Egypt Anish Bhanwala
(Haryana) – became 1st individual Indian to win a medal (silver) in men’s 25-
metre rapid fire pistol Samrat Rana (Karnal, Haryana) – became 1 st Indian to
clinch gold in men’s 10m air pistol
27. Archer Sheetal Devi – became India’s 1st para-athlete to be selected to
represent India in an able-bodied competition at international level
28. India – topped with 10 medals (6 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) at 24 th “Asian Archery
Championships” in Dhaka, Bangladesh
29. Kaivalya Kunchala Reddy (17-year-old from Andhra Pradesh) – selected as an
Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) for the elite Titans Space Industries’ (TSI)
Astronaut Training Programme in Florida, US
30. The US military has launched an unarmed “Minuteman III” intercontinental
ballistic missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in a
routine exercise to maintain the readiness of its nuclear arsenal
31. IIT Bombay developed India’s 1st indigenous Quantum Diamond Microscope
(QDM) for dynamic magnetic field imaging
Justice Ashok Bhushan (former Judge of SC) – reappointed as Chairperson of
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)
Khaled El-Enany (Egypt) – elected as 12th DG of UNESCO Khaled El-Enany – 1st
Director-General from an Arab country & 2nd from Africa to hold this position
Shailesh Chandra – 1st Indian to be elected as President of International Organisation
of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers
Vivek Singla – appointed as MD & CEO of Power Exchange India
Pushpinder S. Puniha – appointed to Advisory Board of Blue Ocean Corporation
32. Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa (Minister of Interior of Bahrain) –
received “INTERPOL Medal of the Highest Order”
33. Heritage Foods Limited – received “Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in
Corporate Governance 2025”
34. Salman Rushdie – received “Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s Lifetime
Achievement Award”
35. Alexander Smith (mathematician) – recipient of “2025 SASTRA Ramanujan
Prize” |
36. David Szalay (Canadian-Hungarian-British writer) – won “Booker Prize 2025”
for fiction for his novel “flesh”
37. S. Krishnan (MeitY Secretary) – inaugurated “Cyber Bharat Setu” workshop in
Agartala, Tripura
Theme – “Cyber Jagrit Tripura” | Mascot – “Raksha Mitra”
38. As per “Time Out City Life Index 2025”: Asia’s happiest city for 2025 –
Mumbai
39. Chhattisgarh – adjudged best performing state under “Pradhan Mantri Jan
Arogya Yojana
40. Kerala + Al Marzooqi Holdings FZC (UAE) = an FDI deal to develop “Meridian
Tech Park” in Technopark Phase III, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Worth –
Rs 850 Cr
41. ReNew Energy Global Plc – secured $331 million in debt from ADB to support a
clean energy project in Andhra Pradesh
42. IndiGo + China Southern Airlines = an MoU to establish a codeshare &
cooperation agreement
43. India + Nepal = amended protocol to “Treaty of Transit” between to facilitate
movement of rail-based freight
44. IIIT Manipur + GSH India Pvt Ltd = an MoU for joint research, internships,
training & skill development programs
2nd World Summit for Social Development – Doha, Qatar
Global Energy Leaders’ Summit 2025 (in Dec) – Puri, Odisha
(Theme - “Powering India: Sufficiency, Balance, Innovation”)
(To be hosted by = Odisha Govt + Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)
3rd International Conference on Green Hydrogen – New Delhi
Bajrang Setu (India’s first 132-meter-long glass suspension bridge)
(The bridge’s design is inspired by the architecture of Kedarnath Temple)
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
NAMO VAN (Rajasthan’s first ‘Namo Biodiversity Park’) Alwar
Southeast Asia’s first coral larvae cryobank Philippines
Asian Youth Archery Championship 2026 (bid won) Khorfakkan, UAE
India’s first Animal Birth Control (ABC) Training Centre Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh
India’s only active mud volcano Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Gyana Yagnya Mandap (It is a digital library to safeguard the invaluable
records & manuscripts associated with Jagannath Temple, Puri.) Odisha
12,000-year-old T-shaped pillar carved with a human face (at Karahan Tepe - a
Pre-Pottery Neolithic archaeological site) Turkey
Kondareddypally (South India’s 1st fully solar-powered village) Telangana
‘Diwali’ declared as a state holiday California, US
Saranda Forest (The SC ordered the state to declare it as a wildlife sanctuary)
Jharkhand