Current Affairs One-liners — 07 November 2025

Fri, 07 Nov 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the year-long commemoration of 150 years of the National Song 'Vande Mataram' in New Delhi on 7 November 2025 and released a commemorative coin and postage stamp.
• The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM), chaired by Rajesh Verma, held review meetings with the Punjab and Haryana governments in Chandigarh on 7 November 2025 on curbing stubble burning, after field visits in Punjab.
• The Sports Authority of India and Hockey India began celebrations of 100 years of Indian hockey at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, on 7 November 2025, in the presence of Sports Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya.
• A senior European Union negotiating team held talks with Indian counterparts in New Delhi from 3 to 7 November 2025 on the proposed India–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), covering goods, services, investment, sustainable development, rules of origin and technical barriers to trade.
• India's Ambassador to Brazil Dinesh Bhatia delivered India's National Statement at the Leaders' Summit of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on 7 November 2025, and India joined Brazil's Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) as an Observer.
• The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) said on 7 November 2025 that the Kalughat Intermodal Terminal in Saran district, Bihar, had been handed over to a PPP operator and that cargo operations had begun at the Haldia Multi-Modal Terminal in West Bengal, both under the Jal Marg Vikas Project on National Waterway-1.
• The Election Commission of India said on 7 November 2025 that no re-poll was recommended in any of the 121 Assembly constituencies that voted in Phase-I of the Bihar Assembly elections, after post-poll scrutiny of Form 17A (Register of Voters) and other poll-day documents.
• NHPC Limited, a Navratna enterprise of the Government of India, celebrated the completion of 50 years and its 51st Raising Day on 7 November 2025 at its Corporate Office in Faridabad, Haryana, where Power Minister Manohar Lal released a customised 'My Stamp' issued by India Post.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan addressed about 20,000 farmers at Global Vikas Trust Krishikul, Sirsala, in Beed district, Maharashtra, on 7 November 2025, and said a Bill against fake fertilisers, seeds and pesticides will be introduced in the upcoming Budget Session.
• The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, with IISc and the Consulate General of France in Bengaluru, held the Third India–France AI Policy Roundtable at IISc Bengaluru on 7 November 2025 as a pre-summit event for the AI Impact Summit 2026 to be hosted by India.
• A technical fault in the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS) used by Air Traffic Control at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, which began on 6 November 2025 and continued into 7 November, disrupted flight plan processing and led to delays and cancellations of 46 flights.