Current Affairs One-liners — 13 November 2025

Thu, 13 Nov 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu and Botswana's President Duma Gideon Boko witnessed the symbolic release of cheetahs into a quarantine facility at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve on 13 November 2025, marking Botswana's donation of eight cheetahs to India under Project Cheetah.
• The 4th round of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for White Goods (air conditioners and LED lights) drew 13 applications with a net committed investment of ₹1,914 crore, DPIIT said on 13 November 2025.
• The Election Commission of India said on 13 November 2025 that the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 recorded a polling percentage of 67.13%, the highest ever since 1951, with zero repolls and zero appeals during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Canada's Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu co-chaired the 7th India–Canada Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment (MDTI) in New Delhi on 13 November 2025, during Sidhu's visit to India from 11 to 14 November; a joint statement followed on 14 November.
• The Ministry of Defence signed a ₹2,095.70 crore contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) on 13 November 2025 to procure INVAR anti-tank missiles under the 'Buy (Indian)' category, to raise the firepower of the Indian Army's T-90 tanks.
• Union Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal joined the Golden Jubilee of the New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) in Mangaluru, Karnataka, on 13 November 2025, where 16 infrastructure projects and 113 CSR initiatives worth ₹1,500 crore were inaugurated, dedicated or had foundation stones laid.
• India and Nepal exchanged a Letter of Exchange amending the Protocol to the India–Nepal Treaty of Transit in New Delhi on 13 November 2025, during talks between Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Nepal's Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister Anil Kumar Sinha.
• The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released the draft Seeds Bill, 2025 for public comments on 13 November 2025; the Bill is meant to replace the Seeds Act, 1966 and the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983, with suggestions due by 11 December 2025.
• The National Statistics Office (NSO) under MoSPI announced on 13 November 2025 that it will conduct a Survey on Migration from July 2026 to June 2027, and sought feedback on the draft survey schedule.
• Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Shri Motibhai R. Chaudhary Sagar Sainik School and the Sagar Organic Plant in Mehsana district, Gujarat, by video conference on 13 November 2025, with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel present.
• Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched the 'Phenome National Conclave on Longitudinal Cohort Studies: Cohort Connect 2025' at CSIR–IMMT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on 13 November 2025, the eve of World Diabetes Day.