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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

C-DOT signs MoU with Andhra Pradesh to join Amaravati Quantum Valley

The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh Government on 18 November 2025 to participate in the Amaravati Quantum Valley (AQV) initiative.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

MeitY launches 'YUVA AI for ALL', a free national course on AI

The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) launched 'YUVA AI for ALL', a free 4.5-hour self-paced course on artificial intelligence under the IndiaAI Mission, on 18 November 2025, aiming to give 1 crore citizens foundational AI skills.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Maharashtra

8th Naturopathy Day celebrated at Nisarg Gram, Pune

The 8th Naturopathy Day celebrations concluded at Nisarg Gram, Yewalewadi, Pune on 18 November 2025 with a valedictory function presided over by Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

ECMS second tranche: 17 approvals worth ₹7,172 crore; ARKA-GKT1 chip unveiled

The Ministry of Electronics and IT approved 17 more proposals under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) on 17 November 2025, with total investment of ₹7,172 crore, projected production of ₹65,111 crore and 11,808 direct jobs.

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🔬 Space 📍 Karnataka

CSIR–ISRO Space Meet 2025 held in Bengaluru for human spaceflight preparedness

CSIR and ISRO jointly organised the CSIR–ISRO Space Meet 2025 in Bengaluru on 17 November 2025, hosted by CSIR–National Aerospace Laboratories, to align research and technology for India's human spaceflight programme.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India

e-Jagriti consumer grievance portal crosses 2.75 lakh users in 2025

The Department of Consumer Affairs said on 16 November 2025 that its e-Jagriti online consumer grievance platform, launched on 1 January 2025, has over 2.75 lakh registered users, including 1,388 NRIs.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India Important

AMRIT Pharmacy turns 10; HLL to double outlets to 500

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated the 10th anniversary celebrations of AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment) Pharmacy at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on 15 November 2025.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Brazil

3rd International Ayurveda Conference in São Paulo marks 40 years of Ayurveda in Brazil

The 3rd International Ayurveda Conference, organised by the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre and Conayur in São Paulo, Brazil on 14–15 November 2025, commemorated 40 years of Ayurveda in Brazil.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Must know

Government notifies Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025

The Government notified the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 on 14 November 2025, fully operationalising the DPDP Act, 2023 that Parliament enacted on 11 August 2023.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Andhra Pradesh

DRDO develops man-portable autonomous underwater vehicles for mine countermeasures

DRDO's Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam has developed a new generation of Man-portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (MP-AUVs) for mine countermeasure missions, the Defence Ministry said on 14 November 2025.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Odisha

Jitendra Singh launches 'Cohort Connect 2025' phenome conclave at CSIR–IMMT Bhubaneswar

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.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India Must know

WHO Global TB Report 2025: India's TB incidence falls 21% since 2015

India's tuberculosis incidence fell 21%, from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 187 per lakh in 2024, nearly double the global decline of 12%, according to the WHO Global TB Report 2025 cited by the Health Ministry on 12 November 2025.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Uttar Pradesh

Curtain raiser held at NCMRWF Noida for 11th India International Science Festival

The National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, with Vijnana Bharati, held the curtain raiser on 12 November 2025 for the 11th India International Science Festival (IISF–2025), to be held in Chandigarh from 6 to 9 December 2025.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

India's first MWh-scale vanadium flow battery inaugurated at NTPC NETRA, Greater Noida

Union Power Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated India's largest and first MWh-scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) system, of 3 MWh capacity, at NTPC's R&D centre NETRA in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on 11 November 2025.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India Important

Pralhad Joshi announces ₹100 crore call for biomass-based hydrogen pilots at ICGH 2025

Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi announced a ₹100 crore Call for Proposals for pilot projects producing green hydrogen from biomass and waste, and launched the official logo of the National Green Hydrogen Mission, at the 3rd International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH 2025) at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 11 November 2025.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

MeitY issues SOP to curb non-consensual intimate imagery, mandates 24-hour takedown

The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on 11 November 2025 to remove and prevent Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII) on online platforms, with takedown required within 24 hours of reporting.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Gujarat

C-DOT signs MoU with IIT Gandhinagar to set up telecom and cyber security Centre of Excellence

The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications, signed an MoU with IIT Gandhinagar on 8 November 2025 to set up a Centre of Excellence for telecom and cyber security research.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Karnataka

Third India–France AI Policy Roundtable held at IISc Bengaluru ahead of AI Impact Summit 2026

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.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India Important

Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Rules, 2025 notified; specular equipment no longer mandatory for cornea centres

The Union Health Ministry notified the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Rules, 2025 under the THOTA Act, 1994 on 6 November 2025, removing the mandatory Clinical Specular equipment requirement for Corneal Transplantation Centres.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Must know

MeitY unveils India AI Governance Guidelines under the IndiaAI Mission

The Ministry of Electronics and IT unveiled the India AI Governance Guidelines under the IndiaAI Mission in New Delhi on 5 November 2025, with Principal Scientific Adviser Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood formally releasing the framework.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Karnataka Important

QNu Labs demonstrates India's first 500-km Quantum Key Distribution network

Bengaluru-based startup QNu Labs, supported under the National Quantum Mission, announced on the sidelines of ESTIC 2025 in New Delhi on 4 November 2025 that it had demonstrated India's first extensive Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network, spanning over 500 km.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 India Must know

PM Modi opens ESTIC 2025 and launches ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Scheme Fund

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 3 November 2025 and launched the ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme Fund.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Assam Important

Scindia inaugurates NEST Cluster at IIT Guwahati, lays foundation for ₹635 crore projects and confers Bhupen Hazarika National Awards

Union DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the North Eastern Science & Technology (NEST) Cluster at IIT Guwahati, Assam, on 3 November 2025 and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth ₹635 crore across Assam.

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🔬 Space 📍 Andhra Pradesh Must know

ISRO's LVM3-M5 launches CMS-03 (GSAT-7R) for the Navy, heaviest communication satellite launched to GTO from Indian soil

ISRO's LVM3-M5 rocket launched the CMS-03 (GSAT-7R) communication satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on 2 November 2025, the heaviest communication satellite launched to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Indian soil.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Chandigarh

India International Science Festival 2025 to be held in Chandigarh from 6 to 9 December

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh reviewed preparations on 2 November 2025 for the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025, scheduled to be held at Chandigarh from 6 to 9 December 2025.

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🎓 Women & Child 📍 India Important

Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan sets three Guinness World Records

The Union Health Ministry said on 31 October 2025 that the Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan had earned three Guinness World Records titles.

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🎓 Education 📍 India Must know

AI and Computational Thinking to be taught in all schools from Class 3 from 2026-27

The Ministry of Education said on 30 October 2025 that Artificial Intelligence and Computational Thinking will be introduced in schools from Class 3 onwards, starting in the 2026-27 academic session.

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🏛️ Parliament & Bills 📍 India

States adopt New Delhi Resolution on NeVA 2025 at third national conference on e-Vidhan

States adopted the 'New Delhi Resolution on NeVA 2025' as the third National Conference on the National e-Vidhan Application ended in New Delhi on 30 October 2025.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Karnataka Important

DRDO hands over 12 technology transfer licences for eight products at SAMANVAY 2025 in Bengaluru

DRDO handed over 12 Licensing Agreements for Transfer of Technology (LATOTs) for eight products to industry at SAMANVAY 2025 in Bengaluru on 29 October 2025.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India

Coal Ministry launches Koyla Shakti dashboard and CLAMP land portal

Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy launched the Koyla Shakti dashboard and the CLAMP coal land acquisition portal on 29 October 2025.

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