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State Police Current Affairs — Last 12 months

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Fri, 28 Nov 2025

🌐 International Organisations 📍 India Must know

India re-elected to IMO Council for 2026–27 with highest votes in Category B

On 28 November 2025 India was re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in Category B for 2026–27, topping the category with 154 of 169 valid votes at the 34th IMO Assembly in London.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Must know

India's real GDP grows 8.2% in Q2 (July–September) of FY 2025-26

On 28 November 2025 the National Statistics Office estimated India's real GDP growth at 8.2% in Q2 (July–September) of 2025-26, up from 5.6% a year earlier; H1 growth was 8.0%.

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🏆 Awards & Honours 📍 Goa Must know

56th IFFI closes in Goa: Vietnam's 'Skin of Youth' wins Golden Peacock; Rajinikanth honoured for 50 years in cinema

At the closing of the 56th International Film Festival of India in Goa on 28 November 2025, the Vietnamese film 'Skin of Youth' (dir. Ash Mayfair) won the Golden Peacock, and Rajinikanth was honoured for 50 years in cinema.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Sri Lanka Must know

India launches Operation Sagar Bandhu to aid cyclone-hit Sri Lanka

On 28 November 2025 India launched Operation Sagar Bandhu to send humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah; the first relief was handed over in Colombo from INS Vikrant and INS Udaygiri.

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🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 Sri Lanka Important

INS Vikrant makes maiden overseas deployment at Sri Lanka Navy's International Fleet Review 2025

INS Vikrant and INS Udaygiri represented India at the Sri Lanka Navy's International Fleet Review 2025 in Colombo (27–29 November 2025), the maiden overseas deployment of both ships.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Maharashtra Important

Taragiri, fourth Project 17A stealth frigate, delivered to Indian Navy

On 28 November 2025 Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders delivered Taragiri, the fourth Nilgiri-class (Project 17A) indigenous stealth frigate, to the Indian Navy in Mumbai.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Important

India signs ₹7,995 crore deal with US for five-year sustainment of Navy's MH-60R helicopters

On 28 November 2025 the Ministry of Defence signed Letters of Offer and Acceptance with the US government, worth about ₹7,995 crore, for five years of sustainment support for the Indian Navy's MH-60R helicopter fleet.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Important

India and ADB sign loans of over $800 million for Maharashtra, Indore Metro and Gujarat, plus Assam grant

On 28 November 2025 India and the Asian Development Bank signed three loans worth over $800 million — for Maharashtra agricultural solarisation, Indore Metro Rail and Gujarat skills — and a $1 million technical assistance grant for Assam's SWIFT project.

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🏅 Hockey 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup opens in Tamil Nadu; India beat Chile 7-0

The FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Tamil Nadu 2025 (28 November–10 December, Chennai and Madurai) opened on 28 November 2025, with hosts India beating Chile 7-0 at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, Chennai.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Punjab Important

Centre to invest ₹4,500 crore to modernise SCL Mohali; 28 student-designed chips handed over

On 28 November 2025 Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced ₹4,500 crore to upgrade the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, said it will not be privatised, and handed over 28 chips designed by students of 17 institutions.

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🎓 Education, Health & Society 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

President attends closing of Bharat Scouts and Guides Diamond Jubilee; addresses 19th National Jamboree in Lucknow

On 28 November 2025 President Droupadi Murmu graced the closing ceremony of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Bharat Scouts and Guides and addressed its 19th National Jamboree in Lucknow.

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Thu, 27 Nov 2025

🏅 Other Sports 📍 India Must know

India wins best-ever 20 medals, including 9 golds, at 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo

India finished the 25th Summer Deaflympics 2025 in Tokyo with a best-ever tally of 20 medals — 9 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze — and PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated the team on 27 November 2025.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

Government approves Tex-RAMPS scheme for textiles research with ₹305 crore outlay

The Ministry of Textiles announced on 27 November 2025 that the Government has approved the Textiles Focused Research, Assessment, Monitoring, Planning and Start-up (Tex-RAMPS) Scheme with an outlay of ₹305 crore for FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31.

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🔬 Space 📍 Telangana Must know

PM inaugurates Skyroot's Infinity Campus in Hyderabad, unveils Vikram-I orbital rocket

On 27 November 2025 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Skyroot Aerospace's Infinity Campus in Hyderabad, Telangana, via video conferencing and unveiled Vikram-I, Skyroot's first orbital rocket.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Important

India–UAE hold third CEPA Joint Committee meeting; bilateral trade crosses USD 100 billion

India and the UAE held the third meeting of the Joint Committee under the India–UAE CEPA in New Delhi, as the Commerce Ministry said on 27 November 2025 that bilateral trade crossed USD 100.06 billion in FY 2024-25.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Odisha Important

Paradip Port achieves fastest-ever 100 MMT cargo in a fiscal, in 241 days

Paradip Port Authority in Odisha crossed 100 million metric tonnes (MMT) of cargo in FY 2025-26 on 27 November 2025 — its fastest ever, in 241 days, 12 days earlier than last fiscal.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Important

Rajnath Singh and Indonesia's Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin co-chair 3rd India–Indonesia Defence Ministers' Dialogue

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and Indonesian Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin co-chaired the third India–Indonesia Defence Ministers' Dialogue in New Delhi on 27 November 2025.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Maharashtra Important

NBA releases ₹5.34 crore to Maharashtra BMCs under Access and Benefit Sharing

The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) released ₹5.34 crore to about 85 Biodiversity Management Committees in Wada tehsil of Palghar district and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation area of Maharashtra under the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) framework (27 November 2025).

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Delhi Important

44th India International Trade Fair concludes; Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, Meghalaya win gold

The 44th India International Trade Fair (IITF), organised by ITPO at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, concluded on 27 November 2025 with the IITF 2025 Awards for Excellence in Display.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 India Important

Tributes to G. V. Mavalankar, first Speaker of Lok Sabha, on his birth anniversary

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid floral tributes to Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, the first Speaker of Lok Sabha, in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on his birth anniversary on 27 November 2025.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Chhattisgarh Important

IMD gets Doppler Weather Radars at Raipur and Mangaluru; network to grow from 47 to 126 by 2027

On 27 November 2025 Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated two dual-polarised C-band Doppler Weather Radars of IMD at Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Mangaluru (Karnataka), a 771 kWp solar power system at Mausam Bhawan and a Meteorological Museum.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Manipur Important

37,000-year-old thorny bamboo fossil from Manipur's Imphal Valley reveals Ice Age secret

Scientists of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) reported a 37,000-year-old thorny bamboo fossil, Chimonobambusa manipurensis, from the Chirang River deposits of Manipur's Imphal Valley — the earliest thorny bamboo fossil from Asia (DST release, 27 November 2025).

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Wed, 26 Nov 2025

🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Must know

Kharif foodgrain output estimated at record 173.33 million tonnes in 2025-26

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the first advance estimates of Kharif crop production for 2025-26 on 26 November 2025, putting total Kharif foodgrain output at 173.33 million tonnes, up 3.87 million tonnes.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India Must know

Constitution Day 2025: President releases Constitution in nine languages; Ambedkar bust unveiled at UNESCO

On Constitution Day, 26 November 2025, President Droupadi Murmu digitally released translated versions of the Constitution of India in nine Indian languages at the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, and a bust of Dr B.R. Ambedkar was unveiled at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

Cabinet approves ₹7,280 crore scheme to make sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets

The Union Cabinet on 26 November 2025 approved the 'Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets' with an outlay of ₹7,280 crore to set up 6,000 tonnes per annum (MTPA) of integrated REPM manufacturing in India.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 Gujarat Must know

India awarded 2030 Centenary Commonwealth Games; Ahmedabad named host city

India was officially awarded the 2030 Commonwealth Games, with Amdavad (Ahmedabad), Gujarat, declared the host city at the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly in Glasgow on 26 November 2025.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Telangana Must know

PM inaugurates Safran's LEAP engine MRO facility (SAESI) in Hyderabad

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Safran Aircraft Engine Services India (SAESI) facility at the GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park–SEZ, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, via video conferencing on 26 November 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Must know

Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2025: milk output 247.87 million tonnes, per capita 485 g/day

MoS Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel released 'Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2025' on National Milk Day, 26 November 2025, estimating India's milk production at 247.87 million tonnes in 2024-25.

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🎓 Women & Child 📍 India Important

NCW launches 24×7 short-code helpline 14490 for women in distress

The National Commission for Women (NCW) rolled out a new 24×7 toll-free short-code helpline, 14490, for women in distress, announced on 26 November 2025.

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🚄 Urban Development 📍 Maharashtra Important

Cabinet approves Pune Metro Phase-2 Lines 4 and 4A worth ₹9,857.85 crore

The Union Cabinet on 26 November 2025 approved Line 4 (Kharadi–Hadapsar–Swargate–Khadakwasla) and Line 4A (Nal Stop–Warje–Manik Baug) under Phase-2 of the Pune Metro Rail Project in Maharashtra.

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