State News

‘Telangana–North East Connect’ Techno-Cultural Festival

• Telangana state will host a techno-cultural festival to build deeper cultural, social and developmental linkages between the State and the North Eastern region of the country.
• The ‘Telangana-North East Connect’ will take place in two phases in Hyderabad

Telangana

Andhra Pradesh signed MoU

• National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited (NICDC) Logistics Data Services Limited (NLDSL) and the Government of Andhra Pradesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to digitize the logistics landscape in Andhra Pradesh by leveraging the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP).

Andhra Pradesh

MoU Between IPC and Jharkhand

• The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Jharkhand State Pharmacy Council (JSPC) to strengthen collaborative efforts aimed at promoting the safe and rational use of medicines across the state of Jharkhand.

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Judicial crisis in Pakistan

• Pakistan’s two senior Supreme Court judges, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Athar Minallah and Lahore High Court judge, Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza resigned following the recent enactment of the 27th Constitutional Amendment which allows Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir to stay in office till 2030 as Chief of Defence Forces.

Pakistan

SUMMIT & SEMINAR

3rd International Ayurveda Conference

• The 3rd International Ayurveda Conference was jointly organized by the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC) and Conayur, São Paulo, Brazil.
• The deliberations centered on the theme “Diversity and Inclusion in Ayurveda: Caring for Everybody and Every Being.”

ECONOMY & BANKING

US President Donald Trump Cuts Tariffs

• U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to cut tariffs on over 200 food imports, including beef, coffee, bananas, and a range of tropical fruits, tea, and spices.

United States of America (USA)

IMPORTANT DAYS

National Press Day

• National Press Day is observed annually in India on November 16.
• This day commemorates the establishment of the Press Council of India (PCI) in 1966, an autonomous, quasi-judicial body mandated to safeguard press freedom and maintain high journalistic standards.

PERSON IN NEWS

Kartar Singh Sarabha

• November 16, 2025, marks the 110th death anniversary (martyrdom day) of the freedom fighter Kartar Singh Sarabha.
• Leaders and organizations across India paid tribute to the young revolutionary who was a prominent figure in the Ghadar Party and was executed by the British at the age of 19.

K.L. Rahul

• Indian batsman K.L. Rahul recently became the 18th Indian player to complete 4,000 runs in Test cricket.
• He reached the milestone with a boundary during the first Test against South Africa at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 15, 2025.

Shah Rukh Khan

• Dubai-based real estate developer Danube Group has launched a 55-story commercial tower named "Shahrukhz by Danube" on Sheikh Zayed Road.
• This marks the first time an official property has been named after the Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

AWARDS & HONOURS

Sons of the Soil Award

• The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal conferred the ‘Sons of the Soil Emerging Achievers Award’ to five young talents from Assam at the 5th Biennial Son of the Soil Awards Assam 2025, hosted by Care Luit.
• The Emerging Achievers Award was presented to Sukrita Baruah (Media & Communication), Sanghamitra Kalita (Entrepreneurship), Isharani Baruah (Sports), Himjyoti Talukdar (Art & Culture) and Dr. Debjani Borah (Conservation).

ART & CULTURE

Doklam and Cho La

• The Sikkim government has announced that the strategically sensitive sites of Doklam and Cho La will be opened to tourists by December 15, 2025, under the Centre's "Bharat Rannbhoomi Darshan" (battlefield tourism) initiative.

Bharat Rannbhoomi Darshan

Vrindavani Vastra

• Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited London to initiate the process of bringing back the revered Vrindavani Vastra from the British Museum.
• The Vrindavani Vastra is a significant 16th-century silk textile woven in Assam, India, under the guidance of the Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva.

ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Battery Energy Storage System and Solar Project

• Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), a Navratna CPSU exchanged Government Orders (GOs) with the Government of Andhra Pradesh for the development of a 1200 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Nandyal and a 50 MW Hybrid Solar Project.

DEFENCE

Navy Education Society (NES) Conference 2025

• The Annual Navy Education Society (NES) Conference 2025 conducted at the Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam.

SPORTS

Arjun Erigaisi

• Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi became first Indian player and second overall to qualify for the quarter-finals of the of FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 by defeating two-time world cup champion Levon Aronian in Arpora, Goa.

World Boxing Cup Finals 2025

• Greater Noida is hosting the World Boxing Cup Finals at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex.