Daily current affairs for 22 November 2025 with exam-focused key facts, connected news context, and revision notes for UPSC, SSC, banking and government exams.
Headline: Ireland named Country Partner for Nagaland's Hornbill Festival 2025
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The government of Nagaland has announced a formal partnership with the British Council, designating the UK as the country partner for the 2025 Hornbill Festival. The agreement was signed by Nagaland chief minister…
The Indo-Danish Business Council (IDBC) has been launched in Copenhagen as a strategic think tank and collaboration platform. It aims to foster deeper innovation, policy, and investment ties between India and the Nordic…
The summit is themed 'Empowering Rural Innovation for Global Change'. It will be held across three cities: Hyderabad (20-21 Nov 2025), Gandhinagar (5-6 Dec 2025), and New Delhi (Feb 2026).
World Water Week 2025 is scheduled from 24 August to 28 August 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden. The theme for World Water Week 2025 is "Water for Climate Action."
Headline: Punjab Scheduled Castes Commission Opens Dedicated Courtroom for Faster Hearings
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Justice Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, appointed as a Supreme Court judge. Justice Vipul Pancholi, Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, appointed as a Supreme Court judge.
The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of the 2021 Tribunals Reforms law, also known as the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Act, 2021. The law 'overhauled the functioning, structure…
The Union home ministry has empowered foreigners tribunals to detain suspected illegal immigrants under the new Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025. The Union home ministry, through an order issued on Monday, has given…
**Initiative Name**: Chhattisgarh’s new Assembly building in Nava Raipur. **Inaugurated by**: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Headline: Rabih Alameddine and Patricia Smith win 2025 National Book Awards
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Salman Rushdie was among the honorees Sunday at the Dayton Literary Peace Prize event in Ohio. He received a lifetime achievement award after publishing his first work of fiction since being stabbed on a New York lecture…
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is widely considered Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize. The award was set up in 1957 by trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Philippine government.
Mohanlal has been named the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in Indian cinema. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting made the official announcement on Saturday.
President Droupadi Murmu will felicitate 45 school teachers with the National Teachers' Award 2025 on Teachers' Day, September 5. The 45 awardees are drawn from 27 States, 7 Union Territories and 6 Organisations.
Headline: Bajaj Alternate Investment Management hires Jitendra Gohil from Kotak as CIO
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Allianz Jio Reinsurance Ltd (AJRL) is a 50:50 joint venture between Jio Financial Services Ltd (JFSL) and Allianz of Germany. AJRL will invest Rs 2.50 lakh towards initial subscription of 25,000 equity shares of face…
Gopichand P Hinduja, Chairman of the Hinduja Group, passed away in London on Tuesday according to a PTI report. He assumed the role of chairman after his older brother Srichand passed away in May 2023.
The Government of India has appointed Goldman Sachs as the sole transaction advisor for the stake sale in four public sector banks—UCO Bank, Central Bank of India, Punjab & Sind Bank, and Indian Overseas Bank. The…
The government appointed former Reserve Bank governor Urjit Patel as the executive director, India, at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Patel will succeed Krishnamurthy V Subramanian.
Headline: TCS and TPG form joint venture for gigawatt-scale AI-ready data centres in India
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Odisha government partners with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) to design and implement Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) 3.0 IFMS 3.0 leverages cloud-native, microservices-based architecture to automate…
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has formed a new 'AI and services transformation unit' to consolidate all of its existing artificial-intelligence capabilities. Insider Amit Kapur—who has spent 20 years at TCS and most…
The Telangana Artificial Intelligence Innovation Hub (TAIH) has been established by the State Government. The primary goal behind setting up TAIH is to ensure that by 2035, Telangana finds a place among the top 20 AI…
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) have signed an MoU to accelerate India’s sovereign cloud ecosystem. The collaboration will integrate indigenous innovations…
Headline: India Expands Visa-on-Arrival Program for UAE Nationals: Key Features and Eligibility
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India surged by 15% to reach USD 18.62 billion during the April-June quarter of the current fiscal year. Inflows from the United States nearly tripled to USD 5.61 billion, compared to…
IIM Ahmedabad Dubai campus inaugurated by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, described as "another big leap towards globalisation of India’s education" First-ever overseas Atal Incubation Centre (AIC)…
Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Education, is on an official two-day visit to the UAE to bolster bilateral cooperation in education. He will inaugurate the Atal Incubation Centre at the IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi Campus…
The initiative is called the Fast Track Immigration – Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) and is a Central Government initiative. FTI-TTP aims to enhance the efficiency of the immigration process for Indian citizens…
Headline: India's Waves Film Bazaar Attracts International Participation, Aims for Global Content Bridge
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WaveX, the startup accelerator program of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B), in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT), has announced the launch of a dedicated Media Tech…
Shri Manohar Lal, Hon’ble Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, launched “Angikaar 2025”, a last-mile outreach campaign under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban 2.0 (PMAY-U 2.0). The campaign was launched in New Delhi…
Scheme Name: MAR-a-THON 2025 – India’s Maritime Hackathon, organised under the Sagarmala Start-up Innovation Initiative (S2I2) by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) Launch Date & Venue: Launched on 25…
IICT stands for Indian Institute of Creative Technologies. AVGC stands for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics.
Headline: Supreme Court Rules No Timelines for Governors on Bills
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The Supreme Court Constitution Bench, led by CJI BR Gavai, raised concerns that interpreting Article 200 to allow governors to withhold assent could enable even money bills to be withheld. Justice Narasimha observed…
A federal appellate court on Friday upheld a lower-court ruling invalidating the bulk of President Trump's sweeping global tariffs. The Court of International Trade ruled Trump did not have the authority under the…
The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a Regulatory Review Cell (RRC) in the Department of Regulation with effect from 1 October 2025. The RRC will ensure every RBI regulation undergoes a comprehensive internal review…
The Supreme Court upheld the Allahabad High Court guidelines mandating that 'No arrest or police action shall be made before the lapse of two months from the lodging of the FIR or complaint under Section 498A IPC.'…
Headline: India hits record Rs 1.54 lakh crore defence production in FY25; defence sector stocks upbeat
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Exercise name: 'Ajeya Warrior-25' (8th edition) Location: Mahajan field firing ranges, Bikaner district, Rajasthan
Report: Global Firepower (GFP) Index 2025 ranks world militaries using 60+ factors; lower Power Index (PwrIndx) score denotes stronger capability Top 3: United States leads with PwrIndx 0.0744, Russia second at 0.0788…
Scheme Name: Mission Sudarshan Chakra – a comprehensive, multi-layered, networked system announced by the Prime Minister on Independence Day to protect India and its vital installations from enemy attacks across domains…
Mission Sudarshan Chakra announced by PM Modi as national programme to develop multi-layered integrated air and missile defense shield covering strategic and civilian sites by 2035 Programme to integrate cyber defense…
Headline: Miss Universe 2025 Winner: Mexico’s Fátima Bosch wins the 74th Miss Universe title
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Sarayu Velpula became India's 26th Woman Grandmaster on 18/11/2025. She scored her final norm at First League of Central Serbia.
Harbhajan Singh, Saina Nehwal, and Rohit Shetty were "honoured as ‘Fit India Icons’". The honour was bestowed "at National Fitness & Wellness Conclave 2025".
The winners of the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup will receive the biggest-ever prize money in the history of the tournament, a massive hike from USD 1.32 million (Rs 11.65 crore) in the previous edition to USD…
The ICC has unveiled the flagship ‘Will to Win’ campaign film. The release of ‘Will To Win’ ... comes as the general window for ticket sales opened (at 8 PM IST on Tuesday, 8 September) at tickets.cricketworldcup.com.
Headline: World Television Day observed on 21 November: History, Significance and Future Trends
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The International Jury for IFFI 2025 will be chaired by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Graeme Clifford (Australia) is a member of the International Jury.
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under India’s Ministry of Power launched “National Energy Conservation Awards (NECA) for Content Creators and Influencers” for 2025 Eligible creators must have “at least 10,000 followers…
Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed on the 12th of November every year to mark Mahatma Gandhi’s historic radio address. On this day in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi made his first and only visit to the Broadcasting House…
India has been elected as the Chairman of the Executive Board of Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) with the highest number of votes. The election took place during the 23rd AIBD General…
Headline: World Philosophy Day observed on third Thursday of November: promotes dialogue, critical thinking and global reflection
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Digvijay Diwas is observed every year on September 11. It commemorates Swami Vivekananda’s historic speech at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893.
World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated each year on 10 November. The idea for the Day was born at the 1999 World Conference on Science in Budapest, co-organized by UNESCO and the International Science…
International Day for Tolerance is observed annually on November 16. In 1995, UNESCO adopted the UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance.
World Cleanup Day 2025 theme is "Strive for Five!", a science-backed approach seeking participation of 5% of global population to trigger behavioral changes on plastic pollution. World Cleanup Day 2025 will kick off with…