GRSE delivers ‘Amini’, an anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft, to the Navy
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, delivered Amini, an Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC), to the Indian Navy on 5 November 2026. It has over 80% indigenous content and adds anti-submarine, coastal surveillance and mine-laying roles. It is named after Amini Island in Lakshadweep.
RAHAT MITRA: India and Myanmar hold their first bilateral tri-service HADR exercise
India and Myanmar held RAHAT MITRA, their maiden bilateral tri-service humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise, at Chennai on 5–6 November 2026. More than 300 personnel from all three services of both countries took part, with the Indian Navy coordinating. Earlier India–Myanmar exercises were single-service, such as IMBEX (Army) and IMNEX (Navy).
Exam points
RAHAT MITRA: first India–Myanmar tri-service HADR exercise
Venue: Chennai, 5–6 November 2026
Other India–Myanmar exercises: IMBEX (Army), IMNEX and IMCOR (Navy)
Uttarakhand Police becomes the 16th police force to receive the President’s Colour
Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the President’s Colour to Uttarakhand Police in Dehradun on 6 November 2026, making it the 16th police force to receive the honour. The force has grown from 13,000 to more than 26,000 personnel since the state was formed.
Exam points
Uttarakhand Police: 16th police force with President’s Colour
Presented in Dehradun on 6 Nov 2026
Chandigarh Police received the honour on 1 Nov 2026
Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5.0: face authentication share nears 80%
The nationwide Digital Life Certificate (DLC) Campaign 5.0 for pensioners was launched on 6 November 2026. Nearly 40 lakh certificates were generated in the first five days, against about 25 lakh a year earlier. The share of face authentication rose from 61% to nearly 80%.
The Semicon 2.0 portal went live for Pillars 2, 3 and 4 of the ₹1,27,500 crore programme, covering machines and materials, more fabs, and ATMP/OSAT units. MeitY approved 12 more applications under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), taking the total to 118 with expected investment of ₹77,051 crore.
Exam points
Semicon 2.0 outlay: ₹1,27,500 crore
ECMS approvals: 118; investment ₹77,051 crore
First ECMS approvals for copper foil and cathode active material
OMSS rice sale target doubled to 50 LMT; weekly stock disclosure made mandatory
The Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) target for rice in 2026-27 was doubled from 25 to 50 lakh metric tonnes after 25 LMT was sold by 31 October. An order of 6 November 2026 requires traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and millers to declare rice and paddy stocks every Friday on the Food Stock Portal.
Exam points
OMSS(D) rice target: 25 → 50 LMT
Weekly stock declaration every Friday
OMSS sells FCI stock in the open market to cool prices
NFHS-6 (2023-24) puts the share of women aged 20–24 married before 18 at 20.1%, down 3.2 percentage points from 23.3% in NFHS-5. The Ministry of Women and Child Development launched Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat on 27 November 2024, aiming for a child-marriage-free India by 2030.
Telangana signs amended BharatNet agreement with ₹3,189 crore Central support
Digital Bharat Nidhi signed the Amended BharatNet Program agreement for Telangana under the state-led model, with ₹3,189 crore of Central support. It covers 12,769 Gram Panchayats and is expected to give about three lakh rural homes a fibre connection.
Exam points
Central support ₹3,189 crore; 12,769 Gram Panchayats
Implemented by Telangana Rural Internet Infrastructure Corporation
Digital Bharat Nidhi replaced the Universal Service Obligation Fund
NHAI standardises barrier-less Multi-Lane Free Flow toll plaza design
NHAI issued a policy circular for barrier-less Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling on National Highways of four lanes and above. It applies to future and under-construction projects and covers plaza layout, gantries, lighting and electronic signage.
CBSE released the 2027 board exam datesheet. Exams begin on 16 February 2027; Class 10 ends on 9 March and Class 12 on 9 April. Over 46 lakh students are expected, with papers from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm.
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