Current Affairs Quiz – November 2025

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In November 2025, Tamil Nadu (TN) launched India’s first “Women’s Wellness on Wheels (WWW)” initiative. The ₹41 crore project aims to enhance women’s health through mobile medical units for early cancer detection. 38 mobile units will operate across all districts, offering free breast and cervical cancer screenings, focusing on rural and semi-urban women. The state also began free Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for girls aged 14 and below to prevent cervical cancer. Vaccinations are provided through schools, Primary Health Centres (PHCs), and private hospitals via Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC) with a ₹36 crore budget.

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In November 2025, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) won the bid to host the 2026 Asian Youth Archery Championship in Khorfakkan. The announcement was made at the Asian Archery Federation Congress in Dhaka, Bangladesh, held alongside the ongoing continental championship. The UAE’s bid secured the majority of votes over several Asian countries due to its advanced sports infrastructure and strong organisational capabilities. The event will be organised by the UAE Archery Federation, supported by the Ministry of Sports.

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In 2025, nine-year-old Arshi Gupta of Delhi Public School, Faridabad, became the first-ever female to win a National Karting Championship in India. She competed in the Micro Max class (8–12 years) in a mixed grid of boys and girls at the FMSCI National Karting Championship held at Meco Kartopia, Bengaluru. Arshi won both the Pre-Final and Final races, charging from mid-grid in the Pre-Final and converting pole position to victory in the Final. Born on October 18, 2016, she races under Leapfrog Racing and became the youngest national karting champion in the 21-year history of the Indian Rotax series.

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The 8th Namdapha Butterfly Festival will be held from 26–28 November 2025 at Namdapha National Park & Tiger Reserve (NNP & TR) in Arunachal Pradesh. The festival venue is Khachang village, Miao, the gateway to the park in Changlang district. The event celebrates the region’s rich biodiversity and aims to promote eco-tourism and conservation awareness. It is organised by the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department in collaboration with local community groups like Tikak Homestay Miao, Khachang-Mattungkhim Youth Forum, and Namdapha Jungle Camp Miao.

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India ranks 9th among the ten countries most affected by extreme weather events in the Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2026 by Germanwatch, released at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. The index covers data from 1995 to 2024, showing India’s rising vulnerability to heat waves, floods, and cyclones. India faced nearly 430 extreme weather events, causing over 80,000 deaths, affecting 1.3 billion people, and inflicting $170 billion in losses. The report calls India a nation facing continuous climate threats with little recovery time between disasters. Floods, landslides, heat waves, and cyclones like Amphan (2020), Fani (2019), and Hudhud (2014) caused major destruction

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Maharashtra secured first position in the Best State category of the 6th National Water Awards for 2024. The awards were announced by Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil. Gujarat and Haryana were placed second and third respectively. This year, 46 winners were selected across ten categories, including Best District, Best Village Panchayat, Best Urban Local Body, and Best Institution. The 1st National Water Awards were launched in 2018 by the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD & GR) to promote awareness and best water usage practices.

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Shri Manohar Lal, Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs, inaugurated India’s first and largest Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) system. The VRFB has a capacity of 3 Megawatt-hour (MWh) at NTPC’s NETRA Research & Development Centre in Greater Noida. This milestone advances India’s long-duration energy storage (LDES) solutions and strengthens renewable energy integration and national grid resilience. Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) is a modern technology offering an alternative to lithium-ion batteries, expanding the pool of usable elements for battery systems.

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The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved the Export Promotion Mission (EPM) announced in Union Budget 2025–26. EPM aims to strengthen India’s export competitiveness, especially for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), first-time exporters, and labour-intensive sectors. Total outlay of Rs.25,060 crore is allocated for FY 2025–26 to FY 2030–31. EPM replaces multiple fragmented schemes with a single, outcome-based, digitally driven mechanism adaptable to global trade challenges.

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Four women and three children were recently rescued after being trapped for nearly two hours in the Painganga River near Sahastrakund waterfall. The Painganga River, also called Penganga River, is the main river of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. It is a major tributary of the Wardha River. The river originates in the Ajanta ranges, Aurangabad district and flows through Buldhana, Washim, and along the Washim-Hingoli border. It forms the boundary between Yavatmal and Nanded districts and flows along the Maharashtra-Telangana border.

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Recently, Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) received a licence to explore and mine a tungsten block in Andhra Pradesh. Tungsten is a chemical element with the symbol W and atomic number 74. It is a naturally occurring transition metal found in minerals like wolframite and scheelite, not as a pure metal. It has the highest melting point of all metals at 3410 °C and the lowest vapor pressure at that temperature. It also has the highest tensile strength above 1650 °C and remains solid at room temperature.