IBPS Current Affairs Quiz: 9 November 2026

As on 8 November 2026, eighty-five pharmaceutical companies had reported revised maximum retail prices for 1,364 anti-cancer formulations, and those prices came into force on 9 November 2026.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said that the 10th edition of Swachh Survekshan has been completed on this theme, and that its awards will be conferred by President Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 11 November 2026.

TRAI released the amendment regulations and stated that they would come into force from that date. The amendment introduces a framework of port charges for interconnection based on internet protocol, adding to the provisions that already applied to ports used for E1 or TDM based interconnection.

The Department of Legal Affairs reported that it had reviewed 27,289 physical files under the campaign and had removed 15,679 of them from its records.

On this railway stretch in the Assam Licensed Service Area the regulator measured an average download speed of 110.82 Mbps for RJIL, the highest of the four operators tested.

The day is tied to the creation of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, which was established on 9 November 2014, and so the anniversary of that ministry is observed each year as National Entrepreneurship Day.

The NPPA works under the Department of Pharmaceuticals in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, and it is the body that capped trade margins on the retail prices of 137 anti-cancer drugs, with the revised rates applying from 9 November 2026.

President Droupadi Murmu will confer the awards across various categories at a ceremony there on 11 November 2026, in the presence of Manohar Lal, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Power, and Tokhan Sahu, Minister of State in the same ministry.

The amendment prescribes annual ceilings on IP port charges of Rs 5.6 lakh for a 1 Gbps port and Rs 42.3 lakh for a 10 Gbps port, and allows an interconnection provider and seeker to agree on lower charges or on other capacities computed by the same transparent method.

By identifying and disposing of obsolete material, including electronic waste and other unserviceable items, the Department earned that amount, putting redundant assets to productive use.

The regulator stated that the drive test in the Assam Licensed Service Area covered that length of railway along with 2 hotspot locations, and that it was conducted on 11 September 2026 under the supervision of its regional office at Kolkata.

Startups recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade numbered fewer than 500 in 2014 and now stand at 2.62 lakh, making India the third largest startup ecosystem in the world.

That is the yearly saving the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority expects consumers to make once the reduced maximum retail prices of the anti-cancer formulations are in force from 9 November 2026.

Swachh Shehar Jodi links these cities across 33 States and Union Territories, and the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 will also honour its best performers.

The Telecommunication Interconnection (Port Charges) Regulation of that year laid down what an interconnection seeker pays an interconnection provider for terminating interconnection links at its point of interconnection, and it was framed around legacy E1 or TDM port technology.

The Department said this much space was reclaimed by the systematic removal of obsolete records, scrap, redundant furniture and other unserviceable material, and that it can now be used more effectively for official work.

The regulator listed the parameters it measures on such a route as coverage gap, that is the share of samples with signal strength below the level prescribed for the technology, and for voice the call setup success rate, the drop call rate and the call setup time, and for data…

The Fund of Funds for Startups is a DPIIT initiative under the Startup India Action Plan, is managed by SIDBI, and carries a corpus of 10,000 crore rupees that is routed through SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Funds rather than invested directly in startups.

The correct answer is 96.45 per cent, the steepest cut in a maximum retail price reported to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority after it capped trade margins on anti-cancer drugs.

In the 10th edition, urban local bodies were marked on 43 indicators grouped into 10 assessment areas, which included visible cleanliness, access to sanitation, solid waste management, the segregation, collection and transport of waste, used water management, mechanisation of desludging services, advocacy for Swachhata, institutional strengthening, the welfare of sanitation…