SSC CHSL Current Affairs Quiz: 12 November 2026

The Ministry of Ayush has said the 9th National Naturopathy Day will be marked on 18 November 2026 at the Central Research Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy, which is located at Nagamangala in Karnataka.

The International Film Festival of India is being held in Goa from 20 to 28 November 2026, and the WaveX Startup Pavilion at WAVES Bazaar is organised alongside it, with its own showcase window from 20 to 24 November 2026.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan on that day as its flagship awareness drive against substance abuse, and the campaign has since grown into a nationwide people's movement.

The 45th edition of the India International Trade Fair carries this theme, which sets India's development alongside its inherited crafts and culture, and the whole layout of the fair follows from it: start-ups in deep-tech, drones and space sit in the Hall of Inspiration while district crafts and cuisine fill…

It runs the Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari initiative and it is this ministry that extended the citizen feedback window on the JSJB 2.0 portal to 30 November 2026.

The Ministry of Ayush has fixed this as the theme of the 9th National Naturopathy Day, to be observed on 18 November 2026 at the Central Research Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy, Nagamangala, Karnataka.

WaveX is its flagship startup accelerator, set up to encourage innovation, entrepreneurship and technological progress across India's media and entertainment sector and the AVGC-XR ecosystem, and it is this ministry that issued the reminder about the closing of registration.

When the Abhiyaan began it was taken up in 272 districts that had been identified as particularly vulnerable to substance use, so that effort and money went first where the problem was sharpest.

It organises this multi-product fair every year, and for the 45th edition it has arranged over 3,500 exhibitors across 17 halls at Bharat Mandapam, along with country pavilions from 11 nations in Hall 1.

The vision for the countrywide water conservation movement was set out by the Prime Minister there on 6 September 2024, with the stated purpose of turning conservation work into a genuine people's movement built on public participation.

The Ministry of Ayush has stated that the five research councils working under it together published 653 research papers during the financial year 2025-26, and that the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy was among those bringing out papers in peer-reviewed journals in that period.

These are the allied technology fields named in the ministry's invitation to startups for the WaveX Startup Pavilion at WAVES Bazaar, held along with the film festival in Goa.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment runs the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan as the awareness arm of this plan, which stands on three legs: prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

These four have been named Partner States of the fair, which gives them the largest presence among the participating States in the halls set aside for States and Union Territories.

The Ministry of Jal Shakti extended the time for submitting citizen feedback on the portal up to that date, so that people can keep commenting on the artificial recharge and storage structures built under the initiative.

The announcement describes him as Union Minister of State with Independent Charge for Ayush and Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, and quotes him saying that the emphasis is on strengthening the scientific foundation of naturopathy through credible research, quality education and responsible integration with conventional healthcare.