SSC 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.

Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery, known locally as the Lower Gompa, stands at Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh, and the Sacred Relics of Shakyamuni Buddha were enshrined there on 8 November 2026 for public darshan until 13 November 2026.

That is the day Uttarakhand marks its Statehood Day, and it was on 9 November 2026 that the Prime Minister extended his heartfelt greetings to all the people of the state on the occasion.

Rahat Mitra was the first bilateral tri-services exercise on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief between the defence forces of India and Myanmar, held on 5 and 6 November 2026 and concluded at Chennai.

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.

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.

The relics were flown from Tawang to Bomdila aboard a Chinook of the Indian Air Force, accompanied by Bhikkhu Khemachara, the Deputy Secretary General of the International Buddhist Confederation, and officials of the Ministry of Culture, the National Museum in New Delhi and the IBC.

In the Statehood Day message of 9 November 2026 the Prime Minister called the state Devbhoomi Uttarakhand and said it is blessed with spiritual heritage and extraordinary natural beauty.

The two-day exercise, held on 5 and 6 November 2026, was conducted at Chennai, and the city hosted every element of it: the table-top exercise on a severe cyclone, the Indian Army's obstacle clearance and bridge laying display, the visit to INS Sukanya, the shore-based demonstration at INS Adyar and…

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.

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.

On 8 November 2026, the opening day of the public exposition at Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery in Bomdila, around four thousand devotees came to have darshan of the Sacred Relics of Shakyamuni Buddha.

The Prime Minister's message on Uttarakhand Statehood Day, 9 November 2026, listed the revered Char Dham among the things that distinguish the state, along with its scenic mountain landscapes, its sacred rivers and its glorious cultural heritage.

On the opening day the two sides ran a table-top exercise set during a severe cyclone, and used the scenario to talk through coordinated response mechanisms and joint disaster management protocols.

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 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.

The seven-day public exposition of the Sacred Relics of Shakyamuni Buddha there ended on 7 November 2026, after thousands of devotees and visitors from all the blocks of Tawang and the neighbouring areas came for darshan.

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…