November 2026 Current Affairs: Important Events & MCQs

The navigation satellite NVS-03 rode to orbit on the GSLV-F18 vehicle, which lifted off from Sriharikota on 30 October 2026 at 23:51 hours, and the rocket placed the spacecraft in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit as intended.

The second-generation series of navigation satellites runs from NVS-01 to NVS-05, and NVS-03 is the third of those five spacecraft to be launched.

After the launch vehicle released NVS-03 into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit, the spacecraft began a series of burns meant to lift it into its working geosynchronous position, and the slot assigned to it is 111.75 degrees East.

The navigation payloads aboard NVS-03 transmit in all three of these bands, and the addition of the L1 signal to the legacy L5 and S signals is one of the gains the second-generation series brings to NavIC.

Total coal imports came down from 111.05 million tonnes in August 2025 to 104.57 million tonnes in August 2026, a reduction of 6.48 million tonnes, which works out to a fall of 5.83 per cent.

This was the total quantity of coal India imported during August 2026, lower by 6.48 million tonnes than the same month of the previous year.

Imported coal accounted for this share of all the coal India consumed during August 2026, which marks a reduced reliance on foreign supplies for the month.

Coal brought in to be mixed with Indian coal at these stations fell from 4.64 million tonnes to 3 million tonnes, a decline of 35.23 per cent, and this is read as a sign that enough domestic coal was available for generation so less blending material had to be bought…

Indian Naval Ship Trishul is the vessel that arrived at Souda Bay in Greece on 31 October 2026, in the course of a deployment that was already under way in the Mediterranean Sea.

Souda Bay is the Greek port where Indian Naval Ship Trishul called on 31 October 2026 while deployed in the Mediterranean Sea.

The establishment at Souda Bay is the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre, usually written as NMIOTC, and the crew of Indian Naval Ship Trishul is to be familiarised with its facilities during the port call, along with those of Naval Support Activity Souda Bay.

The port call at Souda Bay on 31 October 2026 took place during an ongoing deployment of Indian Naval Ship Trishul to the Mediterranean, and Souda Bay is a Greek port in that sea.

The Star Rating Awards Ceremony for coal and lignite mines is being held at Raipur in Chhattisgarh on 2 November 2026, and the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Vishnu Deo Sai, is the Special Guest at the function, which fits the choice of the state capital as the venue.

Under the Star Rating Policy for Coal Mines, a mine does not award itself a grade.

The mines to be honoured at the Star Rating Awards Ceremony in Raipur are those that secured the highest star ratings for the assessment year 2024-25, after their performance was assessed and validated by reviewers appointed for the purpose.

The correct answer is G. Kishan Reddy, who holds charge as Union Minister of Coal and Mines and attends the ceremony at Raipur as Chief Guest.

All three states, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, mark their State Foundation Day on this date, and in 2026 the Prime Minister sent a separate message of greeting to the people of each of them on the day.

The message for the foundation day of Chhattisgarh said it was heartening to see the state move ahead with renewed momentum on the path of development even as the roots of Naxalism were being eradicated, and the same message spoke of the state’s tribal culture, its natural wealth, its unique…

Its foundation day message called the state a land of glorious heritage, rich culture and stunning natural beauty, and said its world renowned heritage sites make its historical identity grander, before going on to note contributions in agriculture, industry, tourism, education, infrastructure and innovation.

The foundation day message for Haryana said that the athletes of the state are enhancing the pride of the Tricolour while its farmers are strengthening the food security of the country, and it praised the people of the state for showing talent and determination through hard work in agriculture, sport…

Projects of this value are to be inaugurated under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana during the visit of the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying to the Gangtok and Mangan districts of Sikkim on 2 and 3 November 2026.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, this many fisheries production and processing clusters have been notified across the country, and among them are organic fisheries clusters in Sikkim and Meghalaya.

Among the fisheries production and processing clusters notified under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, the organic fisheries clusters are in these two states, which is also why a Standard Operating Procedure for organic fish farming is being launched during the ministerial visit to Sikkim.

He is the minister visiting the Gangtok and Mangan districts of Sikkim on 2 and 3 November 2026 to review fisheries development, launch the Standard Operating Procedure for organic fish farming, inaugurate projects worth Rs 375 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana and meet fish farmers.

The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, opened the National Organ Transplant Games 2026 at Talkatora Stadium in the capital, where transplant recipients, living donors and the families of donors who had died came together.

At the Games a record attempt was made in which 570 transplant recipients and organ donors held the Tadasana posture at the same time, and the World Book of Records, New Delhi, gave the organisers a certificate for the largest gathering of transplant recipients and donors doing that posture.

The Games were put together by the Renal Care Foundation, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and NOTTO, which functions under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the Vice-President congratulated all three for the initiative.

During the programme at Talkatora Stadium the Vice-President felicitated the medal winners of the World Transplant Games 2025, which were held at Dresden in Germany, and he also released the Zindagi Dobara calendar.

The honour was conferred on the force on 1 November 2026, the day Chandigarh marks its foundation day, at a ceremony held for the Diamond Jubilee of the force.

At the Chandigarh ceremony the Union Home Minister explained that the President’s Colour is granted to a force in recognition of service beyond fifteen years, with the discipline and the dedication of its personnel taken into account before the honour is given.

On 1 November 1966 Chandigarh was constituted as a Union Territory and designated the joint capital of both Punjab and Haryana, which is why the city observes its foundation day on that date and why the police force celebrated its Diamond Jubilee alongside it.

The Union Home Minister said that the Chandigarh Police had set a national record by filing charge sheets online in 7,590 of the 8,206 FIRs registered in the city from 4 August 2024 onward, the period in which the three new criminal laws have been in force.

EPFO observed its 74th Foundation Day at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi, marking a journey of seventy-four years from a statutory provident fund body, founded on a commitment of 1952, to one of the leading social security institutions in the country.

Under the scheme launched on the Foundation Day, subscribers holding Aadhaar-verified inoperative EPF accounts with balances up to one thousand rupees need not file an individual claim at all; EPFO will begin settlement on its own after the prescribed identity and bank-account verification and transfer the dues to the rightful…

The Foundation Day function showcased the effect of the technological overhaul carried out through the CITES 2.01 platform, and the sharpest measure of it was the fall in the average time taken to settle a claim, which stood at 2.57 days in October 2026.

Mansukh Mandaviya, who holds the Labour and Employment portfolio along with Youth Affairs and Sports, presided over the Foundation Day function in his capacity as Chairman of the Central Board of Trustees of the EPF.

He has assumed charge as the 55th Director General of the Geological Survey of India, which works as an attached office of the Ministry of Mines, bringing more than three decades of experience in geological investigation, mineral exploration, engineering geology and institutional leadership.

The Geological Survey of India is described as an attached office of the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, and it is in that ministry’s mandate that the new Director General placed his priorities: integrated geoscientific investigation, advanced mineral prospectivity mapping and the generation of auction-ready mineral blocks.

Ganvir joined the Geological Survey of India on 1 July 1994, after completing his postgraduate degree in geology from RTMNU University in Nagpur, and his service of more than 32 years follows from that date.

As National Mission Head-II, Ganvir planned and monitored multidisciplinary field programmes and nationwide mineral exploration, and the Ministry credits that period with the handover of 359 Geological Reports and 377 Geological Memorandums, along with a five-fold jump in investigations for critical and strategic minerals.