Civil Services Chronicle November 2025

1 National Policy on Geothermal Energy 2025

2 Water Security through Community Action: The Rural Imperative

3 AI for Viksit Bharat Roadmap and Frontier Tech Repository

4 River Rejuvenation Projects in India: Challenges & Imperatives

5 Strategic Mineral Mining Projects Exempted from Public Hearing

6 From Harvest to Home: Building Resilient Infrastructure for Storage of Food Grains

7 Hydrogen-Powered Transport: A Pillar of Green Growth

8 Saudi-Pakistan Defence Pact: Implications for India

9 Tech-Driven Resilience: Modern Tools for Disaster Management

10 India’s Obesity Epidemic: A Growing Public Health Challenge

11 UNGA 80: Rebuilding Trust and Reforming the Global Order

12 Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming in India

13 Three Years of NLP Transforming India’s Supply Chain Ecosystem

1 DGFT Updates Export Policy for Second Generation (2G) Ethanol

2 Insurance Surety Bonds Contracts Crosses Rs. 10,000 Crore Landmark

3 SEBI’s 2025 Amendments to Custodian Regulations

4 Reforms Driving Growth in Shipbuilding and Maritime Infrastructure

5 India’s First PM MITRA Park

6 Solar PV Potential Assessment of India

7 New Initiatives for Logistics Sector

8 Incentive Scheme to Boost Critical Mineral Recycling

9 Payments Regulatory Board

10 Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project

11 Sorted Semen Facility in Bihar

12 Two Factor Authentications (2FA)

13 Oju Hydroelectric Project

14 Key Economic Surveys

15 Perpetual Bonds

16 Smartphones: Catalysts of India’s Digital Rise

17 Porta Cabins

18 Pink Tax

19 Startup Conclave and Exhibition - 2025

1 National Initiative on Water Security

2 Visakhapatnam Declaration: Charting Roadmap for India’s Digital Transformation

3 Maitri 2.0 Cross-Incubation Programme

4 Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal

5 Capacity Building and Human Resource Development

6 Swachh Shehar Jodi Initiative

7 CAG Report on Rising Public Debt

8 Kerala: First State in India to Draft Urban Policy

9 Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan

10 First Green Hydrogen R&D Conference

11 SC’s Interim Order on Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025

12 Supreme Court’s Ruling on Democratizing Sports Facilities

13 PRIP (Promotion of Research and Innovation in Pharma MedTech Sector) Scheme

14 49th Meeting of PRAGATI

15 Central Administrative Tribunal

16 National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)

17 Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)

18 BIMSTEC Young Leaders’ Summit

19 International Conference on Space

1 India & Mauritius Strengthen Partnership

2 European Union Unveils New Strategic Agenda for India

3 India’s First Overseas Defence Factory in Morocco

4 Many European Nations Recognise Palestinian State at 80th UNGA

5 Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Announce Exit from ICC

6 WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies Enters into Force

7 US Administration Announces Major H-1B Visa Changes

8 US Ends Sanctions Waiver on Chabahar Port

9 Philippines Condemns China’s Nature Reserve Plan at Scarborough Shoal

10 FIPIC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

11 8th Annual Contractors’ Meeting of the ISA

12 India-France Strengthen Civil Nuclear Cooperation

13 Sushila Karki Becomes Nepal’s First Woman PM

14 India and Israel Sign Bilateral Investment Agreement

15 PM Congratulates Guyana’s Irfaan Ali on Election Win

16 K Visa

17 Block Everything

18 Axis of Upheaval

19 Mauritius

20 Belarus

21 Romania

1 TRAPPIST-1e: New Earth-Like Planet May Hold the Right Conditions for Life

2 India Successfully Test-Fires Rail-Based Agni Prime Missile

3 p47 Protein: Protecting Cells against Mechanical Stress

4 New Nanomaterial to Stimulate Brain Cells Without Surgery

5 New Insights into Behaviour of Gold Nanoparticles

6 Vikram 3201: India Gets Its First Indigenous Microprocessor

7 “Smog Eating” Titanium Dioxide Surfaces

8 India Explores Isobutanol-Diesel Blending

9 Novel Aluminum-Ion Battery: Flexible, Safe and Eco-Friendly

10 INS Aravali

11 NE-SPARKS Program

12 ISRO Signs 100th Technology Transfer with HAL

13 Vikramaditya Vedic Clock Launched in Madhya Pradesh

14 Protein Language Models Decoded by MIT Researchers

15 Discord

16 Blood Moon

17 Quasi Satellites

18 Flexoelectricity

19 Satellite Internet in India

1 Fossil Fuel Giants Directly Linked to Deadly Heatwaves

2 Atlantic Current Collapse: Climate Change Threat to Global Ocean Circulation

3 Scarlet Dragonfly Sighting in Munnar

4 India Adds Two Ramsar Wetlands

5 New Aspergillus Species Discovered

6 Apterichtus kanniyakumari - New Finless Snake Eel Discovery

7 Blue Dragons Appear in Spanish Beaches

8 Cross River Gorilla: Africa’s Rarest Great Ape

9 Polluted River Stretches in India Show Improvement: CPCB Report

10 India’s Revised Fuel-Efficiency (CAFE) Norms

11 Brazil Pledges USD 1 Billion to Tropical Forests Forever Facility

12 Koala Chlamydia Vaccine

13 Dugong Conservation Reserve, Tamil Nadu

14 Tigers to be Translocated to Sahyadri Tiger Reserve

15 Srivilliputhur-Meghamalai Tiger Reserve (SMTR)

16 Offshore Aquifers

17 Grey Rhino Event

18 Blue Ports

19 2G Ethanol

20 EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)

1 C.P. Radhakrishnan

2 Sushila Karki

3 Sabita Bhandari

4 Dr. Sima Sami Bahous

5 Kriti Sanon

6 Krishangi Meshram

7 Paetongtarn Shinawatra

8 Sergio Gore

9 Vivekanand Gupta

10 Acharya Devvrat

11 Gauranglal Das

12 Justice Chandrashekhar

13 Justice Pawan Kumar Bhimappa Bajanthri

14 Kanad Das

15 Urjit Patel

16 Akash Tripathi

17 Geeta Vani Rayasam

18 Rajit Punhani

19 Sudhanshu Vats

20 Zubeen Garg

21 Chhannulal Mishra

22 Giorgio Armani

23 S.L. Bhyrappa

24 Alladi Sarada

25 D.D. Lapang

26 Important Days

27 Barren Island

28 Pacific Angel 2025

29 Tri-Services All Women Circumnavigation Sailing Expedition

30 Yudh Abhyas 2025

31 Exercise Maitree - XIV

32 Exercise Bright Star

33 Exercise Pacific Reach 2025

34 ZAPAD-2025

35 Yudh Kaushal 3.0

36 National Medical Commission (NMC)

37 National Archives of India

38 Universal Postal Union (UPU)

39 Coconut Development Board

40 Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Development Institute

41 National e-Governance Awards 2025

42 Ramon Magsaysay Award 2025

43 Innovative Initiative Award

44 National Geoscience Awards, 2024

45 Other Awards and Honours

1 7 Indian Natural Heritage Sites Added to UNESCO’s Tentative List

2 Sirarakhong Hathei Chilli Festival

3 National e-Auction of PM’s Mementos

4 Konkan Coast Geoglyphs

5 200th Birth Anniversary of Dadabhai Naoroji

6 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya

7 Third Edition of Unmesha

8 Gyan Bharatam Portal

9 Langkhun Festival

10 100 Years of Self-Respect Movement

1 National Conference on Transgender Rights

2 Children in India 2025

3 PM-SETU Scheme

4 Child Marriages in India: A Barrier to Equality and Development

5 Himachal Pradesh Declared Fully Literate State

6 Adi Yuva Fellowship & Adi Karmayogi Volunteers: Empowering Tribal Youth

7 Expansion of UG and PG Medical Education Capacity Approved

8 Manki-Munda System

9 New Initiatives for Senior Citizens

10 New Social Security Initiatives

11 Swachhata Hi Seva 2025

12 SPARSH Pension System

13 Ayushman Bharat

14 Personality Rights

15 Moran Community

Uttar Pradesh

1 Welfare Board for Nomadic and Denotified Tribes

2 India’s First ‘Swastik Lotus Garden’

3 Evidence of an Ancient River in the Ganga-Yamuna Doab

4 World’s First Ceramic Waste Park

5 Export Promotion Policy 2025-30

Bihar

1 Inauguration of the National Makhana Board in Purnia

2 Royal Bhutan Buddhist Temple

3 Mukhya Mantri Guru–Shishya Parampara Scheme

4 Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana

Madhya Pradesh

1 Foundation Stone of the Country’s First PM MITRA Park Laid in Dhar

2 Madhya Pradesh Honoured with ‘Best State Tourism Board Award’

Uttarakhand

1 Loan Agreement to Promote Sustainable Tourism

Chhattisgarh

1 Balod: India’s First “Child Marriage-Free” District

Gujarat

1 India’s Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing Plant

2 India’s First Multi-Lane Free Flow Tolling System

Andhra Pradesh

1 Space City and Defence Centres to be Established

Tamil Nadu

1 India’s First Port-Based Green Hydrogen Pilot Project

Assam

1 India’s First Vulture Conservation Portal

2 India’s First Bamboo-Based Ethanol Plant

Rajasthan

1 PM Inaugurates Multiple Development Projects

Athletics

1 25th Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship, 2025

Cricket

1 Asia Cup 2025

2 Duleep Trophy 2025-26

Hockey

1 Men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025

Football

1 Mascots Unveiled for FIFA World Cup 2026

2 CAFA Nations Cup Football Tournament, 2025

Skating

1 Speed Skating World Championship 2025

Chess

1 FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025

2 FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss Tournament 2025

Boxing

1 World Boxing Championship 2025

Tennis

1 US Open 2025

1 Info Bytes From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

1 Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin and Jal Jeevan Mission: Efforts Towards the Goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047

2 ‘WASH’ for Women, ‘WASH’ for the Nation

3 Making Water Sources Sustainable

4 A Decade of WASH

5 WASH in Schools and Anganwadis

6 Empowering Women and Nurturing Children through WASH

7 Har Ghar Jal

8 Water: The Mirror of Life

9 From Toilets to Taps

10 Every Drop Counts

11 IEC and Behaviour Change

12 ELI Scheme: A Gamechanger

13 Social Security for Unorganised Workers: An Analysis

14 Gramoday 2.0: From Skills to Self-Reliance

15 Green Technology for Sustainable Rural Employment

16 The Success of 'Digital India' Reflected in Every Village

17 India-UK Free Trade Agreement & Rural Economy

18 AI-Enabled Digital Skills in Rural India

19 ISRO-NASA Joint Mission

20 Uttarkashi Disaster and the Road to Reconstruction

21 Towards Progress Through Nutrition

22 Chandrayaan: Bringing the Moon Closer to India

23 Fighting Fat with Chillies: A Cure for Obesity

24 200 Glorious Years of the World's First Train

25 From Signals to Balance: The Journey of Hypothalamus and Pituitary

1 Current Affairs Based Model MCQs

1 Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025

2 Environment Audit Rules, 2025: Boosting Environmental Accountability in India

3 Centre Notifies New Methodology to Calculate Green Credit under GCP

4 Annual Licensing Policy for Cultivation of Opium Poppy

5 Guidelines for Co-location of Anganwadi Centres with Schools

1 NIRF India Ranking 2025

2 Production Gap Report 2025

3 Global Innovation Index

4 Child Nutrition Report 2025

5 The Gender Snapshot 2025

1 ‘Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar’ Abhiyaan

2 PMUY: Advancing Energy Justice and Women's Empowerment

3 20 Years of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act

Indian History

Evolution Of Political Authority In India

1 Tribal Political Organisation in Early Vedic Period

2 Rise of Monarchical Power in Mahajanapadas

3 Centralized Monarchy during Mauryan Empire

4 Mauryan Kings: Chandragupta and Ashoka

5 Decentralized Governance in the Gupta Age

6 Gupta Kings: Chandragupta I, Samudragupta & Vikramaditya

7 Feudal Polity in Early Medieval India

8 Delhi Sultanate: Political System & Governance

9 Delhi Sultanate: Dynasties & Rulers

10 Mughal Political System & Governance

11 Mughal Emperors

Political Philosophy And Ideological Foundations

1 Kautilya’s Arthashastra as Political Thought

2 Ashoka’s Governance & Policy of Dhamma

3 Akbar’s Religious Tolerance and Political Strategy

4 Gandhian Ideologies

5 Ambedkar’s Political Vision and Role in Constitution Making

Political Organisations Of Ancient And Medieval India

1 Gana-Sanghas and Republican Systems in Ancient India

2 Political Structure of the Mahajanapadas

Key Political Events And Milestones

1 Revolt of 1857: Causes and Impact

2 Partition of Bengal (1905)

3 INC’s Lahore Session

4 Simon Commission

5 Gandhi-Irwin Pact

6 Cripps Mission

Political Movements And Mass Mobilisation

1 Early Nationalist Phase: Moderates vs Extremists

2 Non-Cooperation Movement

3 Civil Disobedience Movement

4 Quit India Movement

5 Revolutionary Movements in India

6 Role of Women in Freedom Movement

Indian National Congress & Other Political Organisations

1 Formation of Indian National Congress (INC)

2 Key INC Sessions

3 Muslim League and Its Political Evolution

4 Communist and Socialist Movements in India

Colonial Policies And Political Impact

1 Doctrine of Lapse and Annexation Policy

2 Subsidiary Alliance and Political Control

3 Impact of British Proposals and Reforms

4 Role of Viceroys and Governors General in Political Development

Political Integration Post-Independence

1 Role of Political Negotiations with Princely States

2 Formation of Indian Union and Reorganisation of States

3 Political Challenges and Solutions in Early Republic

Evolution Of Administrative Systems In India

1 Mahajanapada Era: Emergence of Early State Administration

2 Mauryan Centralised Bureaucracy

3 Gupta Period: Decentralised Administration and Role of Local Units

4 Early Medieval Feudal Administration

5 Mughal Administrative System (Mansabdari, Diwani & Faujdari Systems)

6 Princely State Administration under British Suzerainty

7 Post-Independence Bureaucratic Structure

Role Of Key Administrative Texts And Documents

1 Ashokan Rock Edicts as Governance Tools

2 Major Rock Edicts: Administrative and Welfare Policies

3 Mughal Farmans and Administrative Orders

Communication And Record-Keeping Systems

1 Administrative Records in Ancient India

2 Use of Seals and Written Documentation in Mauryan and Gupta Periods

3 Mughal Administrative Records and Documentation System

4 Colonial Era Record Keeping and Introduction of Modern Bureaucratic Systems

Administrative Reforms And Innovations

1 Ashokan Reforms: Principles of Welfare State

2 Akbar’s Administrative Reforms

3 British Administrative Reforms

4 Post-Independence Administrative Reforms

Revenue And Land Administration

1 Early Land Revenue Practices

2 Mauryan Revenue System

3 Gupta Period Land Grants and Revenue Collection

4 Sultanate Era Taxation System

5 Mughal Era Land Revenue Systems

6 Vijayanagara Empire’s Revenue System

7 British Era Revenue Systems

8 Post-Independence Land Reforms

Law Enforcement System

1 Law Enforcement Systems in Ancient India

2 Law and Order in Mauryan and Gupta Empires

3 Sultanate Era Faujdari System

4 Mughal Era Policing and Intelligence Systems

5 British Introduction of Structured Police System

Evolution Of Civil Services In India

1 Early Administrative Roles in Mauryan and Medieval India

2 Evolution of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) During the British Era