Monthly Compilation
103 current affairs published in November 2025
November 2025 Current Affairs for UPSC — every Why-in-News article AnantamIAS published in November 2025, mapped to the GS syllabus and packaged for revision. This November 2025 monthly current affairs compilation runs to 103 articles spanning Polity, Economy, Environment, Science & Technology, International Relations, Geography, History, Society and Internal Security — every entry written in the Why-in-News + GS-paper-mapping + UPSC-style practice-question format the Compass uses across every monthly digest on the site.
Each November 2025 entry opens with a Why in News? hook so you know exactly why the story matters for the exam, maps to the precise GS paper and sub-topic, summarises the development in scannable sub-headings, and closes with a UPSC-style practice question plus an FAQ accordion. The structure is deliberately repeatable: the same skeleton across every article in this November 2025 compilation, so revision feels familiar by week two and weak topics surface fast.
Use this November 2025 monthly current affairs page three ways. Read sequentially for a single-sitting scan of everything that mattered in November 2025. Download the November 2025 PDF for offline revision, printing or last-mile cycles before Prelims and Mains. Or filter by GS paper from the Monthly Current Affairs hub to focus on Polity, Economy, IR or Environment in isolation. For day-by-day study, jump to Daily Current Affairs; for the full year, see the 2025 Current Affairs archive. Working backwards? The previous month is October 2025 Current Affairs; the next is December 2025 Current Affairs.
Monthly current affairs for UPSC is the spine of revision — daily reading is for awareness, monthly compilations are what you actually re-read. The November 2025 set below is built for exactly that: open the article, skim the Why-in-News, lock the GS mapping, attempt the practice question, move on. Every piece links to its own per-article PDF if you'd rather collect the high-yield few than the full month.
Why in news: Six years after the Haryana government destroyed a banned genetically modified (GM) Bt brinjal crop in Fatehabad district (Nathwan village), the source of the illegal GM seeds remains unidentified. UPSC Relevance: Environment and S&T UPSC PYQ: Q1. Other than resistance to pests,…
Introduction The Presidential Reference on the role of Governors and the President in the assent of state legislation is a constitutional moment in the long arc of Indian federalism. On 25 November 2025, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India headed by…
Context: Public frustration with severe air pollution in Delhi. A group of citizens gathered at India Gate to demand immediate government action regarding deteriorating air quality. The protest was met with police intervention, leading to the detention of five individuals. UPSC Relevance: Fundamental Right UPSC…
Context: Addressing the India-Brazil-South Africa leaders’ summit in Johannesburg, Indian Prime Minister reiterated the necessity of UNSC reforms. UPSC Relevance: Important international groupings. PYQ: Q. In which one of the following groups are all the four countries members of G20? (2020) (a) Argentina, Mexico, South…
Context: Russia claims control of more than 75% of Pokrovsk, a major road-and-rail junction in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The move is part of Russia’s continued offensive to capture the remaining Ukrainian-held areas of Donbas, which includes Donetsk and Luhansk. UPSC Relevance: Location UPSC PYQ:…
On 22 and 23 November 2025, the world's premier economic forum did something it had never done in its quarter-century of existence: it met on African soil. South Africa hosted the G20 leaders' summit at the Johannesburg Expo Centre under the theme "Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability,"…
Context: India’s agricultural exports have shown strong growth in April–September 2024-25, growing 8.5% YoY to reach $25.9 billion, despite global trade uncertainty. This growth is faster than the 2.9% growth in India’s overall merchandise exports in the same period. UPSC Relevance: Economy UPSC PYQ: Q.…
Why in news: India is set to witness its first privately built PSLV rocket launch in early 2026. The launch is being developed through a private consortium (HAL + L&T) working with ISRO, marking a key transition from government-only launches to commercial and private manufacturing…
Context: For the first time since the launch of India’s Cheetah Reintroduction Project, an Indian-born female cheetah named Mukhi has given birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. This marks a major breakthrough because until now, only imported African cheetahs had reproduced.…
Context: India’s Eight Core Industries Index recorded 0% growth in October 2025, marking the worst performance in 14 months (since August 2024). Despite growth in steel, cement, fertilizers, and refinery products, these gains were neutralized by contractions in coal, electricity, natural gas, and crude oil.…