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.
Payment Aggregator and Gateway EntityDefinitionCategoriesInvolvement in Funds HandlingPayment Aggregator (PA)An entity that facilitates the aggregation of payments made by customers to merchants through one or more payment channels (physical/virtual) for the purchase of goods, services, or investment products, and subsequently settles the collected funds to…
Context: Every winter, northern India—especially Delhi-NCR—faces severe air pollution. China faced a similar crisis in the early 2010s (“Airpocalypse”), but achieved 35–50% reduction in PM2.5 within a few years. The article examines what China did, and what India can learn. UPSC Relevance: Environment UPSC PYQ:…
Context: Several firms have started accepting crypto payments. Millions of people, including in India, are in-vesting in crypto coins. UPSC relevance: GS3, Prelims PYQ : Prelims 2016 With reference to ‘Bitcoins’, sometimes seen in the news, which of the following statements is/are correct? Bitcoins are…
Context: Global shifts in geopolitics, rising de-dollarisation efforts, and disruptions in dollar-dominated payment systems have pushed many countries — especially in the Global South — to explore trade settlement in local currencies. In this backdrop, India is trying to internationalise the rupee to reduce dependence…
State Election Commission Following Supreme Court directions, Maharashtra will hold local body elections in three phases, starting December 2, with all elections to be completed by January 31, 2026. Article 243 K & Article 243 ZA were inserted via the 73rd & 74th Amendments to…
Why in news? Several Indian banks, particularly public sector lenders, are actively planning or in the process of raising funds through Tier II bonds, with the banking system expected to mobilize up to ₹25,000 crore via these instruments in the current financial year driven by favorable market conditions…
Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has notified the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, paving the way for India's first functional privacy law, eight years after the Supreme Court declared privacy a fundamental right. UPSC Relevance Prelims, GS2 -…
Context: A long-term international research project (till 2028) has been launched by the University of Kerala and global collaborators to study the unique human–dolphin cooperative behaviour in Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala, one of the world’s rarest examples of inter-species fishing collaboration. UPSC Relevance: Species in news…
Why in News Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma left for London (November 15, 2025) to initiate the process of bringing back the historic Vrindavani Vastra, currently housed in the British Museum. Return of Vrindavani Vastra An agreement is expected to be signed for the…
Why in News? On 10 November 2025, a car exploded near the Red Fort in Delhi, India, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than twenty others. Among the suspects are several Kashmiri doctors, including Umar Nabi, a junior doctor who is suspected of…