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Current Affairs, 11 November
11 November 2026 · 10 points that matter for competitive exams
4 points for UPSC
- 01Health9 November · Source: NPPA, PIB
Revised MRPs for anti-cancer medicines took effect on 9 November. By 8 November, 85 companies had filed revised prices for 1,364 formulations of 121 drugs, the NPPA said.
RememberNPPA = National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority. Its estimate of the yearly saving for patients has risen to Rs 3,540.38 crore. The order of 17 October limits the trade margin on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer drugs to 30%. Trade margin is the gap between the price a manufacturer charges its stockist and the MRP.
- 02Andhra Pradesh10 November · Source: AP Cabinet
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved more than 30 proposals on 10 November. They include a 512 MW artificial intelligence data centre at Amanam in Bheemunipatnam mandal, Visakhapatnam district, and a Rs 4,000 crore Carbon Cosmo Advanced Materials project at Naidupeta.
RememberChief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu chaired the meeting at the Secretariat in Velagapudi. The AVGC-XR policy for 2026-31 covers animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality. A robotics and physical artificial intelligence policy will run until 2036. The police department will get a separate Traffic Management and Road Safety Directorate.
- 03Census9 November · Source: Telangana government, Centre's notification
Telangana has republished the Centre's 30 October notification for the second phase of Census-2027. Self-enumeration runs from 10 to 24 January 2027, and house-to-house enumeration from 25 January to 28 February 2027.
RememberA revisional round is set for 1 to 5 March. The count is pegged to 00:00 hours on 1 March 2027. The Centre's notification was issued under Section 3 of the Census Act, 1948. The second-phase household schedule has 40 questions.
- 04Sports10 November · Source: ISSF
India won the women's 25 m pistol team gold at the ISSF World Championship in Doha on 10 November. Hyderabad's Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker and Divya Subbaraju together scored 1761 to finish ahead of South Korea (1748) and Vietnam (1745).
RememberEsha led the Indian effort with 590 and was third in qualification. In the individual final Manu finished fourth with 27 hits and Esha placed eighth with 11 hits. South Korea's Yang Jiin took that gold with 44 hits, a new world record. The championship in Doha runs until 14 November.
- 05Andhra Pradesh9 November · Source: AP Finance Department
Andhra Pradesh has fixed 31 December 2026 as the last date for eligible staff to opt to move from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) to the Old Pension Scheme. The Finance department issued the guidelines through G.O.Ms.No.158 on 9 November.
RememberEligible: staff whose posts were notified before 1 September 2004 yet entered service from that day onward. The order covers serving employees, retired employees and family pension beneficiaries. The option is one-time: those who move cannot return to the CPS. The Centre's National Pension System has covered central employees since 1 January 2004.
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Start the quiz- 06Telangana10 November · Source: Telangana government, SLBC
Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on 10 November asked banks to restructure and reschedule crop loans in the State's drought-hit areas. About 365 mandals in 31 districts have been declared drought-affected.
RememberSLBC = State-Level Bankers' Committee; he chaired its meeting at Praja Bhavan in Hyderabad. Relief is to be extended under Reserve Bank of India guidelines. Banks were asked to speed up fresh lending of Rs 38,268 crore for the Yasangi (rabi) season. Banks had met only 53% of the year's Rs 96,943 crore farm credit target up to September, the Agriculture Minister said.
- 07Technology9 November · Source: Meta
Meta said on 9 November that it is extending its age-estimation technology on Instagram to every country. Accounts it suspects belong to under-18s move into Teen Account settings automatically, whatever birthday is listed.
RememberTeen Accounts get a reminder to close the app after 60 minutes of use in a day, and a sleep mode mutes notifications from 10 pm to 7 am. Accounts of under-16s are private by default. The minimum age for Instagram is 13. The technology was first tested in the United States in April 2025.
- 08Andhra Pradesh7 November · Source: AP government
Andhra Pradesh notified a new fireworks safety framework in a government order dated 7 November 2026. The Director-General of the State Disaster Response and Fire Services is now the State Nodal Authority, and in each district the Collector is the nodal authority.
RememberA State Explosives and Fireworks Safety Cell is to be set up within 30 days. It will develop a Fireworks Risk Index and work with the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO). For LE-1(a) units, licensing now has two stages. An integrated online portal is due in six months. Inspecting officers are personally accountable for their certifications.
- 09Telangana9 November · Source: Telangana Civil Supplies Department
Telangana's Civil Supplies Department announced on 9 November that it will supply rice directly from millers to local retailers, without wholesalers or traders. A retailer who needs stock has to submit an indent to the District Civil Supplies Officer.
RememberAn indent is a written request for the quantity required. The maximum retail price is Rs 66 a kg for BPT and KNM, Rs 74 for RNR and Telangana Sona, and Rs 79 for HMT and JSR. The department said it is preparing to invoke the Preventive Detention (PD) Act against habitual offenders.
- 10Local bodies10 November · Source: AP State Election Commission
Andhra Pradesh's State Election Commission has fixed 19 November 2026 for electing mandal parishad presidents (MPPs) and 20 November for the zilla parishad chairperson elections. The schedule covers 659 mandal praja parishads and 28 zilla praja parishads.
RememberThese are indirect elections: the elected MPTC and ZPTC members choose them at a special meeting. Voting is by show of hands. The members first elect their co-opted colleagues, one for a mandal parishad and two for a zilla parishad. MPs, MLAs and MLCs will be invited to the meetings but cannot vote.
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