News of The Day: 17th November 2025

News of The Day –  17th November 2025

SOURCES: The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, PIB and AIR, etc

(with Syllabus Relevance)

(GS 1: Art and Culture)

• The PM visited the temple in Modhera (Gujarat) during the state visit.
• About  Modhera temple:  cultural/religious significance;

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• About Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS): Quality education for tribal students (Class 6-12) on par with Navodaya Vidyalayas.
• 4th EMRS National Sports Meet 2025 (Sundargarh, Odisha).
• ~600 tribal students cleared NEET/JEE this year; focus on sports, culture, skill development.

(GS-2: International Relations)

• NSA Ajit Doval extended the invitation amid regional security dialogue efforts.
• About Colombo Security Conclave (India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mauritius; Bangladesh/Mauritius observers).
• Focus: Maritime security, counter-terrorism, disaster response in the Indian Ocean Region.

(GS-3:International Relation)

• About Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR.
• US military operation targeting “narco-terrorists” in Caribbean/South America.
• Critics call it extrajudicial; it raises concerns over sovereignty, escalation in Latin America.

(GS-3: Economy)

• About Electronics Development Fund 
• Focus areas: IoT, AI/ML, robotics, drones, cybersecurity, HealthTech.
• Impact on ESDM innovation, IP creation, and self-reliance in the electronics sector.

(GS 3: Science and tech)

• About WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2025
• Key Findings:
  • TB remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease; 1.23 million deaths and 10.7 million new cases in 2024 (first decline since pre-COVID).
  • India bears ~25% global burden but achieved 21% incidence reduction since 2015. 
  • Funding shortfall: Only US$5.9 bn (27% of 2027 target); donor cuts from 2025 threaten reversal of gains.
• Progress in diagnostics, treatment; need for new vaccines (18 candidates in trials) and stronger AMR surveillance.

(GS 3: Science and tech)

• About Marburg virus.
  • About the recent Ethiopia outbreak.
• No approved vaccine/treatment yet; high fatality rate (up to 88%); risk of regional spread in East Africa.

(GS-3: Science & Tech)

• First-ever observation of a coronal mass ejection (CME) on a star other than the Sun (on a young star ~100 light-years away).
• About CME: study helps understand stellar activity and impacts on exoplanets’ habitability.

(GS-3: Science & Tech)

• What is precision biotherapeutics ?
• Difference from traditional drugs; applications in cancer, rare diseases, autoimmune disorders.
• India advancing through initiatives like Mission on Genomics; challenges: high cost, regulatory hurdles.

(GS-3: Science and tech)

• About Man-portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (MP-AUVs)
• DRDO’s new AUVs for mine countermeasures, enhanced naval capabilities.
• Indigenous tech for underwater surveillance, detection; boosts self-reliance in defence.

• First India-Paraguay JCM; discussed trade, agriculture, pharma, energy cooperation.
• About Paraguay : Location and Geography.