Top 9 news for SSC, Banking & Railway exams · 5-minute read · published
Top stories: PM Modi felicitates Asian Para Games 2026 medallists after record 114-medal haul; e-Sanjeevani telemedicine platform crosses 50 crore consultations; India extends USD 500 million line of credit to Guyana for roads, health and defence.
A lighter news day: 9 points - only news confirmed by two independent sources makes the brief.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and praised the Indian para-athletes in New Delhi after their best-ever showing at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The 97 medal-winning para-athletes brought home 114 medals, with 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze. The PM noted that India had won only 14 medals at the 2010 edition.
Sources: All India Radio official, India Today
e-Sanjeevani, the free National Telemedicine Service run by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and launched in 2019, has crossed 50 crore teleconsultations across all States and Union Territories. The platform is integrated with Emergency Response Support System-112 (ERSS-112) and helps people in rural, remote and underserved areas reach doctors.
Exam angle: eSanjeevani was developed by C-DAC Mohali under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Sources: All India Radio official
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced an extension of a USD 500 million line of credit to Guyana for roads, health and defence projects. He announced it after meeting Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali in Antigua and Barbuda, on the sidelines of CHOGM 2026. The two sides also signed three agreements, including one on a UPI-like system in Guyana.
Exam angle: Guyana's capital is Georgetown; it is the only English-speaking country in South America.
Sources: Hindu BusinessLine, Economic Times
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) issued its first-ever preventive order at the end of October to curb pollution in Delhi-NCR, with the curbs applying from November 5 to November 20. Government and private offices in the NCT of Delhi and in Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar must keep physical attendance to up to 50 per cent, with outdoor construction barred.
Exam angle: CAQM was set up under the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021.
Sources: Hindu BusinessLine, The Tribune
The International Day for Biosphere Reserves was marked on 3rd November, drawing attention to how these landscapes support biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Biosphere Reserves get international recognition under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, which began in 1971.
Exam angle: The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, set up in 1986, was India's first biosphere reserve.
Checked against two independent sources
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah in Kathmandu during a two-day official visit centred on preparations for Shah's upcoming trip to India. Misri also held talks with Nepal's Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai and met ministers including Shishir Khanal and Swarnim Wagle on energy, infrastructure and connectivity.
Exam angle: Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal, and the Nepalese rupee is its currency.
Sources: All India Radio official, The Tribune
On November 3, QS Quacquarelli Symonds published the 2027 edition of the QS World University Rankings: Asia, with the University of Hong Kong retaining first place. India had 325 ranked universities, second only to Mainland China's 448, while IIT Delhi slipped to 66th. The list covered 1,722 universities across 26 systems.
Exam angle: QS Quacquarelli Symonds is a higher education analytics firm headquartered in London.
Sources: The Tribune
A Centre of Excellence for the indigenous Siri cattle breed was announced for Sikkim to conserve and improve this dual-purpose Himalayan breed. The North District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Ltd was also launched at Mangan under White Revolution 2.0 to widen the state's dairy cooperative network and bring more farmers into it.
Exam angle: Sikkim became the 22nd state of India in 1975.
Checked against two independent sources
India's Velavan Senthilkumar won the men's singles crown at the Czech Open 2026 squash event in Brno, defeating top seed Greg Lobban of Scotland 3-1 in the final. It was his 12th PSA Squash Tour title and second Copper-level crown, after the Budapest Open in August.
Exam angle: Squash will make its Olympic debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Games.
Sources: All India Radio official, The Tribune
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