22 November 2025 Current Affairs

National Affairs

• CAG of India is setting up a Centre of Excellence for Financial Audit in Hyderabad to modernize audit systems.

• India to launch its first Tesla Centre at Orchid Business Park, Gurugram .

• India Post inaugurated the revamped Delhi University Post Office , the second Gen-Z–focused campus PO.

• CBFC launched a Multilingual Module on the E-Cinepramaan portal for public use.

Events & Summits

• Hyderabad will host the Earth Summit 2025–26 , organised by NABARD & IAMAI .

• 55th IFFI (Goa) launched its 4th collaboration with UNICEF – “Five Films, One Universal Story.”

• COP31 (2026) will be hosted by Turkey after a compromise with Australia at COP30 (Brazil).

International Relations & Security

• Seychelles became a full member of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) at the 7th NSA-level meeting in New Delhi.

• New Zealand & Kenya rejected India’s proposal to secure exclusive Basmati GI rights at WTO-TRIPS.

• USA approved defence sales worth $92.8 million to India (DSCA notification).

• Google opened its largest AI hardware engineering centre outside the US in Taipei, Taiwan .

Science & Space

• Sentinel-6B Earth observation satellite launched from Vandenberg SFB via SpaceX Falcon-9 .

• ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan announced Oceansat launch in 2026 using the first commercially built PSLV-N1 .

Defence

• India–France signed a Technical Agreement (TA) between DRDO & DGA to boost defence R&D cooperation.

Awards & Appointments

• Michelle Bachelet received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament & Development 2024 .

• Sandhip Pradhan (IRS) appointed Whole-Time Member, SEBI for 3 years.

• Jitendra Gohil appointed CIO, Bajaj Finserv’s investment arm .

• Leonardo DiCaprio will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award (Actor) at Palm Springs Festival 2026.

Banking & Economy