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Revised maximum retail prices of anti-cancer medicines under the NPPA trade margin cap came into effect on 9 November 2026, with estimated annual savings to consumers of Rs 3,540.38 crore.
As on 8 November 2026, 679 brands had reported price reductions of more than 50 per cent, and the highest reported reduction in maximum retail price is 96.45 per cent.
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority capped trade margins on the maximum retail price of 137 anti-cancer drugs on the recommendations of an Expert Committee constituted by the Directorate General of Health Services on 17 October 2026.
Consumers can verify medicine prices through the Pharma Sahi Daam mobile app or the NPPA website, and register pricing complaints on the Pharma Jan Samadhan portal or the NPPA helpline 1800-111-255.
The commencement date and the savings figure are the askable parts of this policy, and the uptake counts move every few days, so a question must carry the as-on date with it.
Linked static GK: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority is the price regulator under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, and works under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order. A trade margin cap limits the margin between the price to the stockist and the maximum retail price.
The President of India will confer the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 Awards, the 10th edition of the survey, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on 11 November 2026.
The edition number, the host venue, the conferring authority and the growth in scale are all standard one-mark questions on Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban.
Linked static GK: Swachh Survekshan is the annual cleanliness survey of urban local bodies conducted under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. It was first conducted in 2016.
The Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative, India's first urban waste management mentorship programme, paired 70 mentor cities with 191 mentee cities across 33 States and Union Territories.
governance · upsc-prelims, ssc-cgl, mpsc-group-c
Swachh Shehar Jodi has fostered peer learning between 70 mentor cities and 191 mentee cities across 33 States and Union Territories.
The Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative was launched by the Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs on 27 September 2025 as the first urban waste management mentorship and peer-learning programme.
A named scheme with a launch date, a mentor-to-mentee ratio and measurable before-and-after figures is the shape a governance question takes most often.
Linked static GK: Swachh Shehar Jodi is a mentorship programme under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban in which high-performing cities mentor weaker ones on urban waste management.
The port call is in line with the Government of India's vision of MAHASAGAR, which stands for Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions.
Exercise names paired with the partner country and the edition number are among the most repeated defence questions, and MAHASAGAR has replaced SAGAR as the stated doctrine.
Linked static GK: Naseem Al Bahr is the bilateral naval exercise between India and Oman. INS Surat is the fourth of the Project 15B Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers.
INS Chilka will hold the Passing Out Parade of the ninth batch of Indian Navy Agniveers on 13 November 2026, the largest batch to pass out from the establishment.
INS Chilka will conduct the Passing Out Parade of the ninth batch of Agniveers of the Indian Navy and Naviks of the Indian Coast Guard on 13 November 2026.
INS Chilka as the Navy's ab-initio training establishment and the Agniveer scheme are both regularly asked, and the serving Chief of the Naval Staff is a standing question.
Linked static GK: INS Chilka in Odisha is the Indian Navy's basic training establishment for sailors. Agniveers are recruited under the Agnipath scheme introduced in 2022.
Delhi's first recreational river cruise service on the Yamuna, which is National Waterway-110, will be inaugurated on 10 November 2026 on the Sonia Vihar to Jagatpur stretch.
infrastructure · upsc-prelims, ssc-cgl, rrb-ntpc
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways will inaugurate Delhi's recreational Yamuna river cruise service on 10 November 2026 at Sonia Vihar.
The service is being developed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India in collaboration with the Delhi Development Authority, Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation and the Delhi Jal Board, and uses electric-powered cruise vessels.
National Waterway numbers tied to their rivers are a standing question, and NW-110 for the Yamuna is one candidates most often get wrong.
Linked static GK: The National Waterways Act, 2016 declared 111 inland waterways as national waterways. The Inland Waterways Authority of India is the statutory body under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways that develops them.
The amendment introduces a framework of port charges for IP-based interconnection, supplementing the existing provisions for E1 and TDM-based interconnection.
TRAI's regulation-making power under the TRAI Act and the specific charge ceilings are both askable, and this amendment must not be confused with the Register of Interconnect Agreements amendment of 6 November.
Linked static GK: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India was established in 1997 under the TRAI Act. Section 11(1)(b) of that Act empowers it to prescribe the terms and conditions of interconnection between service providers.
India and Saudi Arabia signed the Bilateral Haj Agreement for Haj-2027 at Jeddah on 9 November 2026, confirming India's country quota at 175,025 pilgrims.
international · upsc-prelims, ssc-cgl, mpsc-group-c, rrb-ntpc
India and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed the Bilateral Haj Agreement for Haj-2027 in Jeddah.
The Haj quota figure is asked almost every year, and the ministry that administers Haj is a frequent one-mark question.
Linked static GK: Haj arrangements for Indian pilgrims are administered by the Ministry of Minority Affairs through the Haj Committee of India, and the annual country quota is fixed by a bilateral agreement with Saudi Arabia.
The Population Enumeration phase of Census 2027 is scheduled from 25 January to 28 February 2027, with 00:00 hours of 1 March 2027 as the reference date.
A total of 50 Master Trainers in Kerala, comprising 36 State Government officials and 14 officials of the Directorate of Census Operations, will undergo the training.
Census 2027 dates and the reference date are near-certain questions across every exam family in 2027, and the reference date differs from the enumeration window.
Linked static GK: Census 2027 is being conducted in two phases: House Listing and Housing Census, then Population Enumeration. It is the first census to be conducted digitally and the first since 2011.
UIDAI's parent ministry and the services an Aadhaar Seva Kendra offers are asked directly, and the state totals appear in state-exam current affairs.
Linked static GK: The Unique Identification Authority of India is a statutory authority under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, established under the Aadhaar Act, 2016.
Indian Railways concluded Special Campaign 6 in October 2026, generating Rs 628.49 crore through scrap disposal against a target of Rs 600 crore.
governance · ssc-cgl, rrb-ntpc, upsc-prelims
Indian Railways conducted Special Campaign 6 from 2 to 31 October 2026 across Zonal Railways, Divisions, Production Units and Public Sector Undertakings.
Special Campaign 6 ran across ministries and each reported its own figures, so a question must name the organisation; this one is Indian Railways, not the EPFO figures carried on 7 November.
Linked static GK: Special Campaign for Disposal of Pending Matters is an annual government-wide drive coordinated by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. The 2026 edition focused on e-waste.
The Union Minister of Coal and Mines will inaugurate three new facilities at the Geological Survey of India Training Institute, Hyderabad, on 10 November 2026.
science · upsc-prelims, ssc-cgl
The Union Minister of Coal and Mines will inaugurate an International Hostel, an Advanced Geophysical Data Processing Laboratory and a Digital Studio at the Geological Survey of India Training Institute at Bandlaguda-Nagole, Hyderabad, on 10 November 2026.
The founding year of the Geological Survey of India and its parent ministry are among the most repeated static questions, and this release states both.
Linked static GK: The Geological Survey of India, founded in 1851 and headquartered at Kolkata, is attached to the Ministry of Mines. Its training institute is at Hyderabad.
India's first cannabis medicinal research project, run by CSIR-IIIM in Jammu and Kashmir on a public-private partnership model, is moving to pre-clinical trials with Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai.
science · upsc-prelims, ssc-cgl
The cannabis research project is being undertaken on a Public-Private Partnership model with the participation of a French company, aimed exclusively at the medicinal and life-science applications of cannabis.
A first-of-its-kind research project with a named CSIR laboratory, a named partner institution and a PPP model is the kind of fact that is awkward to look up later.
Linked static GK: CSIR-IIIM is the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine at Jammu, a laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai is a national cancer treatment and research institution.
The Shilp Samagam Mela 2026 of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is being held at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi, until 15 November 2026 with more than 130 stalls.
social · ssc-cgl, upsc-prelims, mpsc-group-c
The Shilp Samagam Mela 2026 is being organised by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment at Dilli Haat, INA, and continues until 15 November 2026.
The Ministry has organised Shilp Samagam Melas since 2022, and more than 1,000 artisans from Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes and Safai Karamchari communities have benefited.
Four corporations take part in the Mela: the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation, the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation, the National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation and the National Divyangjan Finance and Development Corporation.
The four development corporations under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment are asked by their expansions, and this release names all four.
Linked static GK: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment runs finance and development corporations for Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, Safai Karamcharis and persons with disabilities.