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UPSC Current Affairs, 7 November 2026

10 stories from the news of the day, each in short with why it matters for Prelims and Mains. Practise their UPSC-style questions and take the daily quiz in CAShorts.

  1. EconomyGS3Prelims

    Centre orders weekly rice stock disclosure, doubles OMSS rice sale target

    The Centre on 6 November 2026 ordered rice and paddy stockists nationwide to declare their holdings every Friday on the Food Stock Portal. Five southern States may now impose stock limits until 31 January 2027. The Centre also doubled the 2026-27 rice sale target under the Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) to 50 lakh tonnes.

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  2. EconomyGS3Prelims

    MeitY approves 12 more ECMS projects; approved investment reaches Rs 77,051 crore

    The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) approved 12 more projects worth Rs 7,503 crore under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) on 6 November 2026. They make inputs such as copper foil, battery materials, circuit boards and factory equipment. Per MeitY, approved investment across the scheme has reached Rs 77,051 crore.

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  3. EconomyPrelimsGS3

    NHAI standardises toll plaza design for barrier-less MLFF tolling

    The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on 6 November 2026 issued guidelines standardising toll plaza design for barrier-less Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling on four-lane and wider National Highways. They fix a uniform plaza layout, fewer tolling lanes, gantry placement, lighting and signage. The guidelines apply to every future and under-construction highway project.

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  4. PolityGS2Prelims

    Supreme Court settles Himachal's Bhakra-Beas power dues with Punjab, Haryana

    The Supreme Court on 6 November 2026 accepted the Centre's cashless plan to settle Himachal Pradesh's power dues from the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) projects. Punjab and Haryana will give Himachal 11,973 million units (MU) of electricity over 20 years. The arrangement implements the court's 2011 verdict, which fixed Himachal's share at 7.19%.

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  5. PolityGS2Prelims

    Supreme Court: OBC creamy layer income ruling will not apply retrospectively

    The Supreme Court held on 6 November 2026 that its March 2026 OBC creamy layer ruling will not apply retrospectively. That ruling keeps parents' salary and agricultural income out of the creamy layer income/wealth test. The Court refused the Centre two more years to act, and kept the 2025 batch under the ruling.

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  6. NationalGS1Prelims

    UNESCO's Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Register adds Mahabharata, Arthashastra, Rajatarangini

    Manuscripts of the Mahabharata, Kautilya's Arthashastra and Kalhana's Rajatarangini have entered the Asia-Pacific Regional Register of UNESCO's Memory of the World (MoW) Programme, it was announced on 5 November 2026. The decision came at the register's 11th session in Jakarta, Indonesia. India now has six entries on this regional register, officials said.

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  7. EnvironmentPrelimsGS2

    CAQM serves show-cause notices on Punjab DCs and SSPs over stubble burning

    On 4 November 2026 the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas issued show-cause notices over paddy stubble burning. They went to the Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police of five Punjab districts. With earlier notices, officers in nine districts must explain why action under the CAQM Act, 2021 should not follow.

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  8. EnvironmentPrelimsGS3

    Kerala notifies Calicut University garden as Biodiversity Heritage Site

    Kerala has declared the Calicut University Biodiversity Garden at Tenhipalam, in Malappuram district, a Biodiversity Heritage Site. The gazette notification, issued on 31 October 2026, rests on the State's power under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. The garden grows tropical Indian plants alongside exotic species.

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  9. Sci-TechGS2GS3

    CERT-In names AI-assisted 'CRAFTY FALCON' group attacking financial firms' payment APIs

    The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) named an AI-assisted threat actor, CRAFTY FALCON, on 4 November 2026. Its Critical advisory says the group hits NBFCs, fintech firms and crypto exchanges. It calls their own payment and disbursement APIs to move money. CERT-In named four public AI attack tools and called the threat active and ongoing.

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  10. PolityGS2Prelims

    Home Ministry exemption order now requires visas for six persecuted minorities

    The Ministry of Home Affairs changed its immigration exemption order on 4 November 2026. Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who entered India by 31 December 2024 without valid papers keep their exemption. To remain, they must now hold a suitable visa.

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