Daily Current Affairs 13 November 2026
These daily current affairs 13 november 2026 notes bring together the most important developments for competitive examinations. Today’s news covers Infrastructure, Economy, Governance, Science & Education, International Relations & Health, Defence, Social Issues and Sports.
The major highlights include the Prime Minister’s Karnataka programme of projects worth over ₹15,600 crore, including the Bengaluru Metro Pink Line and India’s first LED dome planetarium at Mysuru, the 45th India International Trade Fair at Bharat Mandapam, October CPI inflation at 6.09%, the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 awards with Navi Mumbai topping the Super Swachh League, 22 bids for 10 GWh of grid-scale ACC capacity, NITI Aayog’s PLI impact report, three new KVS digital platforms, India’s 38% fall in TB mortality in the WHO 2026 report, the revamped Gallantry Awards portal, 20.48 lakh defence pensioner life certificates, the first JJM 2.0 regional conference at Tiruchirappalli, and Youth Olympics boxing golds for Gunjan and Ambekar Meetei.
These current affairs are useful for SSC, Railway, Banking, Defence, UPSC, State PSC and other competitive examinations. For yesterday’s edition, read Daily Current Affairs 12 November 2026 (also available in Hindi).
📖 Read this in Hindi: 13 नवंबर 2026 करंट अफेयर्स (हिंदी में)
🚆 1. PM to Inaugurate Karnataka Projects Worth Over ₹15,600 Crore, Including Bengaluru Metro Pink Line and India’s First LED Dome Planetarium
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka and Gujarat on 13–14 November 2026. On 13 November, he will inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stone of development projects worth over ₹15,600 crore in Bengaluru, covering urban mobility, power transmission, renewable energy, petroleum infrastructure, waste management and railways, according to a Press Information Bureau release of 11 November 2026.
Pink Line from Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere (about ₹3,470 crore) and COSMOS-Mysuru, India’s first LED dome planetarium, built by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics
- Bengaluru Metro Pink Line → Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere, about ₹3,470 crore; the PM will also take a metro ride from Tavarekere to IIM Bangalore
- COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium → India’s first LED dome planetarium, built by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) on the University of Mysore campus at the foothills of Chamundi Hills; 15-metre tilted dome with about 6,150 panels and 4.2 crore LEDs
- Mangaluru LPG cavern → India’s largest underground LPG storage cavern, over ₹850 crore, capacity 80,000 metric tonnes, with a 9.4 km pipeline from New Mangalore Port
- Rail and energy → flag-off of the Bengaluru–Mangaluru–Madgaon Vande Bharat Express; four Amrit Bharat stations (Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Sakleshpur and Subrahmanya Road); electrification of the 55 km Sakleshpur–Subrahmanya Road ghat section, completing electrification of the entire Bengaluru–Mangaluru route; transmission schemes including Koppal-II and Gadag-II (about ₹4,450 crore, about 2 GW) and the Bidar solar zone (about ₹1,370 crore, 2.5 GW)
Exam Point
PM’s Karnataka programme, 13 Nov 2026 → projects worth over ₹15,600 crore, including the Pink Line (Kalena Agrahara–Tavarekere, about ₹3,470 crore)
COSMOS-Mysuru → India’s first LED dome planetarium; built by IIA on the University of Mysore campus
🏛️ 2. 45th India International Trade Fair Opens at Bharat Mandapam with the Theme “Vikas aur Virasat”
The 45th India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2026, organised by the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), is being held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from 14 to 27 November 2026. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal was scheduled to inaugurate the fair as chief guest on 13 November 2026. The theme is “Vikas aur Virasat” (Development and Heritage).
More than 3,500 exhibitors across 17 halls; 32 States and UTs; Partner States Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
- Scale → over 1,00,000 square metres of exhibition space; 51 Central Ministries, departments, PSUs and public sector banks; international participation from 11 countries
- Partner States → Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh; Focus States → Assam, Delhi, Jharkhand and West Bengal
- New features → Hall of Inspiration in Hall 14 with around 600 start-ups; One District One Product (ODOP) Pavilion from 21 States; Playverse@Mandapam for young visitors
- Schedule → Business Days (B2B) from 14 to 18 November; open to the public from 19 to 27 November, 10:00 AM to 7:30 PM (public entry until 5:30 PM). Senior citizens and persons with disabilities can enter free on General Days with a valid government ID
Exam Point
45th IITF 2026 → Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, 14–27 November; organised by ITPO; theme “Vikas aur Virasat”
IITF 2026 Partner States → Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
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Lock it in — 20 MCQs from the day's news.
📊 3. Retail Inflation Rises to 6.09% in October 2026; Food Inflation at 8.94% (Base Year 2024)
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the Consumer Price Index for October 2026 on 12 November. All-India CPI (General) inflation stood at 6.09% (provisional) on the new base year 2024=100, up from 5.54% in September 2026 (final). Rural inflation was 6.63% and urban inflation 5.41%. The combined CPI index was 110.05.
The 6.09% reading is above the upper end of the Reserve Bank of India’s 4% ± 2 percentage point inflation target band
- Food inflation (CFPI) → 8.94% (provisional) in October, against 7.74% in September; rural 9.09%, urban 8.68%
- High-inflation items → onion 116.22%, garlic 60.74%, silver jewellery 52.39%, ginger 48.32% and lemon 47.30% at the all-India combined level
- Soft items → potato (−14.24%), cauliflower (−10.57%), coconut (−5.60%), brinjal (−3.34%) and cabbage (−1.92%)
- Coverage → prices from 1,407 urban markets and 1,465 villages; MoSPI reported a 100% response rate in both rural and urban markets in October 2026
Exam Point
CPI (General), October 2026 → 6.09% (provisional); base year 2024=100; rural 6.63%, urban 5.41%
CFPI food inflation, October 2026 → 8.94%; combined CPI index 110.05
🧹 4. President Presents Swachh Survekshan 2025–26 Awards; Navi Mumbai Tops the Super Swachh League
President Droupadi Murmu presented the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025–26 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 11 November 2026. The 10th edition of the survey, convened by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, covered 4,751 cities and announced 60 national awards. Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai, Gujarat’s Surat and Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada were declared the top three Clean Cities of the Super Swachh League.
First-time awards for Swachh River Front Town, Swachh Coastal Town and Clean Himalayan City; 2.70 crore citizens gave feedback
- Million-plus cities → GVMC Visakhapatnam, Jabalpur and Lucknow were the top three Swachh Shehar in this population category
- New categories → River Front Town: Rewa (Madhya Pradesh), Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh); Coastal Town: Puri, Alappuzha and Ratnagiri; Himalayan City: Rudrapur, Jammu and Shopian
- Swachh Shehar Jodi → top mentor–mentee pairs were Ahmedabad–Sanand, Indore–Depalpur and Tirupati–Kuppam
- Impact → Union Minister Manohar Lal said urban waste processing had risen from 16% to 80% and door-to-door collection from 44% to over 96% since 2014, while remediation of legacy dumpsites had freed nearly 11,000 acres. Over 350 ULBs improved by more than 500 ranks, and 1,700+ ULBs with a population below 50,000 improved their rankings
Exam Point
Super Swachh League 2025–26 (top 3) → Navi Mumbai, Surat, Vijayawada
Swachh Survekshan 2025–26 → 10th edition, 4,751 cities, 60 national awards; presented by the President on 11 November 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan
🔋 5. Ministry of Heavy Industries Receives 22 Bids for 10 GWh of Grid-Scale ACC Manufacturing Capacity
The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has received 22 bids for 10 GWh of Advanced Chemistry Cell manufacturing capacity offered under a global tender. The 10 GWh is earmarked for Grid-Scale Stationary Storage (GSSS) and is part of the overall 50 GWh target under the National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage.
The PLI scheme was approved by the Union Cabinet in May 2021 with a budgetary outlay of ₹18,100 crore for 50 GWh of ACC capacity
- Timeline → RFP floated on the CPP portal on 15 July 2026; pre-bid conference on 29 July; last date for bids 10 November; technical bids opened on 11 November 2026 at MHI
- Method → two-stage Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS), conducted online
- Bidders → 22 firms, including ACME Solar Holdings, Amara Raja Advanced Cell Technologies, Exide Energy Solutions, Reliance Industries, Renew Photovoltaics, Vikram Solar and Waaree Energy Storage Solutions, among others listed by PIB
- Aim → to support energy-storage demand from renewable capacity, deepen the domestic ACC value chain and strengthen energy security
Exam Point
PLI ACC tender → 22 bids for 10 GWh Grid-Scale Stationary Storage capacity; part of a 50 GWh national target
National Programme on ACC Battery Storage → Cabinet approval May 2021; outlay ₹18,100 crore
🏭 6. NITI Aayog Releases Impact Assessment of PLI Schemes; Nearly 70% of Targeted Segments Are On Track
On 12 November 2026, NITI Aayog released the report “Impact Assessment of PLI Schemes”, prepared with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad as knowledge partner. The report reviews all 14 sectors notified under the Production Linked Incentive scheme on investment, additional production, exports and employment.
Nearly 70% of targeted segments are on track; the scheme has stimulated investment and production beyond targets
- Strong progress → pharmaceuticals, mobile manufacturing under Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing (LSEM), food processing, telecom, white goods, automobiles and drones; drones are described as an early implementation success
- Renewables → manufacturing capacity in high-efficiency solar PV modules has expanded significantly
- Emerging areas → ACC batteries, specialty steel and technical textiles are seeing gradual capacity and ecosystem development
- Way forward → the report stresses deeper MSME participation, harmonised data systems and domestic value addition to strengthen long-term outcomes
Exam Point
NITI Aayog PLI impact report (12 Nov 2026) → prepared with IIM Ahmedabad; covers all 14 notified sectors
PLI assessment → nearly 70% of targeted segments on track; drones an early success
🎓 7. Education Minister Launches Three Flagship Digital Initiatives of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurated three flagship digital initiatives of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in New Delhi on 12 November 2026. The platforms, developed in-house by the IT Services Cell of KVS Headquarters, are framed as a step towards the National Education Policy 2020 and Digital India.
Vidya Samiksha Kendra with the Samiksha AI Bot, KVS-Samvaad Parent Connect, and the KVS Alumni Connect Portal
- Vidya Samiksha Kendra (samiksha.kvs.gov.in) → real-time dashboards on student and staff attendance, academic performance, school infrastructure and admissions; the Samiksha AI Bot analyses data, identifies gaps and suggests interventions
- KVS-Samvaad (samvaad.kvs.gov.in) → parent-facing app and web portal for attendance, syllabus progress, results, learning resources and digital student ID cards, plus online applications for bonafide and CEA certificates and leave
- Alumni Connect Portal (alumni.kvs.gov.in) → a platform for former students to reconnect, share achievements and support mentorship and career guidance
- Next steps → the Minister asked for the initiatives to be scaled across every Kendriya Vidyalaya and suggested that teacher-training data be integrated, with wider use across the school-education system in collaboration with the Department of School Education and Literacy
Exam Point
KVS digital launch, 12 Nov 2026 → Vidya Samiksha Kendra (Samiksha AI Bot), KVS-Samvaad and Alumni Connect Portal
Platforms developed in-house by the IT Services Cell of KVS Headquarters; linked to NEP 2020 and Digital India
🩺 8. WHO Global TB Report 2026: India Records a 38% Fall in TB Deaths Since 2015, Ahead of the Global 35% Decline
The World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2026, released on 12 November 2026, highlights a 38% reduction in India’s TB mortality since 2015, compared with a global decline of 35%. The estimated mortality rate fell from 28 per lakh population in 2015 to 18 per lakh in 2025. The treatment success rate among patients with drug-susceptible TB is 94%.
96% of India’s TB programme funding requirements were met through domestic resources; 48.64 lakh new cases were identified under intensified screening
- TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan → over 25 crore people brought under intensified screening; more than 11 crore chest X-rays and over 3 crore nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) conducted
- Case finding → 48.64 lakh new TB cases identified, including 14.97 lakh asymptomatic cases, showing the value of proactive screening
- Support → Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (nutritional assistance), the Ni-kshay Mitra initiative, AI-enabled portable X-rays and the Ni-kshay digital platform for patient tracking
- Community outcome → 67,933 panchayats were declared TB-free in 2025. WHO used evidence from the Registrar General’s Sample Registration System, verbal autopsy assessments and Ni-kshay programme data
Exam Point
WHO Global TB Report 2026 → India cut TB mortality 38% since 2015 (28 to 18 per lakh), versus a global decline of 35%
Treatment success (drug-susceptible TB) → 94%; 96% of programme funding from domestic resources
🎖️ 9. Raksha Rajya Mantri Launches Revamped Gallantry Awards Portal; Veer Gatha Reaches 1.92 Crore Students
Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth launched the revamped Gallantry Awards portal (gallantryawards.gov.in) in New Delhi on 12 November 2026. The portal is intended as a digital repository on gallantry awards, awardees, wars and military operations since Independence, and as a way for citizens to pay tribute to awardees.
Veer Gatha has grown from about 8 lakh students and 4,788 schools in the first edition to over 1.92 crore students and 1.9 lakh schools in the fifth
- Sections → Events, Memorials and Museums, Warpedia, Awardees, Gallantrypedia (articles), Media, and an interactive Tribute section
- Veer Gatha → a dedicated space for every edition, with topics, timelines, evaluation criteria, results, felicitation and student activities, so that school students can learn about and respond to stories of gallantry awardees
- Overseas participation → the fifth edition includes 28,005 students from 91 CBSE-affiliated schools across 18 countries
- Aim → a citizen-centric, accessible interface to preserve the legacy of awardees and raise awareness of India’s military heritage, especially among the youth
Exam Point
Revamped Gallantry Awards portal → launched by Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth on 12 November 2026 (gallantryawards.gov.in)
Veer Gatha 5th edition → over 1.92 crore students and 1.9 lakh schools (from about 8 lakh students and 4,788 schools in the first edition)
🪪 10. Over 20.48 Lakh Defence Pensioners Submit Digital Life Certificates under DLC Campaign 5.0
The Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) reported that, as on 11 November 2026, over 20.48 lakh defence pensioners had successfully submitted Digital Life Certificates under Nationwide Digital Life Certificate (DLC) Campaign 5.0 — the highest contribution among participating departments. The month-long campaign, coordinated by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, runs from 1 to 30 November 2026.
More than 80% of certificates were generated through Aadhaar-based Face Authentication on the Jeevan Pramaan app
- Outreach → 194 SPARSH Service Centres, 4.63 lakh Common Service Centres, 13 partner banks / India Post Payments Bank and 29 nodal officers; around 80 outreach programmes; a mega camp is scheduled in Kochi on 23 November 2026
- Face authentication → allows pensioners, including super-senior and differently-abled veterans, to generate certificates from home on a smartphone, without a visit to a bank or office and without fingerprint devices
- SPARSH → 35.11 lakh defence pensioners had been onboarded as of October 2026
- Last year → during DLC Campaign 4.0 in November 2025, the Defence Accounts Department generated over 20.94 lakh DLCs
Exam Point
DLC Campaign 5.0 → 1–30 November 2026; over 20.48 lakh defence pensioners had submitted DLCs as on 11 November 2026
More than 80% of DLCs generated through Face Authentication on Jeevan Pramaan
🚰 11. First JJM 2.0 Regional Conference Held at Tiruchirappalli; Rural Tap Connections Near 16 Crore
Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Paatil addressed the first Regional Conference on Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0 at Tiruchirappalli on 12–13 November 2026. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation organised the meeting with the Government of Tamil Nadu. Officials from seven southern States and Union Territories — Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Keralam, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry and Lakshadweep — took part.
Household tap connections have reached about 16 crore rural households; the approved Mission timeline is December 2028
- JJM 2.0 focus → a shift from creating infrastructure to assured, long-term service delivery, with reforms in operation and maintenance, institutional accountability and functionality of rural water supply
- Timeline → remaining works are to be completed within the approved Mission timeline of December 2028; the Minister appealed to States to aim for December 2027 wherever feasible
- Water security → greater attention to groundwater recharge, rainwater harvesting and community-led conservation under Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari, with convergence among departments
- Background → Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in 2019 to provide tap water to every rural household. The Trichy conference follows the Departmental Summit on Water held on 1–2 September 2026
Exam Point
First JJM 2.0 Regional Conference → Tiruchirappalli, 12–13 November 2026; hosted with the Government of Tamil Nadu
Rural household tap connections → about 16 crore; approved Mission timeline December 2028
🥊 12. Youth Olympics 2026: Gunjan Wins India’s First Women’s Boxing Gold; Ambekar Meetei Takes Men’s 50 kg Title
At the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, Indian boxer Gunjan won the women’s 48 kg final on 12 November 2026, becoming the first Indian woman to win a Youth Olympics boxing gold — and India’s first female boxing medallist at the Youth Olympics. She defeated Algeria’s Bouthaina Bensalah by unanimous decision, with all five judges scoring the bout 30-27, according to India Today, citing the Boxing Federation of India and Olympics.com.
Earlier the same day, Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei won the men’s 50 kg final against Ireland’s Kristian Jubani, becoming the first Indian boxer to win Youth Olympics gold
- Gunjan’s path → after a bye, she beat Mexico’s Atena Sofia Juarez Calero 5-0 in the quarterfinals and Great Britain’s Lily Bassett 4-1 in the semifinals, reversing a loss to Bassett in the 2026 World Boxing Futures Cup final in Bangkok, which had earned her the Dakar quota
- Meetei → the Manipur boxer, who had already assured India of a medal by reaching the semifinals, completed the gold-medal campaign in the men’s 50 kg category
- Tally context → India Today reported that Gunjan’s gold took India’s Dakar tally to 11 medals (three gold, three silver and five bronze), and that it was India’s third gold at the Games after equestrian gold medallist Sresht Raju Mantena and Meetei
- Why it matters → two boxing golds on the same day mark a first for India at the Youth Olympics and are important for the sports sections of SSC, Railway and other exams
Exam Point
Gunjan → women’s 48 kg gold at Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics (12 Nov 2026); first Indian woman to win Youth Olympics boxing gold
Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei → men’s 50 kg gold; first Indian boxer to win gold at the Youth Olympics
📝 Important One-Liners – 13 November 2026
- The Bengaluru Metro Pink Line stretch to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister on 13 November 2026 runs between which two stations?
→ Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere - COSMOS-Mysuru, inaugurated as part of the Prime Minister’s Karnataka visit on 13 November 2026, is described as India’s first planetarium of which type?
→ LED dome planetarium - India’s largest underground LPG storage cavern, to be dedicated to the nation during the Prime Minister’s Karnataka visit, is located in which city and has what storage capacity?
→ Mangaluru; 80,000 metric tonnes - The 45th India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2026, organised by ITPO, is being held at which venue in New Delhi?
→ Bharat Mandapam - Which of the following groups were designated as the Partner States for IITF 2026?
→ Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh - According to the official MoSPI/PIB release of 12 November 2026, what was India’s provisional year-on-year CPI (General) retail inflation in October 2026 (base year 2024)?
→ 6.09% - What was the provisional year-on-year inflation based on the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for October 2026, as released by MoSPI?
→ 8.94% - Which city was declared first among the Clean Cities of the Super Swachh League in the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025–26, presented by the President on 11 November 2026?
→ Navi Mumbai - In the first-time Swachh River Front Town category of Swachh Survekshan 2025–26, which city was ranked first?
→ Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) - The Ministry of Heavy Industries received 22 bids for how much Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) manufacturing capacity earmarked for Grid-Scale Stationary Storage under the PLI ACC Scheme?
→ 10 GWh - NITI Aayog’s report “Impact Assessment of PLI Schemes”, released on 12 November 2026, was prepared in collaboration with which knowledge partner?
→ IIM Ahmedabad - Which of the following was NOT among the three flagship digital initiatives of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan launched by Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi on 12 November 2026?
→ PM eVIDYA 2.0 portal - As highlighted in the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2026 (released on 12 November 2026), by what percentage has India reduced TB mortality since 2015, compared with a global decline of 35%?
→ 38% - Under the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, approximately how many new TB cases, including asymptomatic cases, were identified through intensified screening, according to the PIB release on the WHO 2026 report?
→ 48.64 lakh, including 14.97 lakh asymptomatic cases - The fifth edition of Veer Gatha, hosted on the revamped Gallantry Awards portal launched on 12 November 2026, has grown to cover about how many students and schools?
→ Over 1.92 crore students and 1.9 lakh schools - As on 11 November 2026, how many defence pensioners had successfully submitted Digital Life Certificates under Nationwide DLC Campaign 5.0, according to the Ministry of Defence?
→ Over 20.48 lakh - The first Regional Conference on Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0, addressed by Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Paatil on 12–13 November 2026, was held in which city?
→ Tiruchirappalli - Addressing the 22nd Foundation Day of PPVFRA on 12 November 2026, Principal Secretary to the PM Dr. P.K. Mishra noted that India’s National Genebank is the world’s second largest and is located at which institution?
→ ICAR-NBPGR - At the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, Gunjan became the first Indian woman to win a Youth Olympics boxing gold medal. In which weight category did she win the final on 12 November 2026?
→ Women’s 48 kg - The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow, launched a three-year medicinal-plant livelihood project on 12 November 2026 at the Central University of Odisha, Koraput. The project covers how many selected tribal hotspots, across how many States/UTs?
→ 16 hotspots across 13 States/UTs
🧠 Quick Revision – 13 November 2026
Infrastructure & Urban Development
PM’s Karnataka programme, 13 Nov 2026 → projects worth over ₹15,600 crore, including the Pink Line (Kalena Agrahara–Tavarekere, about ₹3,470 crore)
COSMOS-Mysuru → India’s first LED dome planetarium; built by IIA on the University of Mysore campus
First JJM 2.0 Regional Conference → Tiruchirappalli, 12–13 November 2026; hosted with the Government of Tamil Nadu
Rural household tap connections → about 16 crore; approved Mission timeline December 2028
Economy, Industry & Finance
45th IITF 2026 → Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, 14–27 November; organised by ITPO; theme “Vikas aur Virasat”
IITF 2026 Partner States → Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
CPI (General), October 2026 → 6.09% (provisional); base year 2024=100; rural 6.63%, urban 5.41%
CFPI food inflation, October 2026 → 8.94%; combined CPI index 110.05
NITI Aayog PLI impact report (12 Nov 2026) → prepared with IIM Ahmedabad; covers all 14 notified sectors
PLI assessment → nearly 70% of targeted segments on track; drones an early success
Governance & Urban Affairs
Super Swachh League 2025–26 (top 3) → Navi Mumbai, Surat, Vijayawada
Swachh Survekshan 2025–26 → 10th edition, 4,751 cities, 60 national awards; presented by the President on 11 November 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan
Science, Technology & Education
PLI ACC tender → 22 bids for 10 GWh Grid-Scale Stationary Storage capacity; part of a 50 GWh national target
National Programme on ACC Battery Storage → Cabinet approval May 2021; outlay ₹18,100 crore
KVS digital launch, 12 Nov 2026 → Vidya Samiksha Kendra (Samiksha AI Bot), KVS-Samvaad and Alumni Connect Portal
Platforms developed in-house by the IT Services Cell of KVS Headquarters; linked to NEP 2020 and Digital India
International Relations & Health
WHO Global TB Report 2026 → India cut TB mortality 38% since 2015 (28 to 18 per lakh), versus a global decline of 35%
Treatment success (drug-susceptible TB) → 94%; 96% of programme funding from domestic resources
Defence
Revamped Gallantry Awards portal → launched by Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth on 12 November 2026 (gallantryawards.gov.in)
Veer Gatha 5th edition → over 1.92 crore students and 1.9 lakh schools (from about 8 lakh students and 4,788 schools in the first edition)
Social Issues & Pensioners’ Welfare
DLC Campaign 5.0 → 1–30 November 2026; over 20.48 lakh defence pensioners had submitted DLCs as on 11 November 2026
More than 80% of DLCs generated through Face Authentication on Jeevan Pramaan
Sports
Gunjan → women’s 48 kg gold at Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics (12 Nov 2026); first Indian woman to win Youth Olympics boxing gold
Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei → men’s 50 kg gold; first Indian boxer to win gold at the Youth Olympics
🎯 Why Daily Current Affairs 13 November 2026 Matter for Exams
For metro, railway, energy and water-supply questions in SSC, Railway and State exams, revise PM to Inaugurate Karnataka Projects Worth Over ₹15,600 Crore, Including Bengaluru Metro Pink Line and India’s First LED Dome Planetarium; First JJM 2.0 Regional Conference Held at Tiruchirappalli; Rural Tap Connections Near 16 Crore.
For inflation, trade-fair and PLI-scheme questions in Banking, SSC and UPSC, revise 45th India International Trade Fair Opens at Bharat Mandapam with the Theme “Vikas aur Virasat”; Retail Inflation Rises to 6.09% in October 2026; Food Inflation at 8.94% (Base Year 2024); NITI Aayog Releases Impact Assessment of PLI Schemes; Nearly 70% of Targeted Segments Are On Track.
For Swachh Bharat and urban-governance questions in SSC, UPSC and State PSC, revise President Presents Swachh Survekshan 2025–26 Awards; Navi Mumbai Tops the Super Swachh League.
For battery-manufacturing, digital-education and NEP-linked questions in SSC and UPSC, revise Ministry of Heavy Industries Receives 22 Bids for 10 GWh of Grid-Scale ACC Manufacturing Capacity; Education Minister Launches Three Flagship Digital Initiatives of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
For public-health and international-report questions in UPSC, Banking and State exams, revise WHO Global TB Report 2026: India Records a 38% Fall in TB Deaths Since 2015, Ahead of the Global 35% Decline.
For defence-heritage and gallantry-award questions in Defence, SSC and UPSC exams, revise Raksha Rajya Mantri Launches Revamped Gallantry Awards Portal; Veer Gatha Reaches 1.92 Crore Students.
For pensioner-welfare and digital-governance questions in SSC, Banking and State PSC, revise Over 20.48 Lakh Defence Pensioners Submit Digital Life Certificates under DLC Campaign 5.0.
For the Sports section of SSC, Railway and Banking exams, revise Youth Olympics 2026: Gunjan Wins India’s First Women’s Boxing Gold; Ambekar Meetei Takes Men’s 50 kg Title.
Read the Exam Point boxes twice and then attempt MCQs: numbers, venues, organisations and first-ever achievements are the facts most often asked.
🔥 5 Facts You Must Remember
PM to Inaugurate Karnataka Projects Worth Over ₹15,600 Crore, Including Bengaluru Metro Pink Line and India’s First LED Dome Planetarium → projects worth over ₹15,600 crore, including the Pink Line (Kalena Agrahara–Tavarekere, about ₹3,470 crore)
45th India International Trade Fair Opens at Bharat Mandapam with the Theme “Vikas aur Virasat” → Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, 14–27 November; organised by ITPO; theme “Vikas aur Virasat”
NITI Aayog Releases Impact Assessment of PLI Schemes; Nearly 70% of Targeted Segments Are On Track → prepared with IIM Ahmedabad; covers all 14 notified sectors
WHO Global TB Report 2026: India Records a 38% Fall in TB Deaths Since 2015, Ahead of the Global 35% Decline → India cut TB mortality 38% since 2015 (28 to 18 per lakh), versus a global decline of 35%
Youth Olympics 2026: Gunjan Wins India’s First Women’s Boxing Gold; Ambekar Meetei Takes Men’s 50 kg Title → women’s 48 kg gold at Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics (12 Nov 2026); first Indian woman to win Youth Olympics boxing gold
📖 How to Revise Daily Current Affairs 13 November 2026
Do not try to memorise every number in one sitting. Start with the headings and the Exam Point boxes, because those hold the facts examiners like to test: names of schemes, organisations, venues, amounts and first-ever achievements.
Next, go through the one-liners and say each answer aloud before reading it. Mark the ones you get wrong and revisit them after a day, then again after a week. This spaced revision helps current affairs stay in memory until the exam.
Finally, link each news item to the static syllabus — for example the Pink Line and Vande Bharat to urban transport and railways, COSMOS-Mysuru to science outreach and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, IITF to trade promotion and ITPO, the CPI release to inflation targeting and MoSPI, Swachh Survekshan to Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, the ACC tender and NITI PLI report to industrial policy and Atmanirbhar Bharat, the KVS platforms to NEP 2020 and Digital India, the WHO TB report to the National TB Elimination Programme, the Gallantry Awards portal and Veer Gatha to defence heritage, DLC Campaign 5.0 to pensioner welfare and Jeevan Pramaan, JJM 2.0 to rural drinking water, and the Dakar boxing golds to the sports section of the exam.
❓ FAQs – Daily Current Affairs 13 November 2026
What are the top headlines in daily current affairs 13 november 2026?
The key stories are the Prime Minister’s Karnataka programme of projects worth over ₹15,600 crore, including the Bengaluru Metro Pink Line and COSMOS-Mysuru; the 45th IITF at Bharat Mandapam; October CPI inflation at 6.09%; the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 awards, with Navi Mumbai first in the Super Swachh League; 22 bids for 10 GWh of grid-scale ACC capacity; NITI Aayog’s PLI impact report; three KVS digital initiatives; India’s 38% reduction in TB mortality in the WHO 2026 report; the revamped Gallantry Awards portal; 20.48 lakh defence DLCs; the first JJM 2.0 regional conference at Tiruchirappalli; and Youth Olympics boxing golds for Gunjan and Ambekar Meetei.
The Bengaluru Metro Pink Line stretch to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister on 13 November 2026 runs between which two stations?
Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere. According to a PIB release of 11 November 2026, the Prime Minister will inaugurate Bengaluru Metro’s Pink Line from Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere, developed at a cost of around ₹3,470 crore, and will also take a metro ride from Tavarekere to IIM Bangalore.
According to the official MoSPI/PIB release of 12 November 2026, what was India’s provisional year-on-year CPI (General) retail inflation in October 2026 (base year 2024)?
6.09%. The PIB press release on the Consumer Price Index (base 2024=100) for October 2026 states that all-India CPI (General) inflation was 6.09% (provisional), compared with 5.54% in September 2026 (final). Rural inflation was 6.63% and urban inflation 5.41%. The combined CPI index stood at 110.05.
Which of the following was NOT among the three flagship digital initiatives of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan launched by Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi on 12 November 2026?
PM eVIDYA 2.0 portal. PIB records that Shri Pralhad Joshi inaugurated three KVS initiatives in New Delhi: the AI-integrated Vidya Samiksha Kendra (samiksha.kvs.gov.in) with the Samiksha AI Bot; the KVS-Samvaad Parent Connect App and Web Portal (samvaad.kvs.gov.in); and the KVS Alumni Connect Portal (alumni.kvs.gov.in). They were developed in-house by the IT Services Cell of KVS Headquarters.
Where can I practise MCQs on 13 November 2026 current affairs?
Attempt the daily current affairs quiz on QuestionPaper4Exam.com, which covers the news items in this post with bilingual explanations.
Sources: Official releases of the Press Information Bureau, including PIB: PM to visit Karnataka and Gujarat on 13-14 November and PIB: Consumer Price Index for October 2026, along with PIB releases on IITF 2026, Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, the PLI ACC tender, NITI Aayog’s PLI impact report, KVS digital initiatives, the WHO Global TB Report 2026, the Gallantry Awards portal, DLC Campaign 5.0 and JJM 2.0; and India Today (Boxing Federation of India / Olympics.com) on the Dakar Youth Olympics boxing finals.
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