26 November - Indian Constitution Day

26 November - National Milk Day


PM Modi lays the foundation stone of Noida International Airport in Jewar, UP.

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Noida International Airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh on November 25, 2021.
  • It will be one of the largest airports in Asia.
  • Jewar Airport is the second international airport in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR).
  • It is the 5th international airport of Uttar Pradesh.
  • Uttar Pradesh has now become the state with the largest number of international airports in India.
  • Spread over 1,330 acres of land, the airport will be developed by Zurich Airport International AG.
  • The airport is expected to be operational by September 2024.
  • Once operational, this airport will be the largest airport in India and the first net-zero emission airport in the country.



The cabinet approves the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) till March 2022.

  • The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase V) for a period of 4 months i.e. from December 2021 to March 2022.
  • Under this scheme, all the beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) get food grains at the rate of 5 kg per person per month.
  • The estimated additional food subsidy for Phase V of the scheme is Rs 53344.52 crore.
  • The total food grains expenditure for PMGKAY Phase V will be around 163 LMT.



The 15th biennial trilateral Coast Guard exercise "Dosti" between India, Maldives and Sri Lanka concluded.

  • The 15th edition of the biennial trilateral Coast Guard exercise Dosti has concluded on 24 November 2021.
  • The exercise was conducted between Maldives, India and Sri Lanka from 20 to 24 November in Maldives.
  • The Indian Coast Guard was represented by ICGS Vajra and ICGS Apoorva.
  • The aim of this exercise is to further strengthen friendship, enhance mutual operational capability and build cooperation between the Coast Guards of the three countries.
  • Exercise Dosti was initiated in 1991 between the Indian and Maldivian Coast Guards. Sri Lanka first participated in this exercise in 2012.



Defense Minister Rajnath Singh virtually inaugurated the 5th World Congress on Disaster Management at IIT Delhi.

  • Defense Minister Shri Rajnath Singh virtually inaugurated the 5th World Congress on Disaster Management on November 24, 2021.
  • It is being organized on the broad theme of Technology, Finance and Capacity Building Resilience to Disasters in the Context of COVID-19 at the campus of IIT Delhi from 24th to 27th November 2021 in New Delhi.
  • It is an initiative of the Disaster Management Initiatives and Convergence Society (DMICS).



Nirmala Sitharaman launched Tejasvini & Hausala schemes.

  • The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman has launched two schemes named Tejaswini and Hausla Yojana of J&K Bank for girls.
  • People below the age of 18-35 years to launch Shikhar and Shikara schemes of Punjab National Bank (PNB) for development of tourism in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).

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