📌 One-Liners
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- Read the bold title then the short sub-line for context.
- Watch for acronyms—today’s quiz/notes expand them.
🧠 Mini-Quiz
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📒 Short Notes
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- Use them for a quick recap or add to your personal notes.
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🌍 International News
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India Re-Elected to UNESCO Executive Board (2025–29)India secures seat again, reinforcing global trust in its leadership in education, science, culture, and human-centric multilateral development.
💼 Business News
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SEBI HLC Proposes Public Asset DisclosureSEBI panel recommends public asset–liability disclosure for Chairperson, WTMs, CGM-level officials to strengthen transparency and ethics.
🇮🇳 National News
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ICAI Sets Guinness Record for Career Guidance SessionICAI hosts India’s largest single-day career guidance event with 6,166 students officially counted under Guinness norms.
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GIFT City to Become India’s IP HubGIFT City to evolve into a major IPR centre, attracting firms to register and hold IP domestically and reduce offshore IP migration.
🏆 Awards & Honours
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44th India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2025IITF 2025 concluded in New Delhi with over 18 lakh visitors under the theme “Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat.”
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Jay Shah – Indian of the Year 2025ICC Chairman Jay Shah awarded for major reforms in cricket administration, including WPL launch and pay parity.
👤 Appointments & Resignations
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Gyanesh Kumar to Chair IIDEACEC Gyanesh Kumar to assume Chairship of International IDEA, reflecting India’s global leadership in electoral processes.
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Piyush Gupta Appointed Chairman of Temasek IndiaFormer DBS CEO Piyush Gupta to lead Temasek India, supporting investment strategy and expansion of its India portfolio.
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Paschal Donohoe Named MD & CKO of World Bank GroupEx-Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe appointed WBG MD & CKO, succeeding Axel van Trotsenburg.
🛡️ Defence News
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Indian Navy Receives Stealth Frigate ‘Taragiri’Fourth Project 17A frigate ‘Taragiri’ delivered to Navy, boosting indigenous stealth warship capabilities.
📰 Science & Technology
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Google–Accel Launch AI Cohort 2026Google and Accel to co-invest $2 million in early-stage Indian AI startups under the AI-focused Atoms programme.
🗓️ Important Days (Dec 1)
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World AIDS Day 2025Observed with theme “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response,” reinforcing awareness and HIV prevention efforts.
🧠 Mini-Quiz: Add to Your Knowledge (3 MCQs)
📒 Short Notes: Why Stop at One-Liners?
GIFT City — Gujarat International Finance Tec-City IP Hub Plan IPR / GIFT City
What: Gujarat International Finance Tec-City is India’s flagship international financial services centre being positioned as a hub for intellectual property registration and holding, especially patents, trademarks and copyrights.
How: By offering tax incentives, simplified intellectual property procedures and regulatory support, GIFT City aims to attract companies to domicile their intellectual property domestically rather than in traditional offshore jurisdictions.
Why: Concentrating intellectual property in India helps retain royalty flows, strengthens the local legal ecosystem for innovation and supports the country’s ambition to become a high-value knowledge and technology economy.
Project 17A — Stealth Frigate ‘Taragiri’ for the Indian Navy Defence / Navy
What: ‘Taragiri’ is the fourth stealth frigate under Project 17A, an advanced class of guided-missile warships built indigenously for the Indian Navy to perform multi-role operations in blue-water conditions.
How: The frigate integrates stealth shaping, modern radar and sonar suites, and weapons for anti-air, anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare, reflecting India’s focus on domestic shipbuilding under the “Atmanirbhar Bharat” drive.
Why: Such platforms enhance maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region, protect sea lines of communication, and provide credible deterrence as regional naval competition intensifies.
Google–Accel Atoms — Artificial Intelligence (AI) Startup Cohort 2026 Science & Tech
What: Google and Accel are partnering for an AI-focused Atoms cohort in 2026, jointly committing around $2 million to support early-stage Indian startups working with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
How: Selected startups receive seed capital, mentorship, cloud infrastructure and product guidance to build AI-first solutions in areas such as healthcare, financial technology and developer tools, often leveraging India’s digital public infrastructure like Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
Why: The cohort is designed to deepen India’s AI ecosystem, help founders commercialise research-heavy ideas and position the country as a competitive global hub for responsible, scalable AI innovation.