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Cabinet resolution on the Red Fort car explosion

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Cabinet resolution on the Red Fort car explosion (GS3 · Internal security, 12 November 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet called the car explosion near the Red Fort on the evening of 10 November 2025 a terrorist incident by anti-national forces, observed two minutes’ silence, and condemned it [PIB].

Background

  • The NIA Act, 2008 created a national agency to investigate scheduled offences such as terrorism [India Code].

Why it matters

  • Urban terror after a long gap tests intelligence sharing between central and state agencies.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Internal security

  1. As per PIB (2025-11-12): the Cabinet called the car explosion near the Red Fort on the evening of 10 November 2025 a terrorist incident by anti-national forces, observed two minutes' silence, and condemned it.
  2. Urban terror after a long gap tests intelligence sharing between central and state agencies.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet called the car explosion near the Red Fort on the evening of 10 November 2025 a terrorist incident by anti-national forces, observed two minutes' silence, and condemned it.

PIB: Cabinet: Resolution on explosion near Red Fort, 12 Nov 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Mains: terrorism and internal security.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Date of the Red Fort explosion

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Which Cabinet gesture is noted?

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

National agency for terror investigation set up under a 2008 Act

Answer (b) & explanation

Source: NIA Act, 2008 (India Code).

Official source: PIB: Cabinet: Resolution on explosion near Red Fort, 12 Nov 2025

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