Current affairs: 4 November 2026

Every item from 4 November 2026, mapped to the syllabus with an exam angle and practice MCQs.

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

11 items
  1. Welfare money to be paid on voter ID, not Aadhaar: MinisterGS2 · Governance · Welfare Delivery and Direct Benefit Transfer
  2. Students selling blood to pay coaching fees, says complaintGS2 · Social Justice · Coaching Costs and Human Rights (Uttar Pradesh)
  3. South India has grown wetter over 70 years: studyGS1 · Geography · Changing Climate Zones of South India
  4. ₹2,800-crore plan to process lithium and nickel in IndiaGS3 · Economy · Critical Minerals Processing
  5. Right to protest must be balanced with traders’ livelihood: CourtGS2 · Polity · Right to Protest and Article 19
  6. Nearly all coral reefs critically endangered: global studyGS3 · Environment · Coral Reefs on the Red List of Ecosystems
  7. Monsoon Session not prorogued even after 83 days, a recordGS2 · Polity · Parliament: Prorogation and Sessions
  8. Medical post-graduate seats may go by rank, not percentileGS2 · Governance · Medical Education and the National Medical Commission
  9. India to press for fair climate finance at UN climate summitGS3 · Environment · COP31 and Climate Finance
  10. Fewer students take education loans, but borrow far moreGS2 · Social Justice · Education Loans and Cost of Higher Education
  11. Aditya-L1 shows solar eruptions swell unevenlyGS3 · Science and Technology · Aditya-L1 and Space Weather