One-liners

One-liners — 3 November 2026

14 one-line facts from the 3 November 2026 post, for last-minute revision. Read the full post for exam points.

1. Coastal and inland waterway shipping carries about 6% of India's freight; the target is 12% by 2047.
2. Coastal cargo at Indian ports rose from 74 to 177 million tonnes in 12 years.
3. A ₹1,500 crore international cruise terminal is planned at Puri, Odisha.
4. PM Modi inaugurated Pune Metro Line 3 (Hinjawadi–Shivajinagar) and laid the foundation of Phase II; total about ₹21,800 crore.
5. Pune Metro Line 3 is built on the PPP model and will be run entirely by women train operators.
6. India's metro network is about 1,200 km across 26 cities (PM, 3 November 2026).
7. IndiaAI Mission released EKA-1 (Soket AI Labs, 26.3 billion parameters, 22 Indian languages + English).
8. Dhīr 2B and Dhīr 5B, by ZenteiQ AiTech, support English and 10 Indian languages and can run offline.
9. COP31 will be held in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November 2026.
10. India says climate finance is a developed-country obligation under Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement.
11. The Indian Navy rescued all 20 crew of the hijacked fishing vessel Azini off Somalia; MARCOS were air-dropped by an IAF C-17.
12. Tiger Triumph 2026 is the 5th edition of the India–US tri-service HADR exercise, held at Visakhapatnam.
13. NDRF is taking part in Tiger Triumph for the first time.
14. Aditya-L1's VELC found that the 5 August 2024 solar eruption expanded asymmetrically (IIA study).