Current Affairs — 5 November 2026

CCI approves Kotak Mahindra Bank's purchase of Deutsche Bank's India retail and wealth businesses

• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) cleared Kotak Mahindra Bank's acquisition of Deutsche Bank AG's retail banking, private banking and wealth management businesses in India (reported 4 November 2026).
• The business moves to Kotak as a going concern on a slump sale basis; the two banks signed the definitive agreement in June 2026.
• Customers of Deutsche Investments India's advisory and portfolio management services will be referred to Kotak's subsidiaries.

Revise: Banking history of India

Supreme Court: the 24-hour limit to produce an arrested person runs from detention, not from formal arrest

• A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar ruled on 5 November 2026 that the 24-hour period for producing a person before a magistrate starts when the person's liberty is curtailed.
• Only the time needed to travel from the place of arrest to the magistrate can be left out. If the limit is breached, the person must be released.
• Magistrates must record the actual date and time of detention, and detention must also not be unreasonably long within the 24 hours (Section 58, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita).

Revise: Chief Justices of IndiaThe Constitution of India

Amit Shah inaugurates the Martyrs' Memorial of the First War of Independence of 1857 at Ambala

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the memorial at Ambala Cantonment, Haryana, on 5 November 2026.
• It was built at a cost of about ₹594 crore on 22 acres and has 22 exhibition galleries.
• The 1857 uprising began at Meerut on 10 May 1857; the Government of India Act, 1858 ended East India Company rule.

QS Asia University Rankings 2027: IIT Delhi is India's top university at 66th

• QS released the rankings on 3 November 2026. The University of Hong Kong is 1st, Peking University 2nd and Tsinghua University 3rd.
• IIT Delhi is 66th (59th last year), IISc Bengaluru 79th (64th) and IIT Bombay 83rd (71st).
• India has 325 universities in the list, including 34 new entrants.

The Bahamas becomes the 116th member of the International Solar Alliance

• The Bahamas joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as its 116th member (4 November 2026).
• The ISA is headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana.
• It was launched jointly by India and France at the Paris climate conference (COP21) in 2015.

Equitas Small Finance Bank names Balaji Nuthalapadi interim CEO

• The bank's board named Balaji Nuthalapadi, a Whole-Time (Executive) Director, as interim CEO; the bank filed this with the exchanges on 3 November 2026.
• The appointment is subject to approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
• The step follows the resignation of MD & CEO P. N. Vasudevan on 29 October 2026.

Revise: RBI GovernorsBanking history of India

Navy receives anti-submarine craft 'Amini' from GRSE

• Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata delivered Amini to the Indian Navy on 5 November 2026 at Kattupalli, Tamil Nadu.
• It is the fifth of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) of the Arnala class, about 77.6 m long, with over 80% indigenous content.
• GRSE is building these craft under an eight-ship programme for the Navy.

Revise: Defence chiefs & CDS

India beat Japan 4-1 to win a record sixth Asian Champions Trophy

• India won the men's final at Mohali, Punjab, on 5 November 2026 after Japan scored first through Kazumasa Matsumoto.
• India's goals came from Shilanand Lakra, Dilpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh and Vivek Sagar Prasad.
• Earlier titles: 2011, 2016, 2018 (shared), 2023 and 2024.

Revise: Sports: cups & Olympics

Tanvi Patri wins silver in badminton at the Youth Olympics in Dakar

• Tanvi Patri, aged 15, took silver in the women's singles on 5 November 2026, losing the final to Zhang Yi Xin of China.
• She is the first Indian woman to win a badminton medal at the Youth Olympic Games.
• The 2026 Youth Olympics are being held at Dakar, Senegal.

Revise: Sports: cups & Olympics

World Tsunami Awareness Day — 5 November

• The UN General Assembly designated 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day in December 2015, on a proposal from Japan.
• It was first observed in 2016; the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) leads it.
• International Day against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying, falls on the first Thursday of November: 5 November in 2026.