One-liners

One-liners — 13 November 2026

12 one-line facts from the 13 November 2026 post. Read the full post for exam points.

1. Retail (CPI) inflation rose to 6.09% in October 2026 (base 2024=100), above RBI’s 6% upper band; food inflation was 8.94%.
2. NCDEX launched India’s first steel scrap futures contract (HMS 80:20), benchmarked to BigMint prices.
3. The 45th India International Trade Fair is on at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, till 27 November; theme “Vikas aur Virasat”.
4. The Cabinet extended Stand-Up India till 31 March 2031 with a ₹4,111 crore credit guarantee corpus.
5. Stand-Up India gives ₹10 lakh–₹1 crore loans to SC, ST and women entrepreneurs for greenfield units.
6. The first BIMSTEC Health Ministers’ Meeting was held in Colombo on 11 November 2026.
7. India will host the BIMSTEC Centre of Excellence in Traditional Medicine at ITRA, Jamnagar.
8. PM Modi will attend the 23rd ASEAN-India Summit and 21st East Asia Summit in Manila on 17 November.
9. Bahram Vakil succeeded Noel Tata as Chairman of Tata Investment Corporation.
10. M. John Harrison (81) won the Booker Prize 2026 for The End of Everything, becoming its oldest winner.
11. Barefoot College founder Sanjit ‘Bunker’ Roy died in Tilonia, Rajasthan, aged 81.
12. World Kindness Day is observed on 13 November; it was started in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement.