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Highlights of 17 November 2025 Current Affairs
- The DPDP Rules 2025 were notified, fully operationalising the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, ensuring consent-based processing and establishing the Data Protection Board for enforcement.
- The Act applies to digital personal data processed in India and data processed overseas when services target individuals in India, with special safeguards for children and persons with disabilities.
- Janjatiya Gaurav Divas was observed on 15 November marking the 150th birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, leader of the Ulgulan movement against colonial and feudal exploitation.
- The Belem Action Plan for Health and Climate Adaptation was launched at COP30, focusing on climate-resilient health systems, early warning systems, capacity building, and USD 300 million initial funding.
- The US President signed a stopgap bill, ending the longest government shutdown in US history, a situation arising from congressional failure to pass budget bills unlike India’s parliamentary Vote-on-Account system.
- Bangladesh has been invited to the Colombo Security Conclave, strengthening regional cooperation among India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mauritius, and Seychelles (observer).
- COP30’s Belem plan emphasizes equity, governance, innovation, and strengthening vulnerable health infrastructure facing climate threats.
- Birsa Munda’s legacy includes opposition to Beth Begari, protection of tribal land rights, and inspiration behind the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act 1908.
- DPDP places strict obligations on Data Fiduciaries requiring free, specific, informed, and revocable consent for personal data processing.
- CSC focuses on maritime security, counterterrorism, cyber security, organized crime prevention, and disaster relief in the Indian Ocean Region.
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