Current Affairs 28 November 2025

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Asia’s Earliest Thorny Bamboo Fossil in Manipur

Researchers from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), have discovered a 37,000-year-old fossil bamboo stem in the Chirang River, Imphal Valley (Manipur). This fossil carries remarkably preserved thorn scars, making it the earliest thorny bamboo fossil ever found in Asia. The fossil has been identified as Chimonobambusa manipurensi

Tex RAMPS Scheme

The Government has approved the Textiles Focused Research, Assessment, Monitoring, Planning and Start-up (Tex-RAMPS) Scheme to strengthen research, innovation, data systems, and competitiveness in India’s textile sector. It will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme fully funded by the Ministry of Textiles. Total outlay of the scheme is ₹305 crore for FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31.

Tex-RAMPS includes components such as:

• Research in smart textiles and sustainability
• Data and supply-chain analytics
• Integrated Textiles Statistical System (ITSS)
• State-level capacity development
• Start-up and innovation support

National Adoption Awareness Month – November

The National Adoption Awareness Conclave 2025 was organised in Visakhapatnam by Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) under the Ministry of Women & Child Development (MWCD) in collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh Government. The Conclave was held as part of National Adoption Awareness Month (November) focusing on the 2025 theme: “Non-Institutionalized Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs (Divyaang Children).”

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