18th November 2025 Daily Current Affairs
🇮🇳 India – National Current Affairs
SBI to Discontinue mCASH Service
State Bank of India (SBI) will stop its mCASH “send and claim” facility in OnlineSBI and YONO Lite from 1 December 2025.
Customers are being advised to switch to UPI, IMPS, NEFT, or RTGS for third-party fund transfers.
The mCASH service allowed sending money to a mobile number or email without needing to add a beneficiary.
India Becomes 6th-Largest Patent Filer
Union MoS Dr Jitendra Singh announced that India has filed over 64,000 patent applications, making it the 6th-largest patent filer globally.
Over 55% of these filings are by resident Indian innovators, indicating a strong domestic innovation push.
According to him, India’s rank in the Global Innovation Index has improved from 81 → 38.
CII Partnership Summit – Visakhapatnam
The 30th Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit is underway in Visakhapatnam.
The Vice-President of India, C.P. Radhakrishnan, inaugurated the summit.
The theme: “Technology, Trust and Trade: Navigating the New Geoeconomic Order.”
Award to Defence Estates Organisation
The Defence Estates Organisation (under MoD) was honored with the Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari (JSJB) 1.0 Award in the category of best partner ministries/departments.
