*TODAYS TOP NEWS*
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1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu hailed India’s para-athletes for their highest-ever haul of 114 medals at the Asian Para Games 2026, saying their success, powered by hard work, perseverance and firm self-belief, inspires young people to dream big and remain undaunted by constraints. Her two-day visit to Rairangpur in her home district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, scheduled for 28–29 October, has been rescheduled to 4–5 November in view of the cyclone forecast.
2. PM Shri Narendra Modi will today inaugurate Arvind Ltd’s new, predominantly women-led garment manufacturing facility in Varanasi at about 11 am, and at about 1 pm witness the Air Force Day Aerial Display-2026, ‘Wings over Ganges’, at Namo Ghat as Chief Guest. At about 4:45 pm he will inaugurate the RBI’s Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar.
3. PM Shri Narendra Modi will share his thoughts in the 139th episode of his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat at 11 am today. It will be carried on the entire Akashvani and Doordarshan network, the AIR News website and the Newsonair app, with regional-language versions right after the Hindi broadcast.
4. Vice-President Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan paid floral tributes to freedom fighters the Marudu Brothers on their remembrance day in New Delhi, and greeted ITBP personnel on the force’s Raising Day. He will be the chief guest at the 40th anniversary celebrations of Dr NTR University of Health Sciences in Vijayawada on 26 October, and will offer prayers at Tirumala and Tiruchanur during his visit to Tirupati on 26–27 October.
5. The Centre has created 11 crore Farmer IDs under the Digital Agriculture Mission, five months ahead of the 31 March 2027 deadline, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said; the target was reached on 23 October. The unique digital identity gives farmers transparent and faster access to government schemes, bank loans, crop insurance and disaster relief, and reduces paperwork and repeated verification.
6. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said in Berlin that the government will bear the entire cost of expensive certifications for micro and small enterprises under the Export Promotion Mission (EPM), including help in meeting EU rules such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Deforestation Regulation; other businesses will get support on a graded basis. The ₹25,060 crore EPM runs through two sub-schemes — Niryat Protsahan (₹10,401 crore) and Niryat Disha (₹14,659 crore).
7. Health Minister J.P. Nadda said the Centre has approved 320 additional postgraduate medical seats in six Himachal Pradesh medical colleges with a grant of about ₹415 crore — Shimla 91, Hamirpur 57, Tanda 57, Mandi 55, Nahan 32 and Chamba 28. The seats will strengthen specialities such as surgery, orthopaedics, gynaecology, paediatrics and oncology.
8. Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), ICAR-CMFRI has supplied another five lakh hatchery-produced green mussel seeds to fisherfolk and tribal communities in Maharashtra, taking the total to ten lakh in six months. The 2–4 mm seeds were raised at its Vizhinjam hatchery in Thiruvananthapuram; one lakh oyster seeds were also supplied.
9. Closing the 19th Urban Mobility India conference in Bhubaneswar, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal said nine Metro projects covering about 174 km and costing over ₹59,000 crore have been approved since December 2025, and India’s operational Metro network now spans 1,185 km in 26 cities. Under the PM e-Bus Sewa scheme, 1,100 electric buses are running in 28 cities, carrying about 2.5 lakh passengers a day.
10. The Labour Ministry and the Uttar Pradesh government will hold a two-day ‘Shram Samvad’ programme on the new Labour Codes, labour welfare and social protection in Lucknow on 26–27 October. The nationwide 90-day Shram Samvad campaign, launched on 28 September, covers 316 districts in all 36 States and UTs, with a focus on industrial clusters.
11. Registration has opened for the fifth Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS 5.0), to be held from 28 November to 12 December on the theme ‘Thirukkural Payilvom – Thirukkural Abhyas Karen’. About 1,400 participants from Tamil Nadu, in seven groups of about 200, will make an eight-day journey to Varanasi, Prayagraj and Ayodhya; registration is on the IIT Madras-hosted KTS portal.
12. String theorist Prof. Ashoke Sen of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru, has become the first Indian to receive the Oskar Klein Medal, for his work on string theory, black hole entropy and string field theory. Awarded since 1988 by Stockholm University and the Nobel Committee for Physics, its past recipients include Stephen Hawking, Peter Higgs and Steven Weinberg.
13. Science Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Advanced Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol Toxicity Analysis Laboratory (AATAL) at IITM, New Delhi, a first-of-its-kind air pollution analysis facility for Delhi-NCR. It can analyse PM2.5, metals, toxic elements and microplastics in the air and send alerts to health authorities.
14. The Directorate General of Health Services has written to all States and UTs warning against the reuse of single-use medical devices and disposable surgical items, after finding that some private and corporate hospitals were sterilising and reusing them in cardiology, nephrology, oncology, neurosurgery and other specialities. It said the practice risks cross-infection, device malfunction and other complications.
15. Inaugurating the National Urban Conclave-2026 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the State aims to raise its urbanisation rate from 17% to 40% by 2036 and to become a $500-billion economy by the centenary of its formation.
16. Delhi’s excise department has made a temporary P-10 permit, costing ₹15,000 per event, mandatory for serving liquor at weddings, parties and other functions in banquet halls and farmhouses. Special camps from 27 October to 16 November will help venue operators complete one-time registration on the e-excise portal.
17. A mob set fire to an NHPC office and a police station in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, and vandalised the homes of MLAs Oni Panyang and Ninong Ering and of State BJP president Kaling Moyong in overnight violence that lasted till 3:30 am on Saturday, amid the agitation against the 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project. Over 40 police personnel were injured in stone-pelting; gatherings have been restricted in Pasighat, Mebo and Ruksin, and CM Pema Khandu has offered talks.
18. Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal said the INDIA bloc will hold a ‘Public Impeachment’ of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi on 30 October, followed by a ‘Dilli Chalo’ march ending at Ramlila Maidan on 1 November. The BJP criticised the planned rally, and Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed security at Delhi Police headquarters.
19. The JD(U) expelled Mokama MLA Anant Singh and his wife, former MLA Neelam Devi, for six years for alleged anti-party activities, including defying party directives, using insulting language against the top leadership and campaigning for a rival party’s candidate.
20. IMD has issued a pre-cyclone watch for the Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south Odisha coasts as a depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal is likely to become a cyclonic storm by Monday morning. It is very likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam as a very severe cyclonic storm, with winds of 115–125 kmph gusting to 140 kmph, by the forenoon of 28 October; isolated extremely heavy rain is also likely over Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
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*NEW APPOINTMENT*
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1. The Home Ministry has appointed Dr Sajjan Singh Yadav, a 1995-batch AGMUT cadre IAS officer, as Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, effective 1 November or the date he assumes charge, whichever is later. He succeeds Atal Dulloo, who retires on 31 October.
2. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved a one-year extension for Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, a 1989-batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, who will now serve till 31 October 2027 or until further orders. He took charge as Defence Secretary on 30 November 2024.
3. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Sunil Kumar, Executive Director and Asset Manager of ONGC’s Mehsana Asset, as Chairman of the Maharatna Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), effective from the date he assumes charge on or after 7 December 2026. He succeeds Arun Kumar Singh, whose extended tenure ends on 6 December; a petroleum engineering graduate of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad who joined ONGC in 1991, he will have a combined tenure of three years, including a contractual term after his superannuation on 31 December 2028.
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*LEGAL REPORT*
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1. Gangster Himanshu Bhau (real name Himanshu Ritoliya) of Rohtak, wanted for murder, kidnapping and extortion in Haryana, Delhi and UP, and fugitive Neeraj Faridpuria of Palwal were arrested together in Las Vegas on 22 October with the help of the US immigration agency ICE, on inputs from the Haryana STF. The STF is working with US authorities and central agencies for their deportation; an Interpol notice was issued against Bhau in August 2023.
2. A joint team of Mumbai and Indore police arrested Pranjal Thakran of Sonipat, Haryana, in Indore for alleged involvement in the conspiracy and the supply of weapons in the 18 October attack on actor Tiger Shroff; the Mumbai Crime Branch has taken him into custody. Mumbai police also recovered from Surat two firearms allegedly used to target the actor’s car.
3. Manipur Police arrested 17 people found impersonating registered cadres of the Kuki National Army (8) and the Kuki Liberation Army (9), groups covered by the Suspension of Operations pact, at a designated camp in Sinai, Kangpokpi district, and seized 24 firearms. Forces took over the camp after three Meiteis were allegedly shot dead by Kuki insurgents on 18 October; the accused are in eight days’ police custody.
4. Bengaluru’s Central Crime Branch arrested Delhi-based Ritesh Pandey, the first arrest in the case over the uploading of a purported sting video targeting former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. Police are probing his links to a second-hand phone suspected to have been used for the upload; a magistrate court granted him bail on condition that he cooperates with the probe.
5. The ED has moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order quashing its money laundering case against news portal NewsClick and its editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha over alleged FDI violations. The agency says the High Court quashed its ECIR without examining the PMLA case, and that there was an inordinate five-month delay in pronouncing the 29 May judgment.
6. Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla, sentenced to death by a Meerut court in the ‘blue drum’ murder of Muskan’s husband Saurabh Rajput, have moved the Allahabad High Court, calling the verdict arbitrary and based on circumstantial evidence. A Division Bench is likely to hear the appeal next week; the two were convicted on 30 September.
7. The Gujarat High Court refused to accept the unconditional apology of Vadodara Collector Anil Dhamelia for casting aspersions on a judicial officer in an affidavit. Justice Niral Mehta called the remarks “not only disturbing but scandalous in nature” and said a departmental inquiry will be initiated.
The court asked the disciplinary authority, the Additional Chief Secretary of the General Administration Department, to respond with appropriate steps by the next hearing.
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1. In the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu — Bus Driver Killed in Mudslide
TNSTC bus driver Janagaraj, of Kooratty near Ooty, was killed and conductor Kesavan seriously injured when a mudslide and uprooted trees buried their bus near Burliar in the early hours of Saturday amid heavy rain. The bus, going from Coonoor to Mettupalayam, had three passengers, who got off at Kurumpadi shortly before the mudslide.
2. In Alluri Sitharama Raju, Andhra Pradesh — Seven Killed in Diesel Fire and Explosion: Seven people, including government schoolteacher J. Sunitha (44), were killed when diesel being transferred between a tipper and a pickup truck caught fire and exploded near Bisimamidi village in Ananthagiri mandal on Saturday morning. Police suspect a spark during the fuel transfer; the contractor will pay ₹5 lakh to each bereaved family.
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*DEFENCE News*
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1. The indigenous Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) Energy Module developed by DRDO’s Naval Materials Research Laboratory began its ‘Setting to Work Phase-2’ at L&T’s Hazira complex in Gujarat. AIP boosts the underwater endurance of diesel-electric submarines by reducing their dependence on atmospheric oxygen; after power-production trials, the module will go to Mazagon Dock for integration on a Kalvari-class submarine in early 2027.
2. The fifth edition of the Navy’s Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Seminar, Swavlamban 2026, will be held at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, on 26–27 October on the theme ‘Strength & Power through Innovation and Indigenisation’. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will attend the plenary on 26 October; the exhibition covers maritime surveillance, counter-UAS, AI and quantum technologies.
3. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said DRDO-developed missile technologies are being opened to private manufacturers through technology transfer, with about 17 large private and public sector firms taking them up, and a new framework gives defence start-ups five years of assured orders for successful prototypes, with contracts worth about ₹2,000 crore so far. He added that an indigenous artificial intelligence layer for the armed forces is being developed with the IndiaAI Mission.
4. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said a blueprint for integrated theatre commands of the Army, Navy and Air Force has been prepared and is awaiting approval “at the highest level”. Speaking at a KPMG seminar in New Delhi, he said the political leadership is clear about moving towards integration.
5. Ships of the Navy’s First Training Squadron — INS Tir, INS Sujata and Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi — concluded their training and military engagement in the Maldives, including a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with the Maldives National Defence Force Coast Guard, the High Commission of India in Malé said. Earlier, during a port call at Port Victoria, they held a PASSEX with the Seychelles Coast Guard ship Andromache.
6. Russian Pacific Fleet ships group commander Rear Admiral Evgeny Myasoyedov called on Rear Admiral Prakash Gopalan, Chief of Staff of the Southern Naval Command, in Kochi during a goodwill visit. The frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs and the tanker Pechenga arrived in Kochi on 21 October.
7. Telangana CM A. Revanth Reddy said the State will unveil an Aerospace and Defence Policy 2.0 to make Telangana India’s aerospace and defence capital by 2030. At the curtain-raiser, he invited industry to the Raksha Expo, to be held with the Invest Telangana Global Summit at Bharat Future City on 7–9 December.
*FINANCE*
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*INDIAN RUPEE VALUE*
💷 *GBP* ₹127(Approx)
€ *Euro* : ₹106(Approx)
*USD* ₹ 95(Approx)
🇨🇦 *Canada* :CAD ₹68
🇦🇺 *Australia* : ₹ 67
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*🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥* : ₹ 14
🇲🇻 *Maldives Rufiya* : ₹ 6.13
🇧🇹 *Bhutan ngultrum* : ₹ 1.00
🇳🇵 *Nepal Rupee* : ₹ 0.62
🇧🇩 *B’desh Taka** : ₹ 0.77
🇵🇰 *Pak Rupee* : ₹ 0.34
🇱🇰 *Sri Lanka Rupee* : ₹ 0.29
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*BSE SENSEX*
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*Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai*
*GOLD* : ₹ 14,258/ 01gm (24 krt)
*SILVER* : ₹ 2,20,000/KG
1. Kotak Mahindra Bank’s standalone net profit rose 29% year-on-year to ₹4,212 crore in the July–September quarter, from ₹3,253 crore, and consolidated profit rose 26% to ₹5,645 crore. Net interest income grew 16% to ₹8,459 crore, though the net interest margin narrowed.
2. Markets were shut on Saturday; the indices above are Friday’s close. In the holiday-shortened week the Sensex fell 1,605 points (2.14%) to 73,124 and the Nifty 546 points (2.35%) to 22,600, snapping a two-week winning streak as crude oil prices rose; the Nifty Midcap 100 fell 5.6% and the Smallcap 100 over 7%.
3. SBI said it has individually informed customers whose personal data was found in a suspected cyber incident, and that their balances and funds are safe. A preliminary analysis of about 3.75 lakh records found 3,897 customer records with personal details such as names, mobile numbers and addresses; a CERT-In-empanelled agency is investigating.
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*ENTERTAINMENT NEWS*
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1. *Usha Mangeshkar Gets Bhupen Hazarika Award*
The Assam Cabinet has instituted a national Dr Bhupen Hazarika Award for contributions to music and culture, with singer Usha Mangeshkar as its first recipient. PM Narendra Modi will confer it at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 29 November, at the close of Hazarika’s birth centenary celebrations.
2. Subodh Bhave Is Netaji in ‘Fauzi’
Marathi actor-director Subodh Bhave plays Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Prabhas and Hanu Raghavapudi’s ‘Fauzi’, marking his Telugu debut. The makers released a glimpse and the film’s release date on the eve of Prabhas’s birthday.
3. *AFI Honour for Tom Cruise*
Hollywood star Tom Cruise will receive the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award. AFI Board chair Kathleen Kennedy called him “a global icon” with an extraordinary commitment to movies.
*25 Oct (Sunday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Sharad
*Drik Ritu* : Hemant (Prewinter)
पक्ष :: *Shuklapaksh*
*Samvatsara* : Parabhava Nama
(Purnimanta)
*Vikram Samvat – 2083*
*Month* : Ashvina 29
(In Amanta calendar)
*Shaka Samvat – 1948*
*Month* : Ashvina 14
*Tithi* : Chaturdashi (up to 11:55 am)Purnima
*Nakshatra*: Revati/
Ashwini
*Rahu* : 04:18 PM – 05:42 PM
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