TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu spoke to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and was briefed on the flood situation in the State after Cyclone Arnab, which has devastated Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts.
2. President Smt Droupadi Murmu visits Maharashtra and Haryana from today. In Nashik she will grace the Dhwaj Stambh Pujan, Dhwaja Pujan and Dhwajarohan ceremony of the Simhastha Maha Kumbh and address a public programme. On 1 November she will attend Haryana’s ‘Hirak Jayanti’ celebration of 60 years of statehood at Kurukshetra, and the centenary of Swami Shraddhanand’s sacrifice at Gurukul, Kurukshetra.
3. PM Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Bharat Parv 2026’ at Ekta Nagar, Gujarat, beginning the celebrations of Sardar Patel’s 151st birth anniversary; the cultural festival runs till 15 November. Today, on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, he will launch 31 tourism and infrastructure projects worth over ₹426 crore, including an IRCTC hotel, the Ekta Cruise and a Rain Forest project, and attend the Ekta Parade.
4. Launching projects worth over ₹14,000 crore in Banaskantha, PM Modi called farmers one of the strongest pillars of a Viksit Bharat and said, “Until the final moment of my life, I will remain devoted only to your service.” He recalled that his first major rally as Gujarat CM in 2001 was also held in Banaskantha.
5. PM Modi wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressing grief over the demise of his mother, Kashi Bai, saying her memories and values would always illuminate his life.
6. Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan, addressing the Golden Jubilee celebrations and 39th Convocation of Gandhigram Rural Institute in Dindigul, said India’s journey to Viksit Bharat 2047 must begin with empowered villages. He urged graduates to uphold Gandhian values and stay away from substance abuse. He also paid tributes to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar on the 119th Thevar Jayanthi.
7. The Labour Ministry notified the National Social Security Board for unorganised, gig and platform workers under the Code on Social Security. Chaired by the Union Labour Minister, it includes representatives of the Centre, States, aggregators, employers and workers’ unions, will recommend welfare schemes, and Will meet at least thrice a year.
8. The 5th nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign for pensioners, the biggest so far, will run from 1 to 30 November in 2,000 districts and cities. It aims at 2.30 crore DLCs, including 1.50 crore through face authentication, with 19 banks, 785 district post offices, UIDAI and EPFO taking part.
9. UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will flag off new Vande Bharat Sleeper Express services between Varanasi and New Delhi from Varanasi today. Vande Bharat Sleeper services began on the Howrah–Guwahati corridor in January 2026.
10. The holy Piprahwa relics of Lord Buddha will be exhibited in Arunachal Pradesh from today till 21 November, at Tawang Monastery (1–7 November), Bomdila (8–13 November) and the Golden Pagoda, Namsai (14–20 November). Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will attend the inauguration at Tawang. The relics are being flown by IAF aircraft and helicopters.
11. The Census Commissioner notified that population enumeration for Census 2027 will be held from 25 January to 28 February 2027, with 1 March 2027 as the reference date, a revisional round from 1 to 5 March and self-enumeration from 10 to 24 January. Manipur, Goa, UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Ladakh and snow-bound parts of HP and J&K are excluded from this schedule.
12. India’s extreme poverty fell from 27.1% in 2011 to 2.6% in 2023, according to the World Bank’s October 2026 Poverty and Equity report, FM Nirmala Sitharaman said. Over 49 crore people moved above the lower-middle-income poverty line, and employment rose by 13.4 crore between 2017 and 2023.
13. ISRO’s GSLV-F18 successfully placed the navigation satellite NVS-03 in a geosynchronous transfer orbit about 18 minutes after lifting off from the Second Launch Pad at Sriharikota at 11:51 PM yesterday. It was the 20th GSLV flight; NVS-03, the third next-generation NavIC satellite, carries an indigenous atomic clock and adds the L1 signal.
14. TRAI released draft guidelines on the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in telecom networks and services to ensure safe and accountable use of AI in the sector. Stakeholders can send comments till 27 November.
15. A glacial lake outburst flood at Shintaphu Lake in Bhutan’s Gasa region raised the level of the Sankosh river, prompting a Central Water Commission flood advisory for Alipurduar (West Bengal) and Dhubri (Assam). About 12,000 people in Alipurduar were shifted to safety as a precaution.
16. Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi made an aerial survey of the flood-hit districts after Cyclone Arnab. Several villages in Ganjam and Gajapati remain marooned, landslides have damaged roads and train services are disrupted, as the Coast Guard, NDRF and ODRAF carry out rescues with helicopter support.
17. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will present the President’s Police Colour to Chandigarh Police at its 60th Raising Day parade today and launch projects worth ₹258 crore, including a pedestrian underpass connecting Panjab University and PGIMER.
18. Tamil Nadu CM C. Joseph Vijay announced a five-year age relaxation for government job aspirants, valid for five years. The upper age limit for Group I services will rise from 32 to 37 for general candidates and from 37 to 42 for reserved categories.
19. The DGCA approved Air India’s flying academy at Belora Airport in Amravati, Maharashtra, the first set up by an Indian airline. It will train pilots on a fleet of 31 single-engine and three twin-engine aircraft.
20. India will host the CGIAR Science and Partnership Week at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, from 12 to 17 April 2027 to discuss research on food, land and water systems. ICAR Director General M.L. Jat said ministers from 15 to 20 countries are expected.
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*NEW APPOINTMENT*
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1. Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, now Vice Chief of the Air Staff, takes over as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff, in the rank of Air Chief Marshal, from this afternoon, succeeding Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, who retires today. Commissioned in December 1986, he is the only officer of his batch in the IAF’s top hierarchy.
2. Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia, AVSM VM, has been appointed Vice Chief of the Air Staff from 1 November. Now AOC-in-C of Eastern Air Command, the NDA alumnus was commissioned in the fighter stream on 11 June 1988, has flown MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-27, Jaguar and Su-30MKI jets, and has served as Defence Attaché to Japan and South Korea.
3. Former Central Vigilance Commissioner Suresh N. Patel will chair the new High Level Committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat, announced in Budget 2026-27, to recommend reforms for the banking sector. Its members are RBI Deputy Governor Shirish Chandra Murmu, former Indian Bank MD & CEO Padmaja Chunduru and former RBI Deputy Governor N.S. Vishwanathan.
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*LEGAL REPORT*
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1. The Supreme Court said physical intimacy in a consensual relationship cannot later be branded as rape merely because the relationship soured, and asked courts to discourage the “weaponisation of criminal law”. The Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan discharged a Keralam man of rape and cheating charges, saying consent must be distinguished from regret.
2. The Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted by the Patna High Court to Mokama MLA Anant Singh in the Dularchand Yadav murder case and directed him to surrender by 1 December. Singh said he would comply.
3. The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to examine allegations of bulk submission of Form 7 (deletion) applications during the SIR of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh and file a compliance report. In a separate case, it declined to extend the SIR deadline in Keralam but allowed petitioners to submit details of people left out.
4. The Supreme Court appointed former judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai as sole mediator in the long-running Krishna-Godavari basin gas migration dispute involving Reliance Industries, after the parties failed to settle it on their own. She may take the help of two domain experts.
5. The Gujarat High Court struck down the State’s notification declaring a ‘vegetarian zone’ within about 500 metres of the Somnath temple. Justice Nisha M. Thakore allowed the pleas of seven restaurant owners, saying the curb would hurt their livelihood, and refused the State’s plea for a stay.
6. A special CBI court in Mumbai acquitted gangster Chhota Rajan and four others in the 2009 case of an attempt on the life of Shiv Sena leader Ajay Bhosale in Pune. Bhosale had escaped unhurt, though his driver was hit by a bullet.
7. The DRI busted a clandestine drug manufacturing lab in Jalaun, UP, seizing about 1,100 kg of drugs and precursor chemicals, and arrested two people. In another operation in Mizoram and Assam, it seized 50 kg of methamphetamine tablets and crystal meth hidden in furniture and tea packets, and arrested four under the NDPS Act.
—— *MISHAPS*———-
1. In Chamoli, Uttarakhand — Six Killed in Helicopter Crash
A Transbharat Aviation AS350B3 helicopter flying from Badrinath to Sahastradhara, Dehradun, crashed in a forest near Chai village, Joshimath, killing the pilot and all five passengers, who were from Karnataka. A DGCA team has been sent, and the operator’s fleet has been grounded.
2. In Mangolpuri, Delhi — Four Killed in Shoe Factory Fire: Four people were killed and two injured when a fire broke out at a shoe factory in the Mangolpuri Industrial Area Phase-I in northwest Delhi on Friday night. Twenty fire tenders were rushed to the spot, and six people were rescued unconscious and taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where four were declared dead.
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*DEFENCE News*
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1. A Rafale-Marine fighter landed on the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on its first attempt on 29 October, during trials witnessed by Western Naval Command chief Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan. The Navy called it the first step towards operationalising the aircraft; India has ordered 26 Rafale-M jets from France.
2. INS Tarkash arrived at Port Louis, Mauritius, on its deployment to the Southern Indian Ocean for joint training with the Mauritius Coast Guard. It will take part in the 192nd Aapravasi Diwas on 2 November, which marks the arrival of the first indentured labourers from India in 1834.
3. The Navy’s First Training Squadron — INS Tir, INS Sujata and ICGS Sarathi — left Colombo on 29 October after a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Sri Lanka Navy ship SLNS Nandimithra, and continues its long-range training deployment.
4. At VISV-2026 in New Delhi, MoS Defence Sanjay Seth cited BrahMos as an example of successful India-Russia defence collaboration and highlighted India’s indigenous radar, electronic warfare and underwater technologies. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said defence ties are shifting from a buyer-seller model to co-development and co-production.
5. DRDO led a session on ‘Semiconductors & Next-Generation Chips’ at ESTIC 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, chaired by Dr B.K. Das, Director General (Electronics and Communication Systems), and showcased its advanced technologies.
6. Defence PSU MIDHANI signed a tripartite MoU with BARC and the Heavy Water Board to develop technologies for recovering critical metals nickel and cobalt from manufacturing waste.
7. The US Embassy marked one year of the India-US Major Defence Partnership framework, signed on 31 October 2025 by Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, highlighting cooperation in operational coordination, information sharing and defence industry.
*FINANCE*
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1. Reliance Industries posted its highest-ever quarterly consolidated gross revenue of ₹3,62,268 crore in Q2 FY27, up 27.8%, while net profit rose 33.8% to ₹29,550 crore. Jio Platforms, in its first results after listing, reported a 13.7% rise in profit to ₹8,387 crore.
2. The Centre’s fiscal deficit widened to ₹7.14 lakh crore in April–September 2026, or 42.1% of the full-year Budget estimate of ₹16.96 lakh crore, against 36.5% a year ago, CGA data showed. Higher food and fertiliser subsidies and subdued tax collection drove the rise.
3. India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by over $1.2 billion to $719.7 billion in the week ended 23 October as gold reserves dropped $2.6 billion, RBI data showed. The rupee gained 30 paise to close at 94.95 against the US dollar.
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*ENTERTAINMENT NEWS*
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1. *Dhurandhar Sweeps IIFA 2026*
Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar’ won 12 awards at the 26th IIFA Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Ranveer Singh. Aneet Padda won Best Actress for ‘Saiyaara’, and Huma Qureshi Best Supporting Actress for ‘Jolly LLB 3’.
2. *Patrick Stewart Dies at 86*
British actor Sir Patrick Stewart, famous as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ and Professor Charles Xavier in the ‘X-Men’ films, died at 86 at his Los Angeles home on 28 October after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia, his representative said.
3. *Rishab Shetty Joins Shivaji Epic*
Rishab Shetty has teamed up with T-Series’ Bhushan Kumar and Sandeep Singh for ‘The Pride of Bharat – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’, a two-part historical epic on the Maratha king’s battles and vision of Swarajya.
*31 Oct (Saturday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Sharad
*Drik Ritu* : Hemant (Prewinter)
पक्ष :: *Krishnapaksh*
*Samvatsara* : Parabhava Nama
(Purnimanta)
*Vikram Samvat – 2083*
*Month* : Kartika 6
(In Amanta calendar)
*Shaka Samvat – 1948*
*Month* : Ashvina 21
*Tithi* : Shashthi (up to 4:57 pm)Saptami
*Nakshatra*: Ardra/
Punarvasu
*Rahu* : 09:18 AM – 10:41 AM
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