TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu graced Haryana’s ‘Hirak Jayanti’ celebration, marking the 60th year of the State’s formation, at Kurukshetra. She said ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, launched from Panipat in January 2015, has been a milestone, with the sex ratio at birth rising from 871 girls per 1,000 boys in 2014 to around 915 in November 2025. She hailed Manu Bhaker, Saweety Boora and Jaismine Lamboria.
2. Addressing the centenary of Swami Shraddhanand’s martyrdom (Balidan Shatabdi Samaroh) at Gurukul Kurukshetra, President Murmu called his journey from Munshiram to Swami Shraddhanand inspiring and recalled his revival of the Gurukul system. She urged citizens to rise above personal interests and work together for a Viksit Bharat by 2047.
3. PM Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit & Expo 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, at about 4:30 PM today. The four-day summit (2–5 November), on the theme ‘Invest. Innovate. Inspire.’, expects participants from over 130 countries, including more than 40 ministers, with 9 partner countries and 13 States/UTs showcasing their clean-energy potential.
4. PM Shri Modi hailed the Bengaluru– Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper, flagged off by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at SMVT Bengaluru, as a game changer for Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The 16-coach train will reach Mumbai CSMT in about 16 hours, six days a week, with stops at Anantapur, Guntakal, Raichur, Yadgir, Kalaburagi, Solapur, Pune and Kalyan.
5. Vice-President Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the National Organ Transplant Games 2026 at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, and described organ donation as ‘Mahadaan’. At the Games, 570 transplant recipients and donors set a world record for the largest Tadasana congregation. MoS Health Prataprao Jadhav was present.
6. At its 74th Foundation Day, EPFO launched its services on WhatsApp and automatic settlement of eligible inoperative accounts, covering about one lakh accounts worth ₹5 crore, in the presence of Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. EPFO now has over 8 crore members and a corpus of about ₹32 lakh crore.
7. Union Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh visits Gangtok and Mangan districts of Sikkim on 2–3 November. He will inaugurate projects worth ₹375 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and launch a Standard Operating Procedure for organic fish farming.
8. Digi Yatra has begun trials for international passengers at seven airports — Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Mumbai, Chennai and Amritsar. Indian e-passport holders on select Air India and IndiGo flights can use it during the November–December trials, with a wider rollout planned in 2027.
9. Maharashtra plans ‘Annapurti’ grain ATMs in Mumbai, Nagpur, Thane and other cities after a pilot in Nashik. Developed with the UN World Food Programme, each machine holds 2,500 kg and uses Aadhaar-linked biometrics to dispense rations in about 30 seconds. The State has 7.16 crore NFSA beneficiaries.
10. West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari said the State will speed up hearings and grant citizenship under the CAA to 2.5 lakh petitioners by 31 December; only 25,000 have received it so far. Addressing the International Matua Gosai Convention at Thakurnagar, he announced ₹50 crore for the Matua community.
11. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari performed the bhoomipujan of a Multi-Modal Logistics Park at Sindi Railway in Wardha, Maharashtra, being developed on about 150 acres by NHAI’s National Highways Logistics Management Limited. He said it will enable direct exports of cotton, yarn, oranges and vegetables from Vidarbha through Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority and create local jobs.
12. Cyclone Murasu over the Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur, close to Ongole, between 11:30 PM today and 3:30 AM on 3 November, with winds of 100–110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph, IMD said. Red alerts are in force for Krishna, Guntur, Bapatla, Prakasam and Nellore districts.
13. In Odisha, the death toll from Cyclone Arnab has risen to six after two more bodies were recovered from landslide-hit Gidipabali village on the Ganjam–Kandhamal border; 10 people are still missing. About 1.18 lakh people, 75,388 hectares of crops and 1,672 houses have been affected.
14. The design of India’s first Swadeshi bullet train, B28, is ready at BEML, Bengaluru, and the first prototype may roll out early next year, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said after inspecting it. Meant for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad corridor and future routes, it is being built for speeds of 280–350 kmph.
15. The Health Ministry has amended Rule 31 of the Drugs Rules, 1945: no drug can be imported with less than one year of shelf life left on the date of import. For biological drugs and radiopharmaceuticals, 60% of the labelled shelf life may be allowed. The aim is to keep near-expiry medicines out of the market.
16. The Centre has extended the tenure of the Nandan Nilekani-led task force on exam reforms till January 2027, sources said. The six-member panel, set up in July, has received over 50,000 suggestions from students, parents, teachers and experts.
17. The Election Commission directed the suspension of two Electoral Registration Officers of UP’s Pilibhit Assembly constituency, Mayank Goswami and Hemant Chaudhary, over alleged irregularities in the electoral roll, and asked for their chargesheets to be sent to it.
18. Congress and its INDIA bloc partners held a rally at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi, alleging electoral irregularities and demanding the removal of the Chief Election Commissioner. Union Minister J.P. Nadda criticised the party for holding the rally during the festive season.
19. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the two-day Conference of Chairpersons of Public Accounts Committees of Parliament and State/UT Legislatures in Thiruvananthapuram on 3 November. Its theme is ‘Audit, Accountability and Good Governance – The Evolving Role of the PAC’.
20. Arunachal Pradesh will open the Northeast’s first geothermal-powered drying unit at Dirang, West Kameng, on 10 November in the presence of CM Pema Khandu. Built by the Centre for Earth Sciences and Himalayan Studies with Norway’s Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, it will help high-altitude farmers dry fruits and livestock products.
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NEW APPOINTMENT
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1. Air Marshal Mehtab Singh Deswal, AVSM VM, took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the IAF’s Eastern Air Command on 1 November. Commissioned as a fighter pilot on 14 June 1989, he has over 3,200 flying hours, has served as Air Attaché in Pakistan and DG (Weapon Systems), and was SASO at South Western Air Command.
2. Dinesh Vitthalrao Ganvir has assumed charge as the 55th Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), under the Ministry of Mines. He joined GSI on 1 July 1994 and has over three decades of experience in geological investigations, mineral exploration and engineering geology.
3. R. Nishanthini, a 2008-batch IPS officer of the Keralam cadre, has taken charge as District Police Chief (Kochi City), the first woman to hold the post. She was Inspector General of Police, South Zone, and has been the nodal officer for ‘Operation Toofan’, the State’s anti-drug campaign.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The CBI secured the extradition of Mahadev betting app promoter Sourabh Chandrakar from Oman, and a CBI team escorted him back to India. He is wanted in two CBI cases, in which chargesheets have been filed, and an ED case, and will be produced before a special court in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, today.
2. A special court in Ghaziabad sent Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to 14-day judicial custody in the ED’s money laundering case linked to the Jauhar Trust. Special Judge Avanish Kumar Pandey passed the order; Khan will be lodged in Dasna jail. His lawyer argued that Section 19 of the PMLA had been violated.
3. The Supreme Court rejected claims over more than 550 acres of government land in Miyapur, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, calling it “a clear case of fraud committed to usurp the lands”. The Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma held that revenue records lose their presumption of correctness when the entries are shown to be fabricated.
4. An arbitral award that ignores or rewrites the clear terms of a contract is patently illegal and can be set aside, the Supreme Court ruled. The Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva ordered the refund, with interest, of money paid under a disputed development agreement.
5. The Supreme Court refused to reduce the life sentences of two surviving convicts in a 1984 murder case from Barabanki, UP, on grounds of old age or the long pendency of their appeal, which stayed in the Allahabad High Court for nearly four decades.
6. The Supreme Court cleared income tax reassessments of Chetan and Nitin Sabharwal, sons of former CJI Y.K. Sabharwal, over share deals that funded a property on Delhi’s Sikandra Road in 2010. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran dismissed their four appeals.
7. The Allahabad High Court directed the UP Education Service Selection Commission to drop two questions from the evaluation of UPTET-2026, as its own final answer key had accepted two correct options for each. Justice Vinod Diwakar said the benefit must go to all similarly placed candidates.
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1. In Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh — Four Die in Hotel Waste Chamber
Four people died of suspected suffocation while cleaning a waste chamber at Shri Ganga Hotel on the Ujjain–Dewas Road at around 11 pm on Saturday. Two others who went in to rescue them also fell ill, Ujjain SP Pradeep Sharma said.
2. In Udaipur — Two Burnt to Death as Fire Tender Catches Fire: Two men were burnt to death when a private firm’s fire tender, travelling from Gujarat, rammed a trailer and then hit a truck near Rishabhdev in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, and its cabin caught fire. Locals pulled out the driver; he and the trailer driver are being treated at MB Hospital, Udaipur.
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DEFENCE News
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1. In his first address as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit unveiled ‘VAYU’ as the IAF’s guiding vision — Vigilance and Readiness, Aatmanirbharta, Yukti (ingenuity and innovation) and Unity of effort. He stressed restoring combat strength and speeding up indigenous projects such as Tejas Mk1A, Mk II and AMCA.
2. INS Trishul has made a port call at Souda Bay, Greece, during her Mediterranean deployment. The crew will hold professional talks and cross-deck visits with the Hellenic Navy and visit the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre.
3. The India-Australia Army exercise AUSTRAHIND 2026 ended with a 36-hour Joint Validation Exercise in Thiruvananthapuram on 30–31 October, under Chapter VI of the UN Charter, covering jungle, island and coastal operations, HADR and counter-terrorism drills.
4. Three contenders have bid to build prototypes of India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), a project of about ₹15,000 crore, according to reports: Tata Advanced Systems, an L&T–BEL consortium and a Bharat Forge-led group that includes BEML. The winner will build five prototypes with the Aeronautical Development Agency.
5. An IAF air show by the Akash Ganga Skydiving Team, Garud Commandos and the Sarang Helicopter Display Team opened the three-day Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav in Raipur, in the presence of CM Vishnu Deo Sai. The main Sarang display is today.
6. The Armed Forces Tribunal held that disability pension cannot be claimed on the basis of a medical check done seven years after retirement if the officer was found fit (SHAPE-1) at discharge, rejecting claims by two retired Brigadiers.
7. The US and Bangladesh Air Forces began Exercise Cope South 2026 in Dhaka, which runs till 5 November with C-130J training. The US Navy’s USS Warrior reached Chattogram for the CARAT Bangladesh 2026 naval exercise from 2 to 6 November.
FINANCE
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1. India’s gross GST collections rose nearly 23% to over ₹2.31 lakh crore in October. Revenue from domestic sales grew 15.8% to over ₹1.59 lakh crore, while that from imports jumped 42.2% to ₹72,246 crore. Net GST revenue rose 25.6% to ₹2.03 lakh crore.
2. Carmakers posted record October sales amid festive demand: Maruti Suzuki sold 2,76,120 units (up 25%), Hyundai 82,299 units (up 17.7%) and Mahindra a record 73,338 SUVs, while Tata Motors’ passenger vehicle sales rose 23% to 75,426 units, with EV sales up 75%.
3. Coal India, on its 51st Foundation Day, reported its highest-ever monthly coal production of 67.2 million tonnes and supply of 70.3 MT in October, both up 19% year-on-year, with a record 57.1 MT supplied to the power sector.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. ‘Ramayana’ Pre-Sales Cross ₹36 Crore
Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana: Part 1’, starring Ranbir Kapoor as Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravana, has crossed ₹36.65 crore in advance bookings for its first two days (including blocked seats), with 8.38 lakh tickets sold. Cleared with a ‘U’ certificate and a 195-minute runtime, it releases on 5 November.
2. Labour Notice to ‘Irumudi’ Makers
The Telangana Labour Department has summoned Mythri Movie Makers, producers of Ravi Teja’s hit ‘Irumudi’, on 4 November over a complaint about child actor Nakshathra’s working hours, safety and pay, seeking records including proof that 20% of her fee was put in a fixed deposit.
3. Ajay Devgn Moves Bombay HC
Actor Ajay Devgn has challenged the Maharashtra FDA’s show-cause notice over his Vimal Elaichi advertisements in the Bombay High Court, arguing that it should have targeted the manufacturer. The matter is listed for 4 November.
2 Nov (Monday)
Vedic Ritu/ Sharad
Drik Ritu : Hemant (Prewinter)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Samvatsara : Parabhava Nama
(Purnimanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2083
Month : Kartika 8
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1948
Month : Ashvina 23
Tithi : Ashtami (up to 1:10 pm)Navami
Nakshatra: Ashlesha/
Magha
Rahu : 07:56 AM – 09:19 AM
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