*TODAYS TOP NEWS*
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1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu met traditional and folk artists at Rashtrapati Bhavan and viewed their Viksit Bharat–themed artworks under the Artists-in-Residence Programme. The artists, practising forms such as Aipan, Kalamkari, Mata ni Pachedi, Kavi, Pichwai and Warli, have depicted modern cities, infrastructure, wind turbines and sustainable energy, linking India’s heritage with development goals.
2. PM Shri Narendra Modi greeted citizens on Dhanteras, the start of Deepavali festivities, and prayed that lives be filled with happiness, peace and good health by the grace of Lord Dhanvantari.
3. Vice-President Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan will visit Ayodhya today for Deepotsav 2026. He will offer prayers at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, take part in the symbolic coronation ceremony of Prabhu Shri Ram, and felicitate revered saints.
4. The Election Commission has given electors left out of draft rolls in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Nagaland one more chance to get into the final roll. Those marked Absent, Shifted, Dead or Duplicate after receiving Enumeration Forms can resubmit forms, including online via ECINET, with BLOs assisting.
5. Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the Semicon India 2.0 web application portal in New Delhi and announced approval of 12 more projects under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme.
6. Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 63 development projects worth ₹1,475 crore in Dehradun on Uttarakhand State Foundation Day. He also presented the President’s Colour to the Uttarakhand Police — the 16th force to receive the honour.
7. The Commission for Air Quality Management invoked Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across Delhi-NCR with immediate effect after Delhi’s AQI rose into the ‘Very Poor’ band near 380–390. Construction and demolition, including earthwork, trenching, road works and major repairs, are banned, in addition to Stages I and II curbs already in force; IITM-Pune has flagged a risk of ‘Severe’ air from 7 to 9 November.
8. MoS for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh launched the nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5.0 in New Delhi.
9. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Indian Railways is running about 18,000 special trains for the Diwali–Chhath festive season. After inspecting holding areas at New Delhi Railway Station, he said over 700 AI-enabled cameras have been installed there for crowd monitoring and passenger management.
10. The Consumer Affairs Ministry has directed all traders, wholesalers, big-chain retailers and processors across States and UTs to declare rice and paddy stock positions every Friday on the Food Stock Portal. The Centre has also doubled the Open Market Sale Scheme rice e-auction target for 2026-27 from 25 to 50 lakh metric tonnes to check prices and hoarding.
11. CBSE released the date sheet for Class 10 and 12 board examinations 2027. Exams for both classes begin on 16 February 2027 at 10:30 am; Class 10 concludes on 9 March and Class 12 on 9 April.
12. UNESCO’s Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific has added Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, a Mahabharata manuscript and Kautilya’s Arthashastra to its Regional Register, taking India’s inscriptions on the Asia-Pacific list to six after Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra and Sahṛdayālokalocana in 2024.
13. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, chaired by Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, will examine Delhi-NCR air pollution and GRAP implementation along with the security risks of AI, deepfakes and emerging fraud, besides left-wing extremism, coastal and border security, police modernisation and CAPF welfare.
14. The newly appointed Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, along with his spouse Archana Dixit, called on President Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He assumed charge as the 29th CAS on 31 October, succeeding Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh.
15. The Home Ministry’s Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) (Amendment) Order, 2026, relaxes passport and visa rules for several categories of foreign nationals living in India, including registered Sri Lankan Tamils who took shelter by 9 January 2015, certain Pakistani nationals, and members of six minority communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who entered by 31 December 2024 — who must still obtain an appropriate visa to stay. Indian, Nepali and Bhutanese travellers may use Visa Manual identity documents for India–Nepal–Bhutan land or air travel.
16. President Smt Droupadi Murmu received credentials at Rashtrapati Bhavan from Ambassadors Fatoma Thera (Mali), U Aye Min Htwe (Myanmar), Mandehatsara Georget (Madagascar) and Miguel Edjang Angue (Equatorial Guinea).
17. The Maharashtra FDA suspended licences of 105 food businesses, including Blinkit (Blink Commerce) and Zepto outlets in Mumbai, and ordered seven establishments shut after a special Diwali inspection drive on 4–5 November. Nearly 39.5 tonnes of food worth ₹1.35 crore were seized for unhygienic storage, poor handling, inadequate pest control and missing temperature records.
18. Ahead of Deepavali, the Delhi Government appealed to citizens to burst only certified green firecrackers and only on 7 and 8 November between 6–7 am and 8–10 pm, as ordered by the District Magistrate (East) in line with Supreme Court directions for Delhi-NCR.
19. In Uttarkashi, one more body was recovered from the Kedartal trek avalanche site, taking the toll to seven with trekker Ratan Ghosh of West Bengal still missing; search was temporarily halted amid deep snow and continuing snowfall, officials said.
20. The IMD has forecast heavy rainfall over coastal Kerala, Mahe, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds also likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Lakshadweep till Monday.
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*NEW APPOINTMENT*
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1. Retired IAS officer Binoy Kumar, a 1983-batch Telangana cadre officer, was sworn in as Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) at Amaravati. Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad administered the oath; he will hold office for five years from the date of assuming charge, or until he turns 70, whichever is earlier.
2. The Home Ministry has appointed Ajay Kumar Yadav, a 1996-batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS officer, as Additional Director General of the CRPF on deputation, in Level-15 of the pay matrix. His tenure runs from the date he assumes charge till 30 September 2030, or until further orders or superannuation, whichever is earlier.
3. 2004-batch IAS officer Roopa Mishra has assumed charge as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Odisha’s Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department after returning from central deputation, in a senior IAS reshuffle that also reassigned other State secretaries.
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*LEGAL REPORT*
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1. The Supreme Court refused to suspend former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal’s 10-year prison sentence in the 2013 Goa rape case, while granting leave to hear his appeal against conviction and the Goa government’s plea for a higher sentence. It declined interim bail, observing there was no motive shown for false implication.
2. The Supreme Court ordered Rajasthan to form an SIT within three days to probe organised illegal gravel mining in the Luni, Jojari and Bandi rivers, including possible official involvement. It barred new industries near the river ecosystem and directed a 100-metre protective zone.
3. Hearing a suo motu air-pollution case, a Bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana termed vehicular emissions a major Delhi-NCR pollutant and called for immediate, medium and long-term measures, stressing education of farmers against stubble burning.
4. The Supreme Court reaffirmed its 11 March verdict that a parent’s salary or income in a PSU or the private sector cannot by itself decide creamy-layer exclusion for OBCs, refused the Centre’s plea to make the ruling only prospective, and extended the implementation window by two more months, clarifying that concluded selections, appointments and seniority will not be reopened.
5. The CBI registered an FIR against Future Retail, founder Kishore Biyani, Rakesh Biyani and others in an alleged ₹904.32-crore bank fraud linked to State Bank of India facilities, and conducted searches in Mumbai, seizing documents.
6. The Enforcement Directorate arrested Roshan Fiaz and Ammar in Chennai in a cyber-fraud and cryptocurrency laundering case involving an estimated ₹400-crore network linked to over 600 cyber complaints.
7. The Jharkhand High Court quashed the State government’s August decision cancelling the JSSC-CGL examination and appointments under advertisement 10/2023, calling the blanket cancellation unjust. Justice Deepak Roshan ordered reinstatement of selected candidates with continuous service; the CID probe into irregularities will continue and those found guilty may still face action.
—— *MISHAPS*———-
1. In Dibrugarh, Assam — One Killed, Six Injured in OIL Tank Farm Fire
One worker, Raju Dutta of Spectron Engineers, died and six others were injured when a fire broke out at about 9:05 am at an indirect bath heater under maintenance at Oil India Limited’s Intermediate Tank Farm in Tengakhat. Eleven fire tenders and dry chemical powder helped extinguish the blaze by 12:30 pm; OIL has set up an internal inquiry.
2. In Khunti, Jharkhand — Seven Killed as Speeding Trailer Hits Crowd
Seven people, including four women and three children, were killed and a girl injured when a speeding 18-wheeler trailer ran over villagers gathered near a culvert on the Karra–Torpa road to help a fallen scooter rider. The driver and helper fled; President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi expressed grief and prayed for the injured girl’s recovery.
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*DEFENCE News*
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1. Quad navies began Exercise Malabar 2026 at Yokosuka, Japan, to run till 12 November in waters south of Tokyo, with a strong focus on anti-submarine warfare. India has deployed Shivalik-class frigate INS Sahyadri; Japan fielded JS Ise, JS Mogami and a submarine, with US and Australian ships and P-8A/P-1 aircraft also taking part ahead of a Quad leaders’ meet in Manila.
2. The government has revised Agnipath so that the 75% of Agniveers not selected for regular service after four years can take an optional two-year ‘second tour of duty’; those willing and eligible after six years can then be absorbed into the regular cadre. The Defence Ministry said the scheme has not been rolled back, seniority of the 75% will be protected on absorption, and there is no numerical cap on induction of those who clear standards.
3. The fifth edition of India–US tri-service HADR Exercise Tiger Triumph 2026 concluded in Visakhapatnam after joint planning, cyber and medical SME exchanges and a tabletop exercise on amphibious humanitarian response. Eastern Fleet Flag Officer Rear Admiral Vishal Bishnoi and US Pacific Fleet officers underlined growing interoperability under the Major Defence Partnership.
4. The maiden BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise culminated at Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair) under the Andaman and Nicobar Command, with INS Taragiri, INS Karmuk and INS Saryu, Myanmar’s UMS King Aung Zeya and Sri Lanka’s SLNS Gajabahu in harbour and sea phases — a key follow-up to PM Modi’s announcement at the 6th BIMSTEC Summit.
5. Senior officials said the revamped Agnipath framework will apply exclusively to about three lakh Agniveers currently in service and will be reviewed before being extended to future batches; the next intake, due to begin training early next year, completes its four-year tenure in 2031.
6. At the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee debate on peacekeeping, Military Advisor Col Tarunendra Pratap Singh said perpetrators of attacks on Blue Helmets must be held accountable as peacekeepers face asymmetric and technology-enabled threats. India has deployed over three lakh troops across 50 missions and lost 184 peacekeepers; New Delhi has flagged peacekeeping as a priority for its UNSC 2028–29 candidacy.
7. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh called the Agniveer tenure extension a ‘win-win’ that lets a larger share of trained youth serve longer while keeping the force young, noting the scheme always envisaged a reassessment after four years and a competitive path into regular service for those who meet operational standards.
*FINANCE*
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*INDIAN RUPEE VALUE*
💷 *GBP* ₹125(Approx)
€ *Euro* : ₹105(Approx)
*USD* ₹ 94(Approx)
🇨🇦 *Canada* :CAD ₹66
🇦🇺 *Australia* : ₹ 64
🇦🇪 *UAE Dirham* : ₹ 26
*🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥* : ₹ 13
🇲🇻 *Maldives Rufiya* : ₹ 6.09
🇧🇹 *Bhutan ngultrum* : ₹ 1.00
🇳🇵 *Nepal Rupee* : ₹ 0.63
🇧🇩 *B’desh Taka** : ₹ 0.77
🇵🇰 *Pak Rupee* : ₹ 0.34
🇱🇰 *Sri Lanka Rupee* : ₹ 0.29
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*BSE SENSEX*
81,028.02 +1718.01 (2.17%)🔺
*NIFTY*
25,030.35 +493.75 (2.01%)🔺
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*Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai*
*GOLD* : ₹ 14,145/ 01gm (24 krt)
*SILVER* : ₹ 1,82,868/KG
1. Markets were shut on Saturday; Friday’s close stands. The Sensex rose 1,718.01 points (2.17%) to 81,028.02 and the Nifty 493.75 points (2.01%) to 25,030.35 on 6 November, a seventh straight gain led by private banks, even as global markets sold off. The rupee jumped 56 paise to close at 93.91 against the US dollar, a six-month high.
2. RBI data showed credit by NBFCs grew 15.4% year-on-year in September 2026, up from 13.3% a year earlier, with retail loans accelerating to 21.9%. Housing, gold-jewellery and vehicle loans led the retail segment, and farm credit also improved.
3. Mumbai bullion closed lower on Dhanteras: pure gold (99.9) at ₹1,41,452 per 10 g (about ₹14,145 per gram) and silver at ₹1,82,868 per kg, as festive buying met softer international cues after recent highs.
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*ENTERTAINMENT NEWS*
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1. *‘Maatrubhumi’ Trailer Out; Dec 4 Release*
Salman Khan launched the trailer of war drama ‘Maatrubhumi: May War Rest In Peace’ in Mumbai and confirmed a theatrical release on 4 December. Directed by Apoorva Lakhia and co-starring Chitrangda Singh, the film has a U/A 16+ certificate; Khan denied any government pressure to change the script.
2. *‘Ramayana: Part 1’ Near ₹113 Crore Net*
Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana: Part 1’, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash, collected about ₹112.9 crore net in India over two days after a strong opening, according to trade estimates, while worldwide gross was reported near ₹198 crore.
3. *Shehzad Poonawalla Wins ‘Rise and Fall 2’*
Politician-commentator Shehzad Poonawalla was crowned winner of reality show ‘Rise and Fall 2’, taking home ₹35 lakh; Priyanka Chahar Choudhary and Gautam Gulati finished as runners-up.
*7 Nov (Saturday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Sharad
*Drik Ritu* : Hemant (Prewinter)
पक्ष :: *Krishnapaksh*
*Samvatsara* : Parabhava Nama
(Purnimanta)
*Vikram Samvat – 2083*
*Month* : Kartika 13
(In Amanta calendar)
*Shaka Samvat – 1948*
*Month* : Ashvina 28
*Tithi* : Trayodashi (up to 10:48 am)Chaturdashi
*Nakshatra*: Chitra
*Rahu* : 09:21 AM – 10:43 AM
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