TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the nationwide ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan – Rabi 2026’ at Taraori in Karnal, Haryana; it will run from 22 October to 30 November, with agricultural scientists visiting villages. He urged farmers to use Soil Health Cards and balanced fertilisers, and said ₹1,343 crore has been approved for permanent houses for 28,422 poor families in Haryana.
2. The Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan has reached over 35 crore people, including 13.94 crore youth and 10.86 crore women, and more than 32 lakh educational institutions, the Social Justice Ministry said. Launched on 15 August 2020 in 272 districts under the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction, it now aims to help uproot the drug trade by 31 December 2029.
3. Under the PM-DAKSH (Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi) Yojana, 1,87,305 people from SC, OBC, EWS, Denotified Tribes and Safai Karamchari communities were trained and 96,162 placed between 2020-21 and 2023-24, the Social Justice Ministry said. Over 90% of beneficiaries found the training relevant; the scheme has been merged with PMKVY from 2024-25.
4. The Petroleum Ministry held a GOBARdhan workshop in Mumbai, with BPCL as nodal agency, to push compressed biogas (CBG) under a Model State CBG Policy and the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) 2026-27. The fifth India Energy Week (IEW 2027) will be held in Kolkata from 28 to 31 January 2027.
5. Health and Chemicals Minister J.P. Nadda, inaugurating the 14th India Chem 2026 at NESCO, Mumbai, said the proposed ‘Bhavya Rasayan’ scheme will offer ₹1,000 crore for each chemical park, with States contributing at least ₹500 crore. He said India’s chemicals market is targeted to reach USD 300 billion by 2030 and USD 1 trillion by 2040.
6. Education Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the registration portal for the fifth Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS 5.0), to be held in Varanasi from 28 November to 12 December on the theme ‘Thirukkural Payilvom’ (Let Us Learn the Thirukkural), celebrating the age-old bonds between Tamil Nadu and Kashi.
7. Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated and laid foundation stones for Yamuna rejuvenation projects worth over ₹8,941 crore in Delhi, covering sewer network expansion, drainage, wastewater treatment and drinking water. He said the Centre and the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have time-bound plans to clean the Yamuna by May 2029.
8. Addressing the NDTV World Summit on the theme ‘A World Between Orders’, PM Narendra Modi called for stronger and reformed global institutions and a greater voice for the Global South, and said India is emerging as the world’s ‘brain office’ through its talent and innovation.
9. PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav Global Sammelan at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, at 11 AM today. The three-day meet (23–25 October), marking 75 years of the Chinmaya Mission founded by Swami Chinmayananda in 1951, is expected to draw over 9,000 participants.
10. The Road Transport Ministry has proposed, in a draft notification, making Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS) mandatory for all new car models from October 2030 and for models already in production from October 2032. Trucks will have a revised braking standard and electronic stability control from 1 October 2027.
11. A special team set up by MeitY to examine the eMudhra PKI incident found its impact ‘very limited’, and said Digital Signature Certificates and eSign services regulated by the Controller of Certifying Authorities are unaffected. eMudhra has decided to exit the global SSL/TLS certificate business.
12. Indian Railways recorded its highest-ever coal loading, with over 22% growth in October compared with last year — 87 more rakes a day. In the first half of 2026-27 it dispatched an average of 430 coal rakes a day to thermal power plants, up 7.1%.
13. Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav told the Circular Economy Conference in New Delhi that India has notified sector-specific rules for nine waste streams, including plastic, battery and e-waste, and that about 500 lakh metric tonnes of waste has been processed so far. He called for stronger recovery of critical minerals from e-waste and batteries.
14. Vice-President Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the Law Commission of India’s national conference on cooperative federalism in New Delhi, where the Commission’s Chairperson proposed a ‘Citizen Friction Test’ for laws and Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal outlined four priorities for legal reform.
15. ISRO will launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite on 30 October aboard GSLV Mk II from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Part of the second-generation NVS-01 to NVS-05 series, it will strengthen NavIC, India’s own satellite navigation system.
16. India’s solar mission Aditya-L1 has produced the first-ever Doppler velocity images of activity in the Sun’s corona, using data from its Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) analysed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. This will help track coronal mass ejections heading towards Earth.
17. The Department of Telecommunications has notified the Telecommunications (Regulatory Sandbox) Rules, 2026, under Section 27 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023, letting new telecom technologies and services be tested in controlled conditions with time-bound exemptions, for up to 24 months initially and an application fee of ₹10,000.
18. The 19th Urban Mobility India Conference begins in Bhubaneswar today (23–24 October) on the theme ‘Urban Accessibility and Liveability in Digital Age’, followed by the second National Urban Conclave on 24–25 October. A Fisheries Investors and Exporters Conclave is also being held in Bhopal today.
19. National Geographic has named Jaipur in its ‘Best of the World 2027’ list of 25 destinations. The Pink City, founded by Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727, marks 300 years in 2027; its walled city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.
20. Ayodhya will light 30 lakh diyas at 56 ghats for its 10th Deepotsav, with 33 lakh earthen lamps procured; bhoomi pujan for the event will be held today at 7:30 am at Ghat 10. In Karnataka, the luxury train Golden Chariot resumes its ‘Pride of Karnataka’ journey on 24 October with full booking of 75 guests.
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IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS
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Om Prakash Mathur — appointed Governor of Keralam.
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar — appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu.
Braj Mohan Ram — appointed Governor of Odisha.
Dhal Singh Bisen — appointed Governor of Uttarakhand.
Dushyant Gautam — appointed Governor of Sikkim.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The Delhi High Court refused to stop the 23 October release of the film ‘Doosra’ on a plea by former India captain Sourav Ganguly and Luv Films, which is producing his biopic, alleging violation of his personality rights. Vacation judge Justice Dinesh Bhatt said the balance of convenience favours the makers, who said the film is not a biopic.
2. The Delhi High Court (Justice Subramonium Prasad) reserved its verdict on AISA president Neha Bora’s plea against a notice asking her to furnish a ₹10,000 peace bond over the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protest. The order will be pronounced on Friday at 6 pm.
3. In the firing at actor Tiger Shroff’s car, Mumbai Police told a court that Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Anil Pandit, said to be operating from the US, is a wanted accused and that the attack was carried out on his instructions. The court remanded four more accused — Kunal (21) and Sumit (19) of Sonipat, Haryana, and Radha (23) and Babita (23) from Uttar Pradesh — who allegedly supplied the weapon, to police custody till 26 October; 10 people have been arrested so far.
4. Delhi Police arrested content creator Amir Shokeen for allegedly making racist remarks against a youth from Tripura in a video. Police registered the case on their own (suo motu), and the IFSO cyber unit is investigating.
5. Former Shimla SSP Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi has been booked for allegedly misappropriating ₹2.35 lakh and cheating a police constable, Himachal Pradesh Police said.
6. The Supreme Court directed the Himachal Pradesh government to hand over records of Manav Bharti University so that the B.Tech degree of Mohd Asad Choudhary, a Sub-Inspector in Jammu and Kashmir’s State Taxes Department who was denied his salary, can be verified.
7. The Election Commission removed Electoral Registration Officer Mayank Goswami and Amaria SDM Hemant Chaudhary over irregularities in the voter list of Pilibhit Sadar, Uttar Pradesh, where over 13,000 names were allegedly replaced. A computer operator, Anil Kumar, has been dismissed and an FIR lodged.
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1. In Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur, Chhattisgarh — Six Killed as Bus Hits Tree
Six people, including four women, were killed and 40 injured when a bus carrying 46 passengers crashed into a tree near the Semarmathani turn. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced ₹5 lakh for the family of each deceased and ₹50,000 for each injured person.
2. In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh — Two Electrocuted During Durga Immersion: Two people were killed and six others suffered electric shocks when a live wire fell on a tractor-trolley carrying a Durga idol for immersion after midnight.
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DEFENCE News
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1. BrahMos Aerospace CEO Dr Jaiteerth Joshi said the first prototype of the lighter BrahMos-NG (Next Generation) missile is expected by 2027–28, and that a 1,500-km-range version of the missile is on the drawing board.
2. The Ministry of Defence has floated a tender for 500 scramjet propulsion systems, a key technology for hypersonic missiles that fly at over five times the speed of sound.
3. The Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron — INS Tir, INS Sujata and Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi — has arrived in Malé, Maldives, as part of its long-range training deployment, to strengthen maritime cooperation and train officer cadets.
4. A ₹661.5 crore contract with BrahMos Aerospace for BrahMos fire control systems and launchers will support the upgrade of four Navy warships — two Ranvir-class destroyers and two Veer-class corvettes — with over 68% indigenous content.
5. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) are close to finalising commercial terms for Project-75 (India), the roughly $8 billion programme to build six advanced conventional submarines in India for the Navy.
6. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh inaugurated the ‘GYANDEEP’ Hindi library at Sena Bhawan, New Delhi, under Special Campaign 6.0; about 35,000 sq ft of space has been freed in South Block. In Manipur, Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla reviewed India–Myanmar border fencing work.
7. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will release the Indian Army’s new Land Warfare Doctrine today, the final day of the Army Commanders’ Conference in New Delhi chaired by Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth. The last such doctrine was released in December 2018; the new one is expected to address drones, artificial intelligence, precision strikes and multi-domain operations.
FINANCE
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INDIAN RUPEE VALUE
💷 GBP ₹126(Approx)
€ Euro : ₹106(Approx)
USD ₹ 94(Approx)
🇨🇦 Canada :CAD ₹67
🇦🇺 Australia : ₹ 66
🇦🇪 UAE Dirham : ₹ 26
🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥ : ₹ 14
🇲🇻 Maldives Rufiya : ₹ 6.11
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🇳🇵 Nepal Rupee : ₹ 0.62
🇧🇩 B’desh Taka* : ₹ 0.76
🇵🇰 Pak Rupee : ₹ 0.34
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Rupee : ₹ 0.28
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BSE SENSEX
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 14,438/ 01gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 2,25,000/KG
1. The ₹30,213 crore Jio Platforms IPO, India’s largest-ever, was subscribed 5.6 times by the end of Day 2, attracting bids worth ₹1.23 lakh crore, with every investor category oversubscribed. The issue closes today.
2. From 1 November, small e-commerce sellers can get simplified GST registration under the new Rule 14B, with a cap of ₹2.5 lakh a month on input tax credit. SEBI has also cautioned investors against WhatsApp groups offering stock tips.
3. India Post’s revenue rose 24% to ₹8,212.7 crore in the first half of FY27, from ₹6,636 crore a year earlier. Second-quarter revenue grew 25% to ₹4,201.5 crore, helped by a 71% jump in parcel business, the second straight quarter above ₹4,000 crore.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. Diljit’s Delhi Concert Denied
Delhi Police denied permission for Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh’s concert at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on 30 October, citing security concerns and the festive season.
2. Daler Mehndi Row: Dhami Steps In
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami spoke to singer Mika Singh and said any ‘misunderstanding’ over minister Subodh Uniyal reprimanding Daler Mehndi can be resolved through dialogue.
3. RC17 Launch Confirmed
Mythri Movie Makers confirmed the launch of Ram Charan’s pan-India action-adventure with director Sukumar, tentatively titled RC17. His new long-haired look has gone viral.
23 Oct (Friday)
Vedic Ritu/ Sharad
Drik Ritu : Sharad (Autumn)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Samvatsara : Parabhava Nama
(Purnimanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2083
Month : Ashvina 27
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1948
Month : Ashvina 12
Tithi : Dwadashi (up to 2:35 pm)Trayodashi
Nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada/
Uttara Bhadrapada
Rahu 10:46 AM – 12:11 PM
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