📌 One-Liners
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🧠 Mini-Quiz
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📒 Short Notes
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🗓️ Important Days (Oct 7)
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World Cotton DayObserved on October 7, initiated by Cotton-4 nations (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali); recognized by UN in 2021.
🇮🇳 National News
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UIDAI Waives Aadhaar Biometric FeesUIDAI made biometric updates free for children aged 5–17 years for one year from October 1, 2025, aiding access to DBT schemes.
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Coal India’s All-Women Central Store UnitCoal India launched its first all-women Central Store Unit at SECL, Korba, led by Ms. Sapna Ikka under Special Campaign 5.0.
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BRO Builds World’s Highest Motorable RoadBRO constructed a road at Mig La Pass, Ladakh (19,400 ft) under Project Himank, breaking its own Guinness World Record.
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Rajasthan’s First Namo Biodiversity ParkUnion Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated Namo Van at Alwar, promoting local biodiversity and climate action.
💼 Business News
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Bitcoin Hits All-Time HighBitcoin touched a record $125,245.57, driven by ETF inflows, institutional demand, and supportive U.S. regulations.
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Navratri 2025 Sales Hit Decade-HighGST reforms fueled record festive spending; Maruti Suzuki sold 165,000 cars in 8 days, its best single-day sales in 35 years.
🏆 Awards
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2025Awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for proving quantum effects in electrical circuits.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2025Given to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering Regulatory T Cells (Tregs) and the Foxp3 gene.
🛡️ Defence
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ICGS Akshar CommissionedIndian Coast Guard commissioned ICGS Akshar (Adamya-class FPV) at Karaikal, built by Goa Shipyard with 60% indigenous content.
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Exercise KONKAN 2025 BeginsIndia–UK naval drill off west coast (Oct 5–12); featured INS Vikrant, HMS Prince of Wales, and carrier-led operations.
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10th NATPOLREX Exercise Off Chennai CoastIndian Coast Guard held NATPOLREX-X to strengthen oil spill response with participation from 32 foreign observers.
📰 Schemes News
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PM SETU Scheme LaunchedPM Modi launched PM SETU to modernize 1,000 ITIs with a ₹60,000 crore outlay, benefiting 2 million youth.
📰 Summits & Conferences
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Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025Launched by MoE, NITI Aayog, AIM, AICTE engaging 1 crore+ students under Viksit Bharat @2047 to foster innovation.
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68th Commonwealth Parliamentary ConferenceLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla led Indian delegation to Barbados (Oct 5–12) focusing on digital democracy and tech governance.
🏅 Sports
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Nishad & Simran Win Gold at Para Athletics WorldsNishad Kumar (2.14m T47) and Simran Sharma (11.95s T12) won gold at the World Para Athletics 2025, New Delhi.
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BWF World Junior Championships 2025 in GuwahatiIndia hosts after 17 years; 36 teams compete; introduces relay scoring (to 45 points) format for Suhandinata & Eye-Level Cups.
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India’s Record Para Athletics Medal HaulIndia achieved its best-ever total of 18 medals (6G, 7S, 5B) at World Para Athletics 2025, surpassing its Kobe 2023 tally.
📰 Science & Tech News
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Vyommitra – India’s Humanoid for GaganyaanISRO’s semi-humanoid Vyommitra will simulate human presence in uncrewed Gaganyaan test flights before the 2027 mission.
🧠 Mini-Quiz: Add to Your Knowledge (3 MCQs)
📒 Short Notes: Why Stop at One-Liners?
UIDAI — Unique Identification Authority of India: Free Aadhaar biometrics for 5–17 yrs Aadhaar
What: UIDAI waived fees for Aadhaar biometric updates for children aged 5–17 years for one year from October 1, 2025, at authorised centres.
How: Updates recapture fingerprints, iris and face; aligns with mandatory refresh at ages 5 and 15; centres record fresh templates and sync them to the Central Identities Data Repository for smoother authentication.
Why: Reduces Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) leakages and authentication failures, keeping KYC records current as children’s biometrics change, improving access to scholarships and welfare.
PM SETU Scheme — Modernising Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) Skills Mission
What: PM SETU aims to upgrade 1,000 ITIs with an outlay of ₹60,000 crore, targeting about two million learners with industry-relevant training.
How: Funds new labs, instructor upskilling, industry-linked curricula, dual training/apprenticeships, and adds trades in electric vehicles, robotics, semiconductors and green tech to match demand.
Why: Bridges India’s skills gap for Make in India and sunrise sectors, boosts MSME productivity, and raises placement outcomes by aligning training with employer needs.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 — Quantum effects in electrical circuits Nobel
What: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis were honoured for demonstrating quantum phenomena in superconducting electrical circuits, enabling robust qubits.
How: Using Josephson junctions and circuit quantum electrodynamics, they created and controlled coherent states, improved error rates and coherence times, and scaled architectures toward practical processors.
Why: Established the foundation of today’s superconducting quantum computing platforms with potential impacts in materials discovery, optimisation and secure communications.