📌 One-Liners
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🧠 Mini-Quiz
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📒 Short Notes
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🇮🇳 National News
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NAKSHA Programme Modernises Urban Land RecordsLaunched under DILRMP, the NAKSHA Programme uses geospatial, GNSS, and Web-GIS tech to create accurate, transparent urban land records for the ‘One Nation, One Land Record’ vision.
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e-NAM Expands to 247 Commoditiese-NAM adds 9 new commodities including Green Tea and Mustard Oil, taking the total to 247, promoting a transparent, nationwide digital farm marketplace.
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Odisha to Launch “Gyana Yagnya Mandap” LibraryOdisha to set up a digital library at Puri to preserve Jagannath Temple’s historic records like the Madala Panji and manuscripts, announced by Prithviraj Harichandan.
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PM Modi Inaugurates ₹19,650 Cr Navi Mumbai AirportPM Modi unveiled the lotus-shaped Navi Mumbai International Airport, to be operational by Dec 2025, boosting trade, tourism, and connectivity.
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Nitin Gadkari Opens First Electric Truck Battery StationIndia’s first electric truck battery swapping station inaugurated in Sonipat, Haryana, promoting clean logistics and 50–60% lower battery costs.
💼 Business News
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RBI Launches Retail Sandbox for Digital CurrencyRBI launched a retail CBDC sandbox to help fintechs test the e-rupee pilot, which began in Dec 2022 and has 7 million users nationwide.
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Blackstone Appoints Apurva Shah as India Credit HeadApurva Shah named MD of Blackstone Credit & Insurance India, leading its private credit division from Mumbai to expand APAC operations.
🏆 Awards
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László Krasznahorkai Wins Nobel Prize in LiteratureHungarian author László Krasznahorkai awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for his visionary and apocalyptic prose.
📰 Agreements News
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NCB–RRU MoU to Tackle Cyber & Drug CrimesNCB and RRU signed an MoU to enhance research, training, and cyber investigations; to establish a Centre of Excellence in Cybercrime & Drug Intelligence.
📰 Summits & Conferences
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India to Host 8th ISA AssemblyIndia to host the 8th International Solar Alliance Assembly at Bharat Mandapam, Delhi (Oct 27–30); 124 nations to discuss solar energy cooperation.
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PM Modi Opens 9th India Mobile Congress 2025At Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, PM Modi inaugurated Asia’s largest telecom-tech event, highlighting India’s 5G expansion and digital progress.
📰 Science & Technology
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IBM–Anthropic Partner for Secure Enterprise AIIBM partners with Anthropic to integrate Claude LLM into its tools, improving productivity (45% rise) and secure AI-driven software development.
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Google Expands Opal AI App Builder GloballyGoogle Opal, the AI-powered app builder, now in 15 countries including India; enables no-code app creation via natural language.
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Amit Shah Adopts Zoho Mail for Swadeshi PushHome Minister Amit Shah switches to Zoho Mail, backing India’s Atmanirbhar digital ecosystem and reducing reliance on foreign tech platforms.
🗓️ Important Days (Oct 10)
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World Egg Day – October 10, 2025Observed on the second Friday of October; 2025 theme – “The Mighty Egg: Packed with Natural Nutrition.” Initiated by IEC in 1996.
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World Mental Health Day – October 10, 2025Marked annually on October 10; 2025 theme – “Access to Services – Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.”
🧠 Mini-Quiz: Add to Your Knowledge (3 MCQs)
📒 Short Notes: Why Stop at One-Liners?
CBDC Retail Sandbox — Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Central Bank Digital Currency CBDC Sandbox
What: The Reserve Bank of India launched a retail sandbox so banks and fintech firms can test the e-rupee (India’s Central Bank Digital Currency) in controlled, real-world settings; the pilot began in Dec 2022 and has about 7 million users.
How: Structured trials assess wallet UX, merchant acceptance, offline modes, limits, fraud controls, and settlement flows under supervisory guardrails, enabling safe iteration before scale-up.
Why: Sandboxes de-risk rollout, strengthen consumer protection, and validate resilience, interoperability and compliance, helping CBDC meet public-policy goals without destabilising existing payment rails.
IBM–Anthropic Partnership — Secure Enterprise AI with Large Language Models (LLMs) Enterprise AI
What: International Business Machines (IBM) is integrating Anthropic’s Claude family of Large Language Models into IBM tools to deliver secure, auditable generative AI; early deployments report notable productivity gains.
How: Enterprise controls—policy enforcement, access governance, logging, and model usage analytics—are layered over LLM capabilities for summarisation, code assistance, and knowledge search inside corporate environments.
Why: Organisations need value from AI without compromising data security or compliance; a governed stack allows faster adoption while reducing risks of data leakage, bias, and unapproved model access.
Gyana Yagnya Mandap Digital Library — Odisha’s Jagannath Temple Archives Digital Archives
What: Odisha announced a digital library in Puri to preserve historic records of the Jagannath Temple, including the Madala Panji and rare manuscripts, under a modern access and conservation plan.
How: Systematic digitisation, metadata cataloguing, and conservation-friendly scanning create searchable copies while protecting fragile palm-leaf and paper originals from handling and climate damage.
Why: Safeguarding these archives supports scholars, devotees, and administrators, ensures continuity of cultural memory, and expands public access to primary sources without risking the originals.