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Why in news? In his radio programme on 26 October 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Indian coffee varieties for gaining popularity worldwide....
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Why in news? In his radio programme on 26 October 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Indian coffee varieties for gaining popularity worldwide....
Why in news? The 2025 summit of the Asia‑Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is scheduled to be held in Gyeongju, South Korea at the end of October....
Why in news? In October 2025 the Reserve Bank of India exempted the government‑backed Special Window for Affordable and Mid‑Income Housing (SWAMIH...
Why in news? India’s Duty‑Free Tariff Preference scheme has come back into focus after the World Trade Organisation credited it for boosting expor...
Why in news? The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced that it will deploy specialised Network Survey Vehicles (NSVs) across 23 st...
Why in news? The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) announced in late October 2025 that it is expanding its optical fibre‑based Intrusion Detection Sy...
Why in news? The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently praised India's liberalised Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme for boosting the par...
Why in news? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held its plenary meetings in Paris from 22 to 24 October 2025. Among the topics discussed was the ...
Why in news? International advocacy group GRAIN released a report in October 2025 highlighting how recent free‑trade agreements are being used to i...
Why in news? The Ministry of Mines released the first State Mining Readiness Index (SMRI) on 16 October 2025. The index evaluates how effectively st...
Why in news? The 8th Session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) concluded in Guwahati on 17 October 2025. Delegates from mo...
Why in news? On 13 October 2025 the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, launched LEAPS 2025 in New Delhi. The Logistics Excellence...
Why in news? Economists and market analysts have coined the term “fomoflation” to describe episodes when prices rise not because of shortages or p...
Why in news? In its 2024–25 report released in October 2025, industry body Sa‑Dhan warned that overdue payments in the microfinance sector have ri...
Why in news? On 10 October 2025 the National e‑Governance Division (NeGD) signed a memorandum of understanding with Sahakar Taxi Cooperative Limited...
Why in news? The United Nations Environment Programme released a report titled “Financing the Responsible Supply of Energy Transition Minerals” in...
Why in news? The International Financial Services Centres Authority launched a Foreign Currency Settlement System (FCSS) at Gujarat International Fina...
Why in news? NITI Aayog released a comprehensive report on harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies to empower India’s infor...
Why in news? The Ministry of Labour and Employment released a draft National Labour & Employment Policy – Shram Shakti Niti 2025 for public consulta...
Why in news? Construction of the Navi Mumbai International Airport has been progressing rapidly, and the project was highlighted in October 2025 as a ...