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The Aabhar Collection

The Aabhar Collection

Why in news? The Ministry of Railways has announced that all railway units will patronise the newly launched Aabhar Collection store on the Government...

Transit Oriented Development: Building Walkable Cities

Transit Oriented Development: Building Walkable Cities

Why in news? The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has begun work on the East Delhi Hub project near Karkardooma metro station. This flagship Transit ...

CLAMP Portal & Koyla Shakti Dashboard

CLAMP Portal & Koyla Shakti Dashboard

Why in news? The Ministry of Coal unveiled two digital platforms — the Koyla Shakti dashboard and the Coal Land Acquisition Management and Rehabilit...

SJ‑100 Passenger Aircraft

SJ‑100 Passenger Aircraft

Why in news? In late October 2025, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) signed a Memorandum of Underst...

Koyla Shakti Dashboard

Koyla Shakti Dashboard

Why in news? The Ministry of Coal is preparing to launch Koyla Shakti, a Smart Coal Analytics Dashboard designed to serve as a unified, real‑time mo...

Coffee

Coffee

Why in news? In his radio programme on 26 October 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Indian coffee varieties for gaining popularity worldwide....

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Why in news? The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) celebrated its 97th Foundation Day on 16 July 2025 at the National Agricultural Scienc...

Asia‑Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Asia‑Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

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....

SWAMIH Fund – A Lifeline for Stalled Housing Projects

SWAMIH Fund – A Lifeline for Stalled Housing Projects

Why in news? In October 2025 the Reserve Bank of India exempted the government‑backed Special Window for Affordable and Mid‑Income Housing (SWAMIH...

Duty‑Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme

Duty‑Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme

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...

Network Survey Vehicle – Monitoring India’s Highways

Network Survey Vehicle – Monitoring India’s Highways

Why in news? The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced that it will deploy specialised Network Survey Vehicles (NSVs) across 23 st...

Optical fibre Intrusion Detection System for elephants

Optical fibre Intrusion Detection System for elephants

Why in news? The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) announced in late October 2025 that it is expanding its optical fibre‑based Intrusion Detection Sy...

Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programme

Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programme

Why in news? The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently praised India's liberalised Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme for boosting the par...

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and State-Sponsored Terrorism

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and State-Sponsored Terrorism

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 ...

State Mining Readiness Index ranks Indian states on mineral reforms

State Mining Readiness Index ranks Indian states on mineral reforms

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...

Codex committee finalises standards for vanilla, cardamom and coriander

Codex committee finalises standards for vanilla, cardamom and coriander

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...

Free trade deals threaten farmers’ seed rights, warns GRAIN

Free trade deals threaten farmers’ seed rights, warns GRAIN

Why in news? International advocacy group GRAIN released a report in October 2025 highlighting how recent free‑trade agreements are being used to i...

LEAPS 2025 – Logistics Excellence, Advancement and Performance Shield

LEAPS 2025 – Logistics Excellence, Advancement and Performance Shield

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...

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Understanding Fomoflation: Price Spikes Driven by Fear of Missing Out

Why in news? Economists and market analysts have coined the term “fomoflation” to describe episodes when prices rise not because of shortages or p...

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Surge in Microfinance Loan Defaults: Understanding the Crisis

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...

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