Current Affairs Notes of 9 October 2025

Banking & Digital Payments

• UPI entered PayPal World Platform .
  • According to the PayPal CEO, Alex Chriss, India has been introduced to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) that is the first payment system to be integrated into PayPal World, thus improving inter-country digital transactions.
• UPI Biometric and wearable authentication .
  • In 2025, NPCI and RBI introduced UPI biometric and smart-glass-based authentication in the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai.
• SEBI Investor Survey 2025 Released.
  • Kantar was commissioned to conduct the largest household investor survey done with AMFI, NSE, BSE, NSDL, and CDSL in order to measure investment trends and financial behaviour.
• RBI Releases ITBS Survey 2024–25
  • The survey covered 13 Indian banks in the international markets and 44 foreign banks in India with the focus on the international trade services and global banking trends.
• Amendments 2025: SEBI (Custodian) Amendment Regulations.
  • The new regulations improve the governance, compliance, and financial standards of the custodial institutions.
• PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana Milestone .
  • The project attained a significant milestone of the proliferation of rooftop solar and free power supply to households.

Corporate & Market Updates

• Swiggy sells interest in Rapido .
  • Swiggy has sold the entire 11.8 percent share in bike-taxi start-up Rapido to Prosus NV and WestBridge capital at 2,400 crore.
• VyamIC to Launch Private Satellite Constellation.
  • VyomIC of Chennai announced to put up the first private satellite constellation in India on Precision Navigation and Timing (PNT) services.

International Relations/ Politics.

• Poland to be a part of NATO Pipeline System (NPS).
  • Poland declared its joining of NATO Pipeline System to enhance defence fuel logistics and coordination.
• President Trump New Visa Program in the US.
  • The US President Donald Trump unveiled a new category of visa that targeted the rich entrepreneurs and investors who wanted to settle in the US.
• Original Arab Director-General UNESCO.
  • Dr. Khaled El-Enany, the former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt will be