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Daily Current Affairs: October 31, 2025

October 31, 2025

National Updates

  • Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the National FPO Conclave 2025 in New Delhi.

  • Chef Sanjeev Kapoor was honoured by the World Food Prize Foundation as one of its 2025 Top Agri-Food Pioneers (TAP) for contributions to nutrition and sustainable food systems.

  • The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) signed an MoU with IIM Calcutta to strengthen telecom and management collaboration.

  • The Department of Social Justice & Empowerment (DoSJE) signed an MoU with Persolkelly India Pvt. Ltd. to improve job opportunities for candidates from Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes.

  • World Savings Day was observed on October 30 in India and October 31 globally , promoting financial literacy and saving habits.

  • Several banking and financial changes will take effect from November 1, 2025 , impacting bank customers, credit cardholders, and pensioners.

  • The RBI returned Jana Small Finance Bank’s application for conversion into a universal bank due to ineligibility under regulatory norms.

  • RBI data shows Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) cards rose 7% to 483 million as of June 30, 2025.

International & Economic Affairs

  • PayPal and OpenAI announced a partnership to enable digital wallet integration in ChatGPT for direct transactions.

  • India and Nepal signed two major power cooperation agreements between POWERGRID Corporation of India and the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) .

  • The UN Convention against Cybercrime was held in Hanoi, Vietnam , advancing efforts toward a global cybercrime framework.

  • Elon Musk’s xAI launched Grokipedia (v0.1) , an open-source AI encyclopedia for accurate and independent information.

  • The IUCN adopted “Motion 007 on Security Law” , formally recognising soil security as vital to food, water, biodiversity, and climate resilience.

  • Donald Trump was awarded South Korea’s highest honour , the Grand Order of Mugunghwa , during his visit to Seoul.

  • Patrick Herminie was sworn in as the 6th President of Seychelles after winning the October 12 election.

Science & Space

  • Astronomers discovered a super-Earth exoplanet named GJ 251c , about four times the mass of Earth , likely rocky in composition.

Events & Observances

  • Nagaland will host the 22nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region Zone-III Conference from November 9–13,

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