1. Core Announcement and Laureates.

• Honor: The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Recipients:
• John Clarke (University of California, Berkeley)
• Michel H. Devoret (Yale University / UC Santa Barbara).
• Jacobs, John Oliver (Florida State University)
• Achievement: Received due to the discoveries of macroscopic quantum tunnelling and quantisation of the energy in an electric circuit.

1. Significant Purchase (By the year 2025):

• Loan Sanctions: Public Sector Banks (PSBs) approved more than 5.79 lakh (579,000) loan applications.
• Total Amount: The authorized sum is the 10,907 crore, which will be used to install the rooftop solar systems in Indian households.

1. Landmark Announcement:

• Who: Announced on 7 October, 2025, by PayPal CEO Alex Chriss.
• What: India has integrated its payment system, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), into the PayPal World which is the new global platform of the company.

1. Overview:

• Hail, Launched by: The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) together with the RBI.
• Event: Released at the Global Fintech Fest 2025 in Mumbai.
• Core Feature: Adds biometric and smart glasses based authentication of UPI transactions.

SEBI Investor Survey 2025: Essential Highlights.

1. Survey Overview:

• By: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
• Partners AMFI, NSE, BSE, NSDL and CDSL.
• Scale: Scale is one of the biggest household surveys in India that was undertaken in 400 cities and 1,000 villages with a sample size of over 90,000 households.
• Aim: To determine awareness, penetration, barriers, and behavior of the investors in the securities market.