NEW DELHI 23 OCTOBER 2026**TODAYS TOP NEWS* From hindi news channel Upaajtak

NEW DELHI 23 OCTOBER 2026**TODAYS TOP NEWS* From hindi news channel Upaajtak

 

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🌄 🇮🇳𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐃𝐇A𝐘🙏
𝕴𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖆`𝖘 1𝖘𝖙 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖆𝖕𝖕 𝕹𝖊𝖜𝖘, 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 2013
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*23 Oct (Friday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Sharad
*Drik Ritu* : Sharad (Autumn)
पक्ष :: *Shuklapaksh*
*Samvatsara* : Parabhava Nama
(Purnimanta)
*Vikram Samvat – 2083*
*Month* : Ashvina 27

(In Amanta calendar)
*Shaka Samvat – 1948*
*Month* : Ashvina 12
*Tithi* : Dwadashi (up to 2:35 pm)Trayodashi
*Nakshatra*: Purva Bhadrapada/
Uttara Bhadrapada
Rahu 10:46 AM – 12:11 PM
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*TODAYS TOP NEWS*

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🌄 🇮🇳𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐃𝐇A𝐘🙏
𝕴𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖆`𝖘 1𝖘𝖙 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖆𝖕𝖕 𝕹𝖊𝖜𝖘, 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 2013
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*23 Oct (Friday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Sharad
*Drik Ritu* : Sharad (Autumn)
पक्ष :: *Shuklapaksh*
*Samvatsara* : Parabhava Nama
(Purnimanta)
*Vikram Samvat – 2083*
*Month* : Ashvina 27

(In Amanta calendar)
*Shaka Samvat – 1948*
*Month* : Ashvina 12
*Tithi* : Dwadashi (up to 2:35 pm)Trayodashi
*Nakshatra*: Purva Bhadrapada/
Uttara Bhadrapada
Rahu 10:46 AM – 12:11 PM
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*TODAYS TOP NEWS*
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1. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the nationwide ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan – Rabi 2026’ at Taraori in Karnal, Haryana; it will run from 22 October to 30 November, with agricultural scientists visiting villages. He urged farmers to use Soil Health Cards and balanced fertilisers, and said ₹1,343 crore has been approved for permanent houses for 28,422 poor families in Haryana.

2. The Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan has reached over 35 crore people, including 13.94 crore youth and 10.86 crore women, and more than 32 lakh educational institutions, the Social Justice Ministry said. Launched on 15 August 2020 in 272 districts under the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction, it now aims to help uproot the drug trade by 31 December 2029.

3. Under the PM-DAKSH (Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi) Yojana, 1,87,305 people from SC, OBC, EWS, Denotified Tribes and Safai Karamchari communities were trained and 96,162 placed between 2020-21 and 2023-24, the Social Justice Ministry said. Over 90% of beneficiaries found the training relevant; the scheme has been merged with PMKVY from 2024-25.

4. The Petroleum Ministry held a GOBARdhan workshop in Mumbai, with BPCL as nodal agency, to push compressed biogas (CBG) under a Model State CBG Policy and the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) 2026-27. The fifth India Energy Week (IEW 2027) will be held in Kolkata from 28 to 31 January 2027.

5. Health and Chemicals Minister J.P. Nadda, inaugurating the 14th India Chem 2026 at NESCO, Mumbai, said the proposed ‘Bhavya Rasayan’ scheme will offer ₹1,000 crore for each chemical park, with States contributing at least ₹500 crore. He said India’s chemicals market is targeted to reach USD 300 billion by 2030 and USD 1 trillion by 2040.

6. Education Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the registration portal for the fifth Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS 5.0), to be held in Varanasi from 28 November to 12 December on the theme ‘Thirukkural Payilvom’ (Let Us Learn the Thirukkural), celebrating the age-old bonds between Tamil Nadu and Kashi.

7. Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated and laid foundation stones for Yamuna rejuvenation projects worth over ₹8,941 crore in Delhi, covering sewer network expansion, drainage, wastewater treatment and drinking water. He said the Centre and the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have time-bound plans to clean the Yamuna by May 2029.

8. Addressing the NDTV World Summit on the theme ‘A World Between Orders’, PM Narendra Modi called for stronger and reformed global institutions and a greater voice for the Global South, and said India is emerging as the world’s ‘brain office’ through its talent and innovation.

9. PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav Global Sammelan at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, at 11 AM today. The three-day meet (23–25 October), marking 75 years of the Chinmaya Mission founded by Swami Chinmayananda in 1951, is expected to draw over 9,000 participants.

10. The Road Transport Ministry has proposed, in a draft notification, making Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS) mandatory for all new car models from October 2030 and for models already in production from October 2032. Trucks will have a revised braking standard and electronic stability control from 1 October 2027.

11. A special team set up by MeitY to examine the eMudhra PKI incident found its impact ‘very limited’, and said Digital Signature Certificates and eSign services regulated by the Controller of Certifying Authorities are unaffected. eMudhra has decided to exit the global SSL/TLS certificate business.

12. Indian Railways recorded its highest-ever coal loading, with over 22% growth in October compared with last year — 87 more rakes a day. In the first half of 2026-27 it dispatched an average of 430 coal rakes a day to thermal power plants, up 7.1%.

13. Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav told the Circular Economy Conference in New Delhi that India has notified sector-specific rules for nine waste streams, including plastic, battery and e-waste, and that about 500 lakh metric tonnes of waste has been processed so far. He called for stronger recovery of critical minerals from e-waste and batteries.

14. Vice-President Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the Law Commission of India’s national conference on cooperative federalism in New Delhi, where the Commission’s Chairperson proposed a ‘Citizen Friction Test’ for laws and Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal outlined four priorities for legal reform.

15. ISRO will launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite on 30 October aboard GSLV Mk II from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Part of the second-generation NVS-01 to NVS-05 series, it will strengthen NavIC, India’s own satellite navigation system.

16. India’s solar mission Aditya-L1 has produced the first-ever Doppler velocity images of activity in the Sun’s corona, using data from its Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) analysed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. This will help track coronal mass ejections heading towards Earth.

17. The Department of Telecommunications has notified the Telecommunications (Regulatory Sandbox) Rules, 2026, under Section 27 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023, letting new telecom technologies and services be tested in controlled conditions with time-bound exemptions, for up to 24 months initially and an application fee of ₹10,000.

18. The 19th Urban Mobility India Conference begins in Bhubaneswar today (23–24 October) on the theme ‘Urban Accessibility and Liveability in Digital Age’, followed by the second National Urban Conclave on 24–25 October. A Fisheries Investors and Exporters Conclave is also being held in Bhopal today.

19. National Geographic has named Jaipur in its ‘Best of the World 2027’ list of 25 destinations. The Pink City, founded by Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727, marks 300 years in 2027; its walled city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.

20. Ayodhya will light 30 lakh diyas at 56 ghats for its 10th Deepotsav, with 33 lakh earthen lamps procured; bhoomi pujan for the event will be held today at 7:30 am at Ghat 10. In Karnataka, the luxury train Golden Chariot resumes its ‘Pride of Karnataka’ journey on 24 October with full booking of 75 guests.
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*IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS*
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Om Prakash Mathur — appointed Governor of Keralam.

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar — appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu.

Braj Mohan Ram — appointed Governor of Odisha.

Dhal Singh Bisen — appointed Governor of Uttarakhand.

Dushyant Gautam — appointed Governor of Sikkim.
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*LEGAL REPORT*
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1. The Delhi High Court refused to stop the 23 October release of the film ‘Doosra’ on a plea by former India captain Sourav Ganguly and Luv Films, which is producing his biopic, alleging violation of his personality rights. Vacation judge Justice Dinesh Bhatt said the balance of convenience favours the makers, who said the film is not a biopic.

2. The Delhi High Court (Justice Subramonium Prasad) reserved its verdict on AISA president Neha Bora’s plea against a notice asking her to furnish a ₹10,000 peace bond over the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protest. The order will be pronounced on Friday at 6 pm.

3. In the firing at actor Tiger Shroff’s car, Mumbai Police told a court that Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Anil Pandit, said to be operating from the US, is a wanted accused and that the attack was carried out on his instructions. The court remanded four more accused — Kunal (21) and Sumit (19) of Sonipat, Haryana, and Radha (23) and Babita (23) from Uttar Pradesh — who allegedly supplied the weapon, to police custody till 26 October; 10 people have been arrested so far.

4. Delhi Police arrested content creator Amir Shokeen for allegedly making racist remarks against a youth from Tripura in a video. Police registered the case on their own (suo motu), and the IFSO cyber unit is investigating.

5. Former Shimla SSP Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi has been booked for allegedly misappropriating ₹2.35 lakh and cheating a police constable, Himachal Pradesh Police said.

6. The Supreme Court directed the Himachal Pradesh government to hand over records of Manav Bharti University so that the B.Tech degree of Mohd Asad Choudhary, a Sub-Inspector in Jammu and Kashmir’s State Taxes Department who was denied his salary, can be verified.

7. The Election Commission removed Electoral Registration Officer Mayank Goswami and Amaria SDM Hemant Chaudhary over irregularities in the voter list of Pilibhit Sadar, Uttar Pradesh, where over 13,000 names were allegedly replaced. A computer operator, Anil Kumar, has been dismissed and an FIR lodged.

—— *MISHAPS*———-

1. In Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur, Chhattisgarh — Six Killed as Bus Hits Tree
Six people, including four women, were killed and 40 injured when a bus carrying 46 passengers crashed into a tree near the Semarmathani turn. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced ₹5 lakh for the family of each deceased and ₹50,000 for each injured person.

2. In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh — Two Electrocuted During Durga Immersion: Two people were killed and six others suffered electric shocks when a live wire fell on a tractor-trolley carrying a Durga idol for immersion after midnight.
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*DEFENCE NEWS*
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1. BrahMos Aerospace CEO Dr Jaiteerth Joshi said the first prototype of the lighter BrahMos-NG (Next Generation) missile is expected by 2027–28, and that a 1,500-km-range version of the missile is on the drawing board.

2. The Ministry of Defence has floated a tender for 500 scramjet propulsion systems, a key technology for hypersonic missiles that fly at over five times the speed of sound.

3. The Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron — INS Tir, INS Sujata and Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi — has arrived in Malé, Maldives, as part of its long-range training deployment, to strengthen maritime cooperation and train officer cadets.

4. A ₹661.5 crore contract with BrahMos Aerospace for BrahMos fire control systems and launchers will support the upgrade of four Navy warships — two Ranvir-class destroyers and two Veer-class corvettes — with over 68% indigenous content.

5. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) are close to finalising commercial terms for Project-75 (India), the roughly $8 billion programme to build six advanced conventional submarines in India for the Navy.

6. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh inaugurated the ‘GYANDEEP’ Hindi library at Sena Bhawan, New Delhi, under Special Campaign 6.0; about 35,000 sq ft of space has been freed in South Block. In Manipur, Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla reviewed India–Myanmar border fencing work.

7. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will release the Indian Army’s new Land Warfare Doctrine today, the final day of the Army Commanders’ Conference in New Delhi chaired by Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth. The last such doctrine was released in December 2018; the new one is expected to address drones, artificial intelligence, precision strikes and multi-domain operations.
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✈ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS*
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1. After talks between PM Narendra Modi and Polish PM Donald Tusk in New Delhi, India and Poland agreed to double bilateral trade by 2030, set up a Defence Industry Dialogue and a dialogue on counter-terrorism, and boost cooperation in defence, space and nuclear energy. Poland has joined the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), MEA Secretary (West) Sibi George said.

2. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to PM Narendra Modi and invited him to light a torch at Israel’s Independence Day celebrations along with Indian pilot Smit Machchhar. Netanyahu said Modi thanked him for the invitation.

3. The MEA said one Indian national was killed and two were injured in the attack on Dammam airport in Saudi Arabia, and another Indian was injured in a drone incident at the Shaybah oil field; India called the attacks unacceptable. Separately, the MEA said about 3,000 stranded Umrah pilgrims have returned from Saudi Arabia in the past week.

4. All 21 Indian crew members of the Kuwait-flagged tanker M/T AL DASMA are safe after it was hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said. India’s embassy is verifying a Houthi claim that a yacht carrying 14 Indians was targeted near Zuqar Island in the Red Sea.

5. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visits Azerbaijan today, the first visit by an Indian External Affairs Minister in eight years; the last was by Sushma Swaraj in April 2018. He will meet his Azerbaijani counterpart to review bilateral ties.

6. At the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, India’s First Secretary Raghoo Puri criticised a report by UN Special Rapporteur Ben Saul for calling Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company an ‘India-based’ group, and called for accuracy and impartiality in UN reports.

7. Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha and Sri Lanka’s Housing Minister H.M. Susil Ranasinghe handed over 24 houses at the Didula Model Village in Galle district under India’s Model Village Housing Project. The project covers all 25 districts, with 600 houses; villages have been handed over in 22 districts.
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🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍
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1. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said seven oil tankers were damaged overnight — four hit and set on fire in the Persian Gulf and three disabled by mines west of the Strait of Hormuz — and warned it could strike US bases in the region. The claims could not be independently verified.

2. The World Health Organization reported the first known human case of Shamonda virus, in France; the patient, who had a weakened immune system, died. The virus is spread by biting midges and usually affects livestock.

3. UN relief chief Tom Fletcher warned that the El Niño weather pattern could act like a ‘wrecking ball’, worsening droughts, floods and hunger in already vulnerable regions.

4. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake at a depth of 10 km struck Baqen County of Nagqu City in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region at 10:33 pm local time on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring 46, 11 of them seriously, local authorities said. Houses of 339 households collapsed or were damaged, and rescue operations are continuing.

5. US President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk to lift restrictions on Starlink services in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS*
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1. India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the first T20I at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, chasing 226 with two balls to spare — India’s highest successful T20I chase. Sanju Samson made 67 off 33 balls and Naman Dhir 42* off 15, after Glenn Phillips’ 82* off 40 took NZ to 225/8. The second T20I is on Saturday.

2. India won 26 medals (7 gold, 4 silver, 15 bronze) on Day 4 of the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, taking its tally to 88 — 21 gold, 26 silver and 41 bronze — and rising to fourth place. Shailesh Kumar, Varun Bhati and Rahul swept the men’s high jump T63.

3. Archer Sheetal Devi won two golds — the compound mixed team title with Toman Kumar, beating Indonesia 151-148, and the individual gold. Dharmaraj Solairaj won the long jump gold with an Asian record of 7.15 m, while Anjanaben Bumbadiya (400m T47) and Suvarna Raj (discus F54) also won gold.

4. Asmita Chaliha, ranked 36th in the world, stunned world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-19, 21-18 in 37 minutes in the second round of the French Open badminton in Paris.

5. England’s Harry Brook hit 202 off 116 balls, the fastest double century in ODIs and the first by an England batter, but Sri Lanka chased down 430 in Rawalpindi for the second-highest successful chase in ODI history.

6. The first Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship begins in Ahmedabad today and runs till 31 October, with 13 men’s and 10 women’s teams. Surjeet Singh leads India’s men’s team. Boxer Prachi Tokas reached the semi-finals of the U-19 World Boxing Championships (+80 kg) in Budva, assuring a medal.
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*FINANCE*
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*INDIAN RUPEE VALUE*

💷 *GBP* ₹126(Approx)
€ *Euro* : ₹106(Approx)
*USD* ₹ 94(Approx)
🇨🇦 *Canada* :CAD ₹67
🇦🇺 *Australia* : ₹ 66
🇦🇪 *UAE Dirham* : ₹ 26
*🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥* : ₹ 14
🇲🇻 *Maldives Rufiya* : ₹ 6.11
🇧🇹 *Bhutan ngultrum* : ₹ 1.00
🇳🇵 *Nepal Rupee* : ₹ 0.62
🇧🇩 *B’desh Taka** : ₹ 0.76
🇵🇰 *Pak Rupee* : ₹ 0.34
🇱🇰 *Sri Lanka Rupee* : ₹ 0.28
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*BSE SENSEX*
73,249.39 -460.30 (0.62%)🔻

*NIFTY*
22,687.65 -123.70 (0.54%)🔻
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*Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai*

*GOLD* : ₹ 14,438/ 01gm (24 krt)

*SILVER* : ₹ 2,25,000/KG

1. The ₹30,213 crore Jio Platforms IPO, India’s largest-ever, was subscribed 5.6 times by the end of Day 2, attracting bids worth ₹1.23 lakh crore, with every investor category oversubscribed. The issue closes today.

2. From 1 November, small e-commerce sellers can get simplified GST registration under the new Rule 14B, with a cap of ₹2.5 lakh a month on input tax credit. SEBI has also cautioned investors against WhatsApp groups offering stock tips.

3. India Post’s revenue rose 24% to ₹8,212.7 crore in the first half of FY27, from ₹6,636 crore a year earlier. Second-quarter revenue grew 25% to ₹4,201.5 crore, helped by a 71% jump in parcel business, the second straight quarter above ₹4,000 crore.
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*ENTERTAINMENT NEWS*
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1. *Diljit’s Delhi Concert Denied*
Delhi Police denied permission for Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh’s concert at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on 30 October, citing security concerns and the festive season.

2. Daler Mehndi Row: Dhami Steps In
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami spoke to singer Mika Singh and said any ‘misunderstanding’ over minister Subodh Uniyal reprimanding Daler Mehndi can be resolved through dialogue.

3. *RC17 Launch Confirmed*
Mythri Movie Makers confirmed the launch of Ram Charan’s pan-India action-adventure with director Sukumar, tentatively titled RC17. His new long-haired look has gone viral.
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🇮🇳 *FACTS ABOUT INDIA* 🇮🇳
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📜 *What is the name of India’s own satellite navigation system?*

Answer: NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation)

Developed by ISRO and earlier called the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), NavIC gives accurate position and timing over India and up to about 1,500 km beyond its borders. Its second-generation NVS series began with NVS-01, launched on GSLV-F12 on 29 May 2023 with an indigenous rubidium atomic clock.
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😀 *THOUGHT OF THE DAY* 😃

“Learn thoroughly what is worth learning, and then live by what you have learnt.” — Thiruvalluvar (Thirukkural, Kural 391)
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😆 *JOKE OF THE DAY — FRIEND & CHINTU* 😂

👬 Friend: Chintu, India chased 226 runs in just 20 overs!

😎 Chintu: Big deal. I chase something every day.

👬 Friend: What?

😎 Chintu: The school bus — and I never win by even today. 🤣😂
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😳 *WHY?* ❓❓

*Why is Mole Day celebrated on 23 October?*

Mole Day is celebrated by chemistry students and teachers on 23 October, between 6:02 am and 6:02 pm. The date and time, written as 6:02 10/23, mirror the Avogadro constant — about 6.02 × 10²³ — the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in one mole of a substance. The mole is one of the seven base SI units.
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🙏 *LEARN SANSKRIT*

“उद्यमेन हि सिद्ध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः।
न हि सुप्तस्य सिंहस्य प्रविशन्ति मुखे मृगाः॥”

Udyamena hi siddhyanti karyani na manorathaih,
Na hi suptasya simhasya pravishanti mukhe mrigah.

Success comes through hard work and effort, not merely through wishes. Deer do not enter the mouth of a sleeping lion.
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🤔 *HOW IT WORKS?*
How does an Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS) work? 🚗

* AEBS uses radar, cameras or both, mounted at the front of a vehicle, to constantly watch the road ahead for vehicles, pedestrians and obstacles.

* A computer calculates the distance and closing speed to judge whether a collision is likely.

* It first warns the driver with sounds, lights or vibration if a crash risk is detected.

* If the driver does not respond in time, the system applies the brakes automatically to avoid the crash or reduce its impact.

* India’s draft rule proposes AEBS for all new car models from October 2030 and for models already in production from October 2032.
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📚 *GK TODAY*

23 October — Important Day

Hungary’s National Day: Marks the start of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet rule, and the proclamation of the Republic of Hungary on the same date in 1989.
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🐣💐 *BORN TODAY*

*Prabhas* (born 23 October 1979)

The actor was born in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, to film producer U. Suryanarayana Raju; actor Krishnam Raju was his uncle. He debuted in the Telugu film Eeswar (2002) and became a pan-India star with Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), and is the first Indian actor to have a film gross over ₹1,000 crore worldwide.
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🙏 *IDIOMS & PHRASES*

“Hold one’s nerve”

Meaning: To stay calm and determined in a difficult or tense situation.

Example: Asmita Chaliha held her nerve in a close first game to beat world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi.
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📖 *SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS*

* Rejuvenate: Revive × Weaken

* Mandatory: Compulsory × Optional

* Indigenous: Native × Foreign
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🛕 *SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE*

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥

“You have a right only to your work, never to its fruits. Do not let the fruits of action be your motive, and do not become attached to inaction.”
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🧬 *HEALTH CARE: HEALTHY HABITS* 🩺

Enjoy festive sweets safely

🍬 Buy sweets from licensed shops and check the date of preparation.

🎨 Avoid very brightly coloured sweets; artificial colours may be added in excess.

🥛 Eat milk-based sweets such as khoa items fresh, and keep them refrigerated.

⚖️ Eat in small portions; people with diabetes should watch their sugar intake.

🚶 Stay active with a daily walk during the festive season.

Note: These are general wellness suggestions and do not replace professional medical advice.
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1. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the nationwide ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan – Rabi 2026’ at Taraori in Karnal, Haryana; it will run from 22 October to 30 November, with agricultural scientists visiting villages. He urged farmers to use Soil Health Cards and balanced fertilisers, and said ₹1,343 crore has been approved for permanent houses for 28,422 poor families in Haryana.

2. The Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan has reached over 35 crore people, including 13.94 crore youth and 10.86 crore women, and more than 32 lakh educational institutions, the Social Justice Ministry said. Launched on 15 August 2020 in 272 districts under the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction, it now aims to help uproot the drug trade by 31 December 2029.

3. Under the PM-DAKSH (Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi) Yojana, 1,87,305 people from SC, OBC, EWS, Denotified Tribes and Safai Karamchari communities were trained and 96,162 placed between 2020-21 and 2023-24, the Social Justice Ministry said. Over 90% of beneficiaries found the training relevant; the scheme has been merged with PMKVY from 2024-25.

4. The Petroleum Ministry held a GOBARdhan workshop in Mumbai, with BPCL as nodal agency, to push compressed biogas (CBG) under a Model State CBG Policy and the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) 2026-27. The fifth India Energy Week (IEW 2027) will be held in Kolkata from 28 to 31 January 2027.

5. Health and Chemicals Minister J.P. Nadda, inaugurating the 14th India Chem 2026 at NESCO, Mumbai, said the proposed ‘Bhavya Rasayan’ scheme will offer ₹1,000 crore for each chemical park, with States contributing at least ₹500 crore. He said India’s chemicals market is targeted to reach USD 300 billion by 2030 and USD 1 trillion by 2040.

6. Education Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the registration portal for the fifth Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS 5.0), to be held in Varanasi from 28 November to 12 December on the theme ‘Thirukkural Payilvom’ (Let Us Learn the Thirukkural), celebrating the age-old bonds between Tamil Nadu and Kashi.

7. Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated and laid foundation stones for Yamuna rejuvenation projects worth over ₹8,941 crore in Delhi, covering sewer network expansion, drainage, wastewater treatment and drinking water. He said the Centre and the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have time-bound plans to clean the Yamuna by May 2029.

8. Addressing the NDTV World Summit on the theme ‘A World Between Orders’, PM Narendra Modi called for stronger and reformed global institutions and a greater voice for the Global South, and said India is emerging as the world’s ‘brain office’ through its talent and innovation.

9. PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav Global Sammelan at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, at 11 AM today. The three-day meet (23–25 October), marking 75 years of the Chinmaya Mission founded by Swami Chinmayananda in 1951, is expected to draw over 9,000 participants.

10. The Road Transport Ministry has proposed, in a draft notification, making Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS) mandatory for all new car models from October 2030 and for models already in production from October 2032. Trucks will have a revised braking standard and electronic stability control from 1 October 2027.

11. A special team set up by MeitY to examine the eMudhra PKI incident found its impact ‘very limited’, and said Digital Signature Certificates and eSign services regulated by the Controller of Certifying Authorities are unaffected. eMudhra has decided to exit the global SSL/TLS certificate business.

12. Indian Railways recorded its highest-ever coal loading, with over 22% growth in October compared with last year — 87 more rakes a day. In the first half of 2026-27 it dispatched an average of 430 coal rakes a day to thermal power plants, up 7.1%.

13. Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav told the Circular Economy Conference in New Delhi that India has notified sector-specific rules for nine waste streams, including plastic, battery and e-waste, and that about 500 lakh metric tonnes of waste has been processed so far. He called for stronger recovery of critical minerals from e-waste and batteries.

14. Vice-President Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the Law Commission of India’s national conference on cooperative federalism in New Delhi, where the Commission’s Chairperson proposed a ‘Citizen Friction Test’ for laws and Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal outlined four priorities for legal reform.

15. ISRO will launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite on 30 October aboard GSLV Mk II from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Part of the second-generation NVS-01 to NVS-05 series, it will strengthen NavIC, India’s own satellite navigation system.

16. India’s solar mission Aditya-L1 has produced the first-ever Doppler velocity images of activity in the Sun’s corona, using data from its Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) analysed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. This will help track coronal mass ejections heading towards Earth.

17. The Department of Telecommunications has notified the Telecommunications (Regulatory Sandbox) Rules, 2026, under Section 27 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023, letting new telecom technologies and services be tested in controlled conditions with time-bound exemptions, for up to 24 months initially and an application fee of ₹10,000.

18. The 19th Urban Mobility India Conference begins in Bhubaneswar today (23–24 October) on the theme ‘Urban Accessibility and Liveability in Digital Age’, followed by the second National Urban Conclave on 24–25 October. A Fisheries Investors and Exporters Conclave is also being held in Bhopal today.

19. National Geographic has named Jaipur in its ‘Best of the World 2027’ list of 25 destinations. The Pink City, founded by Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727, marks 300 years in 2027; its walled city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.

20. Ayodhya will light 30 lakh diyas at 56 ghats for its 10th Deepotsav, with 33 lakh earthen lamps procured; bhoomi pujan for the event will be held today at 7:30 am at Ghat 10. In Karnataka, the luxury train Golden Chariot resumes its ‘Pride of Karnataka’ journey on 24 October with full booking of 75 guests.
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*IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS*
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Om Prakash Mathur — appointed Governor of Keralam.

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar — appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu.

Braj Mohan Ram — appointed Governor of Odisha.

Dhal Singh Bisen — appointed Governor of Uttarakhand.

Dushyant Gautam — appointed Governor of Sikkim.
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*LEGAL REPORT*
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1. The Delhi High Court refused to stop the 23 October release of the film ‘Doosra’ on a plea by former India captain Sourav Ganguly and Luv Films, which is producing his biopic, alleging violation of his personality rights. Vacation judge Justice Dinesh Bhatt said the balance of convenience favours the makers, who said the film is not a biopic.

2. The Delhi High Court (Justice Subramonium Prasad) reserved its verdict on AISA president Neha Bora’s plea against a notice asking her to furnish a ₹10,000 peace bond over the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protest. The order will be pronounced on Friday at 6 pm.

3. In the firing at actor Tiger Shroff’s car, Mumbai Police told a court that Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Anil Pandit, said to be operating from the US, is a wanted accused and that the attack was carried out on his instructions. The court remanded four more accused — Kunal (21) and Sumit (19) of Sonipat, Haryana, and Radha (23) and Babita (23) from Uttar Pradesh — who allegedly supplied the weapon, to police custody till 26 October; 10 people have been arrested so far.

4. Delhi Police arrested content creator Amir Shokeen for allegedly making racist remarks against a youth from Tripura in a video. Police registered the case on their own (suo motu), and the IFSO cyber unit is investigating.

5. Former Shimla SSP Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi has been booked for allegedly misappropriating ₹2.35 lakh and cheating a police constable, Himachal Pradesh Police said.

6. The Supreme Court directed the Himachal Pradesh government to hand over records of Manav Bharti University so that the B.Tech degree of Mohd Asad Choudhary, a Sub-Inspector in Jammu and Kashmir’s State Taxes Department who was denied his salary, can be verified.

7. The Election Commission removed Electoral Registration Officer Mayank Goswami and Amaria SDM Hemant Chaudhary over irregularities in the voter list of Pilibhit Sadar, Uttar Pradesh, where over 13,000 names were allegedly replaced. A computer operator, Anil Kumar, has been dismissed and an FIR lodged.

—— *MISHAPS*———-

1. In Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur, Chhattisgarh — Six Killed as Bus Hits Tree
Six people, including four women, were killed and 40 injured when a bus carrying 46 passengers crashed into a tree near the Semarmathani turn. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced ₹5 lakh for the family of each deceased and ₹50,000 for each injured person.

2. In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh — Two Electrocuted During Durga Immersion: Two people were killed and six others suffered electric shocks when a live wire fell on a tractor-trolley carrying a Durga idol for immersion after midnight.
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*DEFENCE NEWS*
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1. BrahMos Aerospace CEO Dr Jaiteerth Joshi said the first prototype of the lighter BrahMos-NG (Next Generation) missile is expected by 2027–28, and that a 1,500-km-range version of the missile is on the drawing board.

2. The Ministry of Defence has floated a tender for 500 scramjet propulsion systems, a key technology for hypersonic missiles that fly at over five times the speed of sound.

3. The Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron — INS Tir, INS Sujata and Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi — has arrived in Malé, Maldives, as part of its long-range training deployment, to strengthen maritime cooperation and train officer cadets.

4. A ₹661.5 crore contract with BrahMos Aerospace for BrahMos fire control systems and launchers will support the upgrade of four Navy warships — two Ranvir-class destroyers and two Veer-class corvettes — with over 68% indigenous content.

5. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) are close to finalising commercial terms for Project-75 (India), the roughly $8 billion programme to build six advanced conventional submarines in India for the Navy.

6. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh inaugurated the ‘GYANDEEP’ Hindi library at Sena Bhawan, New Delhi, under Special Campaign 6.0; about 35,000 sq ft of space has been freed in South Block. In Manipur, Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla reviewed India–Myanmar border fencing work.

7. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will release the Indian Army’s new Land Warfare Doctrine today, the final day of the Army Commanders’ Conference in New Delhi chaired by Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth. The last such doctrine was released in December 2018; the new one is expected to address drones, artificial intelligence, precision strikes and multi-domain operations.
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✈ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS*
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1. After talks between PM Narendra Modi and Polish PM Donald Tusk in New Delhi, India and Poland agreed to double bilateral trade by 2030, set up a Defence Industry Dialogue and a dialogue on counter-terrorism, and boost cooperation in defence, space and nuclear energy. Poland has joined the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), MEA Secretary (West) Sibi George said.

2. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to PM Narendra Modi and invited him to light a torch at Israel’s Independence Day celebrations along with Indian pilot Smit Machchhar. Netanyahu said Modi thanked him for the invitation.

3. The MEA said one Indian national was killed and two were injured in the attack on Dammam airport in Saudi Arabia, and another Indian was injured in a drone incident at the Shaybah oil field; India called the attacks unacceptable. Separately, the MEA said about 3,000 stranded Umrah pilgrims have returned from Saudi Arabia in the past week.

4. All 21 Indian crew members of the Kuwait-flagged tanker M/T AL DASMA are safe after it was hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said. India’s embassy is verifying a Houthi claim that a yacht carrying 14 Indians was targeted near Zuqar Island in the Red Sea.

5. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visits Azerbaijan today, the first visit by an Indian External Affairs Minister in eight years; the last was by Sushma Swaraj in April 2018. He will meet his Azerbaijani counterpart to review bilateral ties.

6. At the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, India’s First Secretary Raghoo Puri criticised a report by UN Special Rapporteur Ben Saul for calling Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company an ‘India-based’ group, and called for accuracy and impartiality in UN reports.

7. Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha and Sri Lanka’s Housing Minister H.M. Susil Ranasinghe handed over 24 houses at the Didula Model Village in Galle district under India’s Model Village Housing Project. The project covers all 25 districts, with 600 houses; villages have been handed over in 22 districts.
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🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍
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1. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said seven oil tankers were damaged overnight — four hit and set on fire in the Persian Gulf and three disabled by mines west of the Strait of Hormuz — and warned it could strike US bases in the region. The claims could not be independently verified.

2. The World Health Organization reported the first known human case of Shamonda virus, in France; the patient, who had a weakened immune system, died. The virus is spread by biting midges and usually affects livestock.

3. UN relief chief Tom Fletcher warned that the El Niño weather pattern could act like a ‘wrecking ball’, worsening droughts, floods and hunger in already vulnerable regions.

4. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake at a depth of 10 km struck Baqen County of Nagqu City in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region at 10:33 pm local time on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring 46, 11 of them seriously, local authorities said. Houses of 339 households collapsed or were damaged, and rescue operations are continuing.

5. US President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk to lift restrictions on Starlink services in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS*
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1. India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the first T20I at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, chasing 226 with two balls to spare — India’s highest successful T20I chase. Sanju Samson made 67 off 33 balls and Naman Dhir 42* off 15, after Glenn Phillips’ 82* off 40 took NZ to 225/8. The second T20I is on Saturday.

2. India won 26 medals (7 gold, 4 silver, 15 bronze) on Day 4 of the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, taking its tally to 88 — 21 gold, 26 silver and 41 bronze — and rising to fourth place. Shailesh Kumar, Varun Bhati and Rahul swept the men’s high jump T63.

3. Archer Sheetal Devi won two golds — the compound mixed team title with Toman Kumar, beating Indonesia 151-148, and the individual gold. Dharmaraj Solairaj won the long jump gold with an Asian record of 7.15 m, while Anjanaben Bumbadiya (400m T47) and Suvarna Raj (discus F54) also won gold.

4. Asmita Chaliha, ranked 36th in the world, stunned world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-19, 21-18 in 37 minutes in the second round of the French Open badminton in Paris.

5. England’s Harry Brook hit 202 off 116 balls, the fastest double century in ODIs and the first by an England batter, but Sri Lanka chased down 430 in Rawalpindi for the second-highest successful chase in ODI history.

6. The first Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship begins in Ahmedabad today and runs till 31 October, with 13 men’s and 10 women’s teams. Surjeet Singh leads India’s men’s team. Boxer Prachi Tokas reached the semi-finals of the U-19 World Boxing Championships (+80 kg) in Budva, assuring a medal.
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*FINANCE*
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*INDIAN RUPEE VALUE*

💷 *GBP* ₹126(Approx)
€ *Euro* : ₹106(Approx)
*USD* ₹ 94(Approx)
🇨🇦 *Canada* :CAD ₹67
🇦🇺 *Australia* : ₹ 66
🇦🇪 *UAE Dirham* : ₹ 26
*🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥* : ₹ 14
🇲🇻 *Maldives Rufiya* : ₹ 6.11
🇧🇹 *Bhutan ngultrum* : ₹ 1.00
🇳🇵 *Nepal Rupee* : ₹ 0.62
🇧🇩 *B’desh Taka** : ₹ 0.76
🇵🇰 *Pak Rupee* : ₹ 0.34
🇱🇰 *Sri Lanka Rupee* : ₹ 0.28
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*BSE SENSEX*
73,249.39 -460.30 (0.62%)🔻

*NIFTY*
22,687.65 -123.70 (0.54%)🔻
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*Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai*

*GOLD* : ₹ 14,438/ 01gm (24 krt)

*SILVER* : ₹ 2,25,000/KG

1. The ₹30,213 crore Jio Platforms IPO, India’s largest-ever, was subscribed 5.6 times by the end of Day 2, attracting bids worth ₹1.23 lakh crore, with every investor category oversubscribed. The issue closes today.

2. From 1 November, small e-commerce sellers can get simplified GST registration under the new Rule 14B, with a cap of ₹2.5 lakh a month on input tax credit. SEBI has also cautioned investors against WhatsApp groups offering stock tips.

3. India Post’s revenue rose 24% to ₹8,212.7 crore in the first half of FY27, from ₹6,636 crore a year earlier. Second-quarter revenue grew 25% to ₹4,201.5 crore, helped by a 71% jump in parcel business, the second straight quarter above ₹4,000 crore.
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*ENTERTAINMENT NEWS*
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1. *Diljit’s Delhi Concert Denied*
Delhi Police denied permission for Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh’s concert at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on 30 October, citing security concerns and the festive season.

2. Daler Mehndi Row: Dhami Steps In
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami spoke to singer Mika Singh and said any ‘misunderstanding’ over minister Subodh Uniyal reprimanding Daler Mehndi can be resolved through dialogue.

3. *RC17 Launch Confirmed*
Mythri Movie Makers confirmed the launch of Ram Charan’s pan-India action-adventure with director Sukumar, tentatively titled RC17. His new long-haired look has gone viral.
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🇮🇳 *FACTS ABOUT INDIA* 🇮🇳
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📜 *What is the name of India’s own satellite navigation system?*

Answer: NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation)

Developed by ISRO and earlier called the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), NavIC gives accurate position and timing over India and up to about 1,500 km beyond its borders. Its second-generation NVS series began with NVS-01, launched on GSLV-F12 on 29 May 2023 with an indigenous rubidium atomic clock.
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😀 *THOUGHT OF THE DAY* 😃

“Learn thoroughly what is worth learning, and then live by what you have learnt.” — Thiruvalluvar (Thirukkural, Kural 391)
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😆 *JOKE OF THE DAY — FRIEND & CHINTU* 😂

👬 Friend: Chintu, India chased 226 runs in just 20 overs!

😎 Chintu: Big deal. I chase something every day.

👬 Friend: What?

😎 Chintu: The school bus — and I never win by even today. 🤣😂
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😳 *WHY?* ❓❓

*Why is Mole Day celebrated on 23 October?*

Mole Day is celebrated by chemistry students and teachers on 23 October, between 6:02 am and 6:02 pm. The date and time, written as 6:02 10/23, mirror the Avogadro constant — about 6.02 × 10²³ — the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in one mole of a substance. The mole is one of the seven base SI units.
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🙏 *LEARN SANSKRIT*

“उद्यमेन हि सिद्ध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः।
न हि सुप्तस्य सिंहस्य प्रविशन्ति मुखे मृगाः॥”

Udyamena hi siddhyanti karyani na manorathaih,
Na hi suptasya simhasya pravishanti mukhe mrigah.

Success comes through hard work and effort, not merely through wishes. Deer do not enter the mouth of a sleeping lion.
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🤔 *HOW IT WORKS?*
How does an Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS) work? 🚗

* AEBS uses radar, cameras or both, mounted at the front of a vehicle, to constantly watch the road ahead for vehicles, pedestrians and obstacles.

* A computer calculates the distance and closing speed to judge whether a collision is likely.

* It first warns the driver with sounds, lights or vibration if a crash risk is detected.

* If the driver does not respond in time, the system applies the brakes automatically to avoid the crash or reduce its impact.

* India’s draft rule proposes AEBS for all new car models from October 2030 and for models already in production from October 2032.
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📚 *GK TODAY*

23 October — Important Day

Hungary’s National Day: Marks the start of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet rule, and the proclamation of the Republic of Hungary on the same date in 1989.
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🐣💐 *BORN TODAY*

*Prabhas* (born 23 October 1979)

The actor was born in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, to film producer U. Suryanarayana Raju; actor Krishnam Raju was his uncle. He debuted in the Telugu film Eeswar (2002) and became a pan-India star with Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), and is the first Indian actor to have a film gross over ₹1,000 crore worldwide.
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🙏 *IDIOMS & PHRASES*

“Hold one’s nerve”

Meaning: To stay calm and determined in a difficult or tense situation.

Example: Asmita Chaliha held her nerve in a close first game to beat world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi.
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📖 *SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS*

* Rejuvenate: Revive × Weaken

* Mandatory: Compulsory × Optional

* Indigenous: Native × Foreign
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🛕 *SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE*

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥

“You have a right only to your work, never to its fruits. Do not let the fruits of action be your motive, and do not become attached to inaction.”
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🧬 *HEALTH CARE: HEALTHY HABITS* 🩺

Enjoy festive sweets safely

🍬 Buy sweets from licensed shops and check the date of preparation.

🎨 Avoid very brightly coloured sweets; artificial colours may be added in excess.

🥛 Eat milk-based sweets such as khoa items fresh, and keep them refrigerated.

⚖️ Eat in small portions; people with diabetes should watch their sugar intake.

🚶 Stay active with a daily walk during the festive season.

Note: These are general wellness suggestions and do not replace professional medical advice.
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