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Top stories: HSBC India Manufacturing PMI eases to 54.7 in October from 55.1 in September; India hosted first-ever BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise at Sri Vijaya Puram; Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu crosses Andhra Pradesh coast near Ongole.
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HSBC India Manufacturing PMI eases to 54.7 in October from 55.1 in September
India's factory sector expanded at a slightly slower pace in October, as the HSBC India Manufacturing PMI compiled by S&P Global slipped to 54.7 from 55.1 in September. Growth in new export orders hit a six-month high, while input cost inflation dropped to its lowest level since February. The reading stayed well above the neutral mark of 50.
Exam angle: A PMI reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 indicates contraction.
Sources: The Tribune, Economic Times
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India hosted first-ever BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise at Sri Vijaya Puram
India hosted the first-ever BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise at Sri Vijaya Puram in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from October 30 to November 3. Held under the banner 'Shared Seas, Shared Security and Shared Prosperity', the drill brought together Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand to improve interoperability and maritime cooperation in the Bay of Bengal.
Exam angle: BIMSTEC was set up in 1997 through the Bangkok Declaration; its permanent secretariat is in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu crosses Andhra Pradesh coast near Ongole
Severe cyclonic storm Murasu crossed the south Andhra Pradesh coast near Ongole between 3.30 am and 5.30 am on Tuesday, with winds of 100-110 kmph and gusts up to 120 kmph. Bapatla and Prakasam districts received heavy rain, crops were damaged in 15 districts, and state and central teams carried out rescue and relief work.
Exam angle: The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which tracks cyclones over the north Indian Ocean, was set up in 1875 and is headquartered in New Delhi.
Sources: All India Radio official, Hindustan Times
India win men's 50m pistol team gold at ISSF World Championships in Doha
The Indian trio of Ravinder Singh, Saurabh Chaudhary and Amanpreet Singh won the men's 50m pistol team gold at the ISSF World Championships in Doha with a combined score of 1659. China took silver with 1648. Ravinder, India's top scorer with 559, also claimed the individual silver in this non-Olympic event, which was won by Anton Aristarkhov, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete.
Exam angle: The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
Sources: All India Radio official, The Tribune
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India win men's and women's titles at inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026
India swept both titles at the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 in Ahmedabad. The men's team crushed Sri Lanka 54-20 in the final to complete an unbeaten run of eight wins in eight matches, while the women's side beat Uganda 35-15 in their final earlier the same evening.
Sources: The Tribune, DNA
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Rajnath Singh sets Rs 3 lakh crore defence production target by 2029 at Jaisalmer meeting
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the Defence Ministry's Consultative Committee in Jaisalmer on Tuesday. He said domestic defence production rose from Rs 46,429 crore in 2014-15 to a record Rs 1.78 lakh crore in 2025-26, and set goals of Rs 3 lakh crore in production and Rs 50,000 crore in exports by 2029.
Exam angle: DRDO was established in 1958 and is headquartered in New Delhi.
J&K administration resumes Darbar Move with Civil Secretariat reopening in Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir's Civil Secretariat and other government offices started working from the winter capital Jammu on Monday, reviving the biannual Darbar Move after a gap of four years. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah walked to the Secretariat from his residence. The practice, begun by the Dogra rulers in 1872, had been stopped by LG Sinha in June 2021 after the shift to e-office.
Exam angle: Jammu and Kashmir became a Union Territory on 31 October 2019 under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
Every morning at 6:00 AM IST we publish the 10 news points from the previous two days that matter most for SSC, Banking, Railway and State PSC exams. Each fact is confirmed in at least two independent sources, with official sources such as All India Radio and the Reserve Bank of India preferred and marked; every number and name is matched against those sources, and each point is reviewed again before it is published. Points are written in our own words, and each one names the sources it was checked against. Spotted a problem? Use “Report an error” under the point.
