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🔆 SPORTS 📍 India’s First Woman Senior World Wrestling Champion 🟢 Manisha Bhanwala, a wrestler from Jind, Haryana, created history at the 2026 World Wrestling Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. 🟢 Defeated American wrestler Abigail Nette in the 59 kg freestyle final. 🟢 Became the first Indian woman to win gold at the Senior World Wrestling Championships. 🟢 She became only the second Indian wrestler to win a senior world title after Sushil Kumar (2010). 📍 Jumbo Custard Apple Enters International Market 🟢 Madhya Pradesh’s GI-tagged Jumbo Custard Apple (Sitaphal) from Seoni district entered the international market for the first time. 🟢 Destination: Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 🟢 First consignment dispatched from Khermatakol, Seoni, on 31 October 2026, via Nagpur and Sharjah. 🟢 Facilitated by Seoni District Administration, Madhya Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission (MPSRLM), APEDA and Cognify Impex Private Limited. 🟢 Initiative connects local farmers and women’s Self-Help Groups (SHGs) with international agricultural supply chains. 📍 Custard Apple: Handling Tips 🟢 Ripening: Keep firm fruits at room temperature until they yield slightly to gentle pressure. 🟢 Refrigeration: Slows down the ripening process. 🟢 Shelf life: Fresh custard apples generally remain suitable for consumption for only a few days after reaching peak softness. 🔆 SECURITY 📍 First BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise 🟢 India is hosting the inaugural BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise from 30 October to 3 November 2026 at Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair), Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 🟢 Host: India; facilitated by the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC). 🟢 Participating countries: All seven BIMSTEC members – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. 🟢 Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand deployed naval assets, while landlocked Bhutan and Nepal participated through delegations. 🟢 Structure: Five-day programme comprising three days of tabletop exercises followed by a two-day harbour phase. 🟢 Objectives: Enhance Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), improve interoperability, combat cross-border maritime crime and marine pollution, and strengthen Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR). 🟢 Focuses on maritime security cooperation in the Bay of Bengal. 🟢 Theme: “BIMSTEC – Prosperous, Resilient and Open”. 🟢 Motto: “Shared Seas, Shared Security and Shared Prosperity”. 🔆 MISCELLANEOUS 📍 World Cities Day 2026 🟢 Observed on 31 October 2026, marking the conclusion of Urban October. 🟢 Theme: “Regenerating the City – Adequate Housing for All”. 🟢 Global host city: Fuzhou, China; events scheduled from 31 October to 2 November 2026. 🟢 Organised by UN-Habitat, China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Fujian Provincial People’s Government. 🟢 Focuses on addressing the global housing crisis through inclusive, climate-resilient and affordable urban regeneration. 🟢 Up to 3.4 billion people lack adequate housing, secure tenure or basic services, while over 1.1 billion live in informal settlements and slums. 📍 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 🟢 Observed annually on 2 November. 🟢 2026 Theme: “Threats Evolve. Impunity Endures.” 🟢 Focuses on emerging threats to journalists, including digital harassment, new technologies and risks in conflict zones. 🟢 Global commemoration includes a hybrid event at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, and the release of UNESCO’s biennial Director-General’s Report on the safety of journalists. 🟢 Approximately 9 out of 10 crimes against journalists remain unresolved and unpunished globally. 🟢 More than 1,700 journalists have been killed in the line of duty since 1993. 🟢 Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly through Resolution A/RES/68/163 in 2013. 🟢 2 November was chosen in memory of two French journalists assassinated in Mali. #CurrentAffairs

🔆 ONE-LINERS | 02 NOVEMBER 2026 📚 UPSC Current Affairs | AnmolVachan1 🔆 POLITY & GOVERNANCE 📍 State Foundation Day – 1 November 🟢 1 November marks the Foundation Day of several Indian states and Union Territories, largely linked to the linguistic reorganisation of states in 1956 and subsequent boundary changes. 🟢 Eight States: 🟢 Andhra Pradesh (1956): Formed by merging Andhra State with Telugu-speaking areas of the former Hyderabad State. 🟢 Karnataka (1956): Originally formed as Mysore State; renamed Karnataka in 1973. Celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava. 🟢 Kerala (1956): Formed by combining Travancore-Cochin, Malabar and Kasaragod. Celebrated as Kerala Piravi. 🟢 Madhya Pradesh (1956): Reorganised by merging regions including Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal. 🟢 Tamil Nadu (1956): Initially formed as Madras State during linguistic reorganisation. 🟢 Punjab (1966): Acquired its present linguistic boundaries following the reorganisation of erstwhile East Punjab. 🟢 Haryana (1966): Carved out of Punjab under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966. 🟢 Chhattisgarh (2000): Carved out of Madhya Pradesh under the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. 🟢 Five Union Territories: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Puducherry also mark milestones or Union Territory status associated with this date. 🔆 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 📍 Alliance for the Future – EU and Canada 🟢 A strategic partnership launched on 30 October 2026 by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. 🟢 Announced during the 21st EU–Canada Summit in Montréal, Québec. 🟢 Objective: Establish a common prosperity and economic security space between Canada and the 27-member European Union, with an open framework for like-minded countries. 🟢 Critical minerals: Cooperation on lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite supply chains, including financing arrangements with the European Investment Bank. 🟢 Technology: Collaboration in AI, semiconductors, quantum technologies, digital trade and sovereign cloud infrastructure. 🟢 Defence: Builds on Canada’s participation in the EU’s SAFE (Security Action for Europe) defence procurement programme. 🟢 Energy and climate: Exploration of LNG export feasibility, joint wildfire management and aerial firefighting aircraft procurement. 🟢 People-to-people ties: Youth mobility and groundwork for Canada’s participation in the EU’s Erasmus+ programme. 🟢 The proposal for Canada to become the EU’s first associate member was debated; leaders agreed to work towards a closer association. 🟢 Both sides will define the framework’s scope and structure before the next summit scheduled for 2027. 🔆 ECONOMY 📍 Guwahati Airport Approved for Agarwood Exports 🟢 The Central Government approved Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati, as a designated export point for agarwood chips, agarwood oil and related products. 🟢 DGFT Notification No. 46/2026, dated 30 October 2026, amended Chapter 12 of Schedule II of the ITC (HS) Export Policy, 2022. 🟢 Enables exporters from Assam and the Northeast to ship agarwood products directly to international markets without routing them through other domestic ports. 🟢 Assam accounts for approximately 81% of India’s agarwood resources, with an estimated 12 crore trees, supporting over 50,000 farmers and workers. 🟢 In May 2026, an initial legal consignment of agarwood chips was exported to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. 🟢 On 26 October 2026, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma flagged off a 123 kg consignment of premium agarwood chips from Golaghat district to Dubai under the One District One Product (ODOP) initiative. 🟢 Exports remain subject to CITES permits, where applicable, and valid DGFT Importer Exporter Code (IEC) requirements. 🔆 ENVIRONMENT 📍 Dicharax tilariensis – Tilari Micro-Snail 🟢 A new microscopic land snail species discovered in the semi-evergreen forests of the Tilari region, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra. 🟢 Scientific name: Dicharax tilariensis. 🟢 Found near Swapnavel Point in Tilari Nagar at an elevation of approximately 700–800 metres. 🟢 Habitat: Forest litter, decaying organic matter and moist soil microhabitats. 🟢 It is the second endemic species of the genus Dicharax described from the northern Western Ghats. 🟢 Discovered by researchers Amrut Bhosale, Tejas Thackeray and Akshay Khandekar of the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation. 🟢 Published in the Journal of Conchology. 🟢 Size: Approximately 4.21–4.87 mm wide and 3.01–3.52 mm high. 🟢 Its shell is whitish with a pinkish or brownish tinge, featuring an elevated spire and distinctive rib patterns. 📍 Mollisia sokpayensia – New Fungus from Sikkim 🟢 A new fungal species discovered on the medicinal plant Panax sokpayensis in the Sikkim Himalayas, part of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. 🟢 Scientific name: Mollisia sokpayensia. 🟢 Isolated from the plant’s rhizome collected at Jorbotay, Uttarey, West Sikkim, at an altitude of 1,800–2,300 metres. 🟢 Documented in the scientific journal Fungal Diversity. 🟢 Fungal endophytes are microorganisms that inhabit the internal tissues of healthy plants without causing visible disease symptoms. 🟢 They form associations with host plants and are studied for their potential to produce bioactive compounds relevant to medicine, agriculture and biotechnology. 🟢 Plants belonging to the genus Panax are commonly known as ginseng and are recognised for their medicinal properties. #CurrentAffairs

🇮🇳 India tops the medal tally at the 46th International Tammer Boxing Tournament in Tampere, Finland, with an impressive haul of 14 medals — 4 gold, 2 silver and 8 bronze. 🥇 Gold medallists: Aarti Dhariyal, Ankushita Boro, Arundhati Chaudhary and Pawan Bartwal. 🥈 Silver medallists: Mohammed Hussamuddin and Jaismine. 🥉 India also secured eight bronze medals, with Vivek Meena, Hitesh, Akshay, Bobin Chauhan, Chetan Choudhary, Tanu, Disha Patil and Imroz Khan finishing on the podium. #currentaffairs

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GSLV-F17 / EOS-05 (GISAT-1A):: ✅ 4 सितंबर 2026 को श्रीहरिकोटा से प्रक्षेपित किया गया; ✅ यह भू-स्थिर पृथ्वी अवलोकन पेलोड को ले जाने वाली जीएसएलवी की 19वीं उड़ान थी (~2,367 किलोग्राम, जो आज तक जीएसएलवी द्वारा ले जाया गया सबसे भारी पेलोड है)। #currentaffairs

GSLV-F17 / EOS-05 (GISAT-1A): ✅Launched on 4 September 2026 from Sriharikota; ✅marked the 19th flight of the GSLV carrying a geostationary earth observation payload (~2,367 kg, the heaviest payload carried by GSLV to date). #currentaffairs

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🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 📍 Genus Neoterpnosia 🟢 Neoterpnosia is a genus of cicadas belonging to the family Cicadidae. 🟢 First described in 2014 by entomologists Young June Lee and David Emery; the name means “new Terpnosia”. 🟢 Belongs to the subtribe Euterpnosiina, tribe Leptopsaltriini and subfamily Cicadinae. 🟢 Diagnostic features include a very short basal portion of the forewing’s RA2 vein, lateral abdominal inflation in males and distinctive genital structures. 🟢 The genus includes five recognised species distributed across South and Southeast Asia. 🟢 Neoterpnosia mawphlangensis, described in 2026, was found in the semi-evergreen subtropical pine forests of the Mawphlang Hills, Meghalaya. 🟢 It is noted for its dusk-peaking mating chorus, camouflage against mossy trees and distinctive wing markings. 📍 Allocaecilius nilgiriensis 🟢 A newly discovered barklouse species identified by scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI). 🟢 Found in high-altitude shola forests and evergreen rainforests of the Southern Western Ghats, across Tamil Nadu and Kerala. 🟢 Belongs to the family Pseudocaeciliidae and is only the second species of the genus Allocaecilius recorded in India. 🟢 Its discovery brings the known global total of Allocaecilius species to 13. 🟢 Diagnostic features include distinctive brown patches on the forewings and specialised abdominal structures. 🟢 Ecological role: Barklice feed on mould, fungi, algae, lichens and dead organic matter on tree bark, functioning as natural micro-scavengers. 📍 Anil Menon’s Fourth Spacewalk at the ISS 🟢 NASA astronaut Anil Menon completed his fourth career spacewalk on 29 October 2026, alongside Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk. 🟢 Duration: 7 hours and 11 minutes. 🟢 The astronauts installed and deployed the seventh of eight International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs) on the station’s 2A electrical power channel. 🟢 The multi-year upgrade programme aims to increase the ISS’s power-generation capacity by up to 30%. 🟢 The mission marked the 100th US spacewalk from the ISS’s Quest airlock without a Space Shuttle docked and the 285th spacewalk supporting station assembly, maintenance and upgrades. 🟢 Menon’s cumulative spacewalking time reached 26 hours and 31 minutes. 🟢 A follow-up spacewalk was scheduled for 5 November 2026 to install the eighth and final iROSA. 🔆 SPORTS 📍 World Boxing U19 Championships 2026 🟢 India finished the championships in Budva, Montenegro, with 4 medals: 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. 📍 Indian Medal Winners 🟢 Aditya: Gold — Men’s 55 kg. 🟢 Megha Sheokand: Silver — Women’s 80 kg. 🟢 Harshika: Bronze — Women’s 65 kg. 🟢 Prachi Tokas: Bronze — Women’s 80+ kg. 📍 Key Performances 🟢 Aditya defeated Russia’s Islam Magomedov 4–1 in the men’s 55 kg final to secure India’s only gold. 🟢 Megha Sheokand reached the women’s 80 kg final but lost to Russia’s Ekaterina Frolova by a unanimous decision. 🟢 Harshika and Prachi Tokas secured bronze medals in their respective categories. #CurrentAffairs