📰 Daily Current Affairs

📅 22 October 2026 • ✅ 22/10/2026, 4:00:53 pm

1. India-EU FTA will further broaden economic engagement between India and Poland: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met visiting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and said India and Poland would deepen strategic cooperation in defence, space and nuclear energy; he also linked the India-EU free-trade agreement to wider economic engagement.

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2. Trump says India-US trade deal is close and will differ from previous agreements

The reported progress in India-US trade negotiations is a significant development for bilateral economic relations and trade-policy preparation for examinations.

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3. SBI reports cyberattack after data linked to 3,897 customers is found on the dark web

The exposed information reportedly included names, phone numbers, email and residential addresses, and loan details, making the incident relevant to banking security, cybercrime and data protection.

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4. Centre considers financial incentives for agrivoltaics

The proposed support would promote co-locating solar panels and crop cultivation; the report says agrivoltaic projects can cost 25–30% more than conventional solar installations and may be supported through PM-KUSUM or a new scheme.

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5. RBI MPC minutes report a unanimous 25-basis-point repo-rate hike to 5.5%

The October 2026 minutes record the Monetary Policy Committee discussing broadening inflationary pressures, second-round effects and whether further monetary tightening should be signalled.

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6. Upgraded Agri Welfare Portal launched as a single-window platform for farmers

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the upgraded portal, which integrates PM-KISAN, PMFBY and AgriStack and provides access to schemes, weather, market prices and direct-benefit assistance.

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7. Three new Indian sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List

The listed sites are the Karst-mud-volcano Complex of Baratang, the Andaman Subduction Volcanoes and the Sirpur Cultural and Archaeological Landscape in Chhattisgarh.

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8. UNEP says India’s greenhouse-gas emissions fell in 2025

The Emissions Gap Report 2026 attributes the decline partly to a structural shift toward renewables and notes that India remains the third-largest total emitter while its per-capita emissions are below half the global average.

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9. India rejects UN description of Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company as ‘India-based’

India’s Permanent Mission objected in the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, calling the description factually inaccurate and stressing that Ibrahim has been wanted in India in connection with terror attacks since 1993.

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10. India sweeps men’s shot-put F46 medals at the Asian Para Games

Sachin Khilari won gold, Mohd Yasser silver and Parveen bronze; Khilari also set a record with a 15.87-metre throw, while India’s overall tally reached 35 medals and sixth place.

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