Daily Current Affairs: 10 October 2025

Current affairs of 10 October 2025: National Red List Assessment of Indian Flora and Fauna Begins; 8th ISA Assembly 2025 in New Delhi: International Solar Alliance Notes; AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile: Features and Pakistan Contract, and 10 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 13 topics

Government Schemes

Tele MANAS App Launched by JP Nadda on World Mental Health Day
Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 for Class 6-12 Students

Banking & Finance

Agentic Payments on ChatGPT: Razorpay, NPCI and OpenAI Tie Up
SLBM Review by SEBI: How Stock Lending and Borrowing Works
RBI Removes Ceiling on Loans Against Listed Corporate Bonds
HSBC Innovation Banking Debuts in India for Startup Debt
NPCI Launches Fourth Subsidiary, NPCI Tech Solutions Limited

International Affairs

8th ISA Assembly 2025 in New Delhi: International Solar Alliance Notes
India Pitched as Fintech Hub for the Global South

Agriculture & Rural

e-NAM Adds 9 Commodities, Total Rises to 247

Environment & Ecology

National Red List Assessment of Indian Flora and Fauna Begins
Gharial Rated Critically Depleted in IUCN Green Status

Defence & Security

AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile: Features and Pakistan Contract

Government Schemes

1. Tele MANAS App Launched by JP Nadda on World Mental Health Day

Union Health Minister JP Nadda launched the Tele MANAS App for the National Tele Mental Health Programme.
The launch took place in New Delhi on World Mental Health Day.
Several other new initiatives were also launched on the occasion.

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Government Schemes

2. Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 for Class 6-12 Students

Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 is a nationwide innovation initiative run by the Ministry of Education with Atal Innovation Mission (NITI Aayog).
Students of classes 6 to 12 can take part, with special focus on Aspirational Districts, tribal and remote areas.
The four themes are Atmanirbhar Bharat, Swadeshi, Vocal for Local and Samriddh Bharat.
A Rs. 1 crore awards pool covers national, state and district winners.

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Banking & Finance

3. Agentic Payments on ChatGPT: Razorpay, NPCI and OpenAI Tie Up

Razorpay, NPCI and OpenAI launched Agentic Payments, enabling UPI-powered shopping inside ChatGPT.
The feature is in a pilot phase with limited access.
Axis Bank and Airtel Payments Bank are the banking partners.

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Economy

4. SLBM Review by SEBI: How Stock Lending and Borrowing Works

SEBI is reviewing the Stock Lending and Borrowing Mechanism (SLBM) to raise participation.
Short selling via SLBM stays minimal in India.
Borrowers post cash or securities as collateral and return shares on an agreed date.

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Banking & Finance

5. RBI Removes Ceiling on Loans Against Listed Corporate Bonds

The ₹20 lakh limit on bank loans against listed corporate debt securities is gone; there is no ceiling now.
Share-backed loans rose to ₹1 crore per person; IPO loans to ₹25 lakh.
AAA, AA+ and AA- rated bonds are likely to gain first.

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Banking & Finance

6. HSBC Innovation Banking Debuts in India for Startup Debt

HSBC India unveiled the HSBC Innovation Banking platform in Mumbai on 9 October 2025.
It extends non-dilutive debt to startups from seed stage to IPO preparation.
HSBC arrived in India in 1853 as Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, and was acquired in 1959.

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Economy

7. NPCI Launches Fourth Subsidiary, NPCI Tech Solutions Limited

NPCI announced NPCI Tech Solutions Limited (NTSL) as its fourth subsidiary at Global Fintech Fest 2025 in Mumbai.
NTSL is meant to drive experimentation and new innovation in fintech.
The other three subsidiaries are NBSL, NIPL and NBBL.
Global Fintech Fest is organised by the Payments Council of India, NPCI and the Fintech Convergence Council.

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International Affairs

Environment & Ecology

8. 8th ISA Assembly 2025 in New Delhi: International Solar Alliance Notes

The 8th ISA Assembly ran October 27-30, 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
ISA began in 2015 at COP21 Paris, founded by India and France.
ISA aims at 1,000 GW solar capacity and USD 1 trillion investment by 2030.

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Economy

9. India Pitched as Fintech Hub for the Global South

Prime Minister Narendra Modi described India as a fintech hub for the Global South.
He spoke of enhancing digital cooperation and partnership across the world.
The event was held in Mumbai.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer shared the stage with him.

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Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

10. e-NAM Adds 9 Commodities, Total Rises to 247

Nine new commodities were added to e-NAM, taking the total to 247.
e-NAM was launched on 14 April 2016 to link APMC mandis digitally.
Additions include tea, green tea, mustard oil and broken rice.

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Environment & Ecology

11. National Red List Assessment of Indian Flora and Fauna Begins

The assessment will evaluate extinction risk for nearly 11,000 species by 2030.
ZSI and BSI prepared the Vision 2025-2030 framework with IUCN-India.
Outcome: National Red Data Books for flora and fauna.

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Environment & Ecology

12. Gharial Rated Critically Depleted in IUCN Green Status

IUCN's first Green Status assessment rated the gharial Critically Depleted.
About 681 adults survive in the wild, 80% in the Chambal River.
Dams, barrages, sand mining and fishing nets threaten the species.

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Defence & Security

International Relations

13. AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile: Features and Pakistan Contract

The US added Pakistan to a modified Raytheon contract for AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles.
AMRAAM is a radar-guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile with up to 160 km range.
It flies up to Mach 4 and is fire-and-forget.

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Daily Current Affairs: 10 October 2025

In this issue: 13 topics

Government Schemes

1. Tele MANAS App Launched by JP Nadda on World Mental Health Day

2. Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 for Class 6-12 Students

Banking & Finance

3. Agentic Payments on ChatGPT: Razorpay, NPCI and OpenAI Tie Up

4. SLBM Review by SEBI: How Stock Lending and Borrowing Works

5. RBI Removes Ceiling on Loans Against Listed Corporate Bonds

6. HSBC Innovation Banking Debuts in India for Startup Debt

7. NPCI Launches Fourth Subsidiary, NPCI Tech Solutions Limited

International Affairs

8. 8th ISA Assembly 2025 in New Delhi: International Solar Alliance Notes

9. India Pitched as Fintech Hub for the Global South

Agriculture & Rural

10. e-NAM Adds 9 Commodities, Total Rises to 247

Environment & Ecology

11. National Red List Assessment of Indian Flora and Fauna Begins

12. Gharial Rated Critically Depleted in IUCN Green Status

Defence & Security

13. AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile: Features and Pakistan Contract

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