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Daily Current Affairs: 27 October 2026

Current affairs of 27 October 2026: RBI 36th State Finance Secretaries Conference held in Mumbai; Anup Bagchi takes charge as MD & CEO of HDFC Bank; TRAI Data: India Telecom Subscribers at 1,367.93 Million in September 2026, and 15 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 18 topics

National Affairs

  1. Anti-Doping Law: India to Add Criminal Provisions, Says Mandaviya

Government Schemes

  1. National Startup Awards 6.0 launched by DPIIT under Startup India
  2. Concessional Local Pass for residents near NH toll plazas from 1 November

Banking & Finance

  1. RBI 36th State Finance Secretaries Conference held in Mumbai
  2. Anup Bagchi takes charge as MD & CEO of HDFC Bank

Economy

  1. TRAI Data: India Telecom Subscribers at 1,367.93 Million in September 2026
  2. ASUSE revamp: women entrepreneur questions, April-March cycle from 2027-28

International Affairs

  1. BRICS Parliamentary Forum: 12th edition adopts New Delhi declaration
  2. India-Liechtenstein trade talks held under India-EFTA TEPA framework
  3. Ebola in DR Congo crosses 10,000 confirmed cases

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Maharashtra Drought Aid: Rs 5,000 Advance for 1.5 Crore Farmers

Science & Technology

  1. ESTIC 2026 inaugurated by PM Modi at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi

Environment & Ecology

  1. Cyclone Arnab becomes very severe cyclonic storm, heads for Andhra coast
  2. CBD COP-17: India Seeks Predictable Biodiversity Finance in Yerevan
  3. ARISE Cities Forum 2026 opens in Delhi; declaration headed for COP31

Defence & Security

  1. Garuda Shakti 2026: India-Indonesia special forces drill in Banyuwangi

Awards & Persons

  1. Ballon d’Or 2026: Harry Kane and Alexia Putellas named winners
  2. Abhishek Sharma 35-ball ton seals India’s T20I series win over New Zealand

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. Anti-Doping Law: India to Add Criminal Provisions, Says Mandaviya

  • Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chaired the third formal meeting of the COP10 Bureau of the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport in New Delhi.
  • India plans to bring an amendment with criminal provisions in the next Parliament session, covering coaches and supply-chain stakeholders.
  • The National Anti-Doping Act, 2022 and its 2025 Amendment came into force in July 2026.
  • NADA carried out more than 7,000 tests and over 350 awareness sessions in 2025-26.
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Government Schemes

Government Schemes

2. National Startup Awards 6.0 launched by DPIIT under Startup India

  • DPIIT launched the sixth edition of the National Startup Awards (NSA 6.0) on 27 October 2026.
  • There are 20 regional categories, 12 of them new, and 3 special categories.
  • A new student innovator award opens to school and college students in all 36 States and UTs.
  • Each winning category gets ₹25 lakh; the student award has a ₹25 lakh pool across four sub-categories.
  • Applications on startupindia.gov.in run from 27 October to 20 November 2026.
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Polity & Governance

3. Concessional Local Pass for residents near NH toll plazas from 1 November

  • Pass is for non-commercial vehicle owners living within 20 km of a National Highway toll plaza and holding an active FASTag.
  • Annual fee: ₹1,500 for plazas outside municipal/local urban limits; ₹3,000 for plazas within such limits.
  • Available at toll plazas from 1 November 2026 and on the Rajmargyatra app from 1 December 2026.
  • Notified through the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2026 under the National Highways Act, 1956.
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Banking & Finance

Economy

4. RBI 36th State Finance Secretaries Conference held in Mumbai

  • RBI hosted the 36th Conference of State Finance Secretaries in Mumbai on 27 October 2026.
  • RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra inaugurated the conference.
  • Finance secretaries of 27 States and 3 Union Territories attended, along with the CGA and the CAG.
  • States were urged to join the Unified Lending Interface (ULI) and use Programmable CBDC for Direct Benefit Transfers.
  • A booklet, 'Compendium on Cash and Debt Management for State Governments', was released.
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Banking & Finance

5. Anup Bagchi takes charge as MD & CEO of HDFC Bank

  • Anup Bagchi assumed office as MD & CEO of HDFC Bank on 27 October 2026.
  • He replaced Sashidhar Jagdishan, who left office at close of business on 26 October 2026 after completing his tenure.
  • RBI cleared a three-year term up to 26 October 2029, subject to shareholder approval.
  • RBI also cleared Anup Kumar Saha as Kotak Mahindra Bank MD & CEO for three years from 1 January 2027, succeeding Ashok Vaswani.
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Economy

Economy

6. TRAI Data: India Telecom Subscribers at 1,367.93 Million in September 2026

  • India had 1,367.93 million telephone subscribers at the end of September 2026, with a net addition of 7.23 million during the month.
  • Wireless subscribers stood at 1,319.19 million and wireline subscribers at 48.74 million.
  • Overall teledensity was 95.52% including M2M cellular and 85.41% excluding M2M.
  • Broadband subscribers totalled 1,107.68 million including M2M cellular (1,013.87 million excluding M2M).
  • Mobile number portability (MNP) requests in September 2026 numbered 16.77 million.
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Economy

7. ASUSE revamp: women entrepreneur questions, April-March cycle from 2027-28

  • ASUSE covers unregistered non-agricultural enterprises and has been conducted since 2021-22.
  • From the 2027-28 round, ASUSE moves from a January-December cycle to April-March (April 2027 to March 2028).
  • For the first time, the survey will record constraints faced by women entrepreneurs.
  • January-March 2027 will be covered using the existing ASUSE 2026 questionnaire.
  • Two questions to identify handloom, power-loom and handicraft units were added at the Ministry of Textiles' request.
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International Affairs

Polity & Governance

8. BRICS Parliamentary Forum: 12th edition adopts New Delhi declaration

  • The 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum was held in New Delhi on 26-27 October 2026.
  • Theme: Strengthening Parliaments for People-Centred Development.
  • Declaration condemned the 22 April 2025 Pahalgam attack, in which 26 people were killed, and sought the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.
  • It backed comprehensive UN reform including the Security Council and proposed a BRICS digital public infrastructure repository.
  • The next forum is expected in 2027 under China's BRICS chairship.
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International Relations

10. Ebola in DR Congo crosses 10,000 confirmed cases

  • Congo's public health institute reported 10,060 confirmed cases and 4,887 deaths as of 27 October 2026.
  • The outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo species of Ebola and was announced in mid-May 2026.
  • It is Congo's largest outbreak and the second-largest on record, after the 2014-2016 West African epidemic.
  • Kenya has nine cases; Nigeria became the fourth African country to report a case.
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Agriculture & Rural

Science & Technology

Science & Technology

12. ESTIC 2026 inaugurated by PM Modi at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi

  • PM Narendra Modi inaugurated ESTIC 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 27 October 2026.
  • ₹12,000 crore government funding for market-ready lab technologies was matched by ₹12,000 crore private investment, totalling ₹24,000 crore.
  • Annual patent filings rose from under 50,000 about a decade ago to around 1.5 lakh last year.
  • India's indigenous 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor attained first criticality a few months earlier.
  • Dr Jitendra Singh stressed building domestic gene synthesis capability at an ESTIC session.
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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

13. Cyclone Arnab becomes very severe cyclonic storm, heads for Andhra coast

  • Cyclone Arnab became a very severe cyclonic storm at 2:30 am on 27 October 2026, as per IMD.
  • It was expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, near Yanam, in the forenoon of 28 October.
  • Great Danger Signal GD-10 was hoisted at Kakinada port; GD-9 at Visakhapatnam and Gangavaram.
  • South Central Railway cancelled 11 trains; South Coast Railway cancelled 61 trains.
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Environment & Ecology

14. CBD COP-17: India Seeks Predictable Biodiversity Finance in Yerevan

  • Bhupender Yadav delivered India's national statement at the high-level segment of CBD COP-17 in Yerevan, Armenia.
  • India's updated NBSAP has 23 national biodiversity targets and 142 indicators linked to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
  • India has 1,134 protected areas, 103 Ramsar sites, 57 Biodiversity Heritage Sites and 18 biosphere reserves.
  • India backed benefit-sharing from digital sequence information through a multilateral mechanism, including the Cali Fund.
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Environment & Ecology

15. ARISE Cities Forum 2026 opens in Delhi; declaration headed for COP31

  • MoS (Housing and Urban Affairs) Tokhan Sahu inaugurated the second ARISE Cities Forum at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on 27 October 2026.
  • Organised by ICLEI South Asia with NIUA, supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
  • Theme: From India to Antalya: Commitment. Implementation. Outcomes.
  • Over 200 delegates from 50+ cities in 18+ Global South countries are taking part.
  • Delhi Declaration 2026 is to be adopted on 28 October and presented at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Defence & Security

Awards & Persons

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