Current Affairs
1. Successful Testing of Military Combat Parachute System
Indian Army soldiers successfully tested the indigenously made Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) on Wednesday.
- The purpose of this testing includes better landing of the parachute, its controlling and navigation.
- The parachute system is equipped with Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC). NavIC is an indigenous satellite navigation system.
- The Combat Parachute System has been developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
2. Telugu actress and playback singer Rao Balasaraswati passes away
Telugu actress and playback singer Rao Balasaraswati passed away on Wednesday. She is considered the first playback singer of Telugu cinema.
- Rao Balasaraswati started her singing career at the age of 6.
- She sang more than 2000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi.
- She also has the honor of being the first 'Light Music' singer on All India Radio.
- She worked with legendary music directors like S. Rajeshwar Rao, C.R. Subburaman, K.V. and artists like Shankar Mahadevan, Susarla Dakshinamurthy, Ramesh Naidu, and Viswanathan-Ramamurthy.
3. British government imposes sanctions on Nayara Energy Limited
The British government imposed sanctions on Nayara Energy Limited's Jamnagar oil refinery on October 15.
- These sanctions are due to restrictions imposed on Russia's two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, which hold 49.13% stake in Nayara.
- Britain's new sanctions list includes four oil terminals in China including India, and 44 tankers carrying Russian crude oil.
4. Doval arrives in Kyrgyzstan to attend NSA meeting
Kyrgyzstan is hosting a meeting of National Security Advisers (NSA) of India and Central Asian Republics this week.
- This meeting will be held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
- It will discuss security and terrorism-related issues.
- Doval met with Lieutenant General Baktybek Bekbolotov, Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek.
Top Jobs
1. Applications reopened in MPESB
Madhya Pradesh Employee Selection Board (MPESB) is restarting the application process for MP Police Constable Recruitment 2025 from today, October 16, 2025. Candidates can apply by visiting MPESB's official website esb.mp.gov.in until October 22, 2025. Form correction opportunity will be given from October 23 to October 29, 2025.
2. Senior Technical Assistant Vacancy in RITES Limited
RITES Limited has announced recruitment for 600 posts of Senior Technical Assistant. Candidates can apply by visiting RITES' official website rites.com. The written examination for this recruitment will be conducted on November 23.
Top Story
1. Amity University Noida video goes viral
A video of Amity University Noida is going viral. In this video, students can be seen bursting firecrackers inside the building.
Firecrackers are bursting all around and some people can be seen putting out fires with water. This incident has created fear among students and employees.
2. Amazon will soon lay off employees
The giant e-commerce company Amazon India is once again going to lay off its employees. According to reports, this time the layoffs will be in the Human Resources (HR) department.
Fortune Media's report claims that in this round of layoffs, the HR department could see cuts of up to 15 percent. Amazon has not commented on this yet.
The report claims that the company is trying to reduce its corporate workforce to invest in AI. Amazon may spend more than $100 billion (approximately 8,900 billion rupees) by next year to build AI data centers and cloud servers.
.jpg)
3.jpg)
1.jpg)
