Daily Current Affairs 31 October 2026

The 31 October 2026 edition opens with three deep dives. The first is GSLV-F18 and NVS-03: late on 30 October, the rocket placed NVS-03, the third second-generation NavIC satellite, in a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Sriharikota. The second is CAQM’s PAVAN-I3C command centre, which Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav visited on 30 October, saying construction across the NCR would be halted from 5 to 20 November. The third is the High Level Committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat, set up under former CVC Suresh N. Patel to review the sector within a six-month tenure.

The roundup covers the helicopter crash near Joshimath, the Supreme Court sending the KG basin gas dispute to mediation and asking MeitY to act on misuse of live-streamed hearings, the Gujarat High Court’s stay in the Somnath non-veg ban case, the Centre’s accounts to September 2026, TRAI’s draft guidelines on AI in telecom, India’s crude imports in September, arrests over a Kuno cheetah cub’s killing, Chola-era bronzes from Nagapattinam and Manisha Bhanwala’s 59 kg world title, with GST on e-commerce delivery services, the Piprahwa relics in Arunachal Pradesh, the Varanasi-New Delhi Vande Bharat Sleeper and Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. Two editorials complete the edition: from The Indian Express, Jhuma Sen, an advocate at the Calcutta High Court, on police encounter killings in West Bengal, accountability and the Supreme Court’s PUCL guidelines; and from The Hindu, former National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan on whether India and China can coexist peacefully. A UPSC-pattern quiz closes the day.