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1. India’s Atanu Das won the Bronze Medal in the Swiss Open Indoor Archery.

India’s Atanu Das won the Bronze medal in the Swiss Open Indoor Archery in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Atanu Das defeated Switzerland’s Thomas Rufer by 6-4 in the Recurve Men’s Bronze medal match.
Romain won the silver medal while Italy’s Alessandro Paoli clinched the gold.
More than 300 archers from 31 countries participated in the 2025 Indoor Archery World Series.
The Swiss Open includes both recurve and compound divisions.
Six events will be conducted in the 2025 season 1, which will be conducted from November 2024 to March 2025.

Maharashtra has the highest share of India's GDP.
As per the working paper from the Economic Advisory Council to the PM (EAC-PM), Maharashtra's share has declined from 15.2% in 2010-11 to just 13% in 2020-21 and 13.3% in 2023-24.
In the last two decades, Gujarat’s share in India’s GDP has increased from 7.5% in 2010-11 to 8.1% in 2022-23.
Gujarat's relative per capita income compared to the national average is higher than Maharashtra's.
Maharashtra's economic performance has remained almost steady between 1960-61 and 2023-24.
Sikkim (319.1%) reported the highest relative per capita income, followed by Goa with a figure of 290.7% for 2022–23.
In 2023-24, Delhi (250.8%), Telangana (193.6%), Karnataka (180.7%), Haryana (176.8%), and TN (171.1%) are ahead of Maharashtra in terms of relative per capita income.

India won 17 medals, including four gold in the men's and women's categories, with an impressive performance at the Under-19 World Boxing Championships in Colorado, USA.
The total medal count of 17 includes 4 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze medal winners.
The Indian boxing contingent consisted of 19 boxers, comprising 9 men and 10 women, of which 12 athletes reached the finals, with every female boxer winning a medal.
The four gold medallists included sole male champion Hemant Sangwan and female champions Krisha Verma, Parthavi Grewal and Vanshika Goswami.
Among the medal winners, 11 were Khelo India athletes, of whom eight trained at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) in Rohtak, winning 10 medals in total.

Three Chinese astronauts, including a woman, made a smooth entry into the orbiting space station after the successful launch of their spaceship to man the station for the next six months.
The three astronauts of China’s Shenzhou-19 spaceflight mission have entered the Tiangong space station and met with another astronaut trio starting a new round of in-orbit crew handover.
Earlier, the spaceship Shenzhou-19 carrying the three astronauts successfully docked with the space station combination. The spaceship made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station’s core module Tianhe at 11 after which the three astronauts entered it.
The Shenzhou-19 crew consists of mission commander Cai Xuzhe, and astronauts Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze. Wang is currently China’s only female space engineer and the third Chinese woman participating in a crewed spaceflight mission
It is currently the only country to have a space station.

World Thrift Day is celebrated on October 31 globally and on October 30 in India.
It is a day dedicated to highlighting the value of saving money and financial security.
The term ‘thrift’ refers to using resources carefully and wisely so that they are not exhausted all at once. People should be educated on the need and the various ways of saving. The public should be taught the importance of depositing their money in banks so that it can be accessed during times of need.
The primary aim of this day is to emphasise the significance of money saving thrifty spending, and achieving financial security. Many children grow up unaware of how to take care of their financial matters as they have their families or others to do so on their behalf.

National Unity Day is observed every year on 31st October to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who is a pivotal figure in India’s struggle for independence.
He is the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of the country.
National Unity Day serves as a reminder of his efforts to unite the diverse princely states into a single nation and fosters a spirit of solidarity among the people of the country.
Renowned for his exceptional leadership and unyielding commitment to national integration, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is fondly remembered as the Iron Man of India.
National Unity Day 2024 is celebrated on October 31st, 2024 to mark the 149th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.