Current affairs September 29 – October 5, 2025 for CUET

The Monetary Policy Committee's 57th meeting, from 29 September to 1 October 2025, left the repo rate unchanged at 5.50 per cent and kept the stance neutral.

The Reserve Bank raised its growth forecast for 2025-26 to 6.8 per cent, from 6.5 per cent, and cut its CPI inflation forecast to 2.6 per cent, from 3.1 per cent. It named the GST rate cuts of September 2025 among the reasons demand would hold up. The current account deficit had narrowed to 0.2 per cent of GDP in April–June 2025, from 0.9 per cent a year earlier.

New Delhi hosted the World Para Athletics Championships from 27 September to 5 October 2025 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium — the first time India had hosted the event. More than 2,200 athletes from over 100 countries competed for 186 medal events.

India won a record 22 medals — 6 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze — and finished 10th. Its tallies at the three previous editions were 9 (Dubai 2019), 10 (Paris 2023) and 17 (Kobe 2024).