October 2025 – 4th Week Current Affairs

INS Sutlej Completes Indo-Mauritian Hydrographic Mission:
Completed its 18th mission on 26 October 2025, surveying 35,000 sq nautical miles, training 6 Mauritian officials, and conducting joint EEZ patrols under MAHASAGAR Vision.
India Joins Elite Exercise Ocean Sky 2025:
IAF became the first non-NATO nation to join Spain’s major air combat exercise at Gando Air Base, Canary Islands (20–31 Oct).
Army Inducts Indigenous Software-Defined Radios:
Indian Army signed contract for DRDO-designed SDRs produced by BEL featuring MANET capability.
India–Russia Aircraft Deal:
HAL & Russia’s UAC signed MoU (27 Oct) to manufacture SJ-100 commuter aircraft in India for the UDAN scheme.
MDL–Swan Defence Partnership:
Signed agreement (28 Oct) to jointly build Landing Platform Docks worth ₹33,000 crore for the Indian Navy.
Tri-Services Exercise Trishul Begins:
Launched on 30 October across Gujarat & Rajasthan involving 20,000 troops, Rafales, Su-30s, T-90 tanks, and Navy frigates.
Pravaig VEER EV Wins iDEX Award:
Bengaluru startup’s stealth all-electric military vehicle wins the Innovation for Defence Excellence award.

Coal Ministry Launching Koyla Shakti Dashboard:
Smart analytics platform for real-time coal production & supply monitoring (29 Oct 2025).
NSC Seed Processing Unit Inaugurated:
Agriculture Minister opened a 1-ton/hour facility at Pusa Complex, New Delhi, along with 5 new units across India.
President Droupadi Murmu Flies in Rafale:
Becomes first Indian President to fly in a Rafale fighter during a 30-minute sortie at Ambala AFS.
India Pushes Technological Sovereignty:
₹1 lakh crore Anusandhan Fund announced for AI, quantum, and semiconductors at TiEcon Delhi-NCR 2025.
Sardar Patel 150:
PM launches ₹150 coin & commemorative stamp plus ₹1,219 crore worth projects at Kevadia.
National Marine Fisheries Census 2025 Launched:
India’s first fully digital fisheries census covering 1.2 million households across 9 states & 4 UTs (Nov 3–Dec 18).
Health Ministry Creates Three Guinness World Records:
Achievements under Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan, including 9.94 lakh breast screenings in a week.

Timor-Leste Becomes ASEAN’s 11th Member (26 Oct 2025).
China’s CR450 Breaks World Speed Record:
High-speed train hits 453 km/h; commercial rollout in 2026.
Catherine Connolly Elected President of Ireland with 63% votes.
Russia Tests Nuclear-Powered “Burevestnik” Cruise Missile:
Range 14,000 km, flight duration 15 hours.
Japan Launches Yen-Pegged Stablecoin:
JPYC Inc. issues world’s first yen-backed stablecoin.
Paul Biya Wins Eighth Term in Cameroon at age 92.
Russia Tests “Poseidon” Nuclear Underwater Drone capable of generating radioactive tsunamis.
US Fed Cuts Rates Again to 3.75%–4.00%.
AmazonFACE Climate Project:
Brazil simulates 2050 CO₂ levels in rainforest for climate research.
China Launches Shenzhou-21 Mission with youngest astronaut Wu Fei (32).

FIFA Launches ASEAN Cup featuring 11 national teams.
Indian Chess Stars Shine at European Club Cup:
- D. Gukesh – Gold (Board 1)
- Divya Deshmukh – Gold (Board 2)
FIDE World Cup Trophy Renamed “Viswanathan Anand Cup”.
India’s 90th Chess Grandmaster:
Ilamparthi AR (16) achieves final GM norm.

World’s First 3D Wind-Mapping Satellites:
Hong Kong’s Stellerus to deploy Feilian constellation for global hourly wind data.
India Leads Tracking of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS after NASA outage.
ISRO Prepares CMS-03 Communication Satellite for launch on Nov 2, 2025 via LVM3 M5.
ISA Assembly 2025:
India launches SUNRISE and OSOWOG global solar programs with 125 nations.

Current Affairs 2025