October 2025 – 4th Week Current Affairs (AFCAT 2025)

INS Sutlej Completes Indo–Mauritius Hydrographic Mission
Completed its 18th mission on 26 Oct 2025, surveying 35,000+ sq nautical miles, training 6 Mauritian officials, and conducting joint EEZ patrols under MAHASAGAR Vision.
India Joins Exercise Ocean Sky 2025 (Spain)
IAF becomes first non-NATO nation to join Spain’s major air combat drill (20–31 Oct) at Gando Air Base, enhancing air-power interoperability.
Army Inducts Indigenous Software-Defined Radios
First batch of DRDO-designed SDRs to be manufactured by BEL with MANET capability.
India–Russia Aircraft Deal Signed
HAL and Russia’s UAC signed MoU (27 Oct) to manufacture SJ-100 regional commuter aircraft in India under the UDAN scheme.
MDL–Swan Defence Partner on Naval Projects
Agreement signed (28 Oct) to jointly build Landing Platform Docks worth ₹33,000 crore for the Indian Navy.
Tri-Services Exercise Trishul Begins
Major joint exercise launched 30 Oct in Gujarat & Rajasthan with 20,000 troops, Rafales, Su-30s, T-90 tanks, and Navy frigates.
Pravaig VEER EV Wins iDEX Award
Indigenous stealth electric military vehicle designed for desert & forest missions wins innovation award.

Coal Ministry to Launch KOYLA SHAKTI Dashboard on 29 Oct 2025 for real-time coal analytics and supply monitoring.
NSC Seed Processing Unit Inaugurated at PUSA, Delhi
New 1-ton/hr unit plus 5 additional plants launched nationwide.
President Murmu Becomes First Indian President to Fly in Rafale
Completed a 30-minute sortie from Ambala AFS demonstrating civil-military synergy.
₹1 Lakh Crore Anusandhan Fund Announced
Launched at TiEcon Delhi-NCR 2025 to boost India’s deep-tech, AI, quantum & semiconductor ecosystem.
PM Launches ₹150 Coin & Stamp for Sardar Patel 150 in Kevadia alongside ₹1,219 crore infrastructure projects.
National Marine Fisheries Census 2025 Launched
India’s first digital fisheries census covering 1.2 million households across 9 states & 4 UTs.
Health Ministry Achieves Three Guinness World Records
Under Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan —
- 3.21 crore health registrations
- 9.94 lakh breast screenings in 1 week
- 19.7 lakh health camps
EMRS Schools Celebrate Tribal Heritage (1–15 Nov):
1.5 lakh students across 497 schools celebrate Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh Pakhwada.

Timor-Leste Becomes ASEAN’s 11th Member (26 Oct 2025).
China’s CR450 Bullet Train Breaks World Speed Record at 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, endurance 15 hours.
Japan Launches Yen-Pegged Stablecoin (JPYC) valued up to 10 trillion yen issuance planned.
Cameroon’s Paul Biya Wins Eighth Term at age 92.
Russia Tests Poseidon Nuclear Underwater Drone capable of radioactive tsunami generation.
US Federal Reserve Cuts Rates Again to 3.75–4.0%.
AmazonFACE Climate Project (Brazil) simulates 2050 CO₂ levels for rainforest ecosystem study.
China Launches Shenzhou-21 Mission with youngest Chinese astronaut Wu Fei (32).
USCIS Ends Cheque Payments — shifts to electronic debit system to reduce fraud.

Justice Surya Kant Recommended as 53rd Chief Justice of India (to assume charge on 23 Nov 2025).
Raj Kumar Arora Appointed Financial Advisor (Defence Services) — veteran 1990-batch IDAS officer.

Vajra Chandrasekera Wins Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for novel Rakesfall.
James Anderson Receives Knighthood at Windsor Castle.
Chef Sanjeev Kapoor Honored by World Food Prize Foundation.
Prof. Ravindra Korisettar Receives Rajyotsava Award for archaeological research.
Donald Trump Awarded South Korea’s Grand Order of Mugunghwa.
UNESCO Recognizes Lucknow as “City of Gastronomy.”

FIFA Launches ASEAN Cup for 11 nations.
Indian Chess Triumph 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).

World’s First 3D Wind-Mapping Satellite Constellation (Feilian) announced by Hong Kong’s Stellerus.
India Leads Tracking of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS after NASA outage.
ISRO Prepares CMS-03 Satellite Launch via LVM3 M5 (2 Nov 2025).
ISA Assembly 2025 launches SUNRISE & OSOWOG solar initiatives with 125 nations.

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