OCTOBER 2ND WEEK CURRENT AFFAIRS (NDA 2025)

India to Host UN Peacekeeping Chiefs’ Conclave in Delhi: Senior leaders from 32 nations will attend the three-day conclave starting October 14, addressing modern peacekeeping challenges.
India–Australia Joint Military Exercise AUSTRAHIND 2025 Begins: Fourth edition started October 13 in Perth, focusing on interoperability and sub-conventional warfare.
India & South Korea Begin First Bilateral Naval Exercise at Busan Naval Base with INS Sahyadri and ROKS Gyeongnam.
5th Samudra Shakti 2025 held in Visakhapatnam under the Act East Policy, strengthening maritime cooperation.

Siddi Tribal Community Achieves 72% Literacy Rate, a historic milestone for India’s only Indo-African PVTG group.
India Post Resumes US Services after a two-month halt, adopting a new Delivery Duty Paid mechanism for faster clearance.
LIMBS Dashboard Activated: Tracks 7 lakh+ litigation cases across 53 ministries for real-time updates.
Female Labour Participation Rate Rises to 42%, the highest among BRICS nations.
Finance Commission Deadline Extended to November 30, 2025, chaired by Arvind Panagariya.
NHAI Targets 100% Waste Utilization in highway construction by 2027.
Railways Launch Door-to-Door Parcel Services offering faster and cheaper freight movement.
Sugamya Bharat App Relaunched with AI chatbot support and multilingual access.
India Unveils $77 Billion Hydro Plan to harness 76 GW power from Brahmaputra Basin.
Vaishnaw Endorses Mappls App as India’s answer to Google Maps, boosting downloads tenfold.
PM Modi Inaugurates ₹13,430 Crore Projects in Kurnool spanning power, roads, and defence.
India Celebrates 80 Years of Partnership with FAO and launches ₹600 crore Kapas Kranti Mission for cotton.
NITI Aayog’s “We Rise” Program launched to mentor 100 women-led MSMEs.
AIIA Marks 9 Years of Ayurvedic excellence, serving over 30 lakh patients.
UIDAI Invites Mascot Designs on MyGov portal with ₹1 lakh prize.
IISF 2025 to be held 6–9 December in Chandigarh under theme “Vigyan se Samruddhi: For Atma Nirbhar Bharat.”

Palau President Holds World’s First Underwater Interview using Li-Fi tech to highlight marine conservation.
IMF Raises India’s 2025–26 GDP Forecast to 6.6%.
Uruguay Legalizes Euthanasia, becoming the first Latin American nation to do so.
India Elected Co-Chair of UN-GGIM Asia-Pacific (2025–2028) for geospatial leadership.

Tarun Garg appointed CEO of Hyundai Motor India Ltd (from Jan 2026).
Nirmal Kumar Minda elected President of Assocham; Amitabh Chaudhry (Axis Bank) as Senior VP.
Dan Katz appointed First Deputy Managing Director, IMF (from Oct 6, 2025).
Anant Goenka (RPG Group) becomes President-Elect of FICCI (2025–26).
Akkai Padmashali joins Supreme Court Panel on Transgender Rights.

13 Forest Rangers Receive International Ranger Awards 2025 from IUCN for wildlife protection.
Filmfare Awards 2025: Laapataa Ladies wins 13 awards, including Best Film & Director.
Sonali Ghosh (Kaziranga Director) wins Kenton R. Miller Global Sustainability Award.
Shah Rukh Khan becomes world’s first Bollywood billionaire ($1.4 billion net worth).

Srihari Nataraj Wins 7 Medals at Asian Aquatics 2025; Bhavya Sachdeva wins India’s first women’s medal.
India Hosts Asian Aquatics Championships in Ahmedabad — best-ever medal tally (13 total).
Cape Verde Qualifies for FIFA World Cup; India Misses 2027 Asian Cup.
Ariarne Titmus (Australia) retires from swimming.
India to Host Commonwealth Games 2030 in Ahmedabad.
Khelo India University Games 2025 to be held across 7 cities in Rajasthan (Nov 24–Dec 5).
Sachin Tendulkar Launches “TEN x You” Sportswear Brand.
India Defeats West Indies 2–0 in home Test series.
Mirabai Chanu Wins Silver at IWF World Championships (Førde, Norway).

EY & Microsoft Launch Free AI Skills Training Program with verified digital certificates.
GalaxEye to Launch World’s First Multi-Sensor EO Satellite (2026).
Google to Invest $15 Billion in AI Data Centre at Visakhapatnam.
A.R. Rahman & Google Cloud Launch “Secret Mountain” for AI-generated music avatars.

Current Affairs 2025