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Current affairs compilation: October 2025

The whole month in one page, day by day. Use it for revision before Prelims.

October 2026 · 109September 2026 · 142August 2026 · 169July 2026 · 165June 2026 · 139May 2026 · 125

Wednesday, 1 October

5 items
  1. FIU-IND notices 25 offshore crypto exchangesGS3 · Money laundering
  2. India-EFTA TEPA comes into forceGS2/3 · Trade
  3. Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses: ₹11,440 crore, 2025-31GS3 · Agriculture
  4. Rabi MSP 2026-27: wheat at ₹2,585GS3 · Agriculture
  5. RBI holds repo at 5.50%; growth forecast raised to 6.8%GS3 · Monetary policy

Thursday, 2 October

2 items
  1. National Consumer Helpline: 3,981 GST 2.0 complaints and queriesGS2/3 · Consumer protection
  2. NPS Diwas: 9 crore subscribers, ₹15.5 lakh crore AUMGS3 · Pensions

Friday, 3 October

4 items
  1. ₹62,000 crore youth initiatives; 1,200 skill labs in JNVs and EMRSsGS2 · Skilling
  2. NITI tax paper on permanent establishment for foreign investorsGS3 · Taxation
  3. Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan: 18 lakh health campsGS2 · Health
  4. Textile PLI window extended to 31 December 2025GS3 · Industry

Saturday, 4 October

3 items
  1. Employment up 16.83 crore in six years, says Labour MinistryGS3 · Employment
  2. How should free PDS grain enter the CPI?GS3 · Inflation
  3. India-Singapore at 60GS2 · India-ASEAN

Sunday, 5 October

4 items
  1. Arunachal Pradesh gets its first commercial coal mineGS3 · Mining / North-East
  2. Health Ministry meets states on cough syrup safetyGS2 · Drug regulation
  3. Leprosy prevalence down to 0.57 per 10,000GS2 · Health
  4. People’s Plan Campaign and Gram Panchayat Development PlansGS2 · Local government

Monday, 6 October

4 items
  1. Kautilya Economic Conclave 2025GS3 · Economy
  2. NATPOLREX-X oil spill exercise off ChennaiGS3 · Disaster management
  3. NITI Trade Watch: trade at USD 441 billion in Q4 FY25GS3 · External sector
  4. Wildlife Week 2025: human-wildlife coexistenceGS3 · Biodiversity

Tuesday, 7 October

5 items
  1. DRDO releases Indian Radio Software Architecture standardGS3 · Defence tech
  2. Four rail multitracking projects worth ₹24,634 croreGS3 · Railways
  3. India-Brazil Trade Monitoring Mechanism meetsGS2 · India-Latin America
  4. MeitY workshop on takedown notices under the IT ActGS2 · Digital governance
  5. PM Surya Ghar: PSBs sanction 5.79 lakh rooftop solar loansGS3 · Energy

Wednesday, 8 October

3 items
  1. 93rd Air Force Day: CDS on Operation Sindoor and IACCSGS3 · Defence
  2. Draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025 put out for commentsGS3 · Labour policy
  3. Navi Mumbai International Airport inauguratedGS3 · Infrastructure

Thursday, 9 October

4 items
  1. First India-Australia Defence Ministers’ DialogueGS2 · Indo-Pacific
  2. India launches National Red List Roadmap at IUCN CongressGS3 · Biodiversity
  3. NPS and APY assets cross ₹16 lakh croreGS3 · Pensions
  4. Starmer in India: India-UK joint statementGS2 · India-UK

Friday, 10 October

5 items
  1. Bharat Taxi: cooperative ride-hailing with NeGD supportGS3 · Cooperatives / digital
  2. G20 Trade and Investment Ministers meet in GqeberhaGS2 · G20
  3. NITI paper on decriminalising tax offencesGS3 · Taxation
  4. Tele-MANAS app in 10 more languagesGS2 · Health
  5. India-Afghanistan joint statement after FM Muttaqi’s visitGS2 · IR

Saturday, 11 October

3 items
  1. ICGS Sachet visits Maputo with relief suppliesGS2 · India-Africa
  2. New Delhi 6G declaration: 6G as a global public goodGS3 · Telecom
  3. PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana launchedGS3 · Agriculture

Sunday, 12 October

2 items
  1. AI in India: ₹10,300 crore mission, 38,000 GPUsGS3 · AI
  2. Purple Fest: accessibility tools for persons with disabilitiesGS2 · Disability

Monday, 13 October

5 items
  1. Codex spices committee meets in GuwahatiGS3 · Food standards
  2. Defence capex: 51% used by SeptemberGS3 · Defence budget
  3. First National Household Income Survey from February 2026GS3 · Statistics
  4. LEAPS 2025 launched on PM GatiShakti’s 4th anniversaryGS3 · Logistics
  5. India and Canada agree a New RoadmapGS2 · IR

Tuesday, 14 October

5 items
  1. Google AI hub with gigawatt-scale data centre in VisakhapatnamGS3 · Digital infrastructure
  2. GRAP Stage I invoked as Delhi AQI turns “Poor”GS3 · Air pollution
  3. India hosts UN troop contributors’ Chiefs ConclaveGS2 · UN peacekeeping
  4. WPI inflation at 0.13% in September 2025GS3 · Inflation
  5. Mongolia President’s State Visit: 70 years of tiesGS2 · IR

Wednesday, 15 October

5 items
  1. Draft rules under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025GS2 · Sports governance
  2. DRDO’s combat parachute tested at 32,000 feetGS3 · Defence tech
  3. Exports April-September 2025 at USD 413 billionGS3 · External sector
  4. Grants for ex-servicemen doubledGS2 · Welfare
  5. World Food Day 2025GS2/3 · Food security

Thursday, 16 October

3 items
  1. G20 environment ministers meet in Cape TownGS3 · Climate
  2. India and Brazil agree to deepen the MERCOSUR-India PTAGS2/3 · Trade
  3. India at WHO SEARO: healthy ageing through primary careGS2 · Health

Friday, 17 October

3 items
  1. 100th Network Planning Group meeting under PM GatiShaktiGS3 · Infrastructure
  2. “Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar”: unclaimed assets campaignGS3 · Financial inclusion
  3. HAL Nashik: third Tejas Mk1A line, second HTT-40 lineGS3 · Defence

Saturday, 18 October

4 items
  1. First BrahMos batch from Lucknow facilityGS3 · Defence
  2. Nafithromycin: India’s first indigenously discovered antibioticGS3 · Health/S&T
  3. Police Commemoration Day: the Hot Springs ambush of 1959GS3 · Internal security / history
  4. Titanium and superalloy plant opens in LucknowGS3 · Strategic materials

Sunday, 19 October

4 items
  1. DRI seizes Chinese firecrackers at TuticorinGS3 · Smuggling
  2. GRAP Stage II invoked as Delhi AQI nears 300GS3 · Air pollution
  3. Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2025 raise caps in four statesGS2 · Legal services
  4. SDRF advance of ₹1,950.80 crore to Karnataka and MaharashtraGS3 · Disaster management

Monday, 20 October

3 items
  1. PM’s Diwali on INS VikrantGS3 · Defence
  2. RBI Bulletin: CPI at lowest since June 2017; steel dumping studyGS3 · Economy
  3. RBI Bulletin: CPI at lowest since June 2017; steel dumping studyGS3 · Economy

Tuesday, 21 October

3 items
  1. PFRDA consults on valuing G-secs in NPSGS3 · Pensions
  2. UDAN at 9: 649 routes, 93 airportsGS3 · Aviation
  3. XV FC grants of ₹730 crore to rural local bodies in Gujarat and HaryanaGS2 · Local government

Wednesday, 22 October

4 items
  1. Benefit sharing: ₹67 lakh to Dapur BMC for soil microbesGS3 · Biodiversity
  2. Goyal at UNCTAD XVI in GenevaGS2 · International economic bodies
  3. India 9th in forest area, 3rd in annual forest gain: FAOGS3 · Environment
  4. NHAI to survey 20,933 km with network survey vehiclesGS3 · Roads

Thursday, 23 October

6 items
  1. Banking Laws Amendment: up to four nominees from 1 NovemberGS3 · Banking
  2. DAC clears ₹79,000 crore proposalsGS3 · Defence
  3. DAY-NRLM: 10 crore households in 90.9 lakh SHGsGS2 · Poverty
  4. Defence Procurement Manual 2025 releasedGS3 · Defence
  5. International Snow Leopard Day: #23for23GS3 · Biodiversity
  6. IT Rules amended: safeguards on takedown ordersGS2 · Digital governance

Friday, 24 October

5 items
  1. Bharat International Rice Conference 2025GS3 · Agri exports
  2. Draft ISI Bill, 2025: comments till 3 NovemberGS2 · Institutions
  3. INS Vikrant: 76% indigenous contentGS3 · Defence
  4. LC75 and BLC options for central employees under NPS/UPSGS3 · Pensions
  5. National Blockchain Framework: 34 crore documents verifiedGS3 · Emerging tech

Saturday, 25 October

4 items
  1. 22 languages, digitally: Bhashini and BharatGenGS2/3 · Language tech
  2. Centre’s strategy against Naxalism: target March 2026GS3 · Internal security
  3. Maha MedTech Mission launched by ANRF, ICMR and Gates FoundationGS3 · Health tech
  4. Two more Centres of Excellence under critical mineral missionGS3 · Minerals

Sunday, 26 October

3 items
  1. 22nd ASEAN-India Summit: Timor-Leste joins ASEANGS2 · Act East
  2. Jal Jeevan Mission: 15.72 crore homes with tap waterGS2 · Water
  3. Maritime India: 95% of trade by volume goes by seaGS3 · Ports

Monday, 27 October

3 items
  1. ₹15,096 crore pulses and oilseeds procurement for four statesGS3 · Agriculture
  2. ECMS first batch: seven projects, ₹5,500 croreGS3 · Electronics
  3. EAM at the 20th East Asia SummitGS2 · IR

Tuesday, 28 October

5 items
  1. Central Supervisory Board on the PC&PNDT ActGS2 · Gender
  2. IIP grows 4.0% in September 2025GS3 · Industry
  3. Rabi NBS rates: ₹37,952 croreGS3 · Fertilisers
  4. Red sanders farmers get benefit-sharing moneyGS3 · Biodiversity
  5. Terms of Reference for the 8th Central Pay CommissionGS2/3 · Governance

Wednesday, 29 October

5 items
  1. DRDO hands 12 technology licences to industry at SAMANVAYGS3 · Defence
  2. GI-tagged Indi and Puliyankudi limes flown to UKGS3 · Agri exports
  3. India-Russia military cooperation working group meetsGS2 · India-Russia
  4. NeVA: paperless legislatures conferenceGS2 · Legislatures
  5. Rajnath to attend 12th ADMM-PlusGS2 · ASEAN

Thursday, 30 October

2 items
  1. How should rent enter the new CPI?GS3 · Inflation
  2. Kevadia: ₹1,219 crore projects on Sardar Patel’s 150thGS1 · Modern history

Friday, 31 October

5 items
  1. Central accounts to September: 49.5% of receipts inGS3 · Budget
  2. Delhi’s best Jan-Oct air quality in eight yearsGS3 · Air pollution
  3. First fully digital Marine Fisheries CensusGS3 · Fisheries
  4. India-US defence framework talks at ADMM-PlusGS2 · India-US
  5. Sardar Patel’s 150th JayantiGS1 · Modern history