Current Affairs — 22 October 2025

🌿 Environment & Ecology 📍 India Must know

FAO GFRA 2025: forest area mein India 9th, annual forest gain mein 3rd

Bali mein jaari FAO ke Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 mein India total forest area mein 10th se 9th par aaya aur annual forest gain mein 3rd raha (PIB, 22 Oct 2025).

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🌐 International Organisations 📍 Switzerland Important

Piyush Goyal ne Geneva mein UNCTAD XVI mein India delegation lead kiya

PIB (22 Oct 2025) ke mutabik Piyush Goyal ne Geneva mein UNCTAD ke 16th session mein India ka delegation lead kiya aur national statement diya.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 India Important

IIT Madras SHAKTI ke tahat India ka 7 nm processor design: PIB backgrounder

PIB backgrounder (22 Oct 2025): IIT Madras SHAKTI initiative ke tahat 7 nm processor bana raha hai; announcement Ashwini Vaishnaw ne 18 Oct 2025 ko kiya.

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🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 Japan Important

JAIMEX-25: INS Sahyadri Japan-India Maritime Exercise mein, Yokosuka port call

INS Sahyadri ne 16–18 Oct 2025 JAIMEX-25 ke sea phase mein hissa liya aur harbour phase ke liye 21 Oct 2025 ko Yokosuka, Japan pahuncha.

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💹 Economy 📍 Ladakh Important

GST cut se Ladakh ki Pashmina, apricot, Namda aur tourism economy ko boost: PIB backgrounder

PIB backgrounder (22 Oct 2025): Pashmina, Namda rugs, apricots aur ₹7,500 tak ke hotel tariffs par GST 12% se 5% hone se Ladakh ke artisans, farmers aur homestays ko fayda.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Haryana Important

Rajnath Singh ne Neeraj Chopra ko Territorial Army ka Honorary Lt Col insignia diya

22 Oct 2025 ko Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh ne South Block, New Delhi mein Neeraj Chopra ko Territorial Army mein Honorary Lieutenant Colonel ka insignia formally pehnaya.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India

NHAI 23 states mein 20,933 km NH par Network Survey Vehicles lagayega

PIB (22 Oct 2025): NHAI 23 states mein 20,933 km National Highways par NSVs se road inventory aur pavement condition data collect karega.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Maharashtra

NBA ne Dapur BMC (Nashik, Maharashtra) ko ₹67 lakh diye

NBA ne Sinnar taluk, Nashik ki Dapur Biodiversity Management Committee ko soil microorganisms ke commercial use ke badle ₹67 lakh ABS amount diya (PIB, 22 Oct 2025).

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Delhi

Rajnath Singh ne Lt Gen Raj Shukla ki civil-military fusion book launch ki; Op Sindoor = jointness

22 Oct 2025 ko New Delhi mein Rajnath Singh ne Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd) ki book 'Civil-Military Fusion as a Metric of National Power & Comprehensive Security' launch ki.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Tamil Nadu

Coal India aur IIT Madras ka MoU: Centre for Sustainable Energy

22 Oct 2025 ko Coal India ne IIT Madras (Chennai, Tamil Nadu) ke saath 'Centre for Sustainable Energy' banane ka MoU sign kiya.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India

Health Ministry ke CPR Awareness Week mein 6 lakh+ logon ko compression-only CPR training

MoHFW ne 13–17 Oct 2025 pan-India CPR Awareness Week chalaya; 6,06,374 logon ko compression-only CPR training, 7.47 lakh+ citizens engaged.

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💹 Economy 📍 India

Amended VOPPA Order 2025: edible oil units ke liye registration aur monthly returns zaroori

22 Oct 2025 ko Food & Public Distribution Department ne kaha VOPPA Order ke tahat register na karne ya monthly returns na bharne wali edible oil units par penal action hoga.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India

PSA Ajay Sood ne agriculture aur SMEs ke AI playbooks aur AI Sandbox white paper release kiye

PIB (22 Oct 2025): PSA Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood ne WEF C4IR India ke 'AI for India 2030' initiative ke tahat 2 AI playbooks aur 1 AI Sandbox white paper release kiya.

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🎓 Education, Health & Society 📍 India

Tribal Business Conclave 2025: 12 Nov ko Yashobhoomi, New Delhi

PIB (22 Oct 2025): Tribal Affairs Ministry, Culture Ministry aur DPIIT 12 Nov 2025 ko Yashobhoomi, New Delhi mein Tribal Business Conclave karenge — Birsa Munda ki 150th birth anniversary year.

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