Current Affairs One-liners — 02 October 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Thu, 02 Oct 2025
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performed Shastra Puja at Bhuj Military Station, Gujarat, on Vijayadashami, 2 October 2025, and warned that any Pakistani misadventure in the Sir Creek sector would get a decisive response.
- The Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) received 249 applications with proposed investment of ₹1,15,351 crore, nearly double its target, Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on 2 October 2025.
- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the NIELIT Digital University platform in New Delhi on 2 October 2025 and virtually inaugurated five new NIELIT centres.
- Pandit Chhannulal Mishra, the Banaras gharana Hindustani classical vocalist and Padma Vibhushan awardee, died in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, on 2 October 2025 at the age of 89.
- India observed Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October 2025, the 156th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, with tributes led by the Vice-President at Raj Ghat and the Prime Minister.
- Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav laid the foundation stone of 'Namo Van' at Manesar, Haryana, on 2 October 2025 to mark Wildlife Week 2025 (2–8 October).
- The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) completed 100 years on Vijayadashami, 2 October 2025, with the Prime Minister and the Vice-President marking the centenary.
- The Swachhata Hi Seva 2025 campaign (17 September–2 October) culminated on Swachh Bharat Diwas, 2 October 2025, with over 16 crore citizens taking part.
- The National Consumer Helpline (NCH) received 3,981 dockets related to the Next-Generation GST reforms, 69% of them grievances, the Department of Consumer Affairs said on 2 October 2025.
- Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri was remembered on his birth anniversary on 2 October 2025, with the Vice-President paying tribute at Vijay Ghat.
- The Fit India Mission held Freedom Run 6.0 across the country on Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October 2025, with a pledge to end single-use plastic and keep public places litter-free.
- Eleven people, including eight minors, died on 2 October 2025 when a tractor-trolley carrying devotees for Durga idol immersion overturned into a pond in the Pandhana area of Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh.