Current Affairs One-liners — 11 October 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sat, 11 Oct 2025
- On 11 October 2025 at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi launched the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana with an outlay of ₹24,000 crore, covering 100 districts and bringing 36 government schemes together.
- The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses, launched by PM Modi at IARI, New Delhi, on 11 October 2025 with ₹11,440 crore for 2025–26 to 2030–31, aims for 350 lakh tonnes of pulses from 310 lakh hectares by 2030–31.
- On 11 October 2025 Indian Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel Sachet made a port call at Maputo, Mozambique, during its overseas deployment to Africa, carrying 20 metric tonnes of humanitarian and disaster relief material.
- On 11 October 2025, at the International Bharat6G Symposium 2025 held alongside India Mobile Congress 2025 in New Delhi, leading 6G alliances including Bharat 6G issued a joint statement committing to develop 6G as a global public good.
- On 11 October 2025 at IARI, New Delhi, PM Modi laid foundation stones for 7 fisheries projects worth ₹572 crore and inaugurated 9 worth ₹121 crore — over ₹693 crore in all — under PMMSY and FIDF.
- On 11 October 2025 in New Delhi, the Central Electricity Authority marked its 52nd Foundation Day by releasing a roadmap for 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047, a transmission master plan for about 65 GW of Brahmaputra basin hydropower, and the EADMS portal.
- A PIB explainer on 11 October 2025 said the India–EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement, signed on 10 March 2024 and in force since 1 October 2025, is the first Indian FTA with binding commitments on investment ($100 billion) and jobs (1 million) over 15 years.
- On 11 October 2025 Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan paid tribute to Bharat Ratna Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan on his 123rd birth anniversary at Sitab Diara, Bihar, visiting JP's ancestral home and National Memorial in Saran district.
- On 11 October 2025 the Executive Council of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) approved a Special Purpose Fund and the implementation guidelines for the ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund.
- At the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, reported on 11 October 2025, Power Minister Manohar Lal reaffirmed India's support for Africa's Mission 300 to electrify 300 million Africans by 2030.
- On 11 October 2025 Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya felicitated India's para athletes after a record 22 medals (6 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze) and 10th place at the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships.
- On 11 October 2025 President Droupadi Murmu graced the 71st convocation of Gujarat Vidyapith in Ahmedabad, calling its campus the sacred land of the ideals of the freedom struggle.
- Under 'Operation Golden Sweep', reported on 11 October 2025, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 10.488 kg of 24-carat foreign-origin gold worth about ₹12.58 crore at Mumbai's CSMI Airport and arrested 13 people.
- A PIB explainer on 11 October 2025 said the recent GST rate cuts help Jharkhand's steel, iron, farm, forest-produce and tourism sectors, with iron cut from 12% to 5% and tendu leaves from 18% to 5%.
- On 11 October 2025 the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities launched the revamped Sugamya Bharat App at the Purple Fest in Goa as a one-stop digital accessibility hub.