Current Affairs One-liners — 22 October 2025

Wed, 22 Oct 2025

• India moved up to 9th place globally in total forest area, from 10th, and kept 3rd place in annual forest area gain, according to the FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025 released in Bali (PIB, 22 October 2025).
• Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal led India's delegation and delivered the national statement at the 16th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XVI) in Geneva, as reported by PIB on 22 October 2025.
• A PIB backgrounder of 22 October 2025 says IIT Madras is developing India's first 7 nanometre processor under its SHAKTI initiative, as announced by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on 18 October 2025.
• INS Sahyadri took part in the sea phase of the Japan India Maritime Exercise (JAIMEX-25) from 16 to 18 October 2025 and reached Yokosuka, Japan, on 21 October 2025 for the harbour phase.
• A PIB backgrounder of 22 October 2025 says the GST cut from 12% to 5% on items such as Pashmina, Namda rugs, apricots and hotel tariffs up to ₹7,500 will help Ladakh's artisans, farmers and homestays.
• On 22 October 2025, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh formally conferred the insignia of Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army on javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra at South Block, New Delhi.
• NHAI will deploy Network Survey Vehicles (NSVs) in 23 states covering 20,933 km of National Highways to collect road inventory and pavement condition data, PIB reported on 22 October 2025.
• The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹67 lakh to the Dapur Biodiversity Management Committee in Sinnar taluk, Nashik district, Maharashtra, as access and benefit-sharing money for commercial use of soil microorganisms (PIB, 22 October 2025).
• On 22 October 2025 in New Delhi, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launched 'Civil-Military Fusion as a Metric of National Power & Comprehensive Security' by Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd).
• On 22 October 2025, Coal India Limited signed an MoU with IIT Madras to establish a 'Centre for Sustainable Energy' at IIT Madras in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
• The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare held a pan-India CPR Awareness Week from 13 to 17 October 2025, giving hands-on compression-only CPR training to 6,06,374 people and reaching over 7.47 lakh citizens.
• The Department of Food and Public Distribution warned on 22 October 2025 that edible oil units not registering or filing monthly returns under the amended Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (Regulation) Order face penal action.
• Principal Scientific Adviser Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood released two AI playbooks, for agriculture and for SMEs, and an AI Sandbox white paper under the 'AI for India 2030' initiative led by WEF's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution India (PIB, 22 October 2025).
• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, with the Ministry of Culture and DPIIT, will hold the Tribal Business Conclave 2025 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, on 12 November 2025, marking the 150th birth anniversary year of Bhagwan Birsa Munda (PIB, 22 October 2025).