Current Affairs One-liners — 24 October 2025

Fri, 24 Oct 2025

• 'Mahe', the first of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, was delivered to the Indian Navy on 23 October 2025.
• The Government approved extending the LC75 and Balanced Life Cycle (BLC) investment options to Central Government employees under both the National Pension System and the Unified Pension Scheme.
• The Commerce Department announced on 24 October 2025 that the Bharat International Rice Conference (BIRC) 2025 will be held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 30–31 October.
• The year-long national commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Rani Chennamma's victory at Kittur ended in New Delhi on 24 October 2025 with the release of a ₹200 commemorative coin.
• The Ministry of Mines outlined the ₹1,500 crore incentive scheme, part of the National Critical Mineral Mission, to boost recovery of critical minerals from e-waste, spent batteries and scrap.
• A Hyderabad–Bengaluru private sleeper bus caught fire after hitting a motorcycle near Chinnatekur in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, early on 24 October 2025, killing 19 passengers and the motorcyclist.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the Indian Army's operational preparedness at the Army Commanders' Conference in Jaisalmer and visited Tanot and Laungewala on 24 October 2025.
• The Election Commission of India directed that every polling station in the Bihar Assembly election and the 2025 bye-elections have Assured Minimum Facilities and voter assistance, including a new mobile phone deposit facility.
• The Civil Aviation Ministry finalised the Winter Schedule 2025 for domestic airlines, with 26,495 departures a week from 126 airports between 26 October 2025 and 28 March 2026.
• Piyush Pandey, the Ogilvy creative leader behind iconic Fevicol and Cadbury ads, died in Mumbai at 70; the Prime Minister condoled his death on 24 October 2025.
• The Indian Coast Guard launched two Fast Patrol Vessels, ICGS Ajit and ICGS Aparajit, at Goa Shipyard Limited on 24 October 2025.
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development announced that the new toll-free helpline 1515 for POSHAN and PMMVY will replace 14408 from 1 November 2025.
• Project Arunank of the Border Roads Organisation celebrated its 18th Raising Day at Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh, on 24 October 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu attended the centenary celebrations of St. Teresa's College in Ernakulam, Kerala, on 24 October 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a Rozgar Mela by video conference on 24 October 2025 and said over 11 lakh appointment letters had been issued through Rozgar Melas.