Current Affairs One-liners — 27 October 2025

Mon, 27 Oct 2025

• Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced approval of the first seven projects, worth ₹5,532 crore, under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme on 27 October 2025.
• Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated two deep-sea fishing trawlers for fishermen's cooperatives under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana at Mazagon Dock, Mumbai, on 27 October 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated India Maritime Week 2025 at the NESCO Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, on 27 October 2025.
• Home Minister Amit Shah welcomed the surrender of 21 Maoists, 13 of them senior cadres, along with their arms in Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, on 27 October 2025.
• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 27 October 2025 approved Kharif 2025-26 procurement of pulses and oilseeds worth ₹15,095.83 crore in Telangana, Odisha, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
• The Indian Army marked Infantry Day, the 79th Shaurya Diwas, on 27 October 2025 with a wreath-laying ceremony at the National War Memorial, New Delhi, led by Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi.
• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated a National Seeds Corporation vegetable and flower seed processing unit at Pusa, New Delhi, and five other NSC plants on 27 October 2025, and launched 'Seed Management 2.0'.
• TRAI data released on 27 October 2025 show India's total telephone subscribers rose to 1,228.94 million at the end of September 2025, with overall tele-density at 86.65%.
• The Indian Coast Guard and the National e-Governance Division of MeitY signed an MoU on 27 October 2025 at ICG Headquarters, New Delhi, to integrate DigiLocker for issuing and verifying service records.
• Fisheries Secretary Abhilaksh Likhi, at a review meeting in Mumbai on 27 October 2025, called for more fishermen training in the Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands, with a focus on sashimi-grade tuna handling and export skills.