Current Affairs One-liners — 02 November 2025

Sun, 02 Nov 2025

• ISRO's LVM3-M5 rocket launched the CMS-03 (GSAT-7R) communication satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on 2 November 2025, the heaviest communication satellite launched to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Indian soil.
• India won their first ICC Women's Cricket World Cup by beating South Africa by 52 runs in the final at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, on 2 November 2025.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 42.34 kg of hydroponic weed worth about ₹42 crore from two passengers arriving from Bangkok at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on 2 November 2025 under 'Operation Weed Out'.
• At least 15 people were killed and two injured when a tempo traveller carrying pilgrims rammed into a parked trailer truck on the Bharatmala Expressway near Matoda in Phalodi district, Rajasthan, on the evening of 2 November 2025.
• Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar received the Distinguished Alumni Award of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur at a ceremony on its campus on 2 November 2025, during the institute's 66th Foundation Day.
• The first-ever Sekhon Indian Air Force Marathon 2025 (SIM-25), named after Param Vir Chakra awardee Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, culminated in Delhi on 2 November 2025 with more than 12,000 runners.
• President Droupadi Murmu graced the second convocation ceremony of the University of Patanjali at Haridwar, Uttarakhand, on 2 November 2025.
• INS Savitri, an Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet, arrived at Port Louis, Mauritius, as part of a long-range operational deployment to the South West Indian Ocean Region, the Defence Ministry said on 2 November 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar at Dinkar Golambar in Patna, Bihar, on 2 November 2025 and offered prayers at Takhat Sri Harimandir Ji Patna Sahib the same evening.
• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh reviewed preparations on 2 November 2025 for the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025, scheduled to be held at Chandigarh from 6 to 9 December 2025.