Current Affairs One-liners — 03 November 2025

Mon, 03 Nov 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 3 November 2025 and launched the ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme Fund.
• The World Cooperative Monitor 2025, released by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) in Doha, Qatar, on 3 November 2025, ranked India's Amul first and IFFCO second in the global ranking of cooperatives by turnover relative to GDP per capita.
• NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub unveiled 'Reimagining Agriculture: A Roadmap for Frontier Technology Led Transformation' in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on 3 November 2025 in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
• Union DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the North Eastern Science & Technology (NEST) Cluster at IIT Guwahati, Assam, on 3 November 2025 and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth ₹635 crore across Assam.
• The Union Government said on 3 November 2025 that it had released over ₹444 crore of Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) grants for rural local bodies in Odisha for 2025–26.
• The Election Commission said on 3 November 2025 that seizures of illicit inducements linked to the Bihar Assembly election and bye-elections had crossed ₹108.19 crore.
• President Droupadi Murmu addressed the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in Dehradun on 3 November 2025 to mark the Silver Jubilee of the state's formation, and later attended the commemoration of 125 years of Raj Bhavan, Nainital.
• At least 19 people were killed when a gravel-laden tipper lorry collided head-on with a Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) bus near Mirajaguda in Chevella mandal of Rangareddy district, Telangana, on 3 November 2025.
• A speeding dumper truck ploughed into at least 17 vehicles near Loha Mandi in the Harmada area of Jaipur, Rajasthan, on the afternoon of 3 November 2025, killing 14 people and injuring 13.
• Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan met members of the Federation of Indian Coir Exporters' Associations (FICEA) in Kollam, Kerala, on 3 November 2025 and urged them to make Indian coir a global brand.