Current Affairs One-liners — 04 November 2025

Tue, 04 Nov 2025

• The enumeration phase of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Phase II, began on 4 November 2025 in 9 states and 3 Union Territories, covering nearly 51 crore electors.
• The Government of India notified the Rules for 'Sustainable Harnessing of Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)' on 4 November 2025, giving fishermen cooperatives and Fish Farmer Producer Organisations priority for deep-sea fishing.
• The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) said on 4 November 2025 that it had disbursed ₹3 crore to 199 beneficiaries in Andhra Pradesh, mostly red sanders cultivators, under the Access and Benefit-Sharing mechanism of the Biological Diversity Act.
• India and Israel signed an MoU on Defence Cooperation at the 17th meeting of their Joint Working Group on defence cooperation in Tel Aviv on 4 November 2025.
• Union Steel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy launched the third round (PLI 1.2) of the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Specialty Steel at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi, on 4 November 2025.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) raided and dismantled a clandestine alprazolam factory in Valsad, Gujarat, on 4 November 2025 under 'Operation White Cauldron', seizing drugs worth ₹22 crore.
• President Droupadi Murmu attended the 20th convocation ceremony of Kumaun University at Nainital, Uttarakhand, on 4 November 2025.
• Bengaluru-based startup QNu Labs, supported under the National Quantum Mission, announced on the sidelines of ESTIC 2025 in New Delhi on 4 November 2025 that it had demonstrated India's first extensive Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network, spanning over 500 km.
• The Indian Army organised the Army Sports Conclave 2025 at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, on 4 November 2025 to support India's Olympic Mission 2036.
• APEDA said on 4 November 2025 that it had facilitated the first export consignment of 12 metric tonnes of Fortified Rice Kernel (FRK) from Chhattisgarh to Costa Rica.