Current Affairs One-liners — 25 October 2026
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 25 Oct 2026
- On 25 October 2026, the International Weightlifting Federation's Executive Board, meeting in Ningbo (China), awarded the 2029 senior World Weightlifting Championships to Ahmedabad, the first time India will host the event; Moscow got the 2030 edition.
- In the 139th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 25 October 2026, PM Modi recalled 'Father of Fiber Optics' Narinder Singh Kapany and Bhai Parmanand ahead of their anniversaries, and hailed e-Sanjeevani, Punjab's 'Nav-Trinjan' cotton project and Maharashtra's award-winning 'Shabari Naturals' packaging.
- On 25 October 2026, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Reserve Bank of India's new Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and highlighted the reach of financial-inclusion schemes such as Mudra, Atal Pension Yojana, PMSBY and PMJJBY.
- Eminent Indian modern painter and former Rajya Sabha member Jogen Chowdhury died at a Kolkata hospital on 25 October 2026, aged 87.
- The National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (Haryana) hosted 'Hack the Fork', India's first AI × Food Tech hackathon, on 24–25 October 2026 with France-based non-profit Hack the Fork.
- On 25 October 2026, the Central Consumer Protection Authority said it had fined Hogar Technologies and Innovations LLP ₹1 lakh for walkie-talkie ads that hid operating frequencies and licensing needs, taking its penalties on 12 entities to ₹58 lakh.
- India's P.V. Sindhu finished runner-up at the $950,000 French Open Super 750 in Paris on 25 October 2026, losing the women's singles final 21-16, 11-21, 12-21 to world No. 1 An Se Young of South Korea.
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal began a visit to the Netherlands on 25 October 2026, touring the Port of Rotterdam, Europe's largest port, as a gateway for Indian goods under the India-EU Free Trade Agreement.
- India women beat Zimbabwe by 121 runs in the second ODI at the BCA Stadium, Vadodara, on 25 October 2026 to take an unbeatable 2-0 series lead, powered by centuries from Harmanpreet Kaur (126) and Deepti Sharma (106*).
- On 25 October 2026, Indian Navy frigate INS Trishul arrived at Civitavecchia, Italy, during its Mediterranean deployment after a Passage Exercise with Italian Naval Ship Carlo Margottini.
- On 25 October 2026, PM Narendra Modi watched the Indian Air Force's Aerial Display-2026 'Wings over Ganges' at Namo Ghat, Varanasi, on the final day of the three-day event marking the IAF's 94th anniversary.
- Chef K. Damodaran, popularly known as Chef Damu, a Padma Shri recipient who set a Guinness World Record in 2010 by cooking 617 dishes in a marathon session, died in Chennai on 25 October 2026 aged 72.