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Veteran actor Govardhan Asrani, remembered as the jailer in 'Sholay', dies at 84

Veteran Hindi film actor Govardhan Asrani died in Mumbai on 20 October 2025 at the age of 84; PM Modi condoled his death on 21 October 2025.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 Maharashtra

DRI seizes 46,640 smuggled Chinese firecrackers worth ₹4.82 crore at Nhava Sheva under 'Operation Fire Trail'

On 20 October 2025, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said it had seized 46,640 pieces of Chinese-origin firecrackers worth ₹4.82 crore at Nhava Sheva port, Maharashtra, under 'Operation Fire Trail', and arrested one person from Veraval, Gujarat.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Maharashtra Important

Centre approves advance release of ₹1,950.80 crore SDRF share to Karnataka and Maharashtra

Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved advance release of ₹1,950.80 crore as the second instalment of the Central share of SDRF for 2025-26 to Karnataka (₹384.40 crore) and Maharashtra (₹1,566.40 crore), MHA said on 19 October 2025.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Maharashtra Must know

Rajnath Singh inaugurates third LCA Mk1A and second HTT-40 production lines at HAL Nashik

On 17 October 2025 at HAL's Nashik facility in Maharashtra, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the third production line of LCA Tejas Mk1A and the second production line of the HTT-40 trainer, and flagged off the first LCA Mk1A made there.

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🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Rajasthan Important

100th Network Planning Group meeting under PM GatiShakti evaluates five rail, road and metro projects

The 100th meeting of the Network Planning Group (NPG) under PM GatiShakti, held on 17 October 2025, evaluated five projects — two rail, two road and one metro — including Jaipur Metro Phase 2 and the Gondia–Jabalpur rail doubling.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Maharashtra

Indian Navy inducts 11th Ammunition cum Torpedo cum Missile Barge, LSAM 25, at Mumbai

On 17 October 2025 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, the Indian Navy inducted LSAM 25 (Yard 135), the eleventh and last Ammunition cum Torpedo cum Missile (ACTCM) Barge built by MSME shipyard Suryadipta Projects, Thane.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 Chhattisgarh Must know

258 Naxalites surrender in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra in two days; Abujhmarh and North Bastar declared free of Naxal terror

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on 16 October 2025 that 258 Naxalites surrendered in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra over two days, and that Abujhmarh and North Bastar in Chhattisgarh had been declared free of Naxal terror.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Maharashtra

Sonowal and Fadnavis review India Maritime Week 2025 preparations in Mumbai

On 14 October 2025 in Mumbai, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis reviewed preparations for India Maritime Week 2025, which is expected to draw over 1 lakh delegates from more than 100 countries.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 Maharashtra

DRI's 'Operation Golden Sweep' busts gold smuggling syndicate at Mumbai airport; 10.488 kg seized, 13 arrested

Under 'Operation Golden Sweep', reported on 11 October 2025, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 10.488 kg of 24-carat foreign-origin gold worth about ₹12.58 crore at Mumbai's CSMI Airport and arrested 13 people.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Uttarakhand Important

Two black holes in orbit around each other imaged in OJ287; ARIES Nainital scientists part of the team

PIB reported on 10 October 2025 that astronomers, including scientists from ARIES Nainital and TIFR Mumbai, have for the first time imaged two black holes orbiting each other in OJ287, using the RadioAstron space telescope.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 United Kingdom Must know

UK PM Keir Starmer's first official India visit: missile deal, university campuses, critical minerals and JETCO reset

On 8–9 October 2025 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer made his first official visit to India, holding talks with PM Modi in Mumbai on 9 October; outcomes included a government-to-government route for Lightweight Multirole Missiles, new UK university campuses and a reset of JETCO.

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💹 Banking & RBI 📍 Maharashtra Important

PM Modi at Global Fintech Fest 2025, Mumbai: India's AI approach rests on three principles

On 9 October 2025 at the Global Fintech Fest 2025 in Mumbai, PM Narendra Modi said India's AI approach rests on Equitable Access, Population-scale Skilling and Responsible Deployment, and called India Stack a beacon for the Global South.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Gujarat Important

Vaishnaw reviews Sabarmati bullet train sites: charkha-inspired station, 84-hectare depot; 325 km viaduct done

On 9 October 2025 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw visited Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train sites at Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, where the terminal station is inspired by Gandhi's charkha and the 84-hectare depot is the largest of the project's three.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Maharashtra Must know

PM Modi inaugurates Navi Mumbai International Airport Phase 1, dedicates full Mumbai Metro Line 3 and launches 'Mumbai One' app

On 8 October 2025 in Mumbai, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Phase 1 of the ₹19,650 crore Navi Mumbai International Airport, dedicated the entire 33.5 km underground Mumbai Metro Line 3 (Aqua Line) and launched the 'Mumbai One' common mobility app.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Maharashtra Important

Cabinet approves four railway multitracking projects worth ₹24,634 crore adding about 894 km in Maharashtra, MP, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh

On 7 October 2025 the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved four railway multitracking projects costing about ₹24,634 crore, adding about 894 km across 18 districts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh by 2030-31.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Maharashtra

INS Abhay and fast attack craft INFAC T-82 decommissioned at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai

On 6 October 2025 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, the Indian Navy decommissioned INS Abhay, a Soviet Pauk II class anti-submarine corvette, and INFAC T-82, an Israeli Super Dvora Mk II class fast attack craft, after more than three decades of service.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Madhya Pradesh Must know

Health Ministry meets States on cough syrup safety after Chhindwara child deaths; 'Coldrif' found with DEG

On 5 October 2025 in New Delhi, Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava chaired a meeting with all States and UTs on cough syrup quality after child deaths in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Maharashtra Important

Amit Shah inaugurates India's first cooperative multi-feed Compressed Biogas plant at Kopargaon, Maharashtra

On 5 October 2025 at Kopargaon in Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra, Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the country's first cooperative multi-feed Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Gujarat Important

Vaishnaw and Japan's Transport Minister Nakano visit Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train sites at Surat and BKC

On 3 October 2025, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Hiromasa Nakano visited Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail sites at Surat and Mumbai's BKC.

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💹 Banking & RBI 📍 India Must know

RBI keeps repo rate at 5.50%, raises FY26 growth forecast to 6.8%

The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee on 1 October 2025 unanimously kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.50% with a neutral stance, raised the 2025-26 GDP growth forecast to 6.8% and cut the inflation forecast to 2.6%.

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💹 Economy 📍 Maharashtra

AURIC Industrial Smart City marks six years; AURIC–Samruddhi Connector opened

Maharashtra Industrial Township Limited marked the sixth anniversary of AURIC Industrial Smart City at Shendra on 29 September 2025 and opened the AURIC–Samruddhi Connector to the Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Maharashtra Important

India's first fleet of swappable-battery EV trucks flagged off at JNPA

Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off India's first fleet of electric heavy trucks with swappable batteries at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority on 25 September 2025.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Maharashtra Important

Gram Panchayats win National e-Governance Awards 2025; Rohini (Maharashtra) gets Gold

Gram Panchayats received the National Awards for e-Governance 2025 under a new grassroots category at the 28th National Conference on e-Governance in Visakhapatnam on 22 September 2025, with Rohini in Maharashtra winning Gold.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Gujarat Must know

PM Modi launches works worth over ₹34,200 crore at 'Samudra se Samriddhi' event in Bhavnagar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for works worth over ₹34,200 crore at the 'Samudra se Samriddhi' event in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, on 20 September 2025, and announced that large ships have been accorded infrastructure status.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 India Must know

Seven Indian natural heritage sites added to UNESCO's Tentative List; India's count rises to 69

The Ministry of Culture announced on 18 September 2025 that seven natural heritage sites from India were added to UNESCO's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites, taking India's count from 62 to 69.

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🏛️ Polity & Governance 📍 India Must know

C.P. Radhakrishnan sworn in as 15th Vice President of India

C.P. Radhakrishnan took oath as the 15th Vice President of India and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha on 12 September 2025, administered by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Maharashtra Must know

Rajnath Singh flags off 'Samudra Pradakshina', first tri-service all-women circumnavigation

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh virtually flagged off 'Samudra Pradakshina', the world's first tri-service all-women circumnavigation sailing expedition, from the Gateway of India, Mumbai on 11 September 2025 aboard IASV Triveni.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Maharashtra Important

Two new black Aspergillus species discovered in Western Ghats soil

Researchers from MACS-Agharkar Research Institute, Pune identified two new species of black Aspergillus, Aspergillus dhakephalkarii and Aspergillus patriciawiltshireae, from Western Ghats soil, DST said on 10 September 2025.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Maharashtra

CPRI's Regional Testing Laboratory inaugurated at Nashik

Power Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated the Central Power Research Institute's Regional Testing Laboratory at Nashik on 10 September 2025 to serve power equipment industries in western India.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Maharashtra

Indian Navy's 11th ACTCM barge, LSAM 25, launched at Thane

The 11th Ammunition cum Torpedo cum Missile (ACTCM) barge, LSAM 25 (Yard 135), was launched for the Indian Navy on 8 September 2025 at MSME shipyard Suryadipta Projects, Thane.

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