India Current Affairs — Pichhle 12 mahine

💹 Economy 📍 India Important

Mines Ministry ne auctioned mineral blocks ke liye intermediate timelines aur penalties jodi

PIB (19 Oct 2025): Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2015 amend — LoI se mining lease tak intermediate timelines, delay par penalty, early production par incentive.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Maharashtra Important

Centre ne Karnataka aur Maharashtra ko ₹1,950.80 crore SDRF advance manzoor kiya

19 Oct 2025: Amit Shah ne SDRF Central share ki 2nd instalment (2025-26) ₹1,950.80 crore advance approve ki — Karnataka ₹384.40 cr, Maharashtra ₹1,566.40 cr.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Bihar Important

ECI ne Bihar election aur 8 ACs ke bye-elections ke liye Central Observers lagaye

19 Oct 2025: ECI ne Article 324 aur RP Act 1951 ki Section 20B ke tahat Bihar Phase 1 ke liye 121 General + 18 Police, Phase 2 ke liye 122 General + 20 Police Observers deploy kiye.

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💹 Economy 📍 India

PM Modi ki festive appeal: Indian products kharido — 'Garv Se Kaho Yeh Swadeshi Hai'

19 Oct 2025 ko PM Modi ne festive season mein Indian products kharidne aur social media par share karne ki appeal ki — 'Garv Se Kaho Yeh Swadeshi Hai'.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Uttarakhand

Army Chief ne Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) ke forward posts aur Vibrant Village initiatives review kiye

PIB (19 Oct 2025): COAS Gen Upendra Dwivedi ne central sector ke high-altitude Pithoragarh posts visit kiye; Garbyang aur Kalapani mein homestays jaise VVP initiatives dekhe.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India

World Osteoporosis Day 2025: Ayush Ministry ne bone health ke Ayurvedic upay bataye

World Osteoporosis Day 2025 par Ayush Ministry ne 19 Oct 2025 ko osteoporosis ke liye preventive Ayurvedic care par zor diya — Ayurveda ise mainly Vata dosha se jodta hai.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Gujarat

Notaries (Amendment) Rules 2025: Gujarat, TN, Rajasthan, Nagaland mein notary limit badhi

PIB (19 Oct 2025): Law Ministry ne 17 Oct 2025 ko Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2025 notify kiye — 4 states mein max notaries badhe.

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🎓 Women & Child 📍 India

PM-JANMAN implementation ke liye WCD Ministry ko award; PVTG areas mein 2,000+ anganwadis

PIB (19 Oct 2025): WCD Ministry ko Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan National Conclave (Vigyan Bhawan) mein President se PM-JANMAN ke liye award mila.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 Tamil Nadu

DRI ne Tuticorin port par ₹5.01 crore ke 83,520 Chinese firecrackers pakde; 4 arrest

19 Oct 2025: DRI 'Operation Fire Trail' — Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) par 83,520 Chinese crackers (₹5.01 crore), engineering goods bata kar laaye gaye; 4 giraftar.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Uttar Pradesh Must know

Lucknow facility se BrahMos missiles ka pehla batch flag-off, UP Defence Corridor ke tahat

18 Oct 2025, Lucknow: Rajnath Singh aur CM Yogi Adityanath ne BrahMos Integration & Testing Facility Centre mein bani missiles ka pehla batch flag-off kiya.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India Important

Nafithromycin — India ki pehli indigenously discovered antibiotic; haemophilia gene therapy trial

18 Oct 2025: Dr Jitendra Singh ne bataya ki DBT + Wockhardt ne Nafithromycin develop ki, aur CMC Vellore mein pehla indigenous haemophilia gene therapy trial safal raha.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Bihar Important

ECI: Bihar polls mein voting day par Section 135B RP Act ke tahat paid holiday

ECI (18 Oct 2025): Bihar Assembly polls (6 aur 11 Nov 2025) aur 8 bye-elections (11 Nov) mein employees ko Section 135B, RPA 1951 ke tahat paid holiday.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

Rajnath Singh ne Lucknow mein PTC Industries ka Titanium & Superalloy plant nation ko dedicate kiya

18 Oct 2025, Lucknow: PTC Industries ke Strategic Materials Technology Complex mein aviation-grade titanium aur superalloy banane wala plant dedicate hua.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Important

GST Bachat Utsav: 54 monitored products par rate cut ka poora fayda pahuncha — FM

18 Oct 2025, New Delhi: Sitharaman, Goyal aur Vaishnaw ki joint press conference; 54 products par Next-Gen GST ka benefit fully pass on.

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🔬 Space 📍 India Important

Chandrayaan-2 ke CHACE-2 ne pehli baar Moon ke exosphere par solar CME ka asar dekha

18 October 2025: ISRO ne bataya ki Chandrayaan-2 orbiter ke CHACE-2 ne pehli baar Sun ke Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) ka Moon ke exosphere par asar observe kiya.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India

FASTag Annual Pass 25 lakh users paar; Rajmargyatra app se gift kar sakte hain

MoRTH (18 Oct 2025): 15 Aug 2025 ko launch hua FASTag Annual Pass 2 mahine mein 25 lakh users aur ~5.67 crore transactions paar.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India

CPI-AL/RL September 2025: AL 136.23, RL 136.42

PIB (18 Oct 2025): Labour Bureau ka CPI-AL 0.11 points gir kar 136.23 aur CPI-RL 0.18 gir kar 136.42 (base 2019=100).

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 India

Lt Gen CG Muralidharan bane DGMS (Army)

PIB (18 Oct 2025): Lt Gen CG Muralidharan ne Lt Gen Sadhna S Nair (retired 30 Sep 2025) se DGMS (Army) ka charge liya.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India

IndiaAI aur WHO ka Global South ke liye AI-in-health casebook, abstracts invite

PIB (18 Oct 2025): IndiaAI Mission (MeitY) + WHO ne AI in health par abstracts maange — last date 31 Oct 2025.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala

6th ASW Shallow Water Craft 'Magdala' Cochin Shipyard mein launch

18 Oct 2025, CSL Kochi (Kerala): BY 528 (Magdala), 8 ASW SWCs mein se 6th, launch hua.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Uttar Pradesh

Shivraj Singh Chouhan ki Dumri Khurd, Gorakhpur (UP) mein Gram Chaupal

18 Oct 2025: Shivraj Singh Chouhan ne Gorakhpur ke Dumri Khurd gaon mein Gram Chaupal ki; agri machinery par GST 12%/18% se 5%.

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🎓 Education 📍 Bihar

Kalmyk State University (Russia) aur Nalanda University ka Memorandum of Cooperation

PIB (18 Oct 2025): Elista (Kalmykia, Russia) ki Kalmyk State University ne Nalanda University ke saath MoC sign kiya.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Maharashtra Must know

HAL Nashik mein 3rd LCA Mk1A aur 2nd HTT-40 production line ka udghatan

17 Oct 2025, HAL Nashik (Maharashtra): Rajnath Singh ne LCA Tejas Mk1A ki 3rd aur HTT-40 ki 2nd production line inaugurate ki; pehla Nashik-built Mk1A flag-off.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Assam Important

Guwahati mein CCSCH8: large cardamom, vanilla, coriander ke Codex standards final

PIB (17 Oct 2025): Guwahati (Assam) mein Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs ke 8th session ne 3 naye standards final kiye.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 West Bengal Important

IWAI ne Haldia Multi-Modal Terminal (WB) PPP operator IRC Natural Resources ko saunpa

PIB (17 Oct 2025): Haldia MMT (NW-1, West Bengal) IRC Natural Resources ko PPP par mila; royalty ₹105.03/tonne.

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🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Rajasthan Important

PM GatiShakti ki 100th NPG meeting: 5 rail, road, metro projects evaluate

17 Oct 2025: 100th Network Planning Group meeting ne 5 projects (2 rail, 2 road, 1 metro) evaluate kiye.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Maharashtra

Navy ne Mumbai mein 11th ACTCM Barge LSAM 25 induct kiya

17 Oct 2025, Naval Dockyard Mumbai: 11th aur last ACTCM Barge LSAM 25 (Yard 135) induct hua.

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🎓 Social Justice & Welfare 📍 India

NHRC ka prison inmates ke human rights par national conference

PIB (17 Oct 2025): NHRC ne New Delhi mein 'Human Rights of Prison Inmates' conference kiya; prison reforms par advisory aayegi.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Chandigarh

IISF 2025: Panjab University, Chandigarh, 6–9 Dec, theme 'Vigyan Se Samriddhi'

17 Oct 2025: Dr Jitendra Singh ne IISF 2025 ka curtain raiser kiya — 6–9 Dec 2025, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

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💹 Economy 📍 Chhattisgarh

GST cuts aur Chhattisgarh: cement, handloom, tribal crafts, dairy

PIB backgrounder (17 Oct 2025): cement GST 28% se 18%, handloom/handicraft/dairy 5% — Chhattisgarh mein demand aur jobs badhne ki ummeed.

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