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Daily Current Affairs: 1 November 2025

Current affairs of 1 November 2025: Himalayan Early Warning System: Why It Is Needed; Aadhaar Vision 2032: UIDAI’s Ten-Year Digital ID Plan; Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak 2025: 1,466 Police Honoured, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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National Affairs

Government Schemes

Banking & Finance

Economy

Economy

6. India Crosses 500 GW Installed Power Capacity Mark

  • Total installed power capacity reached 500.89 GW, according to PIB data published on 1 November 2025.
  • Non-fossil capacity stands at 256.09 GW, about 51% of the total; fossil capacity is 244.80 GW (49%).
  • India ranks 3rd globally in solar capacity, and 4th in both wind and overall renewable capacity.
  • The COP26 Panchamrit target of 50% non-fossil capacity by 2030 was met five years ahead of schedule.
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International Affairs

Economy

7. Chabahar Port: India Gets Six-Month US Sanctions Waiver

  • The US granted India a six-month sanctions waiver for Chabahar Port, running from October 2025 to April 2026.
  • The earlier US exemption for Chabahar had been revoked in September 2025, exposing linked entities to penalties.
  • Chabahar lies in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province on the Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz.
  • India Ports Global Ltd. has run the Shahid Beheshti Terminal since taking over operations in 2018.
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Agriculture & Rural

Science & Technology

Science & Technology

11. Shenzhou-21 Launched: Chinese Crew and Four Mice Head to Tiangong

  • Shenzhou-21 lifted off at 11:44 pm local time on 31 October 2025 on a Long March-2F rocket from Jiuquan.
  • Crew: commander Zhang Lu, flight engineer Wu Fei and payload specialist Zhang Hongzhang, for a six-month stay.
  • Wu Fei, aged 32, is described as China's youngest astronaut to reach orbit.
  • Four lab mice, two male and two female, are flying for microgravity studies.
  • Docking with Tiangong was expected about three and a half hours after launch.
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Environment & Ecology

Defence & Security

International Relations

14. India-ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting Held in Kuala Lumpur

  • The second India-ASEAN Defence Ministers' Informal Meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh represented India at the meeting.
  • The ASEAN-India Plan of Action (2026-2030) was presented as a blueprint for collective defence cooperation.
  • Initiatives named include a women-in-UN-peacekeeping programme, a defence think-tank interaction and an India-ASEAN Maritime Exercise.
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