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Daily Current Affairs: 23 October 2025

Current affairs of 23 October 2025: GFRA 2025: India 9th in Forest Area, 3rd in Annual Gain; Critical Mineral Recycling Incentive Scheme: EPR Feedstock Plan; Water ATMs Turn Coal Mine Discharge into Drinking Water, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

  1. Water ATMs Turn Coal Mine Discharge into Drinking Water
  2. Shram Shakti Niti: Draft National Labour Policy Explained

Government Schemes

  1. Critical Mineral Recycling Incentive Scheme: EPR Feedstock Plan

Banking & Finance

  1. WACR and Repo Rate: RBI State of the Economy Notes
  2. Mutual Funds Press SEBI to Relax Regulation 24(b) for AMCs
  3. Home Loan Spread Cut for Existing Borrowers: RBI Scraps 3-Year Lock-In
  4. Banking Laws (Amendment) Act 2025: Nomination Provisions
  5. RBI Draft: Unique Transaction Identifier for OTC Derivatives
  6. SEBI Merchant Bankers Regulations: FOCL Barred for Two Years

Science & Technology

  1. MeitY Draft Rules on Labelling AI-Generated Content on Social Media
  2. Google Willow Chip Shows First Verifiable Quantum Advantage

Environment & Ecology

  1. Punjab Farm Fires Drop Sharply in 2025 as per PPCB Data

Defence & Security

  1. DAC Approves Defence Proposals Worth About Rs 79,000 Crore

Reports & Indexes

  1. GFRA 2025: India 9th in Forest Area, 3rd in Annual Gain
  2. RBI Payments System Report 2025: Cross-Border Payment Insights

National Affairs

Economy

2. Shram Shakti Niti: Draft National Labour Policy Explained

  • The Ministry of Labour and Employment released the draft national labour policy Shram Shakti Niti.
  • It aims to turn the Ministry from regulator into facilitator, using digital tools and AI.
  • The National Career Service would grow into a Digital Public Infrastructure for Employment.
  • It proposes universal, portable social security and simpler compliance for MSMEs.
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Government Schemes

Banking & Finance

Economy

4. WACR and Repo Rate: RBI State of the Economy Notes

  • RBI's State of the Economy report said WACR aligned better with the repo rate between 16 September and 16 October.
  • RBI held two VRRR auctions, on 9 and 15 October, to absorb surplus liquidity.
  • SORR moved broadly in line with WACR under the revised liquidity framework of 30 September 2025.
  • Three-month CD and CP yields hardened and the CP–T-Bill risk premium widened.
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Science & Technology

Science & Technology

11. Google Willow Chip Shows First Verifiable Quantum Advantage

  • Google Quantum AI announced on 23 October 2025 that its Willow chip achieved a verifiable quantum advantage.
  • The Quantum Echoes algorithm measures an out-of-time-order correlator (OTOC) and ran about 13,000 times faster than classical methods.
  • Results appeared in Nature and can be confirmed by other quantum systems.
  • Uses include drug design and materials science through NMR-based molecular analysis.
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Environment & Ecology

Defence & Security

Defence & Security

13. DAC Approves Defence Proposals Worth About Rs 79,000 Crore

  • The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Rajnath Singh, cleared proposals worth about Rs 79,000 crore on 23 October 2025.
  • Army approvals include the Nag Missile System (Tracked) Mk-II, GBMES and High Mobility Vehicles.
  • Navy approvals include Landing Platform Docks, 30mm naval guns and Advanced Lightweight Torpedoes.
  • The Air Force item is the Collaborative Long Range Target Saturation/Destruction System.
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Reports & Indexes

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