- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday offered prayers at Hanuman Garhi temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya.
- India saw the lowest daily surge in coronavirus cases (12,428) in nearly eight months, the latest data showed, as the government cautions against letting the guard down amid the festive season.
- India logged 12,428 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest in 238 days, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.
- Govt on 25 Oct (Monday) signed a share purchase agreement with Tata Sons for sale of national carrier Air India for Rs 18,000 crore.
- ISRO has invited applications from interested students, researchers and professionals for a one day free online course called Satellite Altimetry for Inland Waterbodies.
- CM of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar, announced a free education scheme in state, to boost the level of education in the state. As per New Education Policy-2020, the state is setting up institutions wherein education will be provided from KG to postgraduate levels.
- Schools re-opened for students of classes 1 to 5 from Monday, strictly adhering to COVID-19 related precautions and guidelines.
- Religious Structures (Protection) Act, aimed at preventing the demolition of religious structures in public places, has come into effect following the assent of Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot.
- CM Pinarayi Vijayan said Laptops would be provided to 45,313 children belonging to scheduled caste/ scheduled tribe category in the state for online learning under the 'Vidyakiranam' project.
- Education Minister V Sivankutty on Monday said that all students in the state who got A plus in all subjects in class 10 would get seats in the courses of their choice as the government would be increasing seats by 10 to 20% and starting additional batches in various districts and taluks of the state.
- Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on 24 Oct wrote to Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin asking the latter to ensure that the maximum quantity of water is drawn from Mullaperiyar dam as the reservoir level may reach 142 ft once the torrential rains intensify. He urged Stalin to release water from Mulla Periyar dam through the tunnel to Vaigal Dam and to gradually release water downstream.
- PM launched the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, one of the largest pan-India schemes for strengthening healthcare infrastructure & also inaugurated various development projects worth more than Rs 5,200 cr in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
- PM Modi inaugurated nine medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh on 25 Oct. The Medical Colleges are situated in Siddharthnagar, Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur and Jaunpur districts. Says, UP will become medical hub of Northern India.
- Schools and colleges will reopen in West Bengal from 15 November, state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced.
- South Indian Superstar Rajinikanth, on 25 Oct (Monday) received the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the National Film Awards ceremony, dedicated the honour to his mentor and late film director K Balanchander.
- Actors Manoj Bajpayee and Dhanush were conferred with the Best Actor Award for their films 'Bhonsle' and 'Asuran' respectively at the 67th National Film Awards.
- Bollywood actor Ananya Panday did not appear for questioning before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday. Ananya Panday is being questioned by the agency after NCB found her chat messages with Aryan Khan, in which they allegedly discussed drugs.
- India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) Vikrant set sail on 24 Oct for the 2nd sea trials, ahead of its planned induction into the Indian Navy by August next year. The 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier, the largest and most complex warship to be built in India, successfully completed a five-day maiden sea voyage in August.
- The Election Commission on Monday issued a show-cause notice to Assam Chief Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma for violating the model code by promising roads and other development projects while campaigning for assembly bypolls in the state
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 18th ASEAN-India Summit to be held virtually on October 28, at the invitation of the Sultan of Brunei.
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