UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 08-11-2025

One Liners 08-11-2025

History, Art and Culture

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Memorial-cum-Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum

Inaugurated in – Chhattisgarh.
Aim – To reveal the story of Chhattisgarh’s tribal resistance through a series of thematic galleries.
Freedom Struggles – Cover major uprisings such as Halba Kranti, Sarguja Kranti, Bhopalpattanam Kranti, Paralkot Kranti, Tarapur Kranti, Meria Kranti, Koi Kranti, Lingagiri Kranti, Muria Kranti, and the iconic Bhumkal Kranti led by Gundadhur and Lal Kalindra Singh.
Women’s Resistance – Highlights the Rani Cho-Ris Kranti (1878), a pioneering women-led protest.
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh and 1857 Revolt – Chronicles his defiance against British tyranny and his martyrdom in the 1^st freedom struggle of Chhattisgarh.
Freedom Movement Participation – Showcases Jhanda Satyagrah and Jungle Satyagrah, reflecting tribal participation in Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent movements.

Economy

National Conference on Handlooms & Handicrafts 2025

It is the 2-day conference brought together senior officials from States and Union Territories, policymakers, and sector experts to chart a unified vision for the growth of India’s handloom and handicraft industries.
Held in – Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Organised by – The Offices of the Development Commissioner (Handlooms) and Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles.
2 key objectives – To assess the current landscape of the handmade economy.
To shape the framework of a forthcoming national scheme aimed at deeper State participation, integrated governance, and sustainable sectoral development.

IPPB MoU EPFO

India Post Payments Bank Signs MoU with Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).
Objectives – To provide doorstep Digital Life Certificate (DLC) services to its pensioners under the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS'95).
IPPB will leverage its wide network of over 1.65 lakh Post Offices and 3 lakh+ postal service providers (Postmen and Gramin Dak Sevaks) equipped with doorstep banking devices, using of digital process of face authentication technology and fingerprint biometric authentication.
To assist EPFO pensioners in submitting their Digital Life Certificates conveniently from their homes, eliminating the need for them to visit bank branches or EPFO offices to submit traditional paper-based certificates.

Agriculture

Fortified Rice

APEDA Facilitates Export of 20 MT Fortified Rice from Chhattisgarh to Papua New Guinea.

Manufactured by – Blending rice flour with micronutrients such as iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12.
The fortified blend is extruded and shaped to resemble natural rice grains, which are subsequently mixed with regular rice at a prescribed ratio to enhance the nutritional profile of the staple.
Significance – The export from India highlights the nation’s technological prowess in food fortification and reaffirms its commitment to contributing to global food and nutritional security.

Security

3^rd Edition of Maritime Information Sharing Workshop 2025

1^st conducted in – 2019.
Conducted by – Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR).
Theme – “Enhancing Real-Time Coordination and Information Sharing Across the Indian Ocean Region,”.
Aim – To fortify the collaborative framework essential for safeguarding the world's most vital sea lanes.
Significance – In line with India’s vision of ‘Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions (MAHASAGAR)’.
It is a testament to the IFC-IOR’s commitment to building a cohesive, transparent, and resilient maritime information ecosystem.

Indian Naval Ship Savitri to Port Louis, Mauritius

INS Savitri undertakes crucial joint Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) surveillance activities alongside the Mauritius National Coast Guard (NCG) ships and aircraft.
Aim – To ensure security across the maritime zones of Mauritius while simultaneously enhancing interoperability and coordination between the Indian Navy and the Mauritius NCG.
Significance – It reaffirms the strong defence cooperation between India and Mauritius, a partnership built on mutual trust, shared values, and common maritime interests.

17^th India-Israel Joint Working Group meeting on Defence Cooperation

Held in – Tel Aviv.
Objectives – To provide a unified vision and policy direction to deepen the already strong defence cooperation between the two countries.
To enable sharing of advanced tech and promote co-development & co-production by MoU.

Army Sports Conclave 2025

Hosted by – Indian Army
Aim – To reaffirm the Army’s commitment to nurturing champions and contributing to the nation’s vision of Olympic Mission 2036.
Significance – It marked the Army’s alignment with the recently formulated Army Roadmap 2032, the National Sports Development Bill and Khel Niti 2025.

Science

India's 1^st Extensive Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Network

DST has successfully demonstrated India's first extensive Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network.

Achievement by – Bangalore-based quantum technology company, which involves a network deployed over existing optical fiber infrastructure, marks a significant milestone in quantum-secure communication.
Spanning over – 500 kilometres.
Planned and engineered by – Southern Command Signals.
Supported under – National Quantum Mission (NQM) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
Funded through – The I-Hub Quantum Technology Foundation, a Technology Innovation Hub under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NMICPS) hosted at IISER Pune.
Significance – The initiative exemplifies the Synergy of Technology, Research, Industry, and Defence Ecosystem (STRIDE) in fostering collaboration across key sectors to strengthen the nation's technological capabilities.

Index

State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2025 report

Released by – Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Highlights –
A global crisis of land degradation affecting 1.7 billion people, threatening food security and ecosystems.
Agricultural expansion drives deforestation, with significant impacts in Asia and Africa.
Reversing degradation could feed millions, but farm size and resource access create disparities in managing land sustainably.