23rd October 2025 Daily Current Affairs
🇮🇳 India / National
**1. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) releases the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025
According to the GFRA 2025, India has moved up to 9th position globally in total forest area.
It continues to hold the 3rd position globally in terms of annual forest area gain.
Why it matters: This reflects positively on India’s efforts at forest conservation, afforestation, and sustainable land management—which has implications for climate goals, biodiversity, carbon-sink capabilities and rural livelihoods.
**2. Diplomatic move: India upgrades its mission in Afghanistan
The Indian “Technical Mission” in Kabul has been upgraded to a full Embassy status.
Significance: Marks a shift in India’s engagement with Afghanistan, signalling deeper diplomatic and development-ties as the region evolves.
**3. School holidays and weather alerts
Schools in several South Indian states (eg. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh) are closed on 23 Oct due to heavy rainfall alerts.
Why relevant: Highlights how weather and natural-hazard conditions continue to impact education schedules and regional planning.
🧮 Other Highlights / Exam-Relevant
**4. Increase in AI investment
India surpasses US $20 billion in cumulative and new investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2025.
Implication: Shows strong push by government + private sector to build up AI-ecosystem, with potential effect on jobs, innovation, regulation and global competitiveness.
**5. Finance / Markets
In equity markets, India’s benchmark indices extended a winning streak for a fourth session as of 23 Oct, driven by strong Q2 corporate earnings and favourable global cues.
