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Daily Current Affairs – 24 October, 2025

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    Government Defends Forest Rights Act in Supreme Court

    Context

  • The Central Government has defended the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, before the Supreme Court, emphasizing that the legislation is restoring the dignity, livelihoods, and cultural identity of India’s forest-dependent communities.

    • Background

  • The FRA, was challenged in the Supreme Court in 2008 by Wildlife First, an NGO which called for the eviction of people whose FRA claims had been rejected.  
  • In February 2019, the court directed states to evict all claimants whose FRA claims had been rejected.
  • This triggered widespread protests by tribal organizations and civil society groups across India.
  • The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) subsequently intervened, highlighting serious procedural lapses in the verification and approval of claims. 
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    DAY-NRLM: One of the World’s Largest Initiatives to Improve Livelihoods of Poor

    Context

  • The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development, is one of the world’s largest poverty alleviation programmes.

    • About the Mission

  • Launch: It was launched in 2010 by restructuring the earlier Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), the initiative was renamed in 2016 as Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM).
  • Aim: It is a centrally sponsored scheme, aimed to reduce rural poverty through self-employment and skilled wage employment.
  • Women Centric Model: The mission promotes economic independence by linking women to credit, markets, and technology through SHGs and federations.
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    The Sevilla Forum Launched to Tackle Global Debt Crisis

    Context

  • At the 16th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16) held in Geneva, a new global initiative, the Sevilla Forum on Debt, was launched.

    • About the Sevilla Forum

  • The Forum, led by Spain and supported by UNCTAD and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to create a permanent, inclusive platform for dialogue and coordinated action on sovereign debt challenges.
  • The Sevilla Commitment lays down a roadmap for strengthening development financing and ensuring debt sustainability in developing economies.
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    The UN’s Early Warnings for All (EW4All) Initiative

    In News 

  • The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) at its Extraordinary Congress in Geneva, rallied its 193 Member States to commit to universal early warning coverage by 2027 under the UN’s Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative.

    • UN’s Early Warnings for All (EW4All) Initiative

  • The UN-backed EW4All initiative was launched in 2022 by Secretary-General António Guterres, co-led by WMO, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). 
  • Its goal is to ensure that every person — regardless of where they live — is protected by life-saving alerts for hazards such as cyclones, floods, heat waves or droughts.
  • The EW4All initiative aims to address the growing threat of weather, water, and climate-related hazards—from cyclones and floods to heatwaves and droughts. 
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    India Reframes Its Renewable Revolution

    Context

  • India’s renewable energy sector is moving from rapid expansion to building a strong, stable, and resilient system to support its 500 GW non-fossil capacity target by 2030.

    • About

  • In the past decade, India’s installed renewable capacity (excluding large hydro) rose from under ~35 GW in 2014 to over ~197 GW today.
  • India continues to add 15–25 GW of new renewable capacity annually — a rate that remains among the fastest in the world.
  • The current focus is “capacity absorption” rather than just “capacity addition” — i.e., making sure renewables can be smoothly integrated into grid, market and system architecture.
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    News in Short – 24 October, 2025

    Context

  • Iran ratified a law joining a United Nations convention against terror financing.

    • About

  • Adoption: It was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1999. Entered into force in 2002.
  • Purpose: To criminalize the financing of terrorism.
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