Current Affairs for 13 October 2025 (Special for UP APO, Jharkhand APO & Haryana ADA)
Foreign Minister of Afghanistan visited India
India upgraded its “technical mission” in Kabul to a full-fledged embassy. The Taliban was allowed to appoint diplomats at the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi. India had closed its embassy in Kabul after the Taliban takeover in August 2021. In June 2022, India re-established its diplomatic presence with a “technical team.” Both nations agreed to jointly combat terrorism in all its forms.
Ministry of External Affairs Invites Comments on Draft Overseas Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2025
The Bill aims to consolidate and amend the law regarding Indian citizens accessing the global workplace.
It establishes a robust, transparent framework for safe, legal, orderly, and regular mobility for overseas employment and stay abroad for work-related purposes.
It will replace the existing Emigration Act, 1983.
The legislation is necessitated by deepening globalization, which has created new opportunities, and the need to protect vulnerable citizens seeking overseas work.
Nobel Prize 2025 List
Six Nobel categories were awarded in 2025: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.
Physics: Awarded to John M. Martinis, John Clarke, and Michel Devoret for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.
Chemistry: Awarded to Omar M. Yaghi, Susumu Kitagawa, and Richard Robson for their work on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).
Physiology or Medicine: Awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for discoveries about peripheral immune tolerance.
Literature: Awarded to László Krasznahorkai for his visionary literary works that reaffirm the power of art amid apocalyptic themes.
Peace: Awarded to María Corina Machado for her efforts to promote democracy and human rights in Venezuela and her struggle for a peaceful transition to democracy.
Economic Sciences: The laureate(s) for 2025 have not yet been announced.
