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Daily Current Affairs: October 8, 2025

Presided By: Bhupender Yadav (Union Minister of MoEF&CC) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Theme: "Human-Wildlife Coexistence" (moving from conflict to coexistence).
5 National Projects Launched:
- Phase-II of Project Dolphin
- Project Sloth Bear
- Project Gharial
- Centre of Excellence Human-Wildlife Conflict (CoE-HWC) at SACON
- Project Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves (TOTR)
Hackathon: A 3-week National Hackathon on HWC Co-existence showcased AI-based tools and spatial analytics for real-time conflict mitigation.

Safest City: Kolkata named India's safest city for the fourth consecutive year (83.9 cognizable offences per lakh population).
Most Unsafe City: Kochi (crime rate of 3,192.4).
National Average: 433 cases per lakh population.
Top Safest Cities Ranking: 1. Kolkata, 2. Hyderabad, 3. Pune, 4. Mumbai, 5. Coimbatore.

Allocation: ₹1,500 Crore scheme under the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM).
Duration: FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31 (6 years).
Application Window: October 2, 2025, to April 1, 2026.
Eligible Feedstock: E-waste, spent Lithium-ion Batteries (LiB), and scrap material.

Land Administration: The National Conference on Land Administration & Disaster Management was held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Key launches included the RO Mobile App (work logs for Revenue Officers) and the Integrated Land Administration (ILA) System.
Semiconductor Boost: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw approved the ₹4.95 crore NaMo Semiconductor Laboratory at IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Railway Security: Airtel Business secured a multi-year contract from the Indian Railways Security Operations Centre (IRSOC) to provide AI-based cybersecurity across 26 railway zones.
Marine Safety: The Indian Coast Guard conducted the 10th NATPOLREX-X and 27th NOSDCP exercise off the Chennai coast, introducing the first-ever shoreline clean-up drill at Marina Beach.

SEBI partnered with the NPCI to deploy two major security tools:

Validated UPI Handles: Registered intermediaries will use official @valid IDs (e.g., .brk for brokers, .mf for mutual funds). Valid transactions will display a "thumbs-up" symbol inside a green triangle on the payment screen.
SEBI Check: A self-verification tool on the SEBI portal/Saarthi app to verify an intermediary's bank account details (NEFT/RTGS/IMPS) or UPI ID before transferring funds.

Cosmos Galgal App: Launched by Cosmos Co-operative Bank; India's first youth-focused digital banking app. Features video KYC for zero-balance accounts in under 15 minutes.
Wish Credit Card: A joint launch by PhonePe and Utkarsh Small Finance Bank. It is an FD-backed RuPay credit card with a minimum deposit of ₹2,000.
Biometric Card Authentication: Razorpay and YES Bank launched India's first RBI-compliant biometric card authentication system using facial recognition, transitioning away from traditional SMS OTPs.

MY Bharat NSS Awards (2022-23): President Droupadi Murmu presented 50 awards (including 20 to NSS Units/Programme Officers and 30 to Volunteers) for social service and nation-building.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2025: Awarded to John Clarke (UK), Michel Devoret (France), and John Martinis (USA) for discovering macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in electric circuits—the foundation for modern quantum computing.

Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC): Hagrama Mohilary was sworn in as the Chief Executive Member (CEM) and Rihon Daimary as Deputy CEM in Kokrajhar, Assam.
IIHL Acquisition: IndusInd International Holdings Limited (IIHL) completed a 100% stake acquisition of Sterling Bank, Bahamas, renaming it IIHL Bank & Trust Ltd.

Race Winner: George Russell (UK, Mercedes), leading from pole position to finish.
Podium Finishers: 2nd - Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 3rd - Lando Norris (McLaren).
Constructors' Title: McLaren secured its 10th Teams' Championship with six races remaining in the season.