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Why in news? The Indian government began work on a “battery passport” for electric‑vehicle (EV) batteries to enhance safety, traceability and co...
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Why in news? The Indian government began work on a “battery passport” for electric‑vehicle (EV) batteries to enhance safety, traceability and co...
Why in news? An official survey released in July 2025 examined how Indians access and use digital technologies. It revealed that while mobile ownersh...
Why in news? The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) recognised India’s first Equine Disease‑Free Compartment (EDFC) at the Remount Veteri...
Why in news? The Ministry of Mines released the Aluminium Vision Document 2047 in July 2025, outlining strategies to transform India into a global a...
Why in news? The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the “3 by 35” initiative in 2025, calling on governments to halve consumption of tobac...
Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted large variable rate reverse repo (VRRR) auctions in 2025 to absorb excess liquidity from the ba...
Why in news? The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granted operating licences for two indigenously developed 700 MW pressurised heavy water react...
Why in news? The Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (PM‑POSHAN) completed three years in July 2025. As the successor to...
Why in news? The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Programme released a join...
Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India has banned lenders from charging pre‑payment penalties on floating‑rate loans taken by individuals or Micro...
Why in news? The World Bank’s Spring 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief placed India in the “moderately low inequality” category with a Gini coeffi...
Why in news? The fourth International Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) was held in Seville, Spain, to overhaul the global financial archite...
Why in news? The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru launched the BHARAT study to develop India‑specific biomarkers for healthy ageing, ...
Why in news? NITI Aayog released its report “Chemical Industry: Powering India’s Participation in Global Value Chains,” envisioning India as a ...
Why in news? Several global technology firms and big companies have been accused of conducting “backdoor layoffs”—measures that reduce head‑co...
Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India has advised banks to integrate the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) developed by the Department of Telecomm...
Why in news? On 1 July 2025 the Union Cabinet approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to generate more than 3.5 crore jobs over two y...
Why in news? In June 2025 the Ministry of Railways launched RailOne, a mobile application that integrates various railway services in a single platfo...
Why in news? The Goods and Services Tax (GST) completed eight years on 1 July 2025. The tax was rolled out on 1 July 2017 to unify India’s indir...