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Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs)

Why in news? The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granted operating licences for two indigenously developed 700 MW pressurised heavy w...

PM‑POSHAN Scheme

Why in news? The Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (PM‑POSHAN) completed three years in July 2025. As the su...

Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems Report

Why in news? The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Programme relea...

RBI’s New Policy on Pre‑Payment Charges

Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India has banned lenders from charging pre‑payment penalties on floating‑rate loans taken by individual...

India’s Inequality Report: Moderately Low But Persistent

Why in news? The World Bank’s Spring 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief placed India in the “moderately low inequality” category with a G...

Fourth International Financing for Development Conference (FfD4)

Why in news? The fourth International Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) was held in Seville, Spain, to overhaul the global financi...

Healthy Ageing in India

Why in news? The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru launched the BHARAT study to develop India‑specific biomarkers for health...

NITI Aayog Report on Chemical Industry

Why in news? NITI Aayog released its report “Chemical Industry: Powering India’s Participation in Global Value Chains,” envisioning I...

Backdoor Layoffs

Why in news? Several global technology firms and big companies have been accused of conducting “backdoor layoffs”—measures that reduce...

Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI)

Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India has advised banks to integrate the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) developed by the Department o...

Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme

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 ...

RailOne App – Unified Railway Services

Why in news? In June 2025 the Ministry of Railways launched RailOne, a mobile application that integrates various railway services in a sin...

8 Years of GST

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...