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Kashi Declaration: A Spiritual Approach to Combating Drug Abuse

Why in news? Youth leaders and spiritual organisations convened at the Kashi Youth Spiritual Summit in Varanasi and adopted the Kashi Declaration, a d...

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Nuclear Medicine Using Radioactive Iodine

Why in news? Hospitals in India continue to rely on radioactive iodine therapy to treat thyroid disorders. Public health magazines in July 2025 highl...

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Gujarat’s Tribal Genome Sequencing Project

Why in news? The Gujarat state government approved a genetic research project in 2025 to sequence the genomes of tribal communities, aiming to improve...

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Kerala’s KITE AI initiative for teachers

Why in news? The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) rolled out a programme to train around 80,000 teachers in using artificial ...

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Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)

Why in news? As of July 2025, the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) had trained more than 1.6 crore young people since its launch in 2015. T...

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GM Maize Field Trials

Why in news? The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) faced protests over confined field trials of genetically modified (GM) maize that combines herbi...

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ICAR’s 97th Foundation Day

Why in news? The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) marked its 97th Foundation Day on 16 July 2025. Celebrations and awards highlighted ag...

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Silicon‑Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells

Why in news? Indian researchers announced progress in developing tandem solar cells that pair traditional silicon with perovskite materials. The proto...

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Fuel Control Switches

Why in news? The investigation into the Air India Flight AI171 crash revealed that inadvertent movement of fuel control switches to the “cut‑off...

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Phase 3 Trials of India’s First Indigenous Dengue Vaccine

Why in news? India has started Phase 3 trials for its first home‑grown dengue vaccine, involving over 8,000 participants across 20 centres. The vac...

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Quantum Noise

Why in news? Researchers at the Raman Research Institute in India reported that quantum noise—traditionally viewed as a destructive disturbance—ca...

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MeitY’s Whitepaper on Quantum Cyber Readiness (CME)

Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) released a whitepaper outlining a roadmap to transition India’s digital infrastructure to qu...

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Sanchar Mitra Scheme

Why in news? The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) launched the Sanchar Mitra programme to boost digital literacy and cyber awareness in rural I...

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HTBt Cotton

Why in news? An expert committee under India’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) delivered a favourable biosafety report on Herbicide�...

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Agricultural Monitoring & Event Detection (AMED) API

Why in news? Google announced the Agricultural Monitoring & Event Detection (AMED) API in July 2025 to make Indian agriculture more data‑driven. De...

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WHO Roadmap on AI in Traditional Medicine

Why in news? The World Health Organization released its first technical roadmap titled “Mapping the application of Artificial Intelligence in Tradit...

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AI‑powered Machine Vision‑Based Inspection Systems (MVIS)

Why in news? Indian Railways and the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) signed a memorandum of understanding in July 20...

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The Dark Web

Why in news? A software engineer from Kerala was arrested for selling drugs on the dark web and had gained “level‑four vendor” status, highlight...

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Gene‑Edited Japonica Rice

Why in news? Scientists at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research used CRISPR‑Cas9 gene editing to boost phosphate uptake in japonica rice,...

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Amaravati Quantum Valley Declaration

Why in news? The Andhra Pradesh government approved the Amaravati Quantum Valley Declaration (AQVD) in partnership with companies such as IBM, Tata Co...

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