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State Finances Publication 2025 by the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG)

Why in News? The Comptroller & Auditor General of India released the State Finances Publication 2025, an annual report that analyses expenditure patte...

Semiconductor Designers and India’s Chip Dreams

Semiconductor Designers and India’s Chip Dreams

Why in News? India’s chip design ecosystem is in the spotlight. By September 2025 the country’s engineers were designing thousands of integrated c...

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Facts for Prelims

Evo: AI Model for Genomics Stanford University and the Arc Institute unveiled Evo, an artificial‑intelligence model designed for the world of DNA. U...

Single‑Use Plastic Ban in Karnataka

Single‑Use Plastic Ban in Karnataka

Why in News? Despite banning single‑use plastic (SUP) in 2016, Karnataka continues to struggle with widespread usage. Investigations in 2025 exposed...

Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement

Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement

Why in News? Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement in September 2025, pledging that an attack on one country would be ...

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India’s Manufacturing Momentum

Why in News? Data released in September 2025 showed India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing 3.5 % year‑on‑year in July, with manufa...

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Facts for Prelims

Trump Imposes a US$ 100,000 Fee on H‑1B Visas In a controversial move, the US administration imposed a US$ 100,000 fee on each H‑1B visa applicati...

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Surajpur – A Model for Child Marriage Eradication

Why in News? In September 2025, Surajpur district in Chhattisgarh declared 75 village panchayats “Child Marriage‑Free”. This milestone reflects ...

Equalising Primary Food Consumption in India

Equalising Primary Food Consumption in India

Why in news? A recent study using the thali index highlighted that nearly half of rural Indians and a fifth of urban Indians cannot afford two balance...

World Trade Report 2025: AI as a Trade Multiplier

World Trade Report 2025: AI as a Trade Multiplier

Why in news? The World Trade Organization’s World Trade Report 2025 highlighted the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform global tr...

Plasticdweep: Lakshadweep’s Waste Crisis

Plasticdweep: Lakshadweep’s Waste Crisis

Why in news? A massive fire at Minicoy Island’s dump yard in August 2025 exposed a waste crisis in India’s Lakshadweep islands. An estimated 4,000...

EPFO Passbook Lite

EPFO Passbook Lite

Why in news? The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) launched a new Passbook Lite feature on its member portal. The feature aims to simpli...

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Seven Natural Heritage Sites Added to UNESCO’s Tentative List

Why in news? Seven Indian natural sites were added to UNESCO’s Tentative List in 2025. Being placed on the list is the first step towards World Heri...

India and FAO Join Hands to Build Blue Ports

India and FAO Join Hands to Build Blue Ports

Why in news? The Department of Fisheries signed a technical cooperation agreement with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to modernise...

Yellow-Crested Cockatoos

Yellow-Crested Cockatoos

Why in news? Conservationists in Hong Kong installed nest boxes for the critically endangered yellow‑crested cockatoo, as natural tree hollows have ...

WIPO Global Innovation Index 2025

WIPO Global Innovation Index 2025

Why in news? The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released its Global Innovation Index 2025, ranking 139 economies. India rose to 38th ...

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India-AI Impact Summit 2026

Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) unveiled the logo and key initiatives for the India‑AI Impact Summit 202...

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El Niño and Extreme Rainfall in India

Why in news? A new study found that although El Niño usually suppresses the Indian summer monsoon, it increases the likelihood of intense daily rainf...

Ageing Dams in India

Ageing Dams in India

Why in news? More than a thousand large dams in India will be over 50 years old by 2025, and several hundred are already beyond their design life. Age...

Technology‑Driven Disaster Management Strategy

Technology‑Driven Disaster Management Strategy

Why in news? Catastrophic floods and landslides in the Himalayas during the 2025 monsoon underscored the need for modern disaster management. In respo...

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