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Why in news? The Union government launched the second phase of Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms, branded as the GST Bachat Utsav, in late Septembe...
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Why in news? The Union government launched the second phase of Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms, branded as the GST Bachat Utsav, in late Septembe...
Why in news? The Tirah Valley has been in the news because of renewed security operations in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Understanding t...
Why in news? The forest department of Jharkhand announced in September 2025 that Betla National Park will host India’s first artificial‑intelligen...
Why in News? Andhra Pradesh’s Mana Mitra initiative has attracted nationwide attention as a pioneering experiment in digital governance. In Septembe...
Why in News? The Comptroller & Auditor General of India released the State Finances Publication 2025, an annual report that analyses expenditure patte...
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...
Evo: AI Model for Genomics Stanford University and the Arc Institute unveiled Evo, an artificial‑intelligence model designed for the world of DNA. U...
Why in News? Despite banning single‑use plastic (SUP) in 2016, Karnataka continues to struggle with widespread usage. Investigations in 2025 exposed...
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 ...
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...
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...
Why in News? In September 2025, Surajpur district in Chhattisgarh declared 75 village panchayats “Child Marriage‑Free”. This milestone reflects ...
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...
Why in news? The World Trade Organization’s World Trade Report 2025 highlighted the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform global tr...
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...
Why in news? The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) launched a new Passbook Lite feature on its member portal. The feature aims to simpli...
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...
Why in news? The Department of Fisheries signed a technical cooperation agreement with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to modernise...
Why in news? Conservationists in Hong Kong installed nest boxes for the critically endangered yellow‑crested cockatoo, as natural tree hollows have ...
Why in news? The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released its Global Innovation Index 2025, ranking 139 economies. India rose to 38th ...