📌 One-Liners
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🧠 Mini-Quiz
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🌍 International News
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UAE’s First Digital Dirham Government TransactionUAE executed its first government payment using Digital Dirham CBDC via mBridge platform, completed in under two minutes.
📰 Science & Technology
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ISRO Mega Expansion PlanISRO to triple spacecraft production, launch more missions, build Indian Space Station, and conduct Chandrayaan-4 sample-return mission.
🛡️ Defence News
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Crest of INS Mahe UnveiledIndian Navy released the crest of INS Mahe, the first Mahe-class ASW Shallow Water Craft, reflecting indigenous naval capability.
💼 Acquisitions & Mergers
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NAM India–DWS Group PartnershipDWS to acquire up to 40% stake in NAIF, boosting India’s Alternative Investment Fund ecosystem through a strategic collaboration.
🏆 Awards & Honours
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IFFI 2025 (Goa) Highlights56th IFFI to feature 240 films from 81 countries; Japan is Country of Focus, Spain Partner Country, Australia Spotlight Country.
💼 Business News
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Godrej Aerospace Delivers Human-Rated L110 EngineGodrej Aerospace handed over first human-rated L110 Vikas engine to ISRO for HLVM3, crucial for the Gaganyaan mission.
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CII Partnership Summit 2025Hosted in Visakhapatnam with 2,500 delegates from 77 countries; theme: “Technology, Trust and Trade.”
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Axis Bank EVOLVE MSME SeriesAxis Bank held the 10th EVOLVE session to help MSMEs improve efficiency, digital adoption, and market outreach.
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India Becomes 6th-Largest Patent FilerIndia crossed 64,000 patent filings, with 55% from resident innovators, reflecting strong domestic innovation growth.
📰 Obituaries
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Passing of Saalumarada ThimmakkaPadma Shri awardee Thimmakka, renowned “Tree Woman of India,” passed away at 114; planted over 8,000 trees.
🇮🇳 National News
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Revised Royalty Rates for Key MineralsCabinet approved new royalty rates for caesium, graphite, rubidium, zirconium, boosting critical mineral development.
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Saranda Forest to Become Wildlife SanctuarySupreme Court directed Jharkhand to notify Saranda Forest—Asia’s largest Sal forest—as a wildlife sanctuary.
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Ambaji Marble Gets GI TagAmbaji Marble from Gujarat, known for its milky-white quality and ancient heritage, received the GI Tag.
🧠 Mini-Quiz: Add to Your Knowledge (3 MCQs)
📒 Short Notes: Why Stop at One-Liners?
INS Mahe — Indian Naval Ship Mahe Crest Defence
What: INS Mahe is the first Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Shallow Water Craft of the Indian Navy, and its crest symbolises the ship’s identity and role at sea.
How: The crest typically blends maritime symbols, regional motifs and operational elements like sonar or depth charges to reflect ASW duties in coastal waters.
Why: Such crests foster unit pride, continuity of naval tradition and quick visual recognition of a ship’s function in joint operations and documentation.
NAM India–DWS NAIF Partnership — NAM India Alternatives Fund AIFs & Markets
What: The deal allows DWS Group to acquire up to 40% in NAM India Alternatives Fund (NAIF), an Alternative Investment Fund platform managed by Nippon Life India Asset Management.
How: By taking a strategic stake, DWS brings global distribution, product design inputs and institutional capital to NAIF, which structures pooled funds for sophisticated investors.
Why: Partnerships in the Alternative Investment Fund space deepen India’s capital markets, diversify funding for companies and give investors more options beyond traditional mutual funds.
Saranda Forest Wildlife Sanctuary — Asia’s Largest Sal Forest Environment
What: Saranda Forest in Jharkhand, known as Asia’s largest Sal (Shorea robusta) forest, is to be notified as a wildlife sanctuary following directions from the Supreme Court.
How: Sanctuary notification will legally restrict mining, regulate land use and enable scientific management plans for habitat conservation and wildlife protection.
Why: Protection status helps safeguard dense forests, watersheds and biodiversity in a region pressured by iron ore mining, supporting climate resilience and local livelihoods.