📌 One-Liners
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🧠 Mini-Quiz
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📒 Short Notes
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🌍 International News
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“Parasocial” – Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year 2025Term chosen to reflect rising interest in one-sided emotional bonds with celebrities, influencers, fictional characters, and AI companions.
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India–US LPG Import DealIndia to source 10% of its LPG imports from the US, boosting energy security and supplier diversification.
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CCPI 2026 – India’s RankingIndia drops to 23rd place due to no coal exit plan and continued coal expansion, despite progress in renewable capacity.
🏆 Awards News
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Sixth National Water AwardsPresident Murmu honoured initiatives on water conservation and groundwater recharge across India.
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CII Quality Ratna Award 2025TVS Motor’s Venu Srinivasan recognised for leadership in TQM, innovation and manufacturing excellence.
📰 Ranks & Reports News
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QS Sustainability Rankings 2026Lund University (Sweden) ranked world’s most sustainable; India features 103 institutions, ranking 4th globally.
📰 Summits & Conferences News
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Global Big Cats Summit – India HostingIndia to host summit under International Big Cat Alliance, focusing on the conservation of seven major big cats.
📰 Science & Technology News
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Google Launches Gemini 3Google unveils its most advanced AI model with 1M-token context and state-of-the-art reasoning performance.
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DAE Launches ColoNoX & Rare Earth CRMDAE introduces India’s first nitric-oxide wound dressing and first rare-earth Certified Reference Material (BARC B140).
🗓️ Important Days
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World Children’s Day 2025Observed to promote children’s rights, themed “My Day, My Rights” and “For Every Child, Every Right”.
🇮🇳 National News
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PMFBY Localised Risk ExpansionPMFBY to cover wild animal crop damage and paddy inundation from Kharif 2026 for forest-edge and flood-prone farmers.
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National Action Plan on AMR 2.0AMR 2.0 aims to combat antimicrobial resistance via multi-sector coordination and responsible antibiotic use.
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UK – Country Partner for Hornbill Festival 2025UK selected as Country Partner; British Council to curate programmes; Air India Express to offer 15% travel discounts.
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New Aadhaar Mobile AppUIDAI launches new app with masked Aadhaar, biometric lock, QR verification, and multi-profile support.
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YUVA AI for ALLGovt launches free 4.5-hour AI literacy course to train 1 crore citizens under the IndiaAI Mission.
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India Re-Elected to Codex CommitteeIndia retained seat till 2027 to shape global food standards and push AI-enabled efficiencies.
🧠 Mini-Quiz: Add to Your Knowledge (3 MCQs)
📒 Short Notes: Why Stop at One-Liners?
PMFBY — Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana Localised Risk Expansion Agriculture Insurance
What: Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is the Government of India’s flagship crop insurance scheme; the new localised risk expansion will cover wild animal crop damage and paddy inundation for vulnerable farmers.
How: From Kharif 2026, farmers on forest fringes and in flood-prone areas can claim compensation when notified localised events occur, with premiums still shared by the Centre and states to keep farmer contribution affordable.
Why: The change recognises climate risks and human–wildlife conflict, reducing income shocks for small and marginal farmers and supporting stable agricultural credit, productivity and rural livelihoods.
National Action Plan on AMR 2.0 — Antimicrobial Resistance Health Security
What: AMR stands for Antimicrobial Resistance, where bacteria, viruses and other microbes stop responding to medicines; the National Action Plan on AMR 2.0 updates India’s strategy to tackle this growing threat.
How: The plan follows a One Health approach, linking human health, animal health, food systems and the environment, and focuses on surveillance, infection prevention, rational antibiotic use and strengthening laboratories and regulations.
Why: Unchecked AMR can make common infections untreatable, raise treatment costs and undermine surgery and intensive care, so strengthening AMR 2.0 is vital for patient safety, public health and Sustainable Development Goals.
DAE — Department of Atomic Energy: ColoNoX & Rare Earth Certified Reference Material Materials Science
What: The Department of Atomic Energy has launched ColoNoX, a nitric-oxide releasing wound dressing, and India’s first rare earth Certified Reference Material, labelled BARC B140 by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
How: ColoNoX delivers controlled nitric oxide at the wound site to aid healing, while the Certified Reference Material (CRM) provides a standard sample that labs can use to calibrate instruments and validate rare earth measurements.
Why: These innovations support Atmanirbhar Bharat by strengthening indigenous medical products and analytical standards, improving healthcare outcomes and boosting India’s capability across the strategic rare earth value chain.