NATIONAL NEWS

PM visits Adampur airbase

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visted dampur air base, 25km from Jalandhar which played a key role in ensuring air defence during the intense conflict with Pakistan during ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’.
• Adampur is India’s second-largest airbase and houses Rafale and MiG-29 squadrons. It has played an important role in the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan as well.

23rd September as Ayurveda Day

• The government has officially designated 23rd September as Ayurveda Day.
• The Ayush Ministry stated that the change notified through a Gazette notification marks a significant shift from the earlier practice of observing Ayurveda Day on Dhanteras.

Duplicate EPIC numbers

• Election Commission has resolved a nearly 20-year-old issue of similar Electoral Photo Identity Card- EPIC numbers, which got issued to genuine electors due to similar series being used by different EROs since 2005.

Election Commission

National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP)

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level review meeting on the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) and reviewed the recently concluded 100-Day TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan covering high-focus districts.
• WHO Global TB Report 2024, also affirmed an 18 per cent reduction in TB incidence, which has come down from 237 to 195 per lakh population between 2015 and 2023 in India.

Tuberculosis (TB)

Briefing to Foreign Service Attaches

• Director General Defence Intelligence Agency Lieutenant General DS Rana briefed the Foreign Service Attaches of 70 nations on the successful conduct of Operation Sindoor and highlighted that country’s demonstrated strength and national resolve through military superiority in the new-age warfare.

Shourya Samman Yatra

• A Tiranga Yatra titled- ‘Shourya Samman Yatra’ was organised by “Citizens of National Security” in New Delhi from Kartavya Path to War Memorial at India Gate.

IWAI new office in Srinagar

• Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways sets up its new office in Srinagar’s Transport Bhawan.
• IWAI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to develop river navigation infrastructure in three national waterways in the Union Territory i.e. NW-26 (River Chenab), NW-49 (River Jhelum), NW-84 (River Ravi).

IWAI

STATE SPECIAL NEWS

Arunachal Cabinet meets near China’s border

• · The Arunachal Pradesh’ Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu for the first time held at was held at Kibithu, India’s easternmost town, about 15 km from the Line of Actual Control separating the State from Tibet, in Anjaw district.

Arunachal Pradesh

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Arms deal Between USA and Saudi Arabia

• US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed a wide-ranging strategic economic partnership agreement including a huge arms deal worth nearly 142 billion dollars in Jeddah.

United States of America

Crypto Payment in Bhutan

• The Royal Government of Bhutan became first sovereign country to officially integrate crypto payments into its national tourism policy, offering global travellers a seamless, cashless experience while enhancing financial inclusion within the kingdom.

Bhutan

ECONOMY & BANKING

India’s tariffs on Steel and Aluminium

• · India has proposed to impose retaliatory tariffs to counter US duties on Indian Steel and Aluminium and informed the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
• · India maintains that the measures taken by the US are not consistent with the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT) 1994 and the Agreement on Safeguards (AoS).

World Trade Organisation

Payment firms must reveal client info

• Karnataka High Court said digital payment intermediaries such as PhonePe has no complete immunity under the law from disclosing confidential information about transaction details/account credentials of registered users to the police for investigation in a criminal case.

MSP of jute increased

• The Jute Corporation of India (JCI) has increased the minimum selling price (MSP) of jute from ₹5,335 to ₹5,650 per quintal to discourage distress selling of crops by farmers for the crop year 2025-26.

RANKS, REPORTS & INDICES

SIDBI report

• · According to a Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) report titled “Understanding the Indian MSME Sector: Progress and Challenges”, despite comprehensive policy initiatives, MSMEs do not have access to adequate credit when they need it.

SIDBI

ART & CULTURE

Cannes 2025

• The prestigious 78th Cannes Film Festival opened on the French Riviera.
• Robert De Niro, received an honorary Palme d’Or, 49 years after Taxi Driver won the festival’s top prize.

ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

First 3nm chip

• Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated new state-of-the-art first 3nm chip design facilities located in Noida and Bengaluru.

Ferroelectricity

• Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a breakthrough technique to visualise the dynamics of domain walls with unprecedented detail using Ferroelectricity.
• Ferroelectricity is a property of certain non-conducting crystals or dielectrics that exhibit spontaneous electric polarisation, where the centres of positive and negative charges separate, making one side of the crystal positive and the other negative.

BOOKS & AUTHOURS

Book: 1234 The Fitness Guide

• Fitness guru Basu Shanker’s new book titled 1234 The Fitness Guide brought out by Sportstar was released.

DEFENCE NEWS

Akashteer: India’s AI-driven air defence system

• The Akashteer air defence system is the first operational AI-driven war-cloud developed entirely without foreign components or satellite dependencies played a critical role in intercepting and neutralising all inbound Pakistani drones, missiles, micro UAVs, and loitering munitions, effectively preventing any breach of Indian airspace during OPERATION SINDUR.
• Akashteer is an Indian Air Defence Control & Reporting System developed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) equipping the units of Indian Army's Corps of Army Air Defence with a tactical command and control system, therefore improving their capabilities.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)

APPOINTMENTS

Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai

• Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai took oath as the 52nd Chief Justice of India of Supreme Court.
• President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice Gavai at a special ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Supreme Court

Anita Anand and Maninder Sidhu

• Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Anita Anand to post of Foreign Minister in his new cabinet and Maninder Sidhu as the international trade minister.

Canada

Sussan Ley

• In Australia, Sussan Ley has been appointed as the leader of the Liberal Party, becoming the first woman to lead the federal party in its 80-year history.

Australia

SPORTS

Khelo India Youth Games 2025

• In the Khelo India Youth Games 2025, Maharashtra has surpassed the 100 mark in the medal tally and Rajasthan is on the second position with 42 medals, including 19 gold and 9 silver.

Pakistan’s new white-ball coach

• New Zealand’s Mike Hesson named as Pakistan’s new white-ball head coach by Pakistan Cricket Board.