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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 10 JULY 2026
🔆 ECONOMY
📍 ADB Lowers India’s FY27 GDP Growth Forecast
✅ Report: Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2026 – July Update
✅ FY 2026–27 GDP forecast: 6.6%
✅ FY 2027–28 forecast: 7.3%
✅ Inflation forecast raised to 5.2%
✅ Revision due to energy prices and global uncertainties
🔆 STATES
📍 Andhra Pradesh Launches Mee Bhoomi–Mee Hakku Programme
✅ Aims to resolve land ownership disputes
✅ Provides new Pattadar Passbooks to farmers
✅ Launched by Andhra Pradesh Government
📍 UP Launches Cashless Health Scheme for Teachers
✅ Chief Minister’s Teachers’ Cashless Medical Scheme
✅ Health cover up to ₹5 lakh
✅ Benefits over 15 lakh teaching and non-teaching staff and families
✅ Includes insurance support through State Bank of India
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 WIPO Report Highlights India’s Innovation Growth
✅ Report: World Intangible Investment Report 2026
✅ Released by WIPO and Luiss Business School
✅ India fastest-growing among 15 largest economies
✅ Intangible investment reached US$78.2 billion in 2023
📍 Centre Approves Procurement of Copra & Totapuri Mangoes
✅ State: Tamil Nadu
✅ 87,000+ MT copra under Price Support Scheme (PSS)
✅ 96,000+ MT Totapuri mangoes under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS)
✅ Protects farmers from distress sales
📍 EPFO Launches CITES 2.01 Platform
✅ Modernises EPFO’s digital infrastructure
✅ Consolidates 34 crore member accounts into a single database
✅ Auto-settlement limit increased from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh
✅ EPF interest rate: 8.25% for FY 2025–26
📍 Navi Mumbai Airport Notified for Drug Imports
✅ Notified under Drugs Rules, 1945
✅ Total notified drug import ports increased to 42
✅ Decision by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
📍 India & Kyrgyzstan Establish Civilizational Studies Centre
✅ Centre established in Bishkek
✅ Focus on Manas and Mahabharata studies
✅ First Hindi translation of the Kyrgyz epic Manas released
🔆 AGREEMENTS & MoUs
📍 India & Australia Strengthen Strategic Partnership
✅ Signed Joint Declaration on Defence & Security Cooperation
✅ Adopted Maritime Security Collaboration Roadmap
✅ Australia to ensure long-term uranium supply to India
✅ Extended support for Gaganyaan Mission
🔆 SPORTS
📍 Aswath S Becomes India’s 98th Chess Grandmaster
✅ Hails from Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
✅ Achieved final GM norm at Pune International Grandmaster Round Robin
✅ Defeated FM Kannan Vaidyanathan in the final round
🔆 SCHEMES
📍 Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
✅ Launched in 2014–15
✅ Implemented under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)
✅ Promotes farm mechanisation for small and marginal farmers
✅ Subsidy up to 50% for eligible beneficiaries
✅ Higher funding support for North-Eastern States
🔆 RANKS & REPORTS
📍 Jaipur Enters Global Top 10 Happiest Cities
✅ Report: Happy City Index 2026
✅ Jaipur ranked 6th globally
✅ Only Indian city in the Global Top 10
📍 MoE Releases PGI-S & PGI-D Reports
✅ Released by Ministry of Education
✅ Evaluates school education performance of States/UTs and Districts
✅ Uses an absolute grading system instead of rankings
✅ Covers learning outcomes, governance, infrastructure and equity
🔆 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES
📍 Geneva to Host Global AI Summit 2027
✅ Scheduled for 21–22 June 2027
✅ Venue: Geneva, Switzerland
✅ To be held alongside ITU AI for Good Global Summit
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 ISRO Conducts Integrated Main Parachute Test for Gaganyaan
✅ Successfully completes IMAT-05
✅ Conducted at ADRDE, Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh)
✅ Supports first uncrewed Gaganyaan (G1) mission
✅ Dropped from IAF IL-76 aircraft at 2.5 km altitude
📍 CSIR-IICT Develops Indigenous Green Refrigerant Technology
✅ Developed HFO-1234yf process technology
✅ Environment-friendly refrigerant with low Global Warming Potential (GWP)
✅ Alternative to Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
📍 CSIR Develops Smart Algal Liquid Tree (SALT)
✅ Developed by CSIR-CIMFR
✅ Mobile photobioreactor using microalgae
✅ Absorbs CO₂ and releases oxygen
✅ Installed at Dhanbad and Singrauli
#CurrentAffairs
🔆 ECONOMY
📍 ADB Lowers India’s FY27 GDP Growth Forecast
✅ Report: Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2026 – July Update
✅ FY 2026–27 GDP forecast: 6.6%
✅ FY 2027–28 forecast: 7.3%
✅ Inflation forecast raised to 5.2%
✅ Revision due to energy prices and global uncertainties
🔆 STATES
📍 Andhra Pradesh Launches Mee Bhoomi–Mee Hakku Programme
✅ Aims to resolve land ownership disputes
✅ Provides new Pattadar Passbooks to farmers
✅ Launched by Andhra Pradesh Government
📍 UP Launches Cashless Health Scheme for Teachers
✅ Chief Minister’s Teachers’ Cashless Medical Scheme
✅ Health cover up to ₹5 lakh
✅ Benefits over 15 lakh teaching and non-teaching staff and families
✅ Includes insurance support through State Bank of India
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 WIPO Report Highlights India’s Innovation Growth
✅ Report: World Intangible Investment Report 2026
✅ Released by WIPO and Luiss Business School
✅ India fastest-growing among 15 largest economies
✅ Intangible investment reached US$78.2 billion in 2023
📍 Centre Approves Procurement of Copra & Totapuri Mangoes
✅ State: Tamil Nadu
✅ 87,000+ MT copra under Price Support Scheme (PSS)
✅ 96,000+ MT Totapuri mangoes under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS)
✅ Protects farmers from distress sales
📍 EPFO Launches CITES 2.01 Platform
✅ Modernises EPFO’s digital infrastructure
✅ Consolidates 34 crore member accounts into a single database
✅ Auto-settlement limit increased from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh
✅ EPF interest rate: 8.25% for FY 2025–26
📍 Navi Mumbai Airport Notified for Drug Imports
✅ Notified under Drugs Rules, 1945
✅ Total notified drug import ports increased to 42
✅ Decision by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
📍 India & Kyrgyzstan Establish Civilizational Studies Centre
✅ Centre established in Bishkek
✅ Focus on Manas and Mahabharata studies
✅ First Hindi translation of the Kyrgyz epic Manas released
🔆 AGREEMENTS & MoUs
📍 India & Australia Strengthen Strategic Partnership
✅ Signed Joint Declaration on Defence & Security Cooperation
✅ Adopted Maritime Security Collaboration Roadmap
✅ Australia to ensure long-term uranium supply to India
✅ Extended support for Gaganyaan Mission
🔆 SPORTS
📍 Aswath S Becomes India’s 98th Chess Grandmaster
✅ Hails from Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
✅ Achieved final GM norm at Pune International Grandmaster Round Robin
✅ Defeated FM Kannan Vaidyanathan in the final round
🔆 SCHEMES
📍 Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
✅ Launched in 2014–15
✅ Implemented under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)
✅ Promotes farm mechanisation for small and marginal farmers
✅ Subsidy up to 50% for eligible beneficiaries
✅ Higher funding support for North-Eastern States
🔆 RANKS & REPORTS
📍 Jaipur Enters Global Top 10 Happiest Cities
✅ Report: Happy City Index 2026
✅ Jaipur ranked 6th globally
✅ Only Indian city in the Global Top 10
📍 MoE Releases PGI-S & PGI-D Reports
✅ Released by Ministry of Education
✅ Evaluates school education performance of States/UTs and Districts
✅ Uses an absolute grading system instead of rankings
✅ Covers learning outcomes, governance, infrastructure and equity
🔆 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES
📍 Geneva to Host Global AI Summit 2027
✅ Scheduled for 21–22 June 2027
✅ Venue: Geneva, Switzerland
✅ To be held alongside ITU AI for Good Global Summit
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 ISRO Conducts Integrated Main Parachute Test for Gaganyaan
✅ Successfully completes IMAT-05
✅ Conducted at ADRDE, Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh)
✅ Supports first uncrewed Gaganyaan (G1) mission
✅ Dropped from IAF IL-76 aircraft at 2.5 km altitude
📍 CSIR-IICT Develops Indigenous Green Refrigerant Technology
✅ Developed HFO-1234yf process technology
✅ Environment-friendly refrigerant with low Global Warming Potential (GWP)
✅ Alternative to Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
📍 CSIR Develops Smart Algal Liquid Tree (SALT)
✅ Developed by CSIR-CIMFR
✅ Mobile photobioreactor using microalgae
✅ Absorbs CO₂ and releases oxygen
✅ Installed at Dhanbad and Singrauli
#CurrentAffairs
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🔆 Right to be Forgotten (RTBF)
📍 Why in News?
✅ Delhi High Court laid down key principles governing the Right to be Forgotten (RTBF), emphasizing a balanced approach between privacy and the public’s right to know.
📍 What is the Right to be Forgotten (RTBF)?
✅ Right of an individual to request the removal, erasure, or de-indexing of personal information that is no longer necessary, relevant, or justified.
✅ Aims to protect privacy, dignity, reputation, and enable individuals to move on from past events.
✅ Not an absolute right—requires balancing with freedom of speech and public interest.
📍 Evolution in India
✅ Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (2017): Recognised Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right under Article 21; informational privacy may include aspects of RTBF.
✅ High Courts (Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala & Orissa) have considered RTBF in cases involving acquittals, matrimonial disputes, sexual offences, and online personal data.
✅ Courts have consistently balanced privacy, free speech, open justice, and public interest.
📍 RTBF & DPDP Act, 2023
✅ DPDP Act, 2023 does not expressly recognise RTBF.
✅ Provides the Right to correction, updating, and erasure of personal data held by data fiduciaries after the purpose of processing ends or consent is withdrawn.
✅ RTBF extends beyond data protection by addressing public accessibility of information.
📍 Delhi High Court Ruling
✅ RTBF is not absolute; every request must be decided case by case.
✅ Courts must balance:
✅ Article 21 – Privacy, dignity, reputation.
✅ Article 19(1)(a) – Freedom of speech & expression.
✅ Public interest, judicial transparency & open justice.
✅ Judicial records generally remain public records.
✅ Courts may order search engine de-indexing or masking of personal identifiers instead of deleting judicial records.
📍 Constitutional Balance
✅ Article 21: Protects privacy, dignity, reputation, and personal autonomy.
✅ Article 19(1)(a): Protects free speech, press freedom, public access to information, and judicial transparency.
✅ Open Justice Principle: Ensures accountability, transparency, and public confidence in the judiciary.
📍 Challenges
✅ No comprehensive statutory RTBF framework.
✅ Information spreads across multiple websites, archives, and social media, making complete removal difficult.
✅ Foreign websites may not comply with Indian orders.
✅ AI systems, cached webpages, and archived databases can continue reproducing information.
✅ Divergent High Court rulings have created legal uncertainty.
📍 Way Forward
✅ Adopt a multi-layered mechanism:
✅ Data Fiduciaries – Handle routine deletion requests under the DPDP Act.
✅ Search Engines – Implement de-indexing orders where appropriate.
✅ Courts/Independent Adjudicatory Authority – Decide complex cases involving free speech, judicial records, and public interest.
✅ Strengthen coordination between Courts, the Data Protection Board of India, and digital platforms for consistent and constitutionally balanced outcomes.
📍 UPSC Prelims Fact
✅ The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 provides rights to correction, updating, and erasure of personal data, but does not explicitly recognise the Right to be Forgotten as an independent legal right.
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📍 Why in News?
✅ Delhi High Court laid down key principles governing the Right to be Forgotten (RTBF), emphasizing a balanced approach between privacy and the public’s right to know.
📍 What is the Right to be Forgotten (RTBF)?
✅ Right of an individual to request the removal, erasure, or de-indexing of personal information that is no longer necessary, relevant, or justified.
✅ Aims to protect privacy, dignity, reputation, and enable individuals to move on from past events.
✅ Not an absolute right—requires balancing with freedom of speech and public interest.
📍 Evolution in India
✅ Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (2017): Recognised Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right under Article 21; informational privacy may include aspects of RTBF.
✅ High Courts (Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala & Orissa) have considered RTBF in cases involving acquittals, matrimonial disputes, sexual offences, and online personal data.
✅ Courts have consistently balanced privacy, free speech, open justice, and public interest.
📍 RTBF & DPDP Act, 2023
✅ DPDP Act, 2023 does not expressly recognise RTBF.
✅ Provides the Right to correction, updating, and erasure of personal data held by data fiduciaries after the purpose of processing ends or consent is withdrawn.
✅ RTBF extends beyond data protection by addressing public accessibility of information.
📍 Delhi High Court Ruling
✅ RTBF is not absolute; every request must be decided case by case.
✅ Courts must balance:
✅ Article 21 – Privacy, dignity, reputation.
✅ Article 19(1)(a) – Freedom of speech & expression.
✅ Public interest, judicial transparency & open justice.
✅ Judicial records generally remain public records.
✅ Courts may order search engine de-indexing or masking of personal identifiers instead of deleting judicial records.
📍 Constitutional Balance
✅ Article 21: Protects privacy, dignity, reputation, and personal autonomy.
✅ Article 19(1)(a): Protects free speech, press freedom, public access to information, and judicial transparency.
✅ Open Justice Principle: Ensures accountability, transparency, and public confidence in the judiciary.
📍 Challenges
✅ No comprehensive statutory RTBF framework.
✅ Information spreads across multiple websites, archives, and social media, making complete removal difficult.
✅ Foreign websites may not comply with Indian orders.
✅ AI systems, cached webpages, and archived databases can continue reproducing information.
✅ Divergent High Court rulings have created legal uncertainty.
📍 Way Forward
✅ Adopt a multi-layered mechanism:
✅ Data Fiduciaries – Handle routine deletion requests under the DPDP Act.
✅ Search Engines – Implement de-indexing orders where appropriate.
✅ Courts/Independent Adjudicatory Authority – Decide complex cases involving free speech, judicial records, and public interest.
✅ Strengthen coordination between Courts, the Data Protection Board of India, and digital platforms for consistent and constitutionally balanced outcomes.
📍 UPSC Prelims Fact
✅ The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 provides rights to correction, updating, and erasure of personal data, but does not explicitly recognise the Right to be Forgotten as an independent legal right.
#mains #polity #governance #mains #GS2
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🔆 Underwater Fiber Optic Sensing System (UFOSS/FOSS)
📍 Why in News?
✅ DRDO has initiated indigenous UFOSS projects to strengthen underwater surveillance and maritime security.
📍 About UFOSS/FOSS
✅ Underwater Fiber Optic Sensing System (UFOSS), also known as Fiber Optic Sensing System (FOSS), converts subsea fiber-optic cables into a continuous underwater sensor network.
✅ Uses Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) technologies.
📍 Key Features
✅ DAS: Converts the entire optical fiber into continuous sensing points to detect acoustic vibrations and seismic disturbances.
✅ FBGs: Measure strain, pressure, and temperature through changes in reflected wavelengths.
✅ Provides 24×7 persistent underwater monitoring through fixed seabed fiber-optic networks.
📍 Applications
✅ Detects and tracks submarines, surface ships, underwater drones, and other marine activities.
✅ Enhances Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW).
✅ Secures offshore oil & gas platforms, submarine communication cables, pipelines, and offshore wind farms.
✅ Supports earthquake monitoring, tsunami warning, oceanographic research, and disaster preparedness.
📍 Significance
✅ Strengthens India’s maritime security, especially in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
✅ Provides continuous surveillance without relying on ships, aircraft, or sonobuoys.
📍 UPSC Prelims Facts
✅ UFOSS uses Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs).
✅ It enables real-time, 24×7 underwater surveillance using existing fiber-optic cable networks.
#GS3
#prelims
#science_technology
#science_and_technology
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📍 Why in News?
✅ DRDO has initiated indigenous UFOSS projects to strengthen underwater surveillance and maritime security.
📍 About UFOSS/FOSS
✅ Underwater Fiber Optic Sensing System (UFOSS), also known as Fiber Optic Sensing System (FOSS), converts subsea fiber-optic cables into a continuous underwater sensor network.
✅ Uses Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) technologies.
📍 Key Features
✅ DAS: Converts the entire optical fiber into continuous sensing points to detect acoustic vibrations and seismic disturbances.
✅ FBGs: Measure strain, pressure, and temperature through changes in reflected wavelengths.
✅ Provides 24×7 persistent underwater monitoring through fixed seabed fiber-optic networks.
📍 Applications
✅ Detects and tracks submarines, surface ships, underwater drones, and other marine activities.
✅ Enhances Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW).
✅ Secures offshore oil & gas platforms, submarine communication cables, pipelines, and offshore wind farms.
✅ Supports earthquake monitoring, tsunami warning, oceanographic research, and disaster preparedness.
📍 Significance
✅ Strengthens India’s maritime security, especially in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
✅ Provides continuous surveillance without relying on ships, aircraft, or sonobuoys.
📍 UPSC Prelims Facts
✅ UFOSS uses Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs).
✅ It enables real-time, 24×7 underwater surveillance using existing fiber-optic cable networks.
#GS3
#prelims
#science_technology
#science_and_technology
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#Goodmorning
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⏳40 days left CSM26 [ 21-08-26]
⏳315 days left CSP27 [ 23-05-27]
⏳405 days left CSM27 [ 20-08-27]
⏳147 days left UPPSC/RAS prelims 6 December
⏳64 Day left CDS/NDA 2 13 Sept
⏳58 2day left Mppsc mains26 7 September
⏳26 days left Afcat 8 august
⏳26 days left mppsc mains 8 august
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⏳6 days left CAPF AC 19 July
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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 11 JULY 2026
🔆 STATES
📍 Sirsa Kinnow Receives GI Tag
✅ Becomes Haryana’s first exclusive GI-tagged fruit
✅ GI granted by GI Registry under DPIIT
✅ Hybrid of King Mandarin and Willow Leaf Mandarin
📍 Delhi Introduces Pink Saheli Smart Card
✅ Mandatory for free bus travel from 1 August 2026
✅ Replaces paper-based pink tickets
✅ Women must tap the card while boarding buses
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 Government Expands PM-SETU Across 200 ITI Clusters
✅ Approved investment: ₹1,237.58 crore
✅ Strengthens Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)
✅ Five new ITI clusters approved in Odisha, Gujarat and Telangana
✅ Ministry: MSDE
📍 Adani Copper Receives LME Certification
✅ Kutch Copper Ltd. receives London Metal Exchange (LME) certification
✅ “Adani Copper” Grade-A cathodes now eligible for LME delivery
✅ Confirms global quality and responsible sourcing standards
📍 India Launches LoA Regime for High-Seas Fishing
✅ Introduces Letter of Authorisation (LoA) system
✅ Promotes sustainable deep-sea fishing and Blue Economy
✅ Enables Indian vessels to operate in EEZ and high seas
✅ India is the 2nd largest fish producer globally
📍 Uttarakhand Becomes Sixth Fully Literate State
✅ Achieves milestone under ULLAS Scheme and NEP 2020
✅ Joins Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim
📍 Tamil Nadu Tops Higher Education GER
✅ Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER): 52.3%
✅ National average: 30%
✅ Data released through AISHE 2023–24
✅ Female GER continues to exceed male GER
🔆 INDIA & THE WORLD
📍 India & Indonesia to Jointly Develop Sabang Port
✅ Strengthens maritime cooperation and Indo-Pacific strategy
✅ Located on Weh Island, Aceh Province
✅ Close to the Strait of Malacca, a major global maritime chokepoint
🔆 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
📍 DoT’s Samriddh Gram Wins WSIS Prize 2026
✅ Awarded at WSIS Forum 2026, Geneva
✅ Category: Action Line C6 – Enabling Environment
✅ Built on BharatNet to deliver integrated digital services in villages
📍 Sourav Ganguly Inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
✅ Becomes the 12th Indian to receive the honour
✅ Former Indian captain popularly known as “Dada”
🔆 SPORTS
📍 India & New Zealand Mark 100 Years of Sporting Relations
✅ Sporting ties began in 1926 with hockey
✅ Indian Army Hockey Team first toured New Zealand in 1926
✅ Major Dhyan Chand was part of the historic tour
🔆 RANKS & REPORTS
📍 Global Liveability Index 2026 Released
✅ Published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
✅ Copenhagen ranked the world’s most liveable city
✅ Indian rankings: New Delhi (120), Mumbai (121), Chennai (123), Bengaluru (127)
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍 World Population Day 2026
✅ Observed on 11 July
✅ Theme: “Realizing the hopes and aspirations of young people: today and in the future.”
✅ Declared by UNDP in 1989
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 India Launches Once-Weekly Basal Insulin Awiqli
✅ Introduced by Novo Nordisk India
✅ World’s first once-weekly basal insulin (Insulin Icodec)
✅ Reduces injections from 365 to 52 per year
✅ Designed for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 INS Mahendragiri to be Commissioned
✅ Sixth Project 17A Nilgiri-class stealth frigate
✅ Contains over 75% indigenous content
✅ Built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL)
✅ Designed by Warship Design Bureau (Indian Navy)
#CurrentAffairs
🔆 STATES
📍 Sirsa Kinnow Receives GI Tag
✅ Becomes Haryana’s first exclusive GI-tagged fruit
✅ GI granted by GI Registry under DPIIT
✅ Hybrid of King Mandarin and Willow Leaf Mandarin
📍 Delhi Introduces Pink Saheli Smart Card
✅ Mandatory for free bus travel from 1 August 2026
✅ Replaces paper-based pink tickets
✅ Women must tap the card while boarding buses
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 Government Expands PM-SETU Across 200 ITI Clusters
✅ Approved investment: ₹1,237.58 crore
✅ Strengthens Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)
✅ Five new ITI clusters approved in Odisha, Gujarat and Telangana
✅ Ministry: MSDE
📍 Adani Copper Receives LME Certification
✅ Kutch Copper Ltd. receives London Metal Exchange (LME) certification
✅ “Adani Copper” Grade-A cathodes now eligible for LME delivery
✅ Confirms global quality and responsible sourcing standards
📍 India Launches LoA Regime for High-Seas Fishing
✅ Introduces Letter of Authorisation (LoA) system
✅ Promotes sustainable deep-sea fishing and Blue Economy
✅ Enables Indian vessels to operate in EEZ and high seas
✅ India is the 2nd largest fish producer globally
📍 Uttarakhand Becomes Sixth Fully Literate State
✅ Achieves milestone under ULLAS Scheme and NEP 2020
✅ Joins Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim
📍 Tamil Nadu Tops Higher Education GER
✅ Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER): 52.3%
✅ National average: 30%
✅ Data released through AISHE 2023–24
✅ Female GER continues to exceed male GER
🔆 INDIA & THE WORLD
📍 India & Indonesia to Jointly Develop Sabang Port
✅ Strengthens maritime cooperation and Indo-Pacific strategy
✅ Located on Weh Island, Aceh Province
✅ Close to the Strait of Malacca, a major global maritime chokepoint
🔆 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
📍 DoT’s Samriddh Gram Wins WSIS Prize 2026
✅ Awarded at WSIS Forum 2026, Geneva
✅ Category: Action Line C6 – Enabling Environment
✅ Built on BharatNet to deliver integrated digital services in villages
📍 Sourav Ganguly Inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
✅ Becomes the 12th Indian to receive the honour
✅ Former Indian captain popularly known as “Dada”
🔆 SPORTS
📍 India & New Zealand Mark 100 Years of Sporting Relations
✅ Sporting ties began in 1926 with hockey
✅ Indian Army Hockey Team first toured New Zealand in 1926
✅ Major Dhyan Chand was part of the historic tour
🔆 RANKS & REPORTS
📍 Global Liveability Index 2026 Released
✅ Published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
✅ Copenhagen ranked the world’s most liveable city
✅ Indian rankings: New Delhi (120), Mumbai (121), Chennai (123), Bengaluru (127)
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍 World Population Day 2026
✅ Observed on 11 July
✅ Theme: “Realizing the hopes and aspirations of young people: today and in the future.”
✅ Declared by UNDP in 1989
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 India Launches Once-Weekly Basal Insulin Awiqli
✅ Introduced by Novo Nordisk India
✅ World’s first once-weekly basal insulin (Insulin Icodec)
✅ Reduces injections from 365 to 52 per year
✅ Designed for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 INS Mahendragiri to be Commissioned
✅ Sixth Project 17A Nilgiri-class stealth frigate
✅ Contains over 75% indigenous content
✅ Built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL)
✅ Designed by Warship Design Bureau (Indian Navy)
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🔆 Asiatic Lion Crisis
📍 Why in News?
✅ Death of 8 Asiatic lion cubs due to heat-induced dehydration in Gir Forest, Gujarat has renewed concerns over habitat overcrowding, disease risks, and the need for lion translocation.
📍 About the Asiatic Lion
✅ Scientific Name: Panthera leo persica
✅ IUCN Status: Endangered
✅ Natural Habitat: Gir Landscape, Gujarat – the only wild habitat of Asiatic lions.
📍 Current Status
✅ Population increased from 674 (2020) to 891 (2025).
✅ Overcrowding has forced many lions to move outside protected areas.
✅ Supreme Court (2013) directed translocation of lions to Kuno National Park (Madhya Pradesh), but implementation remains pending.
📍 Major Challenges
✅ Habitat Saturation: Exceeded carrying capacity leads to territorial conflicts and stress.
✅ Genetic Bottleneck: Low genetic diversity increases vulnerability to diseases.
✅ Disease Risk: A single epidemic can threaten the entire population.
Eg: Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) killed 23 lions in 2018.
✅ Human–Wildlife Conflict: Increasing encounters due to movement into villages.
✅ Infrastructure Hazards: Deaths from roads, railways, open wells, and electric fences.
📍 Why is Translocation Needed?
✅ Creates a second free-ranging population as biological insurance.
✅ Reduces extinction risk from epidemics, forest fires, or natural disasters.
✅ Aligns with IUCN conservation guidelines.
✅ Kuno National Park was developed as an alternative habitat for Asiatic lions.
📍 Concerns Over Translocation
✅ Symbol of Gujarat’s identity and regional pride.
✅ Gujarat favours expansion to Barda Wildlife Sanctuary.
✅ Presence of Project Cheetah in Kuno National Park may complicate ecosystem management.
📍 Way Forward
✅ Implement the Supreme Court’s 2013 order through scientific and phased translocation.
✅ Develop satellite habitats like Barda Wildlife Sanctuary.
✅ Adopt a One Health approach through vaccination of domestic animals.
✅ Build wildlife crossings, cover open wells, and improve railway safety.
📍 UPSC Prelims Facts
✅ Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica) is found only in the Gir Landscape of Gujarat.
✅ Kuno National Park (Madhya Pradesh) was identified as the second home for Asiatic lions.
✅ Barda Wildlife Sanctuary has been proposed as an additional habitat within Gujarat.
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📍 Why in News?
✅ Death of 8 Asiatic lion cubs due to heat-induced dehydration in Gir Forest, Gujarat has renewed concerns over habitat overcrowding, disease risks, and the need for lion translocation.
📍 About the Asiatic Lion
✅ Scientific Name: Panthera leo persica
✅ IUCN Status: Endangered
✅ Natural Habitat: Gir Landscape, Gujarat – the only wild habitat of Asiatic lions.
📍 Current Status
✅ Population increased from 674 (2020) to 891 (2025).
✅ Overcrowding has forced many lions to move outside protected areas.
✅ Supreme Court (2013) directed translocation of lions to Kuno National Park (Madhya Pradesh), but implementation remains pending.
📍 Major Challenges
✅ Habitat Saturation: Exceeded carrying capacity leads to territorial conflicts and stress.
✅ Genetic Bottleneck: Low genetic diversity increases vulnerability to diseases.
✅ Disease Risk: A single epidemic can threaten the entire population.
Eg: Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) killed 23 lions in 2018.
✅ Human–Wildlife Conflict: Increasing encounters due to movement into villages.
✅ Infrastructure Hazards: Deaths from roads, railways, open wells, and electric fences.
📍 Why is Translocation Needed?
✅ Creates a second free-ranging population as biological insurance.
✅ Reduces extinction risk from epidemics, forest fires, or natural disasters.
✅ Aligns with IUCN conservation guidelines.
✅ Kuno National Park was developed as an alternative habitat for Asiatic lions.
📍 Concerns Over Translocation
✅ Symbol of Gujarat’s identity and regional pride.
✅ Gujarat favours expansion to Barda Wildlife Sanctuary.
✅ Presence of Project Cheetah in Kuno National Park may complicate ecosystem management.
📍 Way Forward
✅ Implement the Supreme Court’s 2013 order through scientific and phased translocation.
✅ Develop satellite habitats like Barda Wildlife Sanctuary.
✅ Adopt a One Health approach through vaccination of domestic animals.
✅ Build wildlife crossings, cover open wells, and improve railway safety.
📍 UPSC Prelims Facts
✅ Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica) is found only in the Gir Landscape of Gujarat.
✅ Kuno National Park (Madhya Pradesh) was identified as the second home for Asiatic lions.
✅ Barda Wildlife Sanctuary has been proposed as an additional habitat within Gujarat.
#mains #Environment
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