News of The Day: 17th June 2025

News of The Day – 17th June 2025

SOURCES: The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, and PIB.

• Restoration of Simhachalam Temple
• Why Traditional Methods for Restoration?
• About Simhachalam Temple: 
• Kalinga architecture

• Recent Developments 
• About Shipki La pass
• Geostrategic and Historical Significance
• Cultural & Religious Bonds
• Economic and Strategic Implications

• Key Points of SC ruling
• Implications: Strengthens civil liberties, checks arbitrary state action
• Challenges: Implementation, judicial oversight, state compliance
• Constitutional Provisions and Related laws: 
• Significance: Balances security with individual rights

• Key Findings of the Report
• Reasons for the Increase
• Regional & Crisis Impacts
• India’s status: Improved enrollment, but dropout rates persist
• Challenges: Quality education, teacher shortages, digital divide
• SDG 4 (Education 2030) Progress

• Key Highlights
• Reasons for Narrowing Deficit
• Economic Implications
• Government Response

• Flipkart Secures NBFC License from RBI
• About NBFC License
• Significance

• Key Findings of the Study
• Implications for Human Migration
• “Out of Africa” Theory
• Green Arabia Hypothesis
• Scientific Methods Used
• Archaeological & Ecological Significance
• Climate Change Lessons for Today

• About SPArc Therapy
• How SPArc Works
• Benefits Over Conventional Radiotherapy
• Challenges

• U.S. President’s Power to Deploy Military on Domestic Soil
• Historical Use of Military Domestically
• Comparison with India: 
• Constitutional Provisions
• Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, state roles

• SIPRI Report on Nuclear Arsenals
• India’s Nuclear Developments
• China’s Nuclear Capabilities
• Global Nuclear Trends
• Geopolitical Concerns

• Key Initiatives Launched
• ICR-ER (Integrated Control Room for Emergency Response)
• NDEM Lite 2.0 (National Database for Emergency Management)
• Flood Hazard Atlas (Assam)

• Kuki-Zo Insurgent Groups and MHA Agreement
• About Kuki-Zo tribes and Meiteis