News of The Day: 28th August 2025

News of The Day – 28th August 2025

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

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India’s Bioeconomy to Touch $300 Billion by 2030

• What is bioeconomy? 
• Potential of biotech sector, 
• Application of biotechnology in various sector, 
• Government policies and Road ahead

Protecting India’s geriatric population from the rising heat burden

• What is Getiatric care?
• India’s Demographic profile and  elderly Populations
• Challenges of Elderly population
• geriatric healthcare policies
• public health measures, adaptation needs

PM Modi inaugurates green mobility initiatives in Gujarat

• India’s Green energy initiatives and targets
• India’s transition to Green Mobility- EVs, hydrogen, solar, E30, etc
• India’s net-zero targets

CCMB’s work on programmed cell revival

• Key Highlights of study
• What is Regenerative Medicine?
• Healthcare implications

IIA & French team compute stellar atmosphere properties

• What are Stellar atmosphere models and its properties?
• Its significance
• Indo-French collaboration in space

Rare quadruple star system discovered

• About Quadruple Star System
• Significance of discovery, 
• Stellar evolution 
• Astronomical Importance

Ban on Sci-Hub, Libgen debate

• What is the knowledge economy?
• Significance and Benefits to India
• Knowledge Access in India: The Structural Problem
• Importance of Free Knowledge Access
• Government Response: One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)

India to become world’s 2nd largest economy (PPP) by 2038 – EY

• • Comparison between PPP vs nominal GDP
• Current top 10 Economies

• • India’s growth trajectory and Challenges
• Plan to viksit bharat  by 2047

Finland President – India ties, EU FTA

• Places in News: About Finland
• In Brief India-finaland relation/partnership/ collaboration
• India-EU trade negotiations: significance

Cabinet approves submission of bid for CWG 2030

• India’s bid for CWG 2030, 
• global hosting benefits
• sports diplomacy, 

Ministry of Minority Affairs launches module on UMEED Portal

• About UMEED portal, 
• Government initiative for minority welfare, 
• Digital governance and Its Application

PM Jan Dhan Yojana completes 11 years

• About PM Jan Dhan Yojana: Objective & Features
• Status/achievements
• Role in Financial inclusion, 
• no-frills accounts, ‘
• DBT linkages

PM SVANidhi Scheme extension till 2030

• About PM SVANidhi Scheme: Objective and Features
• Significance and Implications

India’s first National Biofoundry Network

• What is Biofoundry? 
• Significance and Application
• About Synthetic biology  and potential applications
• Innovation in Biotechnologies and their applications

Exercise Bright Star 2025

• About Exercise Bright Star
•  Participatory nations 
• Strategic  Objective and importance