News of The Day: 10th October 2025

News of The Day – 10th October 2025

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

(with Syllabus Relevance)

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• About Shram Shakti Niti 2025.
• Focus: Inclusive workforce, social security, digital compliance.
• Targets informal sector, women, gig/AI economy.
• Builds on Wages/Social Security Codes.
• Aligns with Viksit Bharat @2047.

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• About “DRAVYA” Portal.
• Catalogues 100+ Ayurvedic ingredients
• Standardizes research, boosts AYUSH exports.
• Aligns with the National AYUSH Mission.

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• World Mental Health Day 2025
• Theme: Mental Health in Humanitarian Emergencies.
• Promotes Mental Health and Psychosocial Support.
• stigma reduction (#OneInMind). 
• Aligns with WHO equity goals.

• SC: Surrogacy Act age limits (50M/45F) not retrospective.
• Permits pre-2022 embryo cases (3 petitioners).
• Upholds reproductive autonomy (Art 21).
• Questions retrospective laws vs. personal liberty.

• Signed CETA, Vision 2035.
• Defence Roadmap. – £350M UK missile contract (700 jobs).
• Focus: Trade (JETCO), climate finance, education (9 UK campuses).
• Counter-terrorism, net-zero, Indo-Pacific stability.
• Fintech push at Global Fintech Fest.

• India-Australia Defence Agreements.
• Focus: Maritime security, interoperability (AUSINDEX).
• Tech: AI/unmanned systems via Joint Working Group.
• QUAD synergy, annual Dialogue from 2026.

(GS-2: International Relations)

• About 2000 Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement between the U.S. and Russia (34T Pu disposal).
• Russia Cites US sanctions, NATO expansion.
• Raises nuclear risks, erodes arms control. 
• Signals US-Russia tensions post-New START.

(GS-3:Science and tech)

• About Millet use and its limitations.
• ICMR findings on high-carb diets (60%)
• Millets need carb cut (50%), protein boost (20%).
• Policy: Poshan 2.0, Eat Right India promote millets.
• WHO: Reduce refined carbs to curb NCDs.

(GS-3: Science & Technology)

• The RRI/IISc team developed QRNG using a single qubit.
• Generates ~1M random bits on cloud quantum PCs.
• Ensures unbreakable encryption for defence/finance.
• Supports National Quantum Mission, QKD apps.

(GS-3: Environment)

• Lowest genetic diversity among big cats. (snow leopards)
• climate change risk.
• Conservation: Habitat corridors, IUCN Red List

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