News of The Day: 1st December 2025

News of The Day – 1st December 2025

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

(with Syllabus Relevance)

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• SC directs MoI&B to draft guidelines for user-generated content (UGC) within 4 weeks after consultations.
• Focus: Protect victims from obscene, anti-national, or damaging viral content; independent oversight body propose.
• Balances Art. 19(1)(a) free speech with victim rights; no pre-censorship intent

(GS-3: Economy)

• PM announces opening nuclear sector to private players, mirroring space reforms.
• Atomic Energy Bill 2025 in Winter Session.
• Targets 100 GW capacity by 2047 (from 8.8 GW)
• Opportunities in SMRs, advanced reactors, innovation
• Boosts energy security, reduces import dependence; private investment to accelerate deployment

(GS-1: Geography)

• About Earthquake Design Code by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)(2025)
• Introduces Zone VI; entire Himalayan arc reclassified as highest risk 
• Implications: Stricter building codes, anchoring non-structural elements; enhances resilience in 75% population-exposed areas

(GS-2: IR)

• About World AIDS Day.
• 2025 theme: “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response”
• AIDS status in India: 49% drop in new HIV infections, 81% in AIDS deaths (2010-24); 75% reduction in mother-to-child transmission.

(GS-3: S&T)

• About NASA-ISRO NISAR (launched Jul 2025)
• Monitors ecosystems, disasters, ice; 5m resolution, 12-day revisit; 5-year mission
• First images over India/global sites; boosts Earth observation, climate studies

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• 5th IIGF (Nov 27-28, New Delhi)
• Theme: “Advancing Internet Governance for Inclusive Viksit Bharat” 
• Multi-stakeholder discussions: AI ethics, digital infra, inclusion
• Outcomes: Roadmap for fair governance, global cooperation; NIXI-led, emphasizes youth, civil society roles

(GS-3: Economy)

• About ADB Loans 
• Focus: Power upgrades, urban mobility, workforce skills (ITIs, CoEs); multimodal integration, job readiness in high-growth sectors 
• Loans: Maharashtra Agri Solarization, Indore Metro, Gujarat Skills 
• $1M TA grant for Assam SWIFT wetlands/fisheries 
• About ADB and its significance.

(GS-3: S&T)

• About ‘Burtele Foot’
• 3.4M-year-old foot fossils (Ethiopia, 2009) belong to Australopithecus deyiremeda.
• Reveals diverse locomotion, diets in early hominins
• Challenges single-species dominance in 3.4-3.9M-year period

• About Hansa-3 NG trainer aircraft
  • CSIR-NAL’s all-composite 2-seater trainer for PPL/CPL
• Reduces foreign dependence, Boosts self-reliance, jobs; aligns with aviation hub vision; certified post Aero India 2025 demo

(GS-1: Art and Culture)

• PM highlights Kerala’s Mannar uruli (brass vessel) gifted at G20
• Traditional craft from Alappuzha, GI tag push.
• Ties to natural farming: Uruli used in organic processing; promotes multi-crop, chemical-free practices in hilly Kerala/Karnataka

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