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News of The Day – 8th May 2025

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

• About the Piprahwa relics.
• Cultural and religious significance.
• Issues of cultural heritage and repatriation.
• UNESCO conventions on Cultural Heritage.

• About Operation Sindoor.
• Impact on India-Pakistan diplomatic relations.
• Global Reaction and possible course of action.
• Importance of long-term security and diplomatic planning.

• WHO’s Global Network of Age-friendly Cities.
• Urban development with focus on elderly care.
• Kerala’s health and welfare model.
• Importance of inclusive city planning.

• Scheme under Ayushman Bharat for CGHS and pensioners.
• Health insurance and universal healthcare aims.
• Cashless facility in empaneled hospitals.
• Administrative and funding mechanisms.

• About India’s initiatives to ease regulations.
• Need for streamlining regulatory architecture.
• Challenges in streamlining regulatory architecture.
• Way Forward.

• About India-U.S. collaboration on clean energy tech.
• Role of the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership.
• Focus on hydrogen, biofuels, and solar energy.
• Geostrategic importance of energy cooperation.

• About Important Dams on Chenab:
• Pakal Dul, Kiru, Ratle.
• Their strategic and energy importance.
• Hydropower potential in J&K.
• India’s rights under the Indus Waters Treaty.
• Pakistan’s objections and diplomatic tensions.

• About Global Space Exploration Summit.
• Potential of India in Space Economy.
• ISRO’s strategic partnerships.
• Future missions and technology sharing.

• About SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India) and its provisions.
• Push for energy security and reduced imports.
• Reforms in coal sector governance.

• Climate change and microbiome disruption.
• Impact on human health and disease patterns.
• Importance of research in the climate-health nexus.
• Interdisciplinary policy response needed.

• Mapping of terror groups operating in Pakistan.
• Cross-border implications for India.
• Linkages with global terror networks.
• Role of FATF and international pressure.