News of The Day: 14th May 2025

News of The Day – 14th May 2025

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

• About Ayurveda Day.
• About Ayurveda and the Importance of Ayurveda.
• Government initiatives to promote traditional medicine (AYUSH Ministry)
• WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India.

• U.S providing Asylum to Afrikaners.
• Who are Afrikaners ?
• Dutch colonial roots in South Africa.
• Issues of identity and nationalism.

• Challenges in education-to-employment transition in India.
• NEP 2020 vision.
• Labour market reforms.
• Role of skilling programs like PMKVY, Skill India.

• About the World Bank Land Conference 2025.
• About the SVAMITVA Scheme and  Global recognition.

• About Justice BR Gavai.
• Constitutional provisions related to appointment of CJI (Article 124).
• Significance of diversity in higher judiciary.

• What is My Bharat Portal; 
• Role in youth engagement and participative governance; 
• Connection to National Youth Policy.

• Concepts of clientelism, political patronage, freebies.
• Issues of fiscal sustainability, electoral ethics; Judicial views (SC judgments).
• Model Code of Conduct.

• India’s broader strategic challenges beyond Pakistan.
• Focus on China, Indo-Pacific.
• Role of diplomacy and regional alliances (QUAD, SCO, ASEAN).

• What is the Treasury Bill rollover?
• India-Maldives bilateral aid and strategic relations.
• South Asia foreign policy strategy.

• What is 3nm chip technology?
• Applications in electronics and AI.
• India Semiconductor Mission and its Significance.

• Recent Outbreak of Nipah.
• About Nipah virus.
• About Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP).

• What are weather balloons?
• Role of weather balloons in climate monitoring.
• About NOAA and its significance.

• Ecological sustainability as a core principle of economic planning.
• Links between environmental degradation and economic costs.
• Impact on Sustainable development goals (SDGs).

• Impact of pharmaceutical pollution on rivers.
• About Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
• Link to SDG 6 (clean water)
• Role of CPCB, NGT, One Health approach.