News of The Day : 17th May 2025

News of The Day – 17th May 2025

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

The Hindu

• About ‘Rajon ki Baoli’stepwells.
• Role of ASI in heritage preservation; 
• Additional Information: 
• About Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
• World Monuments Fund India (WMFI) 

PIB

• About Jnanpith Award and its criteria
• Recent recipient’s contributions
• Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Ji
• Gulzar
• Notable past winners.

The Hindu

• About Agamas and Agamic Temple
• Features of Agama
• About Supreme Court Direction
• Significance of Agamas in temple architecture and rituals; 

PIB

• About Operation AAHT (Action Against Human Trafficking); 
• Human trafficking patterns and vulnerability zones in India

ET

• What is POCSO Court?
• About Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012
• Features of POCSO Act 
• Pendency of cases under POCSO Act

IE

• Legal and ethical issues in healthcare rights for transgender community.
• Role of National Blood Transfusion Council.
• Issues of discrimination and health equity.
• SC’s evolving role in inclusive rights.

IE

• National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP).
• SDG health goals.
• Role of community health workers and intersectoral coordination.
• Global examples (End TB Strategy-WHO).

• What is Hooch?
• Rise in spurious liquor deaths.
• Excise laws and regulation failures.
• Health, law & order implications; Centre-State coordination and recommendations by NHRC.

• Focus on community participation in Poshan Abhiyan.
• Role of food systems in malnutrition.
• Behavioural changes vs. schemes.
• Need of Integration with health and agriculture policies.

ET

• About ‘Samudrayaan’ and Matsya-6000.
• About India Deep Ocean Mission
• Role of NIOT and Ministry of Earth Sciences.
• Significance for deep sea mining, biodiversity studies and Blue Economy vision.

The Hindu

• SC judgment on post-facto clearances under Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) rules.
• Environmental justice vs. Ease of business.
• Violation of “polluter pays” principle.
• Future implications for industries.