News of The Day:19th July 2025

News of The Day – 19th July 2025

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

• Ongoing prevalence of dowry-related deaths despite legal frameworks.
• Factors contributing to prolonged investigations and low conviction rates.
• About Dowry Prohibition Act and its enforcement challenges.
• Role of cultural norms and gender inequality in perpetuating dowry deaths.

• NGO Contributions: Impact on education, healthcare, and rural development.
• Collaboration with the state for policy implementation.
• Challenges regarding NGOs.

• Integration of population and economic census by MoSPI.
• Data Objectives: Comprehensive demographic and economic data collection.
• Policy Applications

• About SIMBEX 
• Strategic Importance

• US labeling The Resistance Front as a terrorist group.
• Impact on India
• Geopolitical Context
• Implications for stability in South Asia.

• Slovenia’s framework for legalizing assisted dying.
• Global debates on euthanasia and end-of-life choices.
• Implications for patient autonomy and dignity.
• How Slovenia’s law compares to other nations’ policies.

• About INS Nipun and its Features
• Role in submarine rescue and disaster response.

• India’s aid to Bolivia for Measles-Rubella vaccination
• Global increase in measles cases and its causes.
• Challenges due to vaccine hesitancy and access issues.
• Strategies for improving vaccination coverage.
• Efforts to combat measles through national immunization programs.

• Identification of a new species in the Western Ghats.
• lichen’s ecological and evolutionary significance.
• Importance of protecting fragile ecosystems.

• 2025 Global Wetland Outlook
• About Wetland Degradation.
• Global trends in wetland loss and ecological impacts.
• Role of wetlands. 
• Global and national frameworks for wetland preservation.

• Key Findings of the Study.
• What is lower long-range aerosol pollution?
• Difference between local and transported pollution sources.
• Implications for reducing respiratory and environmental health risks.
• Strategies for targeted air quality management in the region.