News of The Day: 19th May 2025

News of The Day – 19th May 2025

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

• Key Highlights of UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report
• Gender gap in STEM education.
• India’s role in promoting women in science.

• About solar eruption or “bird-wing”
• What are solar flares?
• Implications of Solar Flares Events

• Issue regarding Transgender persons exclusion from donating blood under existing guidelines.
• SC directive on the issue.
• Questions of discrimination, equal access, and medical ethics.
• Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.

• First embassy of Honduras in India.
• India–Central America relations.
• Impact on India’s outreach to the Latin American region.

• About New Caledonia
• Recent Political Turmoil.
• Economic and geopolitical Significance.
• French overseas territory in the South Pacific.

• About Recent Success in Gene-editing therapy used on babies with rare hereditary disease.
• What is gene editing therapy?
• Types and applications.
• About in-vivo gene therapy.
• Ethical, regulatory implications.
• India’s preparedness in gene therapies.

• About PSLV-C61 launch.
• About India’s commercial launch services via NSIL.
• Strategic value of satellite services.
• Growing role of the private sector in ISRO missions.

• Modification of mRNA post-transcription via editing (e.g., ADAR enzymes).
• Natural mechanism for protein diversity.
• About mRNA technology.
• Application in RNA vaccines and gene therapy.

• Difference in features of two sides of the moon.
• Factors responsible for the differences.
• Significance of studying the difference.

• About Kumki Elephant
• Captive elephants used to manage wild elephants during conflict.
• Important for man-animal conflict mitigation.

• About Menar wetland in Rajasthan
• What are wetlands?
• Importance of Wetlands
• Remsar Sites in India