News of The Day: 1st October 2025

News of The Day –  1st October 2025

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

(with Syllabus Relevance)

(GS2: Polity and Governance)

• What NCRB 2023 findings reveal about crime against ST ?
• How do MP and Rajasthan rank, with arson/dacoity in Manipur tied to Meitei-Kuki clashes?
• What implications for women’s safety amid 0.7% rise to 4,48,211 cases?
• What conviction reforms address ST vulnerability?

(GS2: Polity and Governance)

• What  are NCRB 2023 data on road accident fatalities?
• Why over-speeding (58.6%) leads, with UP/TN topping highway deaths?
• How do gaps in enforcement/infrastructure reflect?
• What measures like helmet laws curb this?

(GS2: Polity and Governance)

• What UPSC milestones since 1926, evolving post-1950 Constitution?
• How to uphold merit via fair exams, integrating AI?
• What challenges: malpractices, reservations?
• What future in governance?

(GS2: Polity and Governance)

• About International Day of Older Persons 2025.
• Theme: “Older Persons Driving Local and Global Action: Our Aspirations, Our Well-Being and Our Rights” spotlights elders as agents?
• What are the  challenges: ageism/care gaps?

• What is the 20-point plan?
• What are the criticisms such as  no timelines, ignoring Palestinian rights?
• How differs from the 2020 plan, risking instability?
• What is India ‘s Stand ?

(GS2: International Relations)

• What does re-election to ICAO Part II (2025-28) means for India?
• How reflects confidence in India’s aviation safety/sustainability?
• What are the  priorities: connectivity/innovation/’No Country Left Behind’?

(GS2: International Relations)

• What is MONDIACULT 2025 ?
• How does it address rights (62% unprotected), AI/arts, culture/peace?

(GS3: Economy)

• What RBI-updated Rangarajan line (Rs 47 urban/Rs 33 rural daily) shows for 2022-23?
• What factors drove rural Odisha from 47.8% to 8.6%?

(GS3: Economy)

• What 10 milestones: 269M out poverty, 100% enrolment, 46% renewables?
• How Swachh Bharat/Ujjwala/Jan Dhan localize SDGs?
• What challenges in hunger/climate, SDG Index (Kerala 79/100)?

(GS3: Economy)

• About 69-km Kokrajhar-Gelephu (Rs 3,456 cr), 20-km Banarhat-Samtse (Rs 577 cr) lines for Vande Bharat.
• About Bhutan’s first railS.
• India’s role in the project.

• What are NCRB 2023 data on farm suicides ?
• Why do AP/MP/TN follow, due to debt/crop failure?
• How is gender disparity: 4,553 male vs 137 female?
• What reforms like insurance/MSP are needed?

(GS3: Environment)

• What is Polar Geoengineering?
  • Impact on the environment.
• How it exacerbates Global South inequalities?
• What  are alternatives  for decarbonization?

(GS3: Science and Technology)

• What are Stratobus/Hemeria platforms?
• How will it impact surveillance systems ?

(GS3: Science and Technology)

• What is  IMAP (launched Sep 24 to L1): 10 instruments map heliosphere/solar wind/ENAs?
• How will it  probe particle acceleration at heliopause?
• Impact on space weather forecasts?

(GS3: Science and Technology)

• About Geochronology Technique School.
• How positions India in climate/tectonics research?