News of The Day: 22nd January 2025

News of The Day –  22nd January 2025

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

• About Internet Governance Internship and Capacity Building
• About National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
• What is Internet Governance ?

• Current Progress of Smart Cities Mission
• About Smart Cities Mission
• Success stories of Smart Cities Mission
• Challenges associated with smart cities mission
• Way forward

• Why is Kerala’s Maternal Mortality Ratio rising?
• Challenges arising from declining fertility rates
• What policies can help manage demographi transition?

Additional Reading:

• Key terms to know –
• Demographics Transition
• Maternal Mortality Ration
• Total Fertility Rate

• What is an Executive order?
• Major executive order signed by trump administration
• Potential Trouble Areas in Trump 2.0
• Implications for India

• About Indus Water Treaty (IWT)
• Various Project to be Inspected Under IWT
• Dispute Resolution Mechanism 
• Additional reading:
• About Indus River and Tributaries

• Key highlight of the World Economic Forum (WEF) article on India’s digital health 
• Digital Health Market in India
• What is Digital Health?
• Benefits of digital health
• Challenges in adoption of digital health
• Way forward

• About Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC)
• Regulatory framework for ARCs
• RBI’s role in regulation ARCs

• About Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) 
• Significance of JNPA
• Overview of India’s Port Sector

• What are antivenoms?
• How do antivenoms work?
• How common is snakebite in India?

• Key highlight of the Food and Agriculture Organization report
• What are the sources of nitrogen pollution?
• Environmental impact of nitrogen misuse
• Additional reading
• About nitrogen use efficiency (NUE)

• About Pralay Missile
• Pinaka Missile System