News of The Day: 22nd November 2025

News of The Day –  22nd November 2025

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

(with Syllabus Relevance)

(GS-2: Social Justice)

• Highlights gaps in school counselling, peer-support, early-warning systems.
• Points to inadequate implementation of School Mental Health Programme, counsellor shortages, academic pressure.
• Reinforces the need for NEP-2020’s focus on socio-emotional learning.
• Policy need: mandatory counsellors, teacher sensitisation, safe grievance redress for students.
• Relevant for ethics: empathy, institutional responsibility.

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• Four Codes now operational: Wages, IR (Industrial Relations), OSH (Occupational Safety & Health), Social Security.
• Aim: consolidate 29 labour laws → ease compliance, reduce inspector-raj, promote formalisation.
• Key provisions: fixed-term employment, universal minimum wages, gig/platform worker welfare, national floor wage, single registration.
• Concerns: states’ readiness, potential weakening of worker protections, industrial disputes.

(GS-2 : Polity and Governance)

• Report on child multidimensional poverty: deprivation in nutrition, education, water, healthcare, safety.
• Highest burden in Sub-Saharan Africa & South Asia.
• COVID-19 reversals persisting; climate shocks worsening vulnerabilities.
• India relevance: aligns with POSHAN 2.0, Samagra Shiksha, Jal Jeevan Mission.

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• Focus on simplification through One Registration, One Licence, One Return.
• Social Security expansion: gig, platform, unorganised workers via Aadhaar-linked registration.
• OSH Code: improves workplace safety standards; mandates free health check-ups.
• Supports the “Invest India” goal by reducing regulatory fragmentation.

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• Government drafting norms for platforms under IT Rules, 2021.
• Aim: clearer definition of “obscene”, “sexually explicit”, “harmful to children”.
• Could impact OTT, social media, AI-generated content.
• Raises concerns over censorship vs. free speech (Art. 19).
• Important for Cyber Governance, intermediary liability, safe-internet policy.

(GS-2 IR)

• India stresses concessional finance, resilient energy systems for Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
• Push for ISA-led solar mini-grids, disaster-proof infrastructure.
• Aligns with India’s Global South leadership, solar diplomacy, climate justice.

(GS-3 Economy )

• Sector expanding via PMMSY, Blue Revolution, mariculture potential.
• Challenges: diseases, infrastructure gaps, export compliance, climate change.
• Opportunities: seaweed, ornamental fisheries, cold-chain expansion, digital traceability.
• Key institutions: MPEDA, NFDB.

(GS-3 Security)

• About exercise Sagar Kavach.
• Joint exercise: Indian Coast Guard, Navy, State Marine Police.
• Aims: strengthen coastal surveillance, plug infiltration, test SOPs.
• Post-26/11 reforms: coastal radar chain, National Committee for Coastal Security.

(GS-3 Environment)

• COP31 to be held in Turkey after regional consensus.
• Australia to steer negotiations on mitigation ambition.
• Shift in climate diplomacy landscape; strategic for India’s alliances on finance & technology in COP31 cycle.

(GS-3 Environment)

• “Mutirão” reflects mass mobilisation pressing negotiators to strengthen fossil-fuel phase-out language.
• Debate: “phase-out” vs. “phase-down”.
• Puts pressure on major emitters & oil-producing blocs.
• India’s position: equity + energy security + differentiated pathways.

(GS-3 Environment)

• India argues coal-dependent economies need finance + technology + social protection for workers.
• Push for recognising “differentiated energy pathways” for developing nations.
• Calls for operationalising Loss & Damage Fund and scaling up $100-bn finance.
• Important for NDCs, energy security, climate equity debates.

(GS-3: Science and tech)

• What are Acanthosis nigricans?
• Skin condition: dark, velvety patches often in the neck, armpits.
• Indicates insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome risk.
• Important for India with high prediabetes burden.
• Early screening is essential for preventive health policy (NPCDCS).

(GS-3 Science & Tech )

• What is Pharmacogenomics?
• Study of how genes influence drug response.
• Enables precision medicine, tailored drug dosing. Important for cancer therapy, psychiatry, cardiovascular drugs.
• India relevance: Genome India Project, precision-health mission.

(GS-3 Science & Tech )

• First fatal crash of export-variant Tejas in an international display.
• DGCA & IAF to conduct joint inquiry; focus on engine, flight-control issues.
• Possible implications for export prospects (Malaysia, Egypt, Philipines).
• Indigenous aviation ecosystem resilience & safety oversight highlighted.

(GS-3 Science & Tech)

• Breakthrough in neuromorphic computing.
• Artificial neurons mimic biological signalling using electric spikes.
• Applications: AI hardware, robotics, low-power computing, brain–machine interfaces. • Supports India’s National Quantum & AI missions.