News of The Day – 9th July 2025

News of The Day – 9th July 2025

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

• About Mayiladumparai site (TN).
• Cultural chronology.
• Significance for early Iron Age studies

• History and architecture of Sheesh Mahal.
• Preservation issues.
• Relevance in Mughal cultural heritage.

• Key takeaways from PM Modi’s statement.
• India-Brazil relations.
• Role in Global South.
• BRICS context; trade and defence cooperation

• Supreme Court’s observation on SIR drive.
• Implications for electoral autonomy.
• Constitutional powers under Article 324.
• checks and balances.

• Features of the scheme.
• Eligibility and support.
• Recent updates.
• Relevance for SC/ST/OBC/EWS students

• What are enemy properties?
• Background (Indo-Pak & Indo-China wars).
• Recent legal/administrative action.
• Implications for heirs

• Overview of Social Security Code 2020.
• Provisions for unorganised and gig workers.
• Implementation challenges and recent discussions

• About NIPGR’s breakthrough.
• CRISPR use in rice.
• Benefits: productivity, climate-resilience; implications for food security

• Definition of dark web.
• Tor browser: legal vs. illegal uses
• Challenges in policing(policy gaps)

• About Vera C Rubin Observatory.
• About the LSST survey.
• Significance for dark matter and astrophysics research

• What is a Battery Passport?
• Circular economy in EVs.
• Global best practices.
• India’s role in green tech supply chains

• Ecological significance of Great Hornbill.
• IUCN status.
• Region of sighting.
• Threats and conservation efforts

• Global and Indian military spending trends.
•  Strategic vs. economic trade-offs.
• Arms race concerns; deterrence debate

• About Bulgaria’s transition to the Eurozone.
•  Implications for the EU economy.
•  Map and geography of  Bulgaria.

• About Sierra Leone.
• location in West Africa.
• Political context (possible coup attempt or unrest)