News of The Day -11th Feb 2025

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

• About the Global Engagement Scheme.
• About Cultural Exchange Programme.
• About Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
• Significance of the Scheme.

• Initiatives for Preservation of Indigenous Languages and Cultural Heritage
• About IGNCA and its role.
• About sahitya kala academy(SA), Lalit Kala Academy( LKA) and Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA).
• UNESCO’s Representative List of ICH of Humanity under the 2003 Convention.

• About Report on Policy for Higher Education.
• Status of Higher education.
• Challenges of Higher Education.
• Regulation of Higher Education with recent changes.

• About the SC Interpetition of Article 200.
• Constitutional Provision under article 200.
• Governors power with Bills.

• About Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS).
• About Schemes or programmes to be subsumed under it.

• About BIMSTEC Youth Summit 2025.
• About BIMSTEC and its Significance.

• About India-UK defence agreements.
  • About “Defence Partnership–India”, or DP-I.
• Previous Deals between India and UK.
• Significance of India-UK defence Partnership.

• About the Discovery of Potash.
• About Potash and its uses.
• Status of Potash production in India.
• Significance of Potash Discovery.

• About Revised Guidelines for MIS.
• About Market Intervention Scheme (MIS).

• About Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Act and the Atomic Energy Act.
• About Proposed amendment and its purpose.
• Impact of amendment on nuclear energy sector.

• About Cross blood transplant.
• About the exceptional  cross transplant and its significance.
• About Bombay Blood and related challenges.

• About the Lumpy skin disease vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech group.
• About Lumpy Disease: Causes, symptoms and Preventive measures.