News of The Day – 19th March 2025

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

News Headline

What To Know?

• About the Conflict in the Balochistan region.
• About the Location of Balochistan.

• About India’s stance on Taliban and renewed Interest.
• About India-Afghanistan Relations.
• About Taliban and its evolution. 

• About the Indian Ocean Region and its strategic significance.
• India’s Role in Security of the Indian Ocean Region.
• About Initiatives for Indian Ocean Regions.

• About the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI).
• About New Zealand entry to IPOI.
• Significance of the initiative for free, open and secure Indo-Pacific.

• About the Buddhist Thematic Circuit and its significant destinations.
• About Swadesh Darshan Scheme.

• About India’s Rank in the Free Speech Index.
• AboutFree Speech Index and  Parameters used to determine it.
• Reasons for India’s poor performance. 

• About Online Assurances Monitoring System (OAMS).
• Significance of OAMS in improving accountability.

• About Supreme Court Verdict on Development Project at Auroville.
• About Right to Development Vs Right to Clean Environment.

• About fabrication of a new Microprocessor by ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL).
• India’s progress in microprocessor fabrication and its significance for Make in India.

• About the return of Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from space .
• Reasons for delay in their return.
• About Challenges faced by Astronauts when they return to Earth

• About India Progress under AI mission.
• About large language models (LLM).

• About Bug Drug and its possible application.
• About recent achievements in Bacteria-based cancer therapies.

• About Caracals and its ecological role.
• Current Conservation Status of Caracala and threats.

• About the first PPP Green Waste Processing Plant.
• About green waste and their possible role in the Circular Economy.

• About addition of new sites in the IUCN Green List .
• About IUCN Green List and its significance.

Ana Sagar Lake

• About Rajasthan government’s plea to remodel Park around Ana Sagar Lake.
• About Ana Sagar Lake and its ecological significance as a Wetland.