News of The Day : 16th January 2025

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News of The Day : 16th January 2025

News of The Day –  16th January 2025

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

News Headline Source Syllabus What To Know?
Kashi Tamil Sangamam 3.0 The Hindu GS 1: Culture
  • Philosophy of Maharishi Agasthyar
  • About Kashi Tamil Sangamam
  • Coincides with Kumbh mela in UP
Does ‘blood money’ have a legal standing? The Hindu GS 2: Polity and Governance
  • Meaning of  ‘blood money’ and its implications.
  • What’s India’s stand on ‘diya’?
  • Concept of ‘plea bargaining’.
Centre, Ladakh leaders discuss new land policy The Hindu GS 2: Polity and Governance
  • Practice of cultivating wasteland, known as ‘Nautor’
  • Article 370 of the Constitution
  • Domicile policy for Ladakh
As people celebrate Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel intensifies strikes on Hamas-controlled region LM GS 2: IR
  • About Israel- Hamas war
  • Location and strategic importance of Gaza strip
  • India’s policy of dehyphenation
The red flag as China’s expansionist strategy rolls on The Hindu GS 2: IR
  • About Line of Actual Control (LAC)
  • Cheque book diplomacy and cabbage slicing of China
  • Expansion of China in Indian Ocean and South China Sea
How India can become the world’s leading startup ecosystem IE GS 3: Economy
  • Role of technological revolution in Startup ecosystem
  • Schemes to promote startups
  • Concept of specialised fund of funds for deep tech startups
  • Challenges faced by Indian Startup
  • Government Initiative – Startup India
  • Way forward
‘Strange’ particle The Hindu GS 3: Science & Technology
  • Major findings of Large Hadron Collider in CERN
  • What are bosons and fermions?
  • About Standard Model (SM) of particle physics.
Three Indian nuclear entities no more on U.S. restrictions list The Hindu GS 3: Security
  • Civil nuclear partnership between Indian and American firms.
  • About BARC. IGCAR, IRE
  • India- USA relations
PM Modi commissions INS Surat, INS Nilgiri and INS Vaghsheer: ‘India has emerged a strong, responsible global leader’ IE GS 3: Security
  • Difference between a destroyer, a frigate and a submarine 
  • Maritime security of India
  • Project 17 Alpha
  • SAGAR Doctrine of India
GRAP 4 curbs back as air quality plummets IE GS 3: Environment and Ecology
  • Reasons for high AQI in Indian cities
  • What is the difference between GRAP 1,2,3,4
  • Measures to reduce air pollution
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