News of The Day – 1st May2025

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

• Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal project
• About Sutlaz and Yamuna

• Supreme Court decision on Right to Digital access.
• Digital Access as a Fundamental Right.
• Role of State to Ensure Digital Access.
• Government Initiatives to provide digital access to all.

• Reconstitution of NSAB
• About National Security Advisory Board (NSAB)

• Decision to include caste count in next Census of India.
• History of caste Census in India.
• Demand of caste census and its utility.

• Changing global Scenario and its impact.
• Notable disturbances around the word.
• Impact on Multilateralism.
• Need for Consensus Building and reforms in multilateral Organization.
• Role of bilateralism.

• About International Labour Day.
• What is Bonded or forced Labour?
• Incidence of Bonded labour in the Indian Economy.
• Provisions to Address bonded labour issues in India.
• Gaps in implementation.
• Way forward.

• Findings of research on Availability of Antibiotics.
• Challenges regarding Access to Antibiotics.
• Global Initiatives to improve access to Antibiotics for all.

• What is Natural Hydrogen?
• Reserve and Extraction of Natural Hydrogen.
• Potential of Natural Hydrogen as a Clean energy source.

• About Approval of Greenfield High-Speed Corridor along NH-6.
• Significance of the project for North-east Connectivity.

• Shift of Wildlife Trade related threat from Tiger to Leopard.
• About Leopard and its Conservation Status.