News of The Day – 22nd April 2025

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

• About Scarborough Shoals
• Why Scarborough Shoals is important?
• Issue surrounding Scarborough Shoals

• About  75 Years of India-China Diplomatic Relations.
• Current scenario of India-China relation.
• Challenges in India-China Relation.
• Way Forward.

• About GM Crops.
• How GM crops are increasing pesticide use?
• BT cotton and its Challenges.

• What is the Creative Economy?
• India’s Position in the Creative Economy.
• Key Highlights of United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report.

• National Civil Service Day and Its Significance.
• About India’s Civil Service and its evolution.
• Challenges with administration.
• Government Initiatives taken  for reforms in Civil Services.

• About Trademark Building in India
• Benefits of Trademarketing
• Architectural significance of the  building

• About India’s Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system.
• Benefits of DBT and impact.
• Issues regarding DBT
• Way forward

• About Anemia
• Status of Anemia in India
• What are its symptoms?
• How can it be prevented and treated?

• What is the HEALD Initiative?
• Liver disease in India
• About World Liver Day

• Key highlights of the report
• Potential impact of reduced snow cover
• About Asia’s Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range

• Who was Pope Francis?
• About the office of the pope
• About Vatican City