News of The Day – 27th May 2025

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

• About Monsoon and its Changing Pattern.
• Impact of extreme heat events; monsoon pattern deviations.
• Heat-resilience infrastructure and urban planning.
• Climate adaptation measures.

• Key recommendations of NITI Aayog for Medium Enterprises.
• Definition of Medium Enterprises; 
• Role in economic growth and job creation.
• Challenges of Medium Enterprises.
• Way Forward.

• About the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme.
• Features and objectives; 
•  Skill development and employability enhancement.
•  Role in National Education Policy (NEP) implementation.

• About the Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog.
• Centre-State fiscal and policy alignments.
• Significance of NITI Aayog as a policy think tank.

• What are dark patterns?
• Regulatory concerns.
• Role of the Consumer Protection Act.
• Potential for ethical tech frameworks.

• About Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 Portal.
• Features of PAI 2.0.
• Objective to assess Panchayat performance.
• Data-driven rural governance.
• Impact on local developmental planning.

• Role and functioning of the Collegium System;
•  Judicial appointments and transfers.
• About Chief Justice of HC:
• Constitutional Provision, Eligibility ,Appointment and powers.

• About 9th BRICS Industry Ministers.
• Focus on industrial cooperation and innovation.
• India’s role in global supply chains.
• Strategic importance of BRICS.

• Childhood obesity and non-communicable diseases.
• dietary regulations in schools;
•  global precedents like UK’s sugar tax; 
• role of behavioural nudges.

• About the PY-3 offshore Cauvery field.
• Offshore energy exploration. 
• Examples of Offshore oilfields.
• About Hardy Oil and its role.
• Challenges and opportunities in India’s energy security.

• Anaemia prevalence in reproductive-age women.
• WHO guidelines on pre-pregnancy nutritional interventions.
• Maternal and child health linkages.

• Overview of Breakthrough Prize.
• About CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Run-2.
• Indian scientist contribution.
• Implications for India’s global scientific standing.

• About Geophysical uplift due to groundwater depletion.
• Link between droughts and land surface changes.
• Broader implications for land management.