{"id":166699,"date":"2025-05-22T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T06:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=news-headline&#038;p=166699"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T06:54:00","slug":"166699-2","status":"publish","type":"news-headline","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/news-headline\/166699-2","title":{"rendered":"Untitled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>News of The Day &#8211; 22nd May 2025<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, and PIB.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\"><b>News Headline<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\"><b>Source<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\"><b>Syllabus<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\"><b>What To Know?<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>The earth hath no fury like cyclones disrupted, new studies say<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/the-earth-hath-no-fury-like-cyclones-disrupted-studies-say\/article69593195.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>GS 1: <\/b>Geography<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">About the Disruptions in cyclonic activity due to changing ocean temperatures.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Implications for coastal disaster preparedness and climate variability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Additional Information:<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">About Cyclones, classification and formation of cyclones.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Essential religious practice<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/creation-of-waqfs-is-not-an-essential-religious-practice-of-islam-centre\/article69602842.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Hindu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>GS 2: <\/b>Polity and Governance<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Debate on judicial interpretation of &#8220;essential religious practice&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Origin: Cases related to Essential religious Practice (Shirur Mutt case).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Role of SC in regulating religious freedoms under Articles 25\u201328.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Recent criticisms and calls for review.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Mizoram Achieves Full Functional Literacy<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2130080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>GS 2: <\/b>Polity and Governance<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">About Functional Literacy<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Functional Literacy vs Traditional Literacy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">About ULLAS &#8211; Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram or New India Literacy Programme (NILP)<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Role of Saakshar Bharat Abhiyan.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Who is Banu Mushtaq? Kannada writer who scripted history with 2025 International Booker Prize win<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/who-is-banu-mushtaq-kannada-writer-who-scripted-history-with-international-booker-prize-win\/article69600716.ece#:~:text=Writer%20and%20activist%20Banu%20Mushtaq,London%20on%20May%2020%2C%202025.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>GS 2: <\/b>Polity and Governance<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">About Banu Mushtaq<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">About International Booker Prize<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Recognition and selection process<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Indian International Booker Prize Laureate of past<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>With output hikes, OPEC+ again targets US shale oil<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/with-output-hikes-opec-again-targets-us-shale-oil-2025-05-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Hindu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>GS 2: <\/b>IR<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What is OPEC+?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Objective of OPEC+<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Difference between OPEC and OPEC+<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>World health assembly: Four nations honoured for efforts to eliminate trans fats but global progress far from target<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/health\/world-health-assembly-four-nations-honoured-for-efforts-to-eliminate-trans-fats-but-global-progress-far-from-target\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>GS 2: <\/b>IR<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">WHO recognizes trans fat elimination.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">India&#8217;s status in trans fat elimination via FSSAI. Global targets under WHO\u2019s REPLACE action framework.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Challenge of reaching <2% limit in edible oils.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>India receives WHO certification for elimination of Trachoma as Public Health Problem<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/india-receives-who-certification-for-elimination-of-trachoma-as-public-health-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News on air<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>GS 3: <\/b>Science and Tech.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">WHO recognition of India\u2019s success in eliminating Trachoma.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">About Trachoma.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Significance in terms of public health policy, hygiene, and SDG goals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Elimination efforts: National Trachoma Control Programme (1963), SAFE strategy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Gujarat\u2019s lions numbers have risen by 32%<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/gujarat\/asiatic-lion-population-in-gujarat-goes-up-from-674-to-891-in-5-years-footprint-expands-too\/article69600636.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>GS 3: <\/b>Environment<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Asiatic lion census data from Gir forest and surrounding areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">About Project Lion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Concerns about carrying capacity, relocation proposals (e.g., Kuno).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Framework for climate related-Risk<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/progress-should-not-just-be-fast-but-future-proof\/article69597755.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b> GS 3: <\/b>Environment<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">About lack of a comprehensive framework to evaluate and predict climate physical risks (CPRs).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What are climate physical risks (CPRs)?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Need of New Framework on Climate related risk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Significance for climate financing, disaster risk management, and adaptation planning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Role of RBI\/SEBI in environmental stress testing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>In a marine heatwave, clownfish get small to get by<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/in-a-marine-heatwave-clownfish-get-small-to-get-by\/article69600625.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>GS 3: <\/b>Environment<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Key Highlights of the study<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What are Marine Heatwaves?.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Impact on marine biodiversity, fisheries, and monsoon.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/div> Create Table&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; <div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-headline\/166699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-headline"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news-headline"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}