Context: Recent reports indicate a nearly 50% decline in employment generated under the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-GRAM-G], the successor to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNR...

Context: India rejected allegations by a UN committee regarding discrimination and human-rights violations against certain communities.●Committee: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)—a treaty body that monitors implementat...

Context: The Union Home Ministry plans integrated command-and-control centres using technology to strengthen security along India’s land borders; a pilot will begin on the Pakistan border.●Smart Border: Integrates Artificial Intelligence (AI), sensor...

Context: A Western Disturbance (WD) moving eastwards towards the Himalayas may have contributed to the rainfall conditions preceding the flash flood in Nepal.●Western Disturbance: An extratropical weather system originating around the Mediterranean–W...

Context: The proposed Kukrail Night Safari & Zoological Park, Lucknow faces a demand for fresh appraisal/approvals after changes to the original project proposal.●Location: Kukrail Forest, northeastern Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; proposed area 855.07...

Context: After the 25th round of India–China Special Representatives (SR) talks in Beijing, both sides agreed on measures to improve boundary delimitation and border management.●Boundary delimitation: Expert Group on Boundary Delimitation + Working G...

Context: Wetlands, including urban lakes, cover nearly 6% of the Earth's surface and are among the most productive ecosystems, supporting carbon sequestration, biodiversity, climate regulation and human well-being.●Despite their ecological importance...

Context: Following the latest Special Representatives (SRs) talks on the India–China boundary question, both sides reached an eight-point consensus aimed at strengthening border management and sustaining the broader normalisation of bilateral relatio...

Context: India has transformed from a food-aid-dependent country in the 1960s into a major food producer with substantial buffer stocks and a legal food entitlement for around 800 million people under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013.●This...

Context: The 176th Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, tabled on 7 August 2026, highlighted the high cost of private healthcare in India and recommended measures to improve affordability and transparency.Avera...

Context: OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens for users aged 13–17 years, with stronger safeguards against harmful content and greater emphasis on education, real-world support and responsible AI use amid concerns over chatbots’ impact on youth ment...

Context: A recent NITI Aayog report estimates that 8.7 crore Indian youth aged 15–29 years are NEET — Not in Education, Employment or Training, highlighting a major underutilisation of India's human capital. About NEET YouthNEET (Not in Educatio...

Context: Decades of unregulated industrial-waste dumping have caused severe hexavalent chromium contamination of groundwater across parts of Uttar Pradesh, with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directing authorities to remove legacy waste and protec...

Context: A farmer-led agrophotovoltaics (APV) pilot project in Rajasthan has successfully cultivated maize beneath operational solar panels, demonstrating that agricultural land can simultaneously support food production and solar-energy generation.A...

Context: The Union Health Ministry has prohibited the use of all Fixed-Dose Combinations (FDCs) containing chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine hydrochloride in children below four years, citing concerns over adverse effects, dosing risks and i...

Context: The Union Government has constituted a committee to work out the modalities for a “permanent political solution” to the demands of the Gorkha community in West Bengal, seeking a constitutional solution to the decades-old Gorkhaland issue bey...

Context: The National Teachers’ Award, instituted in 1958, recognises outstanding school educators who have made significant contributions to improving education; the 2026 list includes 48 teachers whose innovations range from astronomy and technolog...