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🔆 National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) 📍 Why in News? Govt updates progress on NTTM, launched in 2020 to boost India’s technical textile ecosystem. 📍 Key Highlights (Ultra-Short) ✅ ₹1,480 cr mission to strengthen R&D, innovation & domestic manufacturing. ✅ 168 projects approved (₹247 cr for 79 R&D projects). ✅ Focus on speciality fibres (carbon, aramid, glass, natural fibre), geotextiles, agro-textiles & smart textiles. ✅ Mission boosts exports, skilling, start-ups (GREAT scheme), and industry adoption. ✅ Applications: defence, healthcare, agriculture, infrastructure, wearable tech & sustainability. 📍 Implications Reduces import dependence, builds high-tech manufacturing, creates jobs. 📍 Mains Question How can the National Technical Textiles Mission transform India’s manufacturing and innovation landscape? Discuss. #GS3 #Manufacturing

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🔆 Nayi Chetana 4.0 – From Scheme to People’s Movement ✅ Launched at State level in Guntur (AP) ✅ Focus: Women’s safety, dignity & zero tolerance to GBV ✅ Gender Resource Centre (GRC) inaugurated – one-stop support (legal aid, counselling, livelihoods) ✅ Implemented under DAY-NRLM; powered by SHGs ✅ Nationwide reach: ~10 crore SHG women, 4+ crore citizens sensitised 📌 Mains Question: How do community-led movements like Nayi Chetana strengthen women’s safety and grassroots gender justice in India? #GS2 #GS4 #goverment_schemes

🔆 National Energy Conservation Awards 2025 ✅ President Droupadi Murmu presented National Energy Conservation Awards ✅ Occasion: National Energy Conservation Day (14 December) ✅ Emphasis on behavioural change for energy efficiency ✅ Energy conservation = most eco-friendly & reliable energy source ✅ Saving energy means using energy wisely, not just using less ✅ Adoption of energy-efficient appliances & renewables stressed ✅ Benefits highlighted: lower emissions, clean air, water & ecosystem balance ✅ Energy saving seen as responsibility towards future generations #GS3 #Environment

🔆 AI-Based Digital Content & Judiciary 📍 Why in Focus? Rise in AI-morphed, fabricated digital evidence is posing new challenges for courts, prompting legal and technological reforms. 📍 Key Highlights ✅ Cases booked under IT Act 2000 and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 for identity theft, impersonation, electronic forgery, and falsification. ✅ Judiciary strengthening authentication of electronic records via Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023. ✅ eCourts Mission Mode: live-streaming of hearings, digital judgement portal, and major ICT upgrades under ₹7210 crore Phase-III. ✅ SC exploring AI through pilot tools like Legal Research Analysis Assistant (LegRAA) and Digital Courts 2.1 (voice-to-text, translation, case management). ✅ Challenges remain: algorithmic bias, privacy risks, need for human verification, connectivity gaps. 📍 Implications Ensures transparency & efficiency but highlights need for strong data protection, oversight, and clear AI-use guidelines. 📍 Mains Question Discuss the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI into the Indian judicial system. Suggest safeguards for fair and secure adoption. #GS2 #polity

🔆 RS Resolution on Early Childhood Care (ECCE) ✅ Rajya Sabha discussed a Private Member’s Resolution ✅ Proposal to add Article 21B to Constitution ✅ Seeks free & compulsory ECCE (ages 3–6) ✅ Covers nutrition, health & pre-primary education ✅ Aims to strengthen Anganwadis and learning foundations 📝 Mains Practice: Should Early Childhood Care and Education be made a Fundamental Right in India? Discuss its benefits and challenges. #GS2 #SocialJustice

🔆 DHRUV64 Microprocessor 📍 Why in News ✅ India launches DHRUV64, a fully indigenous microprocessor 📍 About DHRUV64 ✅ 1.0 GHz, 64-bit, dual-core microprocessor ✅ First fully indigenous processor in this category ✅ Microprocessors act as the brain of electronic devices 📍 Developed By ✅ C-DAC under the Microprocessor Development Programme (MDP) 📍 India’s Indigenous Processor Ecosystem ✅ SHAKTI (2018, IIT Madras) ✅ AJIT (2018, IIT Bombay) ✅ VIKRAM (2025, ISRO–SCL) ✅ THEJAS64 (2025, C-DAC) ✅ Dhanush & Dhanush+ – under development 📍 Significance ✅ India consumes ~20% of global microprocessors ✅ Strengthens Atmanirbhar Bharat in semiconductors #prelims #GS3 #science_and_technology #science_technology Join @PIB_UPSC @upsc_science_and_technology

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🔆 Department of Atomic Energy (DAE): Year-End Review 2025 📍 Nuclear Power Milestone ✅ 56,681 MU electricity generated in FY 2024–25 (highest ever) ✅ ~49 million tonnes CO₂ emissions avoided 📍 Capacity Expansion ✅ RAPP-7 (700 MWe) achieved commercial operation (Apr 2025) ✅ Mahi Banswara Project (Rajasthan): 4×700 MWe PHWRs ✅ Implemented by ASHVINI (NPCIL–NTPC JV) ✅ Approval for 10 additional PHWR units beyond 22.5 GW target (2032) 📍 Health & Cancer Care ✅ 150-bed Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, Muzaffarpur inaugurated ✅ Tata Memorial Hospital recognised as IAEA “Rays of Hope” Anchor Centre ✅ 1.53 crore medical devices sterilised via e-beam technology (exports to 35+ countries) 📍 Rare Earths & Advanced Materials ✅ India’s first Certified Reference Material (CRM) for Rare Earth Elements ✅ 99.8% pure Boron-11 achieved (nuclear & semiconductor grade) ✅ High-purity Niobium developed for accelerators & space use 📍 Defence & Strategic Technologies ✅ CBRN protection systems deployed at strategic locations ✅ Key contributions to Agni, Akash-Prime, Astra & BrahMos systems 📍 Frontier Research & Innovation ✅ Indian Dark Matter Experiment (InDEx) launched at Jaduguda ✅ Indigenous fetal growth prediction model developed ✅ India hosted 18th International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics (2025) 📍 Agriculture & Societal Applications ✅ Radiation-developed crops released: Banana (TBM-9), Sorghum (RTS-43) ✅ 40 gamma irradiation facilities operational nationwide #prelims #GS3 #science_and_technology #science_technology Join @PIB_UPSC @upsc_science_and_technology

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🔆 India Post–BSE MoU for Mutual Fund Access ✅ Department of Posts & BSE sign MoU to expand mutual fund access nationwide ✅ India Post to act as mutual fund distributor via vast postal network ✅ Focus on rural, semi-urban & underserved areas ✅ Postal staff to be trained & NISM-certified as MF distributors ✅ Platform used: BSE StAR MF ✅ Boosts financial inclusion, investor awareness & participation 📍 Mains Question: How can leveraging India Post’s last-mile network deepen financial inclusion and capital market participation in India? #GS3 #Economy

🔆 Inland Port Facilities in Rajasthan ✅ 12 Inland Container Depots (ICDs) operational across Rajasthan ✅ Facilitate export–import cargo, customs clearance & logistics ✅ Linked with Deendayal Port Authority offering low cargo & vessel charges ✅ Boosts trade competitiveness of landlocked regions 📍 Key ICD locations: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota, Bhilwara, Bhiwadi, Kishangarh (among others) 📌 Mains Question: How do Inland Container Depots (ICDs) enhance trade efficiency and reduce logistics costs for landlocked states like Rajasthan? #GS3 #Infrastructure

🔆 Employment & Small Enterprises – NCAER Report ✅ Skilled workforce + higher productivity in small enterprises = major job creation ✅ Self-employment dominates, driven by necessity, not entrepreneurship ✅ 1% rise in access to credit → 45% increase in hired workers ✅ Digital adoption boosts hiring by ~78% ✅ Labour-intensive manufacturing & services key to sustaining ~8% GDP growth ✅ Expanding formally skilled workforce can generate ~9.3 million jobs by 2030 📍 Mains Question: Discuss how skilling, credit access, and productivity enhancement in small enterprises can transform India’s employment landscape. #GS3 #IndianEconomy #economy