Sunil Amrith Wins British Academy Prize for “The Burning Earth”: Indian-origin historian Sunil Amrith has won the 2025 British Academy Book Prize for his groundbreaking work, The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years. The prestigious £25,000 award celebrates outstanding non-fiction in the humanities and social sciences, highlighting writing that enhances public […]
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Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 21st October 2025
Today’s Current Affairs: 21st October 2025 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
SOAR Program
SOAR Program: The Government of India launched the Skilling for AI Readiness (SOAR) programme in July 2025 to integrate artificial intelligence education and training into school curricula. A flagship initiative under the Skill India Mission, designed to strengthen AI literacy and competency among students (Classes 6–12) and educators. The programme includes structured AI modules, hands-on […]
International Convention against Doping in Sport
International Convention against Doping in Sport: India has been re-elected as Vice-Chairperson of the Bureau for the Asia-Pacific (Group IV) at the 10th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP10) to the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport, held in Paris marking the 20th anniversary of the Convention. The UNESCO International Convention against Doping […]
Special Campaign 5.0
Special Campaign 5.0: Special Campaign 5.0 is making headlines as its implementation phase(October 2–31, 2025) is underway across Indian government offices. Ministries have reported significant progress in clearing public grievances. The Special Campaign 5.0 (officially, the Special Campaign for Disposal of Pending Matters 5.0 or SCDPM 5.0) is an initiative of the Government of India […]
Lunar Exosphere
Lunar Exosphere: India’s Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter has made a path-breaking scientific observation – for the first time ever, it has detected the effects of the Sun’s Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on the Moon’s exosphere. The findings were obtained using CHACE-2 (Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2), one of the principal scientific instruments onboard the orbiter. The Moon’s […]
Water ATM Initiative
Water ATM Initiative: Innovative mine-water reuse projects in Jharkhand and Maharashtra — including Water ATMs by ACIC IIT-ISM Dhanbad and mine-water fisheries initiatives are transforming coal mine discharge into clean drinking water and sustainable livelihoods.Water ATMs are automated water-vending machines that purify and dispense treated mine water for public use at nominal costs, providing affordable […]
Quantum Echoes Algorithm
Quantum Echoes Algorithm: Google announced that its quantum processor “Willow” has achieved the first-ever verifiable quantum advantage using a new algorithm called Quantum Echoes, running 13,000 times faster than the world’s best supercomputers.Quantum Echoes is an advanced quantum algorithm based on the principle of out-of-time-order correlators (OTOC). It is designed to study how information spreads, […]
United Nations celebrates 80 years of its establishment
United Nations celebrates 80 years of its establishment: As the United Nations celebrates 80 years of its establishment (1945–2025), it reflects on its evolution from a post-World War II peacekeeping body to a global institution addressing 21st-century challenges.Emerging from the ashes of World War II, the UN was envisioned as a collective security mechanism to […]
‘23for23’ Initiative
‘23for23’ Initiative: India celebrated International Snow Leopard Day (October 23, 2025) with the nationwide ‘#23for23’ campaign.Government also unveiled the first-ever national Snow Leopard Census, recording 718 individuals across the Indian Himalayas.It is a nationwide awareness campaign launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to engage citizens in snow leopard conservation through […]
