Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021: In News The Supreme Court recently ruled that the age limits under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, do not apply to couples who had frozen their embryos and initiated the surrogacy process before the law came into force on January 25, 2022. In India, surrogacy is regulated by the Surrogacy Regulation […]
Tag: 11th Oct 2025
AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile
AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile: After sending its first consignment of mineral samples to Washington under a rare earths deal, Pakistan may soon receive the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) from the United States. The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) is an active, radar-guided, medium-range, air-to-air missile. It is among the most widely used beyond-visual-range […]
Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR)
Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR): A serious data leak was narrowly avoided after the Indian government fixed a major security flaw known as an IDOR, or “insecure direct object reference,” in its income tax e-filing portal. It is a web application security vulnerability that occurs when an application exposes internal object identifiers, such as database […]
Coco Islands
Coco Islands: Myanmar has assured India that there is no Chinese presence at Coco Islands in Bay of Bengal. They are a small group of islands located in the Bay of Bengal. Great Coco Island, the largest in the group, lies just 55 km from India’s strategic Andaman and Nicobar Islands. They are part of […]
IUCN World Conservation Congress : In News
IUCN World Conservation Congress: In News India unveiled its National Red List Roadmap and Vision 2025-2030 at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025. It is the largest gathering of nature conservation experts, leaders and decision-makers in the world. It will help shape global priorities for nature conservation and climate change for the coming decade and […]
SAKSHAM System
SAKSHAM System: The Indian Army has initiated procurement of the indigenously developed ‘Saksham’ Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (CUAS) Grid System. The Situational Awareness for Kinetic Soft and Hard Kill Assets Management (SAKSHAM) is an indigenously developed Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Grid System. It is a modular, high-end Command and Control (C2) system operating on the secure […]
AgriEnIcs Programme
AgriEnIcs Programme: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the transfer of technology under the AgriEnIcs Programme. It is a national programme of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). It involves research, development, deployment, demonstration, and commercialization of technologies in the agriculture and environment domain. It serves as a national […]
DRAVYA Portal
DRAVYA Portal: In its first phase, the DRAVYA portal aims to catalogue information on 100 key medicinal substances. Digitized Retrieval Application for Versatile Yardstick of AYUSH Substances (DRAVYA) portal is the largest collection of data on Ayurvedic Ingredients and Products. It is an ever growing, ever evolving database that covers classical Ayurveda textbooks as well […]
Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s six-day visit to India
Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s six-day visit to India: Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s six-day visit to India marks the first high-level Taliban delegation visit since 2021, signalling cautious diplomatic re-engagement.India and Afghanistan share deep cultural, linguistic, and trade ties dating back to the Silk Route and shared Buddhist heritage. Eg: The Kabul–Gandhara–Taxila […]
Saksham Counter-Unmanned Aerial Threat Grid System
Saksham Counter-Unmanned Aerial Threat Grid System: The Indian Army has begun induction of the ‘Saksham’ Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Grid, an indigenous real-time drone detection and neutralisation network. ‘Saksham’ (Situational Awareness for Kinetic Soft and Hard Kill Assets Management) is a modular, AI-driven Command and Control (C2) System designed to detect, track, identify, and neutralise […]
