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For the first time in the world, the Australian government has decided that from December 2025, children under the age of 16 will be prohibited from creating YouTube accounts.

National Mountaineering Day is celebrated every year on 1 August.

Recently, the Indian Army successfully conducted a high-tech exercise – ‘Drone Prahar’ – in the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. 

Reliance Jio has launched a new cloud-based virtual desktop called JioPC, a major initiative to make digital services more affordable and accessible in India.

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has written a letter to the Chief Ministers of all the states requesting them to immediately stop the 'forced tagging' of nano-fertilizers or biostimulants with conventional fertilizers.

While Indian cities are poised to drive economic growth and employment, they are also increasingly vulnerable to climate risks, particularly urban flooding, according to a recent World Bank report.

Extreme weather events such as floods, landslides and droughts are becoming more frequent and unpredictable due to climate change in India. Traditional insurance models are inadequate to deal with these unpredictable and frequent disasters.

The use of cryptocurrency in India is growing rapidly but the sector is still largely unregulated. Recently, cyber attacks on two major Indian crypto exchanges ‘CoinDCX’ (July 19, 2025) and ‘WazirX’ (July 18, 2024) have raised concerns among investors.

The Indian Army is building an AI Roadmap for the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Big Data Analytics in its operations by 2026-27. It aims to enhance battlefield awareness, decision-making and combat preparedness in line with India’s vision of modernization of defence capabilities.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has released interim guidelines for MBBS admission for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) for the academic session 2025-26, shifting the focus from percentage of disability to functional ability.