CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Union Government has proposed new guidelines to define “obscenity” and other restricted categories of digital content under the Information Technology Rules, 2021.

The Government of Assam has banned the inter-district movement of live pigs to curb the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF), following a rise in cases across several districts. ASF poses a serious threat to the piggery sector due to its extremely high mortality rate.

On November 18, 2025, the 8th Naturopathy Day was celebrated at Nisarg Gram in Pune. The program emphasized a natural lifestyle, Gandhian values, and health in harmony with nature.

Currently, more than 65% of deaths in India each year are due to non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Older medicines only suppress the symptoms, not cure the root cause of the disease.

The Central Government notified the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 in November 2025, marking the full implementation of the DPDP Act, 2023.

The Central Government has supported 128 start-ups across the country with an investment of ₹257.77 crore under the Electronics Development Fund (EDF) until October 2025.

Recent data from Kepler and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) indicate that Earth-sized planets are not very rare in the universe. However, the conditions necessary for complex life on such planets are still considered extremely rare. This question is the root of the "Rare Earth Hypothesis."

Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to sign an agreement with Starlink, under which satellite-based internet services will be provided to government institutions and rural areas of the state.

Air pollution in Delhi and North India reaches dangerous levels every winter. Recently, "cloud seeding" has been proposed as a potential solution to this crisis. However, from a scientific perspective, this approach is neither sustainable nor practical.

The tapioca (cassava) crop in South India was once nearly destroyed, but biological control techniques employed by scientists at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) revived it. Parasitic wasps released two years ago have rid the threatened crop of pests and restored farmers' incomes.