ISRO completes Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test for Gaganyaan
Human-rating takes many tests like this. An uncrewed flight comes first.
3 Dec 2025GS3
Current affairs relevant to GS3.
Food irradiation: ₹1,000 crore for 50 new units under the cold chain scheme
Post-harvest loss is a farm-income problem as much as a food-security one. Irradiation helps exports too, since several markets require it for fruit.
2 Dec 2025
AI monsoon-onset forecasts sent to 3.88 crore farmers
For a rain-fed farmer the onset date matters more than the all-India seasonal total. A wrong sowing date can mean resowing costs.
2 Dec 2025
DPIIT recognises 1,97,692 startups
Cash-flow-based credit scoring helps MSMEs that have no collateral.
2 Dec 2025
DRDO tests fighter escape system on a high-speed rocket sled
PIB says this puts India among the few countries that can test escape systems in-house. That saves time and money that would otherwise go to foreign test ranges.
2 Dec 2025
IIP growth slows to 0.4% in October 2025
Output bounced back to 7.8% growth by December.
1 Dec 2025
Installed power capacity crosses 5.05 lakh MW; non-fossil share above half
Non-fossil sources are now just over half of installed capacity. Remember that capacity is not generation: coal still produces most of the electricity because solar and wind run only part of the day.
1 Dec 2025
Paddy season 2025 ends with fewer farm fires in Punjab and Haryana
Fewer fires is progress. Wheat-season burning still gets less attention.
1 Dec 2025
60th DGP/IGP conference in Raipur
Forensic-led investigation matters more under the new criminal laws.
30 Nov 2025
ADB loans of USD 800 million for three states
Solarising farm feeders cuts subsidy cost and gives farmers daytime power.
29 Nov 2025