DST launches R&D roadmap for carbon capture (CCUS)
Cement releases CO2 from limestone itself, so renewables alone cannot clean it. That is why CCUS keeps coming up in Mains answers on industrial decarbonisation.
4 Dec 2025By GS Paper
Current affairs grouped by GS paper (filter view; topic-level grouping uses syllabus_topic).
How the Indian carbon market (CCTS) is set up
Note that targets are on emission intensity, not absolute caps. That lets industry grow while cutting emissions per unit of output.
4 Dec 2025
NITI Aayog roadmap for a quantum-powered economy
The roadmap stresses that states and private investors must share the work. Talent and fabrication capacity are the real bottlenecks.
4 Dec 2025
Centre drops mandatory pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app
The episode is a good case on privacy and consent. A state tool may be useful, but compulsion on every device raises questions under K.S. Puttaswamy v Union of India (24 Aug 2017), where a nine-judge bench held privacy to be part of Article 21 [Supreme Court].
3 Dec 2025
ISRO completes Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test for Gaganyaan
Human-rating takes many tests like this. An uncrewed flight comes first.
3 Dec 2025
Student mental health task force files interim report with Supreme Court
Campus counselling and grievance systems are the practical fixes.
3 Dec 2025
100-day Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat campaign
Laws alone have not ended the practice. Campaigns that bring in priests, caterers and community leaders aim at the point where marriages are actually arranged.
3 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