DRDO and France’s DGA sign technical agreement on defence R&D
Joint R&D, not just buying, is how India wants to deepen partnerships.
20 Nov 2025Current Affairs
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India and Japan back the Joint Crediting Mechanism at CoP30
Bilateral credit deals bring finance and technology, but India must guard credits it needs for its own NDC.
20 Nov 2025
Mukhi, first Indian-born cheetah, gives birth to five cubs
Second-generation breeding is the real test of whether a wild population can sustain itself.
20 Nov 2025
World Fisheries Day: fish output doubles in a decade
Inland aquaculture is driving growth. Overfishing at sea and ocean warming are the risks.
20 Nov 2025
NITI report on water budgeting in aspirational blocks
Village-level budgets let panchayats see the gap and plan recharge or crop changes.
19 Nov 2025
Pandemic mock drill in Khandwa simulates Crimean Congo fever
Joint human-animal drills test coordination, the weak spot exposed in past outbreaks.
19 Nov 2025
PM-KISAN 21st instalment: ₹18,000 crore to 9 crore farmers
Tenant farmers and sharecroppers are left out since they hold no land, a common Mains critique.
19 Nov 2025
TRAI mandates 1600-series numbers for banks and financial firms
A clear number series makes "I am calling from your bank" frauds easier to spot.
19 Nov 2025
BIRSA 101: India’s first indigenous CRISPR gene therapy for sickle cell
Gene therapy abroad costs crores. Local production is the only path for poor tribal patients.
19 Nov 2025
India at CoP30: “trillions, not billions” and NDC by 2035
The finance gap stays the main fault line between developed and developing countries.
18 Nov 2025