Nafithromycin: India’s first indigenously discovered antibiotic
New antibiotics are rare; AMR makes every new class valuable, but stewardship is needed to keep it working.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Nafithromycin.
18 Oct 2025Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
Latest current affairs
First BrahMos batch from Lucknow facility
Defence corridors aim to cluster suppliers; a flagship missile line pulls smaller firms in.
UPSC angle: Prelims: defence corridors.
18 Oct 2025
HAL Nashik: third Tejas Mk1A line, second HTT-40 line
Delays in Tejas deliveries have been a sore point; extra lines aim to speed output.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Tejas, HTT-40.
17 Oct 2025
“Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar”: unclaimed assets campaign
Unclaimed deposits often belong to poor or deceased account holders whose families do not know.
UPSC angle: Prelims: unclaimed deposits.
17 Oct 2025
100th Network Planning Group meeting under PM GatiShakti
Joint planning avoids roads being dug up for pipelines a year later.
UPSC angle: Prelims: NPG, NMP.
17 Oct 2025
India at WHO SEARO: healthy ageing through primary care
An ageing population needs geriatric care close to home, not only in tertiary hospitals.
UPSC angle: Mains: ageing.
16 Oct 2025
India and Brazil agree to deepen the MERCOSUR-India PTA
The existing PTA covers few lines; a wider deal could open South American markets for Indian pharma and machinery.
UPSC angle: Prelims: MERCOSUR. · Mains: India-Latin America.
16 Oct 2025
G20 environment ministers meet in Cape Town
G20 countries produce most emissions, so its signals on finance shape COP talks.
UPSC angle: Mains: climate diplomacy.
16 Oct 2025
World Food Day 2025
India's food security now rests on free grain under PMGKAY; nutrition, not calories, is the remaining gap.
UPSC angle: Prelims: FAO.
15 Oct 2025
Grants for ex-servicemen doubled
Non-pensioner veterans and widows are the most vulnerable; the penury grant targets them.
UPSC angle: Prelims: veteran welfare.
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