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News in Short – 14 November, 2025

Context

  • India has an estimated 10.1 crore people living with diabetes according to ICMR–INDIAB, 2023, and workplace stress may be one of the factors heightening this burden. 

    • Diabetes Burden in India

  • India is often called the diabetes capital of the world.
  • According to the ICMR–INDIAB Study, the diabetic population jumped from about 32 million in 2000, to almost 90 million adults in 2024.
  • Recent reports estimate as many as 1 in 9 Indian adults live with diabetes, hinting at numbers soaring beyond 100 million in the near future. 
  • The burden is deepened by undiagnosed cases and a surge in needless complications.

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    Global Carbon Emissions Are Projected to Rise: Global Carbon Project

    In News

  • New research by the Global Carbon Project was released during COP30 in Belem, Brazil.

    • Global Carbon Project 

  • It was founded in 2001 through a collaboration of International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and Diversitas.
  • It is a Global Research Project of Future Earth and partner of the World Climate Research Programme.

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    Draft Seeds Bill, 2025

    Context

  • The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has released the draft Seeds Bill, 2025.

    • Conclusion

  • The Bill seeks to regulate the quality of seeds for sale and import, to facilitate production, and supply of quality seeds.
  • The Ministry informed that the stakeholders and members of the public are invited to submit their comments and suggestions on the draft Bill.

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    Reforms in Transgender Healthcare in India

    Context

  • Tamil Nadu has emerged as a national leader in transgender healthcare, launching inclusive policies and specialized clinics that aim to dismantle long-standing barriers faced by the community.

    • About Transgender Person & Issues Related To Health

  • Transgender people are considered a gender minority in India due to their distinct identity, historical marginalization, and systemic exclusion from mainstream social, economic, and political life.
  • According to the Census (2011), over 4.87 lakh individuals identified as transgender, under the ‘Other’ gender category.
  • The principle of ‘leave no one behind’ from the UN’s SDGs urges governments to prioritize healthcare for marginalized groups—including transgender persons.

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    India, Nepal Ink Pact to Step Up Trade Ties

    Context

  • India and Nepal have amended the Treaty of Transit to facilitate the movement of rail-based freight between Jogbani in India and Biratnagar in Nepal. 

    • About

  • This liberalisation extends to key transit corridors — Kolkata-Jogbani, Kolkata-Nautanwa (Sunauli), and Visakhapatnam-Nautanwa (Sunauli).
  • Aim: To strengthen multimodal trade connectivity between the two countries and Nepal’s trade with third countries.
  • These new measures are expected to further consolidate economic and commercial linkages between the two countries and beyond.

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    Global Nuclear Order

    The recent US President’s renewed ‘nuclear testing on an equal basis’ with Russia and China signaled a return to nuclear weapons testing, challenging decades of international restraint and global arms control dynamics.

    News in Short – 13 November, 2025

    Context

  • The Supreme Court said all High Courts should put out in the public domain the time taken by their judges to pronounce verdicts in pending cases.

    • About

  • There are no specific timelines within which judges have to deliver judgments. 
  • The convention is that the judiciary ought to pronounce judgments within a reasonable time, from two to six months, of reserving cases.
  • However, judges, including in the Supreme Court and the High Courts, have in practice reserved judgments for well over a year before delivering them. 
  • This may be due to the complexity of the question of law involved or the burden of work.

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