A revised National Action Plan on Glanders was recently issued by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
Glanders
It is an infectious and life-threatening disease that mainly affects horses, donkeys or mules caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei.
It can be transmitted to humans.
It spreads to carnivores through infected meat and can be transmitted to humans, causing various forms such as nasal, pulmonary, or septic infections.
It has been eradicated in North America, Australia, and Europe but still occurs sporadically in parts of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South America.
The Indian Armed Forces are moving steadily towards greater jointness, integration, and theaterisation.
Joint Military Doctrines released
Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations: Brings together Army’s Para (SF), Navy’s MARCOS, and IAF’s Garuds under a unified framework.
Seeks common understanding, shared terminology, and standard operating procedures.
Focus areas are joint training to reduce duplication, future weapon profiles for interoperability & unified Command & Control structures across land, maritime, and air.
Joint Doctrine for Airborne and Heliborne Operations: Aims for seamless coordination in para-drop and heli-lift missions.
The United Nations Secretary-General has praised a decision by the UN General Assembly to create two new institutional mechanisms to enhance global cooperation on AI governance.
About
These are the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
The panels aim to address AI’s benefits and risks, fostering international collaboration and informed policymaking.
The United States has imposed 50% tariffs on a wide range of Indian merchandise exports starting August 27, 2025.
About
The move combines the 25% tariff announced in July 2025 and an additional 25% “penalty tariff” in August 2025 linked to India’s purchases of Russian oil and defence imports.
Key sectors affected include textiles, apparel, gems and jewellery, shrimp, carpets, leather, and furniture — all of which are labour-intensive and job-generating industries.
Major Goods Exempted from Tariffs: Pharmaceuticals, Electronics and Petroleum products.
Recently, the US decided to acquire about a 10% equity stake in Intel, using funds originally allocated under the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.
Contemporary Global Relevance
China vs. US rivalry embodies the clash between state-led and free-market approaches.
India follows a hybrid approach: partial privatization, and strong state control in banking and infrastructure.
Many traditionally free-market economies adopted state-capitalist measures (subsidies, bailouts, industrial policies), blurring the boundary between the two models, in the wake of COVID-19.
India’s power sector is grappling with technical and administrative hurdles, compounded by macroeconomic constraints that could shape the nation’s economic trajectory.
मत्स्य पालन, पशुपालन एवं डेयरी मंत्रालय द्वारा हाल ही में ग्लैंडर्स पर एक संशोधित राष्ट्रीय कार्य योजना जारी की गई।
ग्लैंडर्स
यह एक संक्रामक एवं जानलेवा बीमारी है जो मुख्य रूप से घोड़ों, गधों या खच्चरों को प्रभावित करती है और बर्कहोल्डेरिया मैलेई नामक जीवाणु के कारण होती है।
यह संक्रमित मांस के माध्यम से मांसाहारी जानवरों में फैलती है और मनुष्यों में भी फैल सकती है, जिससे नाक, फेफड़ों या सेप्टिक संक्रमण जैसे विभिन्न प्रकार के संक्रमण हो सकते हैं।
संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासचिव ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा द्वारा एआई शासन पर वैश्विक सहयोग को बढ़ाने के लिए दो नए संस्थागत तंत्रों के निर्माण के निर्णय की सराहना की है।
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