नीति आयोग ने दो परिवर्तनकारी पहलें शुरू कीं: विकसित भारत हेतु AI रोडमैप: तीव्र आर्थिक वृद्धि का अवसर और नीति फ्रंटियर टेक रिपॉजिटरी, जो इसके फ्रंटियर टेक हब के अंतर्गत आती है।
विकसित भारत हेतु एआई रोडमैप
यह रोडमैप कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता (AI) की संभावनाओं को वास्तविक परिणामों में बदलने के लिए एक व्यावहारिक कार्य योजना प्रस्तुत करता है, जिसमें दो प्रमुख स्तंभों को रेखांकित किया गया है:
उद्योगों में AI को तीव्रता से अपनाना ताकि उत्पादकता और दक्षता में वृद्धि हो सके।
The first India-Iran-Uzbekistan trilateral meeting was held in Tehran focusing on enhancing cooperation against extremism and terrorism and promoting the use of Chabahar Port by Uzbekistan for trade with India.
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They also emphasized deeper connectivity via the International North-South Transit Corridor (INSTC).
India-Iran-Armenia also held a trilateral focusing on INSTC and Chabahar use. Kazakhstan and Tajikistan have shown interest in using Chabahar, while India is pursuing an early harvest FTA with the Eurasian Economic Union to boost trade and access rare earth minerals from the region.
The Defence Minister has approved the Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2025.
Defence Procurement Manual 2025
It is a revised document aimed at expediting revenue procurements for the armed forces, simplifying processes for domestic industry and supporting innovation in defence manufacturing.
It was last updated in 2009 and lays down principles and provisions for all revenue procurements in the Defence Ministry.
The revised manual aligns with Finance Ministry guidelines and modern warfare needs, covering procurements worth nearly ₹1 lakh crore this year.
It introduces a new chapter on indigenisation and innovation, encouraging collaboration among private firms, DPSUs, and institutions like IITs and IISc.
According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the country’s trade deficit contracted by more than 54% to $9.9 billion, compared to $21.7 billion in August 2024, due to a sharp rise in merchandise exports.
What is Trade Deficit?
If a country imports more goods and services from other countries than it exports to them, it is said to have a trade deficit.
India has secured its first-ever global exploration contract from the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to explore polymetallic sulphide nodules in the Carlsberg Ridge.
Carlsberg Ridge
It is a 3,00,000-sq km stretch that lies in the Indian Ocean, specifically in the Arabian Sea and northwest Indian Ocean.
It forms the boundary between the Indian and Arabian tectonic plates, extending from near Rodrigues Island to the Owen fracture zone.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has unveiled a proposed National Framework for Global Capability Centres (GCCs).
What are Global Capability Centres?
Global In-house Centres or Captives (GICs) or Global Capability Centres (GCCs), are mainly offshore centres established by global level firms/MNCs to provide various services to their parent organisations.
These centres operate as internal organisations within the global corporate structure, providing specialised solutions such as IT services, Research and Development (R&D), customer support and other business tasks.
GCCs have evolved from being cost-saving centres that were largely set up to gain from lower labour costs to becoming strategic hubs that encourage innovation and lead to value creation, over the past couple of decades.
The Supreme Court declined to take into consideration a plea seeking to extend the ambit of the Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment at Workplace (POSH) Act to include political parties, observing that such organisations cannot be classified as workplaces under the law.
Background
In Centre for Constitutional Rights Research and Advocacy v State of Kerala & Ors (2022) the Kerala High Court ruled that political parties do not have a conventional employer-employee relationship and cannot be mandated to set up Internal Complaints Committees (ICCs).
This ambiguity, combined with the decentralised and informal nature of political party structures, has often been cited as a reason for non-compliance.
