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News In Short – 18 September, 2025

Context

  • Members of the Raj Gond Tribe from Adilabad district of Telangana are going to perform Gussadi dance for the 78th Hyderabad Liberation Day.

    • Gussadi Dance

  • Gussadi is a traditional dance of the Raj Gond tribe, especially from Adilabad (Telangana),  as well as parts of Maharashtra.
  • The dance is performed by men, organized into groups called Dandari, and smaller groups within them called Gussadi.
  • They dress in saffron and turmeric-colored clothes and wear bandages around their legs and waist.
  • During the Dance, the performers wear vibrant attire, including turbans studded with peacock feathers, deer horns, and goat skins. 

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    Stubble-Burning: Stand of Government and Judiciary 

    In News

  • Recently, the Supreme Court and the Union government clashed over how to address stubble-burning by farmers. 

    • Stubble burning

  • Stubble (parali) burning is a method of removing paddy crop residues from the field to sow wheat.
  • It is a process of setting on fire the straw stubble, left after the harvesting of grains, like paddy, etc. 

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    Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025

    Context

  • The 18th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025, was released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO). 

    • Major Finding

  • Decline of R&D: Growth fell to 2.9% in 2024, a slowdown from the 4.4% increase in the year prior and the lowest growth since the financial crisis of 2010.
  • Growth is projected by WIPO to slow further in 2025 (2.3%).
  • Top Nations: Switzerland remains the world’s top innovation leader for the 15th consecutive year, followed by Sweden, the United States, South Korea, and Singapore in the top five ranks.
  • China, for the first time, enters the top 10, ranked 10th globally, leading among middle-income economies.

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    Prime Minister Pushes for Local Production

    Context

  • PM Modi has urged Indians to buy made in India products, to build a developed India by 2047.

    • About

  • The PM MITRA park in Dhar is one of seven such establishments approved by the Union Ministry of Textiles. 
  • The other sites are Tamil Nadu’s Virudhnagar, Telangana’s Warangal, Gujarat’s Navasari, Karnataka’s Kalaburagi, Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, and Maharashtra’s Amravati.
  • Based on the 5F theme: Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign – the initiative aims to boost India’s textile manufacturing and exports. 

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    Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure (OOPE) in India

    Context

  • Despite a sharp decline in out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on health in India, closer scrutiny reveals persistent concerns associated with it.

    • About Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE)

  • It refers to the direct payments individuals make for healthcare services — without reimbursement.
  • It includes costs for doctor consultations, medicines and diagnostics, hospitalization and surgeries, transportation and informal care etc.

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    CAG to Deploy AI-Powered Auditing System for Efficiency and Transparency

    Context

  • The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) is set to launch an AI-powered Large Language Model (LLM) to improve efficiency and consistency in public auditing.

    • Imperative for Digital Auditing

  • Public auditing faces growing volume and complexity of government transactions, which makes traditional, field-heavy audits time consuming and less scalable.
  • Many government systems now produce rich digital records; without automated analysis, large datasets remain under-used for oversight.

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    EU-India Partnership Set for Strategic Upgrade

    Recently, the European Union (EU) released ‘A New Strategic EU-India Agenda’ in Brussels, outlining plans to upgrade ties with India across trade, technology, defence, security, and climate cooperation, and calling India a ‘crucial partner’ in shaping a defining partnership of the 21st century.

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