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Daily Current Affairs – 7 October, 2025

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    WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use

    In News

  • The WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use 2000–2024 and projections 2025–2030 presents estimates of tobacco use prevalence among the population aged 15 years and older from 2000–2024, with trends projected to 2030.

    • India’s Measures To Curb Tobacco Consumption

  • Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003: Prohibits smoking in public places, bans tobacco advertising, restricts sales to minors, regulates packaging and labeling.
  • Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019: Banned production, import, sale, and advertisement of electronic cigarettes and similar devices.
  • National Tobacco Control Programme (launched in 2007-08): Aims to create awareness about harmful effects, aligned with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
  • Tobacco-Free Film Rules (2024): Enforced new standards for tobacco depiction in films and TV.
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    Fisheries Sector to Get Sustainability Label

    Context

  • About 10 Indian marine and saline fish and shrimp varieties are set to get the global Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification soon. The first batch is set to be submitted for the certification in 2026.

    • About

  • The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is an international non-profit organisation that sets globally recognised, science-based standards for sustainable fishing and seafood traceability.
  • It is a market-driven label certification, known as an eco-label which is voluntary and ensures sustainability in the sector. 
  • 20% of global fisheries are MSC certified at present.
  • Ashtamudi clam was the first variety to get MSC certification, it’s going to be re- certified now.
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    Reforming Passive Euthanasia in India

    Context

  • Despite the legal validity of passive euthanasia, its implementation remains mired in procedural complexity, institutional gaps, and ethical ambiguity.

    • About Euthanasia in India

  • Euthanasia — often termed ‘mercy killing’ — refers to the intentional ending of a person’s life to relieve suffering, usually from terminal illness or irreversible conditions.
  • Passive Euthanasia: Involves withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment (e.g., ventilators, feeding tubes) when recovery is medically impossible. It is legal under specific safeguards.
  • Active Euthanasia: Involves administering a lethal substance to end life. It remains illegal under Section 103, 105 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and physician-assisted suicide is punishable under Section 108 of the BNS.
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    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

    Context

  • The Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology was announced for three scientists, for their discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance.

    • Human Immune System

  • The immune system protects the body from pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
  • It consists of organs, cells, and molecules that work together to recognize and eliminate harmful substances.
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    News in Short – 7 October, 2025

    Context

  • The Geological Survey of India will send a team to the Baratang Island (Andaman) to investigate the recent eruption of India's only active mud volcano.

    • Mud Volcanoes

  • Mud volcanoes are geological formations where mud, gases, and water are expelled from beneath the Earth’s surface — not molten lava, unlike true volcanoes.
  • Mud volcanoes are not real volcanoes and are not as hazardous as real volcanoes since they can only emit warm mud and only very locally. 
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