- The Lok Sabha has passed the Indian Ports Bill, 2025. It seeks to repeal and replace the Indian Ports Act, 1908.
- Lack of Appeal mechanism: The Bill does not provide a mechanism for appeal against the levy of penalty by the conservator.
- Penalty Against Supervising Authority: The Bill lets the conservator penalise the Port Authority or concessionaires for not publishing tariffs online.
- Since the conservator works under the Port Authority, this may require penalising their own supervising body, raising concerns about the appropriateness of the arrangement.
- Lack of Safeguards Against the Powers to Inspect: Port officers such as the conservator and the health officer are granted powers of entry and inspection. However, the Bill lacks safeguards against such powers. Read More
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Daily Current Affairs – 13 August, 2025
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- Recently, the Parliament of India has passed the National Sports Governance Bill, aiming to overhaul India’s sports administration.
- Creation of a National Sports Board (NSB) to regulate and recognize sports federations;
- Establishment of a National Sports Tribunal to resolve disputes;
- Mandatory compliance with international charters and ethical standards;
- Inclusion of sports bodies under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, but with a caveat. Read More
National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 & BCCI
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Key Provisions of the National Sports Governance Bill, 2025
- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is going to introduce open-book assessments (OBE) in Class 9 from 2026-27, after a pilot study showed strong “teacher support” for the idea.
- It allows students to use approved resources like textbooks, class notes, or other specified material during an assessment, rather than mainly testing memory.
- The main challenge is finding relevant information, understanding it, and applying it to solve problems.
- Such exams assess students' ability to interpret and connect ideas, rather than just memorize facts. Read More
CBSE’s Plan For Open-book Exams
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What are open-book exams?
- The Lok Sabha has passed the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and the Income-Tax (No.2) Bill, 2025.
- The Bill seeks to replace the Income-tax Act, 1961. It simplifies tax language, clarifies deductions, and strengthens cross-referencing across provisions.
- Tax rates and regimes for individuals and corporations remain unchanged. There are no changes in offences and penalties.
- Power to Frame Schemes: The Act provided specific provisions for a faceless mechanism in areas such as inquiries, valuations, revision of orders, and tax recovery.
- New Change: The Bill grants general powers to the central government to frame schemes for; Eliminating interface with taxpayers via technology and Optimising resource use through economies of scale and functional specialisation. Read More
Lok Sabha Passes Income Tax (No. 2) and Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bills
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About The Income-Tax (No.2) Bill, 2025
- According to data presented in the Lok Sabha by the Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, India’s total milk production stands at 239.30 million tonnes.
- Global Leadership: India has been the world’s largest milk producer since 1998, currently accounting for 25% of global output.
- Decadal Growth: From 2014–15 to 2023–24, production jumped by 63.56%, from 146.3 to 239.2 million tonnes, averaging an annual growth of around 5.7%, well above the global 2%.
- Per Capita Availability: Rose to 471 g/day in 2023–24, substantially above the world average of 322 g/day.
- Top Producing states: Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh. Read More
India Produces 239.30 Million Tonnes of Milk
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Milk Production in India
- The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) is expected to fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030.
- The reactor is said to be part of the country’s broader ambitions to set up a permanent base for humans to live on the lunar surface.
- It is a 100-kilowatt reactor, smaller than on-shore wind turbines that typically generate 2-3 megawatts.
- Nasa’s accelerated push to build a nuclear reactor on the moon comes after similar announcements from China and Russia.
- China and Russia aim to build automated nuclear power stations on the moon by 2035. Read More
NASA Plans to put a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
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- Researchers from the IIT Roorkee, have developed a novel drug candidate, Compound 3b, that can restore the effectiveness of the antibiotic Meropenem against deadly, drug-resistant bacteria.
- Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections.
- Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines. These bacteria may then infect humans and are harder to treat than non-resistant bacteria. Read More
Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
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What is Antibiotic Resistance?
- The Union Government has extended the tenure of the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal by one year.
- Names: Known as Mahadayi in Karnataka and Mhadei in Goa.
- Origin: Rises in the Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary, of Karnataka’s Belagavi district.
- Course: Flows westward, entering Goa via Sattari taluk (North Goa), before joining the Arabian Sea at Panaji.
- Basin Coverage: Spans Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. Read More
