- 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.
- 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. Read More
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Daily Current Affairs – 18 September, 2025
PDF - Despite a sharp decline in out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on health in India, closer scrutiny reveals persistent concerns associated with it.
- 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. Read More
Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure (OOPE) in India
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About Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE)
- PM Modi has urged Indians to buy made in India products, to build a developed India by 2047.
- 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. Read More
Prime Minister Pushes for Local Production
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- The 18th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025, was released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO).
- 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. Read More
Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025
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- Recently, the Supreme Court and the Union government clashed over how to address stubble-burning by farmers.
- 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. Read More
Stubble-Burning: Stand of Government and Judiciary
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Stubble burning
- Members of the Raj Gond Tribe from Adilabad district of Telangana are going to perform Gussadi dance for the 78th Hyderabad Liberation Day.
- 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. Read More
