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Daily Current Affairs – 28 November, 2025

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    SC Highlighted Need to Regulate Online Content

    Context

  • The Supreme Court suggested a tougher line on user-generated content, calling for a neutral, autonomous regulator for social media platforms.

    • SC Observations/Suggestions

  • SC said that there has to be some impartial, autonomous system to regulate social media platforms which will be free from the influence.
  • Freedom of speech is a valuable fundamental right, but it cannot lead to perversity, obscenity.
  • There can be some mechanism where the fundamental right to free speech can also be protected.
  • It also suggested using the Aadhaar number or income tax PAN to verify the age of the user.
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    Law Ministry Defends its Simultaneous Polls Proposal

    Context

  • The Union Law Ministry said that the proposed framework on simultaneous elections does not violate the Constitution’s basic structure.

    • Background

  • Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment), known as the One Nation One Election Bills were introduced by the Law Minister in 2024.
  • The Bills provide for synchronising the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections by curtailing the terms of state assemblies that are elected after a particular Lok Sabha to end with the term of that Lok Sabha.
  • Once the terms of the legislatures align, the next general election will be held simultaneously.
  • The bills were referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee to ensure that the Bills do not disturb the basic structure of the Constitution.
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    Toward Strategic Autonomy: India’s First Integrated REPM Scheme

    Context

  • The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the “Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets” with a financial outlay of ₹7,280 crore.

    • About the Scheme

  • This first-of-its-kind initiative aims to establish 6,000 Metric Tons per Annum (MTPA) of integrated Rare Earth Permanent Magnet (REPM) manufacturing capacity in India.
  • REPMs—such as Neodymium-Iron-Boron (NdFeB) and Samarium Cobalt (SmCo)—are among the strongest permanent magnets in the world.
  • Capacity will be allocated to five beneficiaries through a global competitive bidding process, each receiving up to 1,200 MTPA.
  • The Scheme will support the creation of integrated REPM manufacturing facilities, involving conversion of rare earth oxides to metals, metals to alloys, and alloys to finished REPMs.
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    Road Map to Build Future-ready Force 

    In News

  • The Army Chief has unveiled a comprehensive three-phase roadmap to build a future-ready force by 2047, aligning military transformation with India’s vision of Viksit Bharat. 

    • Comprehensive three-phase roadmap

  • The plan emphasizes modernization, integration, and resilience to meet evolving security challenges.
  • Phases: The first phase, ‘HOP 2032’, forms a comprehensive framework under the Army’s decade of transformation initiative launched in 2023.
  • The second phase, ‘STEP 2037’, comprises a five-year period of consolidating the gains from the first phase. 
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    News in Short – 28 November, 2025

    Context

  • Last year UNESCO recognised the Kovacica painters on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

    • About

  • The naïve painting practices of Kovačica, Serbia refer to the tradition of painting and decorating objects with representations of the folk life, rural environment, history and everyday lives. 
  • It originated in the town of Kovačica in the 1930s and spread to other towns with Slovak communities in Serbia over time. 
  • Practitioners are self-taught, they use oil paint in bright hues to depict traditional culture, objects, history and values. 
  • An identifying factor, the practice is a means of transmitting the cultural heritage and history of the Slovak community in Serbia.
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