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    लद्दाख में राज्य के दर्जे की मांग को लेकर विरोध प्रदर्शन

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  • लद्दाख में राज्य का दर्जा और छठी अनुसूची की मांग को लेकर हुए हिंसक युवा प्रदर्शनों में चार लोगों की मृत्यु हो गई और 30 से अधिक घायल हुए।

    • पृष्ठभूमि: केंद्र शासित प्रदेश से असंतोष तक 

  • अगस्त 2019: लद्दाख को जम्मू और कश्मीर से अलग कर एक केंद्र शासित प्रदेश बनाया गया, जिसमें विधानसभा नहीं है, जबकि जम्मू और कश्मीर को विधायिका प्राप्त है।
  • प्रारंभ में कई लद्दाखवासियों ने इस कदम का स्वागत किया, बेहतर शासन और विकास की संभावना की गई। 
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     ट्रांस लोग बेहतर के हकदार हैं

    भारत में ट्रांसजेंडर व्यक्ति नीतिगत वादों से पृथक हैं और उन्हें प्रणालीगत उपेक्षा का सामना करना पड़ रहा है, क्योंकि समावेशी, लागू करने योग्य और मानवीय नीतियों की कमी के कारण उन्हें सम्मान से निरंतर वंचित रखा जा रहा है।

    News In Short – 24 September, 2025

    Context

  • A professor from Haryana, was booked for allegedly stealing a replica of the Mohenjodaro ‘Dancing Girl’ bronze figurine from the National Museum in Delhi.

    • About

  • The “Dancing Girl” is a 4,500-year-old bronze statuette from the Indus Valley Civilization.
  • Discovery: Unearthed in 1926 at Mohenjo-daro (present-day Pakistan) by archaeologist Ernest Mackay.
  • Material and Technique: Made of bronze using the lost-wax casting technique, the statuette reflects the advanced metallurgical knowledge of the Harappans.
  • The statue is around 10.5 centimetres tall and  is adorned with a necklace and a large number of bangles stacked on her arms.
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    India to Submit Updated Carbon-reduction Targets by the Beginning of COP30

    Context

  • India will submit its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) around the commencement of U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 30 in Brazil in November.

    • About NDCs

  • The NDCs are renewable-energy adoption goals set by a country as part of being a signatory to the Paris Agreement.
  • Countries must regulate their fossil fuel consumption to keep the globe from heating 2°C, and as far as possible, 1.5°C above that in pre-industrial times.
  • Countries are required to update their NDCs every five years. 
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    SST-Bharat Marks India’s Entry into the Global Fusion Race

    Context

  • Researchers at the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) in Gandhinagar have laid out a roadmap for India to achieve fusion power.

    • About

  • The researchers envisage developing India’s first fusion electricity generator, called the Steady-state Superconducting Tokamak-Bharat (SST-Bharat), with a power output 5x the input. 
  • It will be a fusion-fission hybrid reactor with 100 MW of the total 130 MW provided by fission. The estimated construction cost is Rs 25,000 crore.
  • By 2060, the team aims to commission a 250 MW demonstration reactor with an output-to-input ratio (Q) of 20.
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    Impact of U.S. Tariffs on Jewellery Sector 

    In News

  • India’s diamond and jewellery sector has been severely impacted by U.S. tariffs of 50% on cut and polished diamonds and 50-57% on studded and non-studded jewellery, disrupting decades of established trade. 

    • About

  • The U.S. is India’s largest diamond importer, with exports worth ₹46,000 crore in diamonds and ₹23,000 crore in studded gold jewellery in 2024-25.
  • The cut and polished diamond industry employs 8.2 lakh skilled workers. 
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    Visakhapatnam Declaration on E-Governance

    Context

  • The Visakhapatnam Declaration on E-Governance, adopted at the 28th National Conference on e-Governance held in Visakhapatnam.

    • Key Highlights

  • Co-hosted By: Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), and the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
  • Theme: "Viksit Bharat: Civil Service and Digital Transformation" with a vision of "Minimum Government, Maximum Governance."
  • Digital Inclusion: Focus on extending digital governance to underserved and connectivity-challenged regions such as the North-East and Ladakh through expanding mandatory e-services under the NeSDA (National e-Governance Services Delivery Assessment) framework.
  • AI Platforms: Scaling AI-driven initiatives such as Digital India BHASHINI (multilingual communications), Digi Yatra (airport check-ins), and NADRES V2 (agricultural disaster risk reduction), with a focus on ethical, transparent AI use.
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    Seven Years of Ayushman Bharat

    Context

  • Recently, the Ayushman Bharat, the world’s largest government-funded health assurance scheme, completed its seven years.

    • About the Ayushman Bharat

  • It is a flagship health initiative, emerged from the National Health Policy 2017, and was launched in September 2018 from Ranchi, Jharkhand.
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