अगला युद्ध जल्द हो सकता है, हमें उसी के मुताबिक तैयारी करनी होगी : सेना प्रमुख

सार्वभौमिक स्वास्थ्य सेवा — वह आदर्श प्रणाली जिसमें प्रत्येक नागरिक को आय की परवाह किए बिना गुणवत्तापूर्ण चिकित्सा देखभाल मिलती है — की शुरुआत निदान सेवाओं को सुलभ, किफायती और सर्वव्यापी बनाने से होनी चाहिए।

Nominations to J&K Assembly outside the realm of elected govt.: Centre

As geopolitical tensions escalate and technological warfare evolves rapidly, the need to modernise India’s armed forces has become existential.

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Pacific microstate Nauru, has a novel plan to fund its fight against climate change by selling "golden passports".

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Selling for US$105,000 each, Nauru plans to drum up more than US$5 million in the first year of the "climate resilience citizenship" programme.

Nauru believes the passport programme could eventually generate $43 million which would account for almost 20% of total government revenue.

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India relies heavily on groundwater for drinking and irrigation, but rapid, unregulated extraction has led to widespread contamination.

India’s groundwater crisis

India depends on groundwater for about 85% of its rural drinking water needs and around 60% of irrigation water.

Despite an increase in rainfall over the past decades, groundwater replenishment is insufficient due to excessive withdrawals and encroachments on natural recharge zones.

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Medical tourism, the practice of traveling across borders for affordable, high-quality medical care has grown into a global industry, with India now holding a significant position as a preferred destination.

What is Medical Tourism?

Cost Advantage: Procedures can cost 60–90% less than in Western countries, making quality care accessible to a broader international clientele.

Cost Advantage: Procedures can cost 60–90% less than in Western countries, making quality care accessible to a broader international clientele.

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The 11th National Handloom Day was celebrated at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

National Handloom Day

The handloom sector played a vital role in India’s freedom movement. The Swadeshi Movement, launched on August 7, 1905, championed indigenous industries, especially handlooms, as a form of economic resistance to colonial rule.

In honour of this legacy, August 7 was declared National Handloom Day in 2015.

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Amid US Tariffs, Prime Minister Modi said that the government would never compromise the interests of India’s farmers, livestock rearers and fisherfolk.

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Trade negotiations between India and the US have stalled, with the US (under Donald Trump administration) pressuring India to:

Open its domestic market to American farm produce.

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India and Russia have reaffirmed their strategic partnership with a renewed focus on industrial cooperation, particularly in the extraction of rare earth minerals and critical resources, amid US’s escalated pressure on India’s oil trade with Russia. 

Indo-Russian Cooperation in Rare Earth Minerals

Need: Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are essential for modern technologies — electric vehicles, wind turbines, semiconductors, and defence systems.

Recent export restrictions by China, which controls 85–95% of global supply, have disrupted India’s automobile production and exposed vulnerabilities in its supply chain.

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