{"id":51451,"date":"2025-08-18T10:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=51451"},"modified":"2025-08-18T10:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:20:12","slug":"headlines-of-the-day-18-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/headlines-of-the-day\/18-08-2025\/headlines-of-the-day-18-august-2025","title":{"rendered":"Headlines of the Day 18-August-2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Hindu, PIB, Indian Express, AIR<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Headline<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Syllabus<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GST reforms will benefit the poor and middle class: PM<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144447\/OPS\/GI1EOFVUQ.1+GU0EPGTJV.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Hindu(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>T.N. offers incentives to entities engaged in semiconductor design<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144447\/OPS\/GI1EOFVUS.1+GHIEPGPSP.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Hindu(Page3)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Grassland invaders stifle Assam\u2019sisland-like national park home to feral horses: study<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144447\/OPS\/GI1EOFVUV.1+GDGEPH1B9.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Hindu(Page6)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS3(Environment)<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Gugga Naumi festival<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144447\/OPS\/GI1EOFVUV.1+GDGEPH1BT.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Hindu(Page 6)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS1(Culture)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Biodiversity everywhere is ordered by a common \u2018hidden\u2019 pattern<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144447\/OPS\/GI1EOFVV0.1+GVSEPH30K.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Hindu(Page 7)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS3(Environment)<\/strong><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>New type of supernova detected as black hole causes star to explode<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>The HinduPage7)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS3(Space)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>A conservation manual, drafted by the ordinary citizen<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144447\/OPS\/GI1EOFVV1.1+G36EPG3NB.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The HinduPage 8)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>In Namibia, India shows a new way to engage Africa<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144447\/OPS\/GI1EOFVV1.1+G36EPG3N9.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The HinduPage 8)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>India\u2019s patent landscape: universities as changemakers<\/strong><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144447\/OPS\/GI1EOFVV3.1+GQQEPG89S.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The HinduPage 9)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>What has been the impact of ethanol blending?<\/strong><br><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144447\/OPS\/GI1EOFVV4.1+GH2EPGCK6.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The HinduPage 10)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS3(Economy\/Environment)<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>How \u2018honour\u2019 killings in India are reinforced and legitimised<\/strong><br><br><br><br><strong>Researchers identify new palm species<\/strong><br><br><br><strong>Chasing corals: hope blooms in Gulf of Mannar<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144447\/OPS\/GI1EOFVV7.1+GH2EPGCJS.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The HinduPage 11)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144303\/OPS\/GU9EOBQ10.1+GJ0EPD8N9.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/144303\/OPS\/GU9EOBQ21.1+G9FEPDI75.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS1(Social Issues)<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><br><strong>GS3(Environment)<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><strong>GS3(Environment)<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Planning the next leap forward<\/strong><br><br><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/planning-the-next-leap-forward-10195278\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Indian express(Page 9)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS2(Governance)\/GS3(Economy)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>India\u2019s first sustainable aviation fuel plant<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/business\/used-cooking-oil-to-fuel-for-planes-indias-first-sustainable-aviation-fuel-plant-to-start-production-by-year-end-10194705\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Indian express(Page 11)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>The spineless foe of nuclear power plants: How jellyfish disrupt these facilities<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-global\/gaza-visas-children-laura-loomer-israel-us-10195056\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Indian express(Page 13)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS3(Environment )<\/strong><br><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Sri Aurobindo on his Birth Anniversary<\/strong><br><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2156838\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS1(History)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>India hosts 10th Meeting of AITIGA Joint Committee to review ASEAN\u2013India Trade in Goods Agreement<\/strong><br><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2156828\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>PM Modi Announces Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana to Boost Youth Employment<\/strong><br><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2156794\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS3(Economy)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>DELIVERY OF YARD 3027 (IKSHAK)<\/strong><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2156465\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS3(Defence)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>100 SC-ST Hub scheme beneficiaries invited as special guests for Independence Day ceremony<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/100-sc-st-hub-scheme-beneficiaries-invited-as-special-guests-for-independence-day-ceremony\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Air<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GST reforms will benefit the poor and middle class: 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