{"id":53639,"date":"2025-09-10T21:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=53639"},"modified":"2025-09-11T12:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:47:26","slug":"news-in-short-10-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/10-09-2025\/news-in-short-10-september-2025","title":{"rendered":"News In Short \u2013 10 September, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Rajasthan Assembly Passes \u2018Anti-Conversion\u2019 Bill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Polity and Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed the &#8220;Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, 2025&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As of 2025, <strong>11 states<\/strong> have passed laws to regulate religious conversion on the ground of public order.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Article 25 <\/strong>of the Constitution provides for the fundamental right to freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Supreme Court, 1977<\/strong> ruled that this fundamental right does not include the right to convert another person to one\u2019s own religion, but to transmit or spread one\u2019s religion by an exposition of its tenets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Features<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Bill prohibits religious conversions by force, coercion, misrepresentation, <\/strong>undue influence, allurement, marriage, or any fraudulent means.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The person undergoing conversion and the converter <strong>must make declarations before the DM.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The DM will conduct inquiry and invite objections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Persons who can lodge an FIR against<\/strong> a forced conversion include the victim, parents, brother, sister, or anyone related by blood, marriage, or by adoption.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>General offences:<\/strong> Unlawful conversions will invite imprisonment of <strong>seven to fourteen years<\/strong> and a minimum fine of <strong>\u20b95 lakh<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vulnerable groups: <\/strong>If the converted person is a minor, woman, differently abled, or from SC\/ST communities, the punishment will be <strong>ten to twenty years<\/strong> of imprisonment and a fine of <strong>\u20b910 lakh.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mass conversions:<\/strong> In cases of mass conversions, guilty parties face <strong>twenty years to life imprisonment<\/strong> along with a minimum fine of <strong>\u20b925 lakh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Issues<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Details of conversion and personal details of the person converting will be put on public notice.&nbsp; This may violate a person\u2019s right to privacy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Re-conversion to a person\u2019s previous religion will not be considered as conversion.&nbsp; This may violate the right to equality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2025\/Sep\/09\/rajasthan-assembly-clears-anti-conversion-bill-with-toughest-penalties-yet-congress-stages-protest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Langkhon Festival<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS1\/ Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Tiwa tribesmen<\/strong> celebrated the Langkhon (Langkhun) Festival in Umsowai village of Karbi Anglong district, Assam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The festival involves the <strong>worship of bamboo over four days<\/strong>, symbolizing fertility, resilience, and the close bond between nature and human life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is primarily celebrated in the <strong>Karbi Anglong district of Assam<\/strong>, but also holds importance in other Tiwa-inhabited regions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The tribe celebrates the <strong>annual harvest festival<\/strong> to offer their sacrament to <strong>Ramsa Devota<\/strong> and other Gods seeking wellbeing of their paddy from pests and a good yield.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/147501\/OPS\/GVOERHKLM.1+G2SESJ8F4.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>National Scheduled Tribe Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coal India Limited (CIL) and the <strong>National Scheduled Tribe Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)<\/strong> have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at empowering tribal students enrolled in <strong>Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About NSTFDC<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Established:<\/strong> NSTFDC was set up in 2001 under the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Objective: <\/strong>Its core goal is the socio-economic and educational upliftment of Scheduled Tribes (STs) by providing better self-employment opportunities to help them become economically independent and self-reliant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role in Training:<\/strong> NSTFDC also provides grants for conducting skill development and training programs aimed specifically at tribal youth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: TH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Scope of Social Security to Expand with SPREE-2025 and AMNESTY Scheme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus:GS2\/Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Employees\u2019 State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has launched two key initiatives \u2014 SPREE-2025 and the AMNESTY Scheme-2025 \u2014 to expand social security coverage and ease compliance for industries.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SPREE-2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SPREE-2025 (Scheme for Promoting Registration of Employers and Employees) will be active until 31st December 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It allows unregistered industries and employees to enroll with ESIC via the ESI Portal, Shram Suvidha Portal, or Company Affairs Portal without paying past dues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registered employers will be covered from their chosen date, and employees will receive ESIC benefits from the registration date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scheme promotes voluntary compliance over punishment, aiming to reduce litigation and build trust between employers and employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AMNESTY Scheme-2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a one-time dispute resolution initiative by ESIC, effective from 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;It aims to reduce the backlog of court cases and promote compliance under the ESI Act by allowing employers to settle legal disputes with ESIC through out-of-court settlements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source :<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2164974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Ethiopia Opens Africa\u2019s Largest Dam Across Nile<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS1\/ Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ethiopia has inaugurated the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/28-01-2022\/grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/28-01-2022\/grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam\">Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD<\/a>)<\/strong>, Africa\u2019s largest hydro power project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the GERD<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>Guba, Ethiopia, on the Blue Nile (a major tributary of the Nile).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Installed capacity:<\/strong> 6,450 MW, placing it among the world\u2019s top 20 hydroelectric dams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The dam remains contentious among downstream nations including <strong>Egypt and Sudan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ebecee\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-62-1024x878.png\" alt=\"GERD\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-53640\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebecee; width:460px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-62-1024x878.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-62-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-62-768x659.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-62.png 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>About the Blue Nile<\/strong><br>&#8211; The <strong>Blue Nile<\/strong> originates in <strong>Lake Tana<\/strong>, located in the <strong>Ethiopian Highlands<\/strong> of eastern Africa.<br>&#8211; It joins the <strong>White Nile<\/strong> at <strong>Al-Muqrin<\/strong> in <strong>Khartoum<\/strong> (the capital of Sudan). From this confluence, the river flows north through Sudan and Egypt, eventually emptying into the <strong>Mediterranean Sea<\/strong> as the Nile.<br>&#8211; The <strong>Nile River<\/strong> is the <strong>longest river in the world<\/strong>, flowing through <strong>11 countries<\/strong>: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda, Tanzania, Sudan and Egypt.<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"156\" ><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cr4qx6377qgo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BBC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Vembanad Lake<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vembanad Lake of Kerala is facing a severe ecological crisis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Vembanad Lake<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the longest lake in India and the largest in Kerala.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a Ramsar site and a wetland of international importance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is fed by 10 rivers including Pamba, Meenachil, Achankovil, Manimala, and Periyar and eventually opens into the Arabian Sea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: DTE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>EXERCISE ZAPAD 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An Indian Armed Forces contingent departed for Russia to take part in the <strong>multilateral joint military exercise ZAPAD 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Exercise<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More than <strong>20 countries<\/strong>, including China, are participating in the exercise. Notably, for the first time since <strong>Operation Sindoor<\/strong>, the Indian and Pakistani armies will take part in the same military drill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The exercise aimed at enhancing military cooperation, improving interoperability, and providing a platform for participating armies to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures in the domains of conventional warfare and&nbsp; counter-terrorism operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2164916#:~:text=The%20multilateral%20Exercise%20ZAPAD%202025,warfare%20and%20counter%2Dterrorism%20operations.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed the &#8220;Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, 2025&#8221;.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">As of 2025, 11 states have passed laws to regulate religious conversion on the ground of public order.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Article 25 of the Constitution provides for the fundamental right to freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Supreme Court, 1977 ruled that this fundamental right does not include the right to convert another person to one\u2019s own religion, but to transmit or spread one\u2019s religion by an exposition of its tenets.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Supreme Court, 1977 ruled that this fundamental right does not include the right to convert another person to one\u2019s own religion, but to transmit or spread one\u2019s religion by an exposition of its tenets.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/10-09-2025\/news-in-short-10-september-2025\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53639"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53685,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53639\/revisions\/53685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}