{"id":80232,"date":"2026-07-28T18:23:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=80232"},"modified":"2026-07-28T18:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:57:20","slug":"news-in-short-28-07-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/28-07-2026\/news-in-short-28-07-2026","title":{"rendered":"News In Short 28-07-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>India&#8217;s Fight to Combat Hepatitis<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Health&nbsp;<\/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>India is systematically strengthening its efforts to combat hepatitis, with the <strong>National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme<\/strong> aiming to eliminate the disease as a <strong>public health threat by 2030.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Hepatitis?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hepatitis is an <strong>inflammation of the liver<\/strong>, caused by <strong>hepatitis viruses<\/strong> or even other infections, toxic substances such as alcohol and drugs, and autoimmune diseases.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are <strong>five major types of hepatitis viruses<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. <\/strong>Among these, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C are the most serious public health concerns as they can become chronic infections and may lead to liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Modes of Transmission, Prevention and Management<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Hepatitis Virus<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Causes \/ Transmission<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prevention &amp; Treatment<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hepatitis A (HAV)<\/td><td>Faecal-oral route via contaminated food\/waterPoor sanitation and lack of safe drinking water<\/td><td><strong>Prevention<\/strong>: Safe drinking water, hygiene and sanitation measures<strong>Treatment<\/strong>: Usually Self-limiting. Supportive care (hydration\/nutrition). No specific antiviral<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hepatitis B (HBV)<\/td><td>Most commonly: Mother-to-child at birthContact with infected blood and blood products and body fluids etc<\/td><td><strong>Prevention<\/strong>: Hepatitis B Vaccine under the Universal Immunization Program (birth dose at the earliest and certainly within 24 hours of birth, at 6,10 and 14 weeks of birth)<strong>Treatment<\/strong>: Chronic hepatitis B is managed with antiviral medication amongst those eligible as per the national guidelines.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hepatitis C (HCV)<\/td><td>Exposure to blood from unsafe injections\/ proceduresSharing needles\/syringesContact with infected blood and blood products and body fluids etc<\/td><td><strong>Prevention<\/strong>: Adopting harm reduction measures (needle exchange), safe injection practices. There is no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C infection<strong>Treatment<\/strong>: Cured in 12-24 weeks in nearly all patients using pan-genotypic regimen with Direct-Acting Antiviral (DAAs) drugs.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hepatitis D (HDV)<\/td><td>Contact with infected blood and blood products and body fluids, etcInfection only amongst some chronic HBV carriers<\/td><td><strong>Prevention<\/strong>: By preventing the underlying HBV infection, the Hepatitis B vaccine concurrently confers full protection against HDV infection.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hepatitis E (HEV)<\/td><td>Faecal-oral route via contaminated food\/waterPoor sanitation and lack of safe drinking water<\/td><td><strong>Prevention<\/strong>: Safe drinking water, hygiene and sanitation measures<strong>Treatment<\/strong>: Usually Self-limiting. Supportive care (hydration\/nutrition). No specific antiviral drugs<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>India\u2019s Steps&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hepatitis has been recognised as a <strong>public health problem in India<\/strong>. In 2018, the Government launched the National Viral Hepatitis Program to combat this disease by providing<strong> screening and treatment services.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0This is in line with the <strong>United Nations\u2019 Sustainable Development Goal of combating various viral diseases.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has a comprehensive preventive, promotive and curative approach to eliminate viral hepatitis by increasing awareness, improving access to diagnosis and treatment, and providing free diagnostics and medicines for Hepatitis B and C.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It deals with <strong>Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. Hepatitis A and E are under surveillance<\/strong> through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2289761&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Corporate Mitra Scheme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/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 Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), Shillong organised a webinar for awareness of the<strong> Corporate Mitra Scheme.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Corporate Mitra Scheme<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Corporate Mitra Scheme is an initiative of<strong> Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) <\/strong>and administered by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The purpose is to enhance the <strong>Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) <\/strong>ecosystem by building a cadre of trained and accredited <strong>Corporate Mitras (paraprofessionals)<\/strong> providing affordable business and compliance help.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scheme targets <strong>tier-2 and tier-3 cities<\/strong>, which have less access to professional consulting services for MSMEs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scheme is intended to teach 2,000 participants all throughout the country including 200 candidates from the North Eastern Region in the first phase, who will be provided <strong>50% concession<\/strong> on the course fee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2289729&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Bank of Baroda (BoB) Data Leaks on Dark Web<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Cyber Security&nbsp;<\/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>Bank of Baroda (BoB) was hit by a cyberattack after one of its employee\u2019s email accounts was compromised, allegedly leading to a leak of about 1 TB of customer and corporate banking data on the dark web.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Do you know?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>World Wide Web<\/strong> is broadly divided into the <strong>Surface Web, Deep Web, and Dark Web.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Surface Web consists of publicly indexed websites accessible through search engines like <strong>Google.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Deep Web <\/strong>contains unindexed content such as private databases, government and corporate intranets, and password-protected resources.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Dark Web is a hidden part of the <strong>Deep Web that requires specialized software<\/strong> like <strong>Tor (The Onion Router) or I2P (Invisible Internet Project) to access<\/strong>, offering users a high degree of anonymity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dark Web<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a section of the internet that is<strong> intentionally concealed and cannot be found by regular search engines <\/strong>or browsers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It requires special software like <strong>Tor (The Onion Router) or I2P (Invisible Internet Project)<\/strong> that use encrypted overlay networks to provide a high degree of anonymity to users and website operators.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Dark Web uses<strong> onion routing<\/strong>, which means internet traffic is encrypted in layers and sent through a series of relay nodes run by volunteers &#8211; meaning no single node knows the source and destination of the data.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hidden services hide the location of the servers .\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Applications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Legitimate <\/strong>uses include privacy protection, censorship circumvention, free speech, secure communications for journalists, whistleblowers, activists and businesses, and protection of sensitive communications.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Law enforcement agencies also leverage the Dark Web for surveillance, undercover and anonymous tip line operations, and cybercrime investigations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Illegitimate <\/strong>uses include darknet markets trafficking illicit drugs, counterfeit documents, stolen financial data, hacking tools, malware, cybercrime services, and other illegal goods .\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Monero are often used for these transactions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/Industry\/bank-of-baroda-initiates-forensic-investigation-on-data-breach-that-leaked-critical-customer-information\/article71273011.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>AI Data Centres to Add 26.3 GW load by 2031-32: Power Ministry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Infrastructure<\/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>Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centres<\/strong> will put an <strong>additional load of 26.3 gigawatts (GW) by 2031-32,<\/strong> the Ministry of Power informed the parliament.<\/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>This additional load is expected <strong>to be integrated into the grid and will primarily be served by renewable energy capacity.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The fresh projection is <strong>almost double the government\u2019s earlier projection <\/strong>in March this year when it estimated that electricity demand from data centres will <strong>reach 13.56 GW by 2031-32.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A data center<\/strong> is a physical room, building or facility that houses IT infrastructure for building, running and delivering applications and services.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It also stores and manages the data associated with those applications and services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Data Centres in India<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India is expected to witness a <strong>sharp increase in data centre capacity in the coming years.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>From a mere 375 megawatt (MW) data centre capacity in 2020,<\/strong> India\u2019s current capacity stood at around <strong>1.5 GW by 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>India\u2019s operational data centre capacity will increase to 12 GW by 2030, <\/strong>at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of <strong>approximately 40%.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI-dedicated capacity<\/strong> is expected to <strong>expand nearly 24-fold<\/strong> over the same period, <strong>rising from 275 MW to 6,546 MW.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As hyperscale cloud providers, enterprise digitalisation and artificial intelligence accelerate demand for computer infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: IE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Kimi K3<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Science &amp; Technology<\/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>Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI has temporarily paused new subscriptions for its AI chatbot after overwhelming demand for its newly launched Kimi K3 model exhausted available GPU computing capacity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Kimi K3?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kimi K3 is a new <strong>large language model (LLM) <\/strong>developed by Moonshot AI, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has demonstrated frontier-level performance in coding and reasoning benchmarks, with results comparable to leading AI models developed by <strong>OpenAI and Anthropic on several tasks.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The model is expected to be released as an <strong>open-weight model,<\/strong> allowing developers to download and run it locally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are Open-Weight AI Models?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An open-weight AI model is a model whose <strong>trained parameters (weights) are made publicly available.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong> Developers can download, run, fine-tune, and modify the model.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The model can operate on private infrastructure without depending entirely on the developer&#8217;s cloud service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Large Language Models (LLMs)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses <strong>deep learning techniques <\/strong>and massively large data sets to understand, summarize, generate and predict new content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deep learning involves the probabilistic analysis of unstructured data, which eventually enables the deep learning model to recognize distinctions between pieces of content without human intervention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It helps to understand how characters, words, and sentences function together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/china-moonshot-ai-pauses-new-signups-kimi-k3-10794789\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong> In News <\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> India is systematically strengthening its efforts to combat hepatitis, with the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme aiming to eliminate the disease as a public health threat by 2030. <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong> What is Hepatitis? <\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, caused by hepatitis viruses or even other infections, toxic substances such as alcohol and drugs, and autoimmune diseases.\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> There are five major types of hepatitis viruses \u2014 Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. 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