October 22, 2025

Daily Current Affairs

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  • The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) recently released the revised Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy (NDGFP) and invited inputs on it before June 11th, 2022. NDGFP replaces Draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy, 2022.
  • The Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy (NDGFP) aims to enhance access, quality, and use of data, in accordance with the emerging technology needs.
  • According to the ministry, this policy ensures the security of data and informational privacy. NDGFP standards and rules will cover all data collected and managed by any government entity.
  • An ‘India Data Management Office (IDMO)’ is proposed which will be responsible for framing, managing and periodically reviewing the Policy and also developing guidelines under this Policy.
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  • World Vape Day is observed on 30th May across the globe to create awareness about the alternatives to harmful tobacco products and highlights the relative safety of e-cigarettes and their potential as harm reduction and smoking cessation tools.
  • World Vape Day (May 30) is observed on the day before World No Tobacco Day (May 31), observed by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
  • World Vape Day was initiated by the World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA). WVA was established by and receives funding from the Consumer Choice Centre.
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  • The United States overtook China to become India’s top trading partner in 2021-22, reflecting strong economic ties between the two countries.
  • According to commerce ministry data, in 2021-22, bilateral trade between the US and India stood at US$ 119.42 billion as against US$ 80.51 billion in 2020-21.
  • Exports to the US increased to US$ 76.11 billion in 2021-22 from US$ 51.62 billion in the previous fiscal, while imports rose to US$ 43.31 billion as compared to around US$ 29 billion in 2020-21.

 India’s Top Trading Partners 2021-22:

  • In 2021-22, the UAE is India’s third-largest trading partner with USD 72.9 billion. It is followed by Saudi Arabia (USD 42.85 billion) as 4th, Iraq (USD 34.33 billion) as 5th, & Singapore (USD 30 billion) as its 6th largest trading partner.
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  • The Permanent Indus Commission conference, which is held yearly under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) 1960, began with India and Pakistan.

KEY POINTS:

  • The most recent summit, held in New Delhi on March 23-24, 2021, focused on the exchange of hydrological and flood data.
  • In March, India and Pakistan reaffirmed their commitment to implementing the Indus Waters Treaty in its entirety, and expressed the hope that the Permanent Indus Commission’s next meeting will be conducted in India soon.
  • A five-member Pakistani team has arrived in the United States for the two-day discussions.
  • The Indus talks are not seen as a forerunner to a more substantial engagement between the two countries.
  • The two countries previously met for diplomatic discussions in December 2015, and while they were able to announce a resumption of talks at that time, the process was never able to get off the ground due to the Pathankot assault.

 

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  • Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has launched a new health and wellness app AAYU to address and help heal chronic diseases and lifestyle disorders through yoga.
  • Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA) collaborated to develop the App with RESET TECH, an AI-driven integrated health-tech platform that aims to deal with chronic diseases and lifestyle conditions through yoga and meditation.

About the App:

  • The App would provide users with personalised wellness solutions and offer doctor consultations based on an individual’s personal history and monitor its progress enabling them to accelerate healing and recovery.
  • The app would provide users with customised wellness solutions and doctor consultations based on their specific histories, as well as track their progress, allowing them to heal and recover faster.
  • The App is accessible in various languages and aims to reach and impact over five million chronic disease patients within the next five years.
  • The App addresses the root cause of the diseases goes beyond temporary care and helps restore lost health. Also, aims to cure diseases borne out of lifestyle disorders that have plagued people over the past decades.
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  • In the series of programmes of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, a one-day “Eat Right Fair” was organised by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
  • The main objective of the fair is to make people aware of good diet.
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  • With an aim to provide health facilities in inaccessible areas, Jeevan Dhara ambulance and mobile medical unit services have been started in Himachal Pradesh.
  • Priority is being given to providing health facilities to the most inaccessible, deprived and backward areas through these services in Himachal Pradesh.
  • The Himachal government has pressed into service at least 10 such mobile ambulances.
  • Through these, an OPD facility is also being provided along with screening for other diseases, including blood pressure, diabetes and cancer. After the health check-up, treatment and medicines related to the disease are also being provided to the patients as well.
  • In the initial phase, health facilities are being provided through the mobile ambulance service in the inaccessible areas of seven districts of Chamba, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur and Solan.
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  • Tokyo Olympian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar bagged a Gold medal in Greece with a 7.95m jump at Venizeleia-Chania 2022 athletics meet.
  • Earlier in the month, 23- year-old M Sreeshankar won the long jump event in Kallithea, Greece with an 8.31m jump.

 

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  • India and Vietnam explored new opportunities for partnership to support each other’s economic development and national security amid the geopolitical turmoil triggered by the crisis in Ukraine and disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • The two sides held extensive deliberations on ways to further ramp up cooperation at the 12th round of political consultations and the ninth round of strategic dialogue in Hanoi.
  • India described Vietnam, as a key partner for New Delhi’s Act East Policy and the Indo-Pacific vision.
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  • Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary is spread over 32.7 square kilometres, and is at the end of important wildlife corridor that starts from Sariska National Park in Alwar, Rajasthan and passes through Mewat, Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana.
  • The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) will assess the impact of nearby human habitations on the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, which is witnessing an increase in wildlife population.
  • The assessment will be part of a study to ascertain the possible effects of the dumping of inert civic waste in the abandoned Bhatti Mines.
  • The WII recently submitted a proposal to conduct a multidisciplinary study in the Asola Sanctuary to “collect baseline information on soil and groundwater, and flora, fauna and herpetofauna (lizards, snakes, turtles and tortoises) in the mined-out pits.
  • The study will “identify and evaluate the cultural impact of nearby villages on the wildlife sanctuary”.
  • According to the institute, Activities such as poaching, cattle grazing, fuelwood collection and lopping result in high forest degradation.
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