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20 august 2025

HEADLINES

Ran Samwad: Tri-Services Seminar

  • The Ministry of Defence is organising a first Tri-Services Seminar, “Ran Samwad-Conversations on War, Warfare, and Warfighting,” at the Army War College in Mhow (Dr. Ambedkar Nagar).

  •  The seminar will focus on the Impact of Technology on Warfare.

Two sub-themes:

  • Emerging Technologies and Impact on Future Warfare

  • Reforms in Institutionalised Training to Catalyse Technological Enablement.

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New IIM in Guwahati

  • Amendment in the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 to establish the Indian Institute of Management at Guwahati in Assam which is an important centre of the North-Eastern region of the country.

  •  A financial grant of 550 crore rupees has been allocated for IIM Guwahati.

  • 21 IIMs are presently working in the country.

  • The bill has been passed in Lok Sabha.

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B. Sudershan Reddy: INDI alliance’s Vice-Presidential candidate

  • Former Supreme Court Judge B. Sudershan Reddy as the candidate for the Vice-Presidential election from the INDI Alliances.

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Asian Shooting Championship

  • Rashmika Sahgal has won gold, India’s third individual gold medal in Junior Women’s Air Pistol at

  • the 16th Asian Shooting Championship.

  • Overall, India has won five gold, two silver and four bronze medals from all competitions held.

  • Also, she combined with Vanshika Chaudhary (573) and Mohini Singh (565) to win the team gold.

  • Manu Bhaker won bronze medal and also won a team bronze in women’s air pistol Palak and Suruchi Phogat.

  • Girish Gupta has clinched gold in the 10m air pistol men youth event of the 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

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Devika Sihag

  • Indian shuttler Devika Sihag claimed her first International Challenge title by winning the women’s singles event at the Malaysia International Challenge in Ipoh.

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Genetic Link to Tuberculosis in Sahariya Tribe

  • Recent research has identified a genetic link that helps explain the high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among the Sahariya tribe.

Sahariya Tribe

  • classified as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG)

  • mainly found in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh

  • population of around six lakhs, they live in remote forest areas

  • known for the Saharia Swang dance performed during Holi

  • people have very good knowledge of medicinal herbs.

Government had targeted to eradicate TB by 2025.

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Nepal Achieves Rubella Elimination

  • The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared Nepal free of Rubella.

  • Nepal is now the sixth country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to eliminate rubella, reinforcing the region’s commitment to disease control by 2026.

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