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Highlights of 13 May 2025 Current Affairs
- The Sample Registration System (SRS) 2021 highlights India’s progress in reducing maternal and child mortality, aligning with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets.
- Maternal Mortality Ratio dropped from 130 (2014–16) to 93 (2019–21), progressing towards the SDG 2030 goal of 70 or fewer deaths.
- Neonatal Mortality Rate reduced from 26 (2014) to 19 (2021) per 1,000 live births, targeting 12 or fewer by 2030.
- The Sex Ratio at Birth improved from 899 (2014) to 913 (2021), indicating gradual progress towards gender balance in births.
- India’s Total Fertility Rate decreased to 2.0 in 2021, though states like Bihar continue to show higher fertility trends at 3.0.
- Following Operation Sindoor, PIB intensified efforts to counter disinformation spreading through digital platforms, strengthening public trust.
- Psychological warfare tactics, including propaganda and emotional manipulation, are used to weaken opponents without physical combat engagement.
- India inaugurated a BrahMos Aerospace Testing Facility in Lucknow, boosting indigenous missile development under the UP Defence Industrial Corridor.
- Safe harbour provisions protecting social media platforms from user-generated content liability are being reconsidered for greater accountability.
- National Technology Day on May 11 commemorates India’s Pokhran-II nuclear tests and the successful flight of the indigenous Hansa-3 aircraft.
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