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Highlights of September 1st Week Current Affairs
- India and Japan unveiled a Joint Vision for the Next Decade with an ambitious roadmap across eight priority areas, including economy, technology, energy, and defense.
- Japan pledged 10 trillion yen investment in India over the next decade and announced human resource exchange involving five lakh people across both countries.
- India–Japan Digital Partnership 2.0 was launched with a new AI initiative, focusing on joint R&D in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and emerging technologies.
- Defence ties deepened with a new security cooperation framework, cross-servicing agreement, and joint military exercises like Dharma Guardian, Shinyuu Maitri, and JIMEX in the Indo-Pacific.
- India and Japan signed agreements on space collaboration, clean hydrogen, ammonia-based fuels, mineral security, and wastewater management for sustainable urban development projects.
- Supreme Court of India reached full sanctioned strength of 34 judges after two appointments, reinforcing judicial efficiency and independence under the Collegium system.
- Parliamentary Committees were described as the backbone of democracy, though challenges remain with low referrals of bills, weak expert support, and declining MP participation.
- India invoked UNTOC and UNCAC treaties to strengthen extradition cooperation for fugitive offenders, ensuring global legal action against organized crime, corruption, and money laundering.
- State Energy Efficiency Index 2024 ranked Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, and Tripura as top performers, encouraging inter-state competition and integration of energy-efficient policies.
- Thailand granted long-term work rights to Karen and Karenni refugees from Myanmar, a landmark move promoting refugee integration and livelihood opportunities in Southeast Asia.
- India and China leaders met on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, reaffirming commitment to stability, border peace, economic ties, and people-to-people engagement amidst regional challenges.
- Both sides agreed to resolve border issues through fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable solutions, emphasizing prevention of disputes and stability for a multipolar Asia.
- India and China announced steps to enhance connectivity, visa facilitation, and cultural exchanges, including resumption of Kailash Manasarovar Yatra to strengthen bilateral people-to-people ties.
- Revised Green Credit norms now focus on tree growth and survival, requiring five years of restoration and at least 40% canopy density for credits.
- One Green Credit is equivalent to one tree surviving beyond five years, with credits non-transferable except within a company and its subsidiaries.
- The NeGD integrated 2000 e-Government services pan-India on DigiLocker and e-District, offering citizens authentic, legally valid digital documents accessible anytime, anywhere.
- DigiLocker reduces administrative burden for agencies, enabling secure, real-time verification and exchange of documents while enhancing faster and citizen-centric service delivery nationwide.
- Draft rules propose raising FDI cap in insurance sector to 100% via automatic route, aiming to attract global capital and expand insurance penetration.
- The African Union endorsed ‘Correct the Map’ campaign, advocating Equal Earth map over Mercator’s projection to correct distortions of Africa and other regions.
- Educate Girls became first Indian NGO to win the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2025, recognizing its transformative work in advancing girls’ education in India.
- The 25th SCO Council of Heads of State Summit adopted the Tianjin Declaration, focusing on counterterrorism, UN reforms, sustainable development, and expanding China-led initiatives.
- The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 came into force, consolidating previous laws and empowering the Centre to regulate foreigners’ entry, stay, and movement.
- The Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Amendment Rules, 2025 streamlined forest clearance procedures, enhanced compensatory afforestation, and introduced provisions for critical mineral mining and stronger enforcement.
- The Supreme Court is reconsidering its 2014 judgment exempting minority institutions from the RTE Act, stressing coexistence of Article 21A and Article 30 rights.
- The BBNJ Agreement’s second Preparatory Commission session concluded, addressing marine genetic resources, high seas biodiversity, and institutional mechanisms like COP and a secretariat.
- IEPFA launched Phase II of the Niveshak Didi initiative, aiming to boost rural financial literacy, empower women, and strengthen awareness on responsible investing.
- Indian scientists are developing PRATUSH, a lunar-orbit radiometer mission to study Cosmic Dawn and Reionization through faint hydrogen signals from the early universe.
- The Ministry of Tribal Affairs unveiled Adi Vaani, India’s first AI-powered tribal language translation platform, supporting Santali, Bhili, Mundari, and Gondi initially.
- NASA–ESA’s Solar Orbiter successfully traced Solar Energetic Electrons to solar flares and CMEs, offering insights into space weather and satellite disruption risks.
- The 21st edition of Yudh Abhyas 2025 began, enhancing India–US Army interoperability through tactical drills, operational exercises, and joint military preparedness.
- WHO reports say more than 1 billion people worldwide live with mental health disorders, mostly anxiety and depression, creating huge social and economic costs.
- India launched Vikram3201, its first 32-bit indigenous processor, at Semicon India 2025, marking a big step in chip design and space technology strength.
- Anti-immigration protests in Australia targeted Indian migrants, showing rising global worries about jobs, identity, and nationalism in developed countries.
- The PM launched a Bihar scheme to give women SHGs easy digital credit, boosting entrepreneurship, reducing high-interest debt, and empowering rural women.
- The new Immigration and Foreigners Order 2025 grants visa and passport exemptions for soldiers, neighbours, minorities, and Sri Lankan Tamil refugees.
- Russia and China signed an agreement for the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, giving Russia new energy markets and strengthening China’s energy security.
- India approached the WTO against high US tariffs on copper products, aiming to protect its local industry and ensure fair global trade practices.
- APEDA started the BHARATI programme to help 100 agri-food startups grow, support innovation, and target 50 billion dollars in food exports by 2030.
- WHO reports highlight poor mental healthcare, with only 2 percent of budgets spent and a shortage of professionals, leaving millions without treatment.
- Exercise Maitree-XIV began in Meghalaya, where Indian and Thai armies train together to improve defence cooperation, joint operations, and friendship.
- The 56th GST Council meeting approved next-generation reforms, restructuring GST into two rates—5% and 18%—while scrapping the 12% and 28% slabs for simplification.
- Essential items like milk, paneer, chapati, and paratha exempted from GST, while medicines, toiletries, bicycles, and farm tools moved to 5% GST.
- Consumer relief measures included reducing GST on small cars, TVs, ACs, and home appliances from 28% to 18%, easing the burden on middle-class families.
- All life insurance and health insurance policies exempted from GST, making healthcare and financial protection more affordable for citizens across income groups.
- Luxury cars, tobacco, and aerated drinks placed under a higher 40% GST slab, ensuring sin and luxury goods contribute significantly to government revenue.
- Environment Audit Rules 2025 introduced, creating Environment Audit Designate Agency and Registered Environment Auditors, ensuring structured, impartial, and transparent environmental compliance monitoring.
- Cabinet approved a ₹1,500 crore incentive scheme under NCMM to promote recycling of critical minerals from e-waste, batteries, catalytic converters, and mineral-bearing scraps.
- Dadabhai Naoroji’s 200th birth anniversary celebrated nationwide, honoring his role as a reformer, economic thinker, INC leader, and advocate of the “Drain of Wealth” theory.
- Bhutan’s Prime Minister visited Nalanda University, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, symbolizing India’s ancient global academic influence and the university’s historical role in knowledge exchange.
- ‘Operation Black Forest,’ the largest anti-Naxal operation, launched on Karregutta hill along Chhattisgarh–Telangana border to dismantle Left-Wing Extremist strongholds in dense forests.
- Singapore PM Lawrence Wong visited India to mark 60 years of diplomatic ties, boosting cooperation in economy, space, digitalisation, skills, sustainability, and connectivity.
- India and Singapore agreed to institutionalize an Annual Ministerial Roundtable to review their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and deepen collaboration across multiple sectors.
- The Sample Registration System 2023 Report showed India’s Total Fertility Rate dropped to 1.9, below replacement level, with Bihar highest and Delhi lowest.
- India inaugurated its largest Lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Haryana, projected to produce 20 crore packs annually, meeting 40% of India’s demand.
- Government renewed the Suspension of Operation Agreement with Kuki-Zo groups in Manipur, promoting peace, dialogue, and gradual reintegration of insurgent groups into the mainstream.
- The NIRF 2025 Rankings placed IIT Madras as overall topper, while IISc Bengaluru secured first rank in the Universities category, reinforcing their academic leadership.
- Under Mission Mausam, IMD will install four new radars in Jammu & Kashmir to improve forecasting, disaster preparedness, and agricultural advisories.
- India joined the HealthAI Global Regulatory Network to strengthen healthcare AI governance, ensuring ethical use, international collaboration, and access to global AI repositories.
- FSSAI and Ministry of Ayush released a list of Ayurveda Āhāra products, ensuring safety, standardisation, and authenticity of Ayurvedic food for consumers.
- Maharashtra surpassed Gujarat in port capacity with the inauguration of Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal’s second phase, boosting India’s maritime connectivity and logistics capabilities.
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