04 September 2025
Researchers recently confirmed the presence of jarosite in which specific location of Gujarat?
đĸ āĻুāĻāϰাāĻে āĻাāϰোāϏাāĻāĻেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤāĻāϰāĻŖ
đĸ Confirmation of Jarosite in Gujarat
āĻāĻŦেāώāĻāϰা āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āĻāϰেāĻেāύ – āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻেāϞাāϰ āĻŽাāϤাāύোāĻŽাāϧ āĻ্āϰাāĻŽে (āĻুāĻāϰাāĻ) āĻাāϰোāϏাāĻāĻ āĻāύিāĻেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি।
Researchers confirmed – presence of jarosite in Matanomadh village, Kutch district, Gujarat.
āĻাāϰোāϏাāĻāĻ – āĻšāϞুāĻĻ āϰāĻেāϰ āϞৌāĻš-āϏাāϞāĻĢেāĻ āĻāύিāĻ; āĻ
āĻŽ্āϞীā§ āĻ āĻ
āĻ্āϏিāĻĄাāĻāĻিং āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļে āĻāĻ িāϤ āĻšā§।
Jarosite – yellow iron-sulphate mineral; forms in acidic and oxidizing conditions.
āĻāĻŦিāώ্āĻৃāϤ āϏ্āϤāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ā§Ģā§Ģ āĻŽিāϞিāϝ়āύ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻĒুāϰোāύো, āϝা āĻĒ্āϰাāĻীāύ āĻāϞ āĻ্āϰিāϝ়াāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŽাāĻŖ āĻĻেā§।
Deposits ~55 million years old, indicating past water activity.
āϏাāĻāĻāĻি āĻŽাāϰ্āϏ-āĻ
্āϝাāύাāϞāĻ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻিāϤ, ISRO-āϰ āĻ্āϰāĻšীāϝ় āĻŽিāĻļāύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ।
Site seen as Mars-analogue, useful for ISRO’s planetary missions.
Which organization has introduced CEREBO, a handheld device for rapid diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
đĸ āϏেāϰেāĻŦো (CEREBO) – āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻŦāĻĻেāĻļি āĻš্āϝাāύ্āĻĄāĻšেāϞ্āĻĄ āĻĄিāĻাāĻāϏ
đĸ CEREBO – India’s 1st Indigenous Handheld Device
āϏেāϰেāĻŦো (CEREBO): āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻŦāĻĻেāĻļি āĻš্āϝাāύ্āĻĄāĻšেāϞ্āĻĄ āĻĄিāĻাāĻāϏ, āϝা āĻ্āϰāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻŦ্āϰেāύ āĻāύāĻুāϰি (TBI) āĻļāύাāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰāϤে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ।
CEREBO: India’s 1st indigenous handheld device for traumatic brain injury (TBI) diagnosis.
āĻāύ্āύā§āύāĻাāϰী āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύ: ICMR, AIIMS āĻোāĻĒাāϞ, NIMHANS āĻāĻŦং Bioscan Research।
Developed by: ICMR, AIIMS Bhopal, NIMHANS & Bioscan Research.
āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ্āϤি: Near-infrared spectroscopy + AI āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰে; <1 āĻŽিāύিāĻে āĻŽāϏ্āϤিāώ্āĻে āϰāĻ্āϤāĻ্āώāϰāĻŖ āĻ āĻĢোāϞা (edema) āĻļāύাāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰে।
Technology: Uses near-infrared spectroscopy + AI → detects intracranial bleeding & edema in <1 min.
āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āĻ্āϝ: āĻĒোāϰ্āĻেāĻŦāϞ, āϰেāĻĄিā§েāĻļāύ-āĻŽুāĻ্āϤ, āϏ্āĻŦāϞ্āĻĒ āĻāϰāĻে; āĻ
্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻŦুāϞেāύ্āϏ, āĻ্āϰাāĻŽীāĻŖ āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ, āĻ āĻĻুāϰ্āϝোāĻāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻāϞাāĻাā§ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰāϝোāĻ্āϝ।
Features: Portable, radiation-free, low-cost; usable in ambulances, rural clinics, disaster zones.
āĻ
āύুāĻŽোāĻĻāύ: DCGI āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻ
āύুāĻŽোāĻĻিāϤ; āϏāϰāĻাāϰি e-Marketplace (GeM)-āĻ āϤাāϞিāĻাāĻুāĻ্āϤ।
Approval: Approved by DCGI; listed on Government e-Marketplace (GeM).
According to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), India is ranked as the:
đĸ āĻā§াāϰ āĻোā§াāϞিāĻি āϞাāĻāĻĢ āĻāύāĻĄেāĻ্āϏ (AQLI) āϰিāĻĒোāϰ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ – āĻাāϰāϤ
đĸ Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) Report 2025 – India
āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϤ āĻাāϰāϤীā§ āύাāĻāϰিāĻ WHO āϏীāĻŽাāϰ (ā§Ģ Âĩg/m³) āĻāĻĒāϰে PM2.5 āĻĻূāώāĻŖেāϰ āĻļিāĻাāϰ – āĻā§েāϰ āϤুāϞāύাā§ ā§Ž āĻুāĻŖ āĻŦেāĻļি।
All Indians exposed to PM2.5 above WHO limit (5 Âĩg/m³) – 8× higher.
āĻā§ āĻā§ু ā§Š.ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻāĻŽেāĻে।
Life expectancy cut by 3.5 years on average.
āϏāĻŦāĻেā§ে āĻাāϰাāĻĒ āĻĻিāϞ্āϞি–āĻāύāϏিāĻāϰ: āϏāϰ্āĻŦোāĻ্āĻ ā§Ž.⧍ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻā§ু āĻš্āϰাāϏ।
Delhi–NCR worst: up to 8.2 years lost.
āϏāĻŦāĻেā§ে āĻ্āώāϤিāĻ্āϰāϏ্āϤ āϰাāĻ্āϝ: āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ (ā§Ģ.ā§Ŧ āĻŦāĻāϰ), āĻšāϰিāϝ়াāύা (ā§Ģ.ā§Š), āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ (ā§Ģ.ā§Ļ)।
States most affected: Bihar (5.6 yrs), Haryana (5.3), UP (5.0).
āϏāĻŦāĻেā§ে āĻāĻŽ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻŦ: āĻ
āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ – ⧍.ā§§ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻā§ু āĻš্āϰাāϏ।
Lowest impact: Andhra Pradesh – 2.1 years lost.
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āύিāϰাāĻĒāĻĻ āϏীāĻŽা (ā§Ēā§Ļ Âĩg/m³)-āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰে ā§Ēā§Ŧ% āĻŽাāύুāώ āĻŦāϏāĻŦাāϏ āĻāϰে।
46% of population lives above India’s safe limit (40 Âĩg/m³).
āĻাāϤীā§ āĻŽাāύ āĻĒূāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϞে āĻā§ু āĻŦাā§āĻŦে +ā§§.ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻāϰ; WHO āĻŽাāύ āĻĒূāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϞে +⧝ āĻŽাāϏ।
Meeting national norms → +1.5 yrs; meeting WHO norms → +9 months lifespan.
āĻŦাā§ু āĻĻূāώāĻŖ āĻāĻāύ āĻ
āĻĒুāώ্āĻি, āϤাāĻŽাāĻ āĻ āĻ
āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāĻāϰ āĻāϞেāϰ āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āĻŦā§ āĻšুāĻŽāĻি।
Air pollution bigger threat than malnutrition, tobacco, and unsafe water.
The recently launched Kapas Kisan app is designed to facilitate procurement of which crop under the MSP scheme?
Which city will host the 18th Inclusion International’s World Congress 2025?
đĸ ā§ŽāĻŽ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻ
āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻুāĻ্āϤি āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽেāϞāύ – āĻļাāϰāĻাāĻš, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
đĸ 8th World Congress on Inclusion – Sharjah, 2025
āϤাāϰিāĻ: ā§§ā§Ģ–ā§§ā§ āϏেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
Date: 15–17 September 2025
āĻŦিāώ⧠(Theme): “āĻāĻŽāϰা āĻ
āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻুāĻ্āϤি”
Theme: “We Are Inclusion”
āϏ্āĻĨাāύ: āĻāĻ্āϏāĻĒো āϏেāύ্āĻাāϰ, āĻļাāϰāĻাāĻš, āϏংāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰāĻŦ āĻāĻŽিāϰাāϤ
Venue: Expo Centre, Sharjah, UAE
āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϤো MENA āĻ
āĻ্āĻāϞে āĻā§োāĻিāϤ।
First time in the MENA region.
āĻā§োāĻāĻ: Inclusion International + Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services (SCHS)
Organizers: Inclusion International + Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services (SCHS)
āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āĻĒোāώāĻāϤা: āĻļেāĻ āĻĄ. āϏুāϞāϤাāύ āĻŦিāύ āĻŽুāĻšাāĻŽ্āĻŽāĻĻ āĻāϞ āĻাāϏিāĻŽি, āĻļাāϰāĻাāĻšেāϰ āĻļাāϏāĻ
Patronage: Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah
āĻ
ংāĻļāĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖ: ā§ā§Ļ+ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāύিāϧি
Participation: Delegates from 70+ countries
āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰীā§ āĻŦিāώā§: āĻ
āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻুāĻ্āϤিāĻŽূāϞāĻ āĻļিāĻ্āώা, āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāϏেāĻŦা, āĻāĻāύāĻāϤ āĻ
āϧিāĻাāϰ, āĻāϰ্āĻŽāϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāύ, āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻāĻĻ্āĻাāĻŦāύ, āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŦāύ্āϧী āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤাā§āύ।
Focus Areas: Inclusive education, healthcare, legal rights, employment, social innovation, disability empowerment.
Which organization launched the BHARATI initiative to support agri-food startups?
đĸ āĻাāϰāϤী āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ (BHARATI Initiative) – ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
đĸ BHARATI Initiative – 2025
āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āϰূāĻĒ: Bharat’s Hub for Agritech, Resilience, Advancement & Incubation for Export Enablement
Full Form: Bharat’s Hub for Agritech, Resilience, Advancement & Incubation for Export Enablement
āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻāϰেāĻে: āĻāĻĒিāĻĄা (APEDA), āĻŦাāĻŖিāĻ্āϝ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞ⧠(āϏেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ)
Launched by: APEDA, Commerce Ministry (Sept 2025)
āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ: ā§§ā§Ļā§ĻāĻি āĻৃāώি-āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻ āĻāĻ্āϰি-āĻেāĻ āϏ্āĻাāϰ্āĻāĻāĻĒāĻে āϏāĻšাā§āϤা; ⧍ā§Ļā§Šā§Ļ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻŦিāϞিāϝ়āύ āĻĄāϞাāϰ āĻৃāώি-āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āĻ
āϰ্āĻāύ।
Target: Support 100 agri-food & agri-tech startups; achieve $50 billion agri-food exports by 2030.
āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻু: āĻিāĻāĻ-āĻ্āϝাāĻāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ, āĻৈāĻŦ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ, āϏুāĻĒাāϰāĻĢুāĻĄ, āĻāϝ়ুāώ (AYUSH), āĻāĻŦাāĻĻি āĻĒāĻļু।
Focus: GI-tagged goods, organic food, superfoods, AYUSH, livestock.
āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ্āϤি āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ: AI-āĻিāϤ্āϤিāĻ āĻŽাāύ āύিā§āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖ, āĻŦ্āϞāĻāĻেāĻāύ āĻ্āϰেāϏেāĻŦিāϞিāĻি, IoT āĻোāϞ্āĻĄ āĻেāĻāύ, āĻāĻ্āϰি-āĻĢিāύāĻেāĻ।
Tech Use: AI-based quality checks, blockchain traceability, IoT cold chains, agri-fintech.
āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦাā§āύ: ā§Š āĻŽাāϏেāϰ āĻ
্āϝাāĻ্āϏেāϞাāϰেāĻāϰ āĻĒ্āϰোāĻ্āϰাāĻŽ – āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻŦোāϰ্āĻĄ, āĻৃāώি āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞā§, IITs/NITs, āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āϝৌāĻĨāĻাāĻŦে।
Implementation: 3-month accelerator program with state boards, agri universities, IITs/NITs, industry bodies.
Who has been appointed as the new CEO of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in September 2025?
đĸ āϰাāĻিāϤ āĻĒুāύāĻšাāύিāĻে āĻāĻĢāĻāϏāĻāϏāĻāĻāĻ-āĻāϰ āϏিāĻāĻ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āύিāϝ়োāĻ
đĸ Appointment of Rajit Punhani as CEO of FSSAI
āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāϰূāĻĒ (Full Form): FSSAI – Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Full Form: FSSAI – Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ / āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύāĻাāϰী: āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āĻāϞ্āϝাāĻŖ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞāϝ়, āĻাāϰāϤ āϏāϰāĻাāϰ
Launched by / Published by: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India
āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ / āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āĻাāϰ্āϝāĻāϰ āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āύিāϰাāĻĒāĻĻ, āĻĒুāώ্āĻিāĻāϰ āĻ āĻŽাāύāϏāĻŽ্āĻŽāϤ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āĻāϰা।
Target / Aim: Ensure safe, nutritious, and quality food through effective regulation.
đš āĻŽূāϞ āĻĻিāĻ | Key Focus Areas
āϰাāĻিāϤ āĻĒুāύāĻšাāύি: ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§¯ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻেāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻāϏ āĻāϰ্āĻŽāĻāϰ্āϤা (āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻ্āϝাāĻĄাāϰ)।
Rajit Punhani: 1989 batch IAS officer (Bihar cadre).
ā§Šā§Ļ+ āĻŦāĻāϰেāϰ āĻ
āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা – āϏāϰāĻাāϰি āĻĒ্āϰāĻļাāϏāύ āĻ āĻļাāϏāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাā§।
30+ years in public administration and governance.
āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦে āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦে āĻিāϞেāύ:
Former positions:
• āĻĻāĻ্āώāϤা āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻ āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ্āϤা āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻেāϰ āϏāĻিāĻŦ
• Secretary, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
• āϰাāĻ্āϝāϏāĻাāϰ āϏāĻিāĻŦাāϞā§েāϰ āϏāĻিāĻŦ āĻ āϏংāϏāĻĻ āĻিāĻিāϰ āϏিāĻāĻ
• Secretary, Rajya Sabha Secretariat & CEO of Sansad TV
đš āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦাā§āύ / āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ | Implementation / Significance
āύিāϝ়োāĻ āĻাāϰ্āϝāĻāϰ āĻšā§েāĻে: ā§§ āϏেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻĨেāĻে।
Appointment effective from: 1 September 2025.
āĻāĻি āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āϏুāϰāĻ্āώা āĻাāĻ াāĻŽোāĻে āĻāϰāĻ āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻāϰāĻŦে।
Strengthens India’s food safety framework.
Exercise MAITREE is a bilateral military exercise between India and which country?
đĸ āĻĨাāĻāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ – āϏ্āĻĨিāϰ āĻিāĻে
đĸ Thailand – Static GK
āϰাāĻāϧাāύী: āĻŦ্āϝাংāĻāĻ
Capital: Bangkok
āĻļাāϏāύāĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা: āϏাংāĻŦিāϧাāύিāĻ āϰাāĻāϤāύ্āϤ্āϰ
Government
The 2025 World Boxing Championships will be held in which city?
Which Indian state launched the first science-based community effort to remove the invasive plant Senna spectabilis?
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