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The central government has announced the implementation of a new accountability mechanism in the rules governing content published on social media platforms.

The tapioca (cassava) crop in South India was once nearly destroyed, but biological control techniques employed by scientists at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) revived it. Parasitic wasps released two years ago have rid the threatened crop of pests and restored farmers' incomes.

The European Union has announced the award of its highest human rights honour, the Sakharov Prize, for the year 2025 to two imprisoned journalists, Andrzej Poczobut of Belarus and Mzia Amaghlobeli of Georgia.

The impact of the additional tariffs imposed by the US on goods imported from India is clearly visible in the September 2025 export data. This move reflects America's trade protectionist stance, which has directly impacted the economies of many countries, including India.

On October 17, 2025, Bangladesh's interim government head and Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus signed the July Charter, calling it "the birth of a new Bangladesh." The charter was drafted by the National Consensus Commission, signed by 25 political parties. However, the student-led National Citizens Party (NCP) boycotted it, calling it "signed without legal basis."

Carbon trading and markets have become an important tool of modern climate policy and sustainable development.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has notified methodologies under the Green Credit Program (GCP), 2023, for the “calculation of green credits for afforestation activities.”

The industrial sector is the backbone of India’s economy —  it is a major source of employment, production, and exports.

Recently, the COP29 Presidency launched the “Methane Reduction from Organic Waste Declaration.”

Google has developed a new AI model, C2S-Scale (Cell2Sentence-Scale 27B), which has identified a potential new path for cancer treatment by understanding sensitive biological signals at the cellular level.