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Posted 02 Sep 2025

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Niveshak Didi

The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA), launched Phase II of its flagship financial literacy initiative – Niveshak Didi.

  • The initiative is aimed at deepening financial awareness and empowering rural communities, particularly women.

About IEPFA

  • It was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs under the Companies Act, 2013.
  • It aims to promote investor education, awareness, and protection.
  • Its functions are Administration of IEPF, make refunds of shares, unclaimed dividends, matured deposits/debentures etc.
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  • IEPFA
  • Niveshak Didi

PRATUSH

PRATUSH is being developed by a team from Raman Research Institute (RRI).

  • RRI is an autonomous institute funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

About PRATUSH

  • PRATUSH stands for Probing Reionization of the Universe using Signal from Hydrogen.
  • It is a future radiometer in lunar orbit.
  • Purpose: It will reveal, for the first time, the history of our Universe as it transformed after the Big Bang.
    • This can help detect a faint radio signal emitted from hydrogen atoms, which carries imprints of several events of the Cosmic Dawn.
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  • Hydrogen
  • PRATUSH

Adi Vaani

The Beta version of Adi Vaani launched by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

About Adi Vaani

  • It is India’s first AI-powered translation platform for tribal languages.
  • It is developed under Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh to bridge communication gaps between tribal and non-tribal communities.
  • At the Beta launch stage, it supports Santali (Odisha), Bhili (Madhya Pradesh), Mundari (Jharkhand), and Gondi (Chhattisgarh), with Kui and Garo under development.
  • The initiative will support digitization of endangered languages, improve access to education, healthcare and governance in native languages, facilitate tribal entrepreneurship, and serve as a knowledge resource for researchers.
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  • Adi Vaani
  • Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh

Senna Spectabilis

Kerala carried out India’s first science-based, community-driven eradication of Senna Spectabilis in Wayanad.

About Senna Spectabilis

  • It is an invasive species and forms dense, sterile thickets, choking out native plants, altering soil chemistry and depriving herbivores of food.
  • It is a tree with a very dense, spreading crown and can grow 7 - 18 metres tall.
  • It resembles Kerala’s state flower Cassia fistulaknown locally as kanikkonna.
  • It is native to American tropicals.
  • Tags :
  • Invasive Species
  • Senna Spectabilis

Solar Energetic Electrons (SEE)

Recently, Solar Orbiter (SO) space probe, a joint project by NASA and European Space Agency has traced the origin of Solar Energetic Electrons (SEE).

About SEE

  • These are electrons created in the Sun before being thrown into space at nearly the speed of light.
  • There are two kinds of SEE
    • one connected to intense solar flares (explosions from smaller patches of Sun’s surface), and
    • one to Coronal Mass Ejections - CMEs (larger eruptions of hot gas from the Sun’s atmosphere).
  • It helps in understanding space weather, which has Implications such as disrupting satellite communication and GPS navigation, and interrupting power supply.
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  • Coronal Mass Ejections
  • Solar Orbiter (SO) space probe

Yudh Abhyas

Indian Army contingent is participating in the 21st edition of military exercise India-US Joint Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2025.

  • Since 2004, this joint Military Exercise has been held annually between India and USA militaries.
  • It will focus on UN peacekeeping operations and enhancing readiness for multi-domain challenges.
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  • India and USA
  • Yudh Abhyas 2025

Jarosite

Researchers dated Jarosite discovered in Matanomadh in Kutch, Gujarat, to be around 55 million years old.

  • Jarosite is a yellow-coloured iron-rich sulphate mineral, similar to those discovered on Mars in 2004, during NASA's Opportunity mission to Mars.
  • On Earth, it is formed when some minerals containing oxygen, iron, sulphur, and potassium interact in the right quantities in the presence of water.
    •  Jarosite formation is typically associated with volcanic activity
  • Presence of jarosite on Earth offers clues on evolution of chemicals and minerals on Mars.
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  • Mars
  • Jarosite
  • NASA's Opportunity mission
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