UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 05-09-2025

One Liners 05-09-2025

Economy

Unified RERA Portal

It is a common platform, integrating the state RERA websites and offering homebuyers a nation-wide database of registered projects and agents.
Launched by – Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
Aim – To enhance transparency and facilitate best practice sharing among States/UTs.

Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA Act)

Established under – Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.
Aim – To protect the home purchasers and also boosting the real estate investments.
Benefits – Standardisation of the carpet area.
Reducing the risk of insolvency of the builder and rights to the buyer in case of any defects.
Right to claim the compensation and grievance redressal.

Science

Enhanced Anti-Doping Testing in Sports

India Develops Rare Reference Material for Enhanced Anti-Doping Testing in Sports.

Reference Material (RM) – Methandienone Long-Term Metabolite (LTM).
Developed by – National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), with National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL).
Aim – To address unavailability and expensive of RMs by producing 22 such specialised RMs that are not commercially available.

Reference Materials

RM – They are the most highly purified and scientifically characterized forms of drug substances or their metabolites, essential for accurate analytical testing.
Anti-doping test – They are crucial for the detection of over 450 substances that are currently prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Methandienone LTM

Methandienone Long-Term Metabolite – It is a chemical reference material crucial for detecting the long-term presence of the banned anabolic steroid methandienone in athletes.
Aim – To enforce transparency and integrity in sports by protecting clean athletes and acting as deterrents for use of prohibited substances.

Metandienone

It is an orally active anabolic androgenic steroid & misused as a performance-enhancing drug in sports.
Introduced to market in – 1960s, but later discontinued and withdrawn from the market.
Prohibited by – World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)

NIPER is a group of nationally recognized institutions in India.
Autonomous bodies under – Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Aim – To focus on advanced studies, research, and entrepreneurial training in pharmaceutical sciences and biomedical technology.

National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL)

NDTL – It is a premier analytical testing & research organization.
- It is one of the 30 WADA accredited laboratories in the world.
- It is the only laboratory in the country responsible for human sports dope testing.
Established as – an autonomous body under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Accredited by – National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories, and World Anti-Doping Agency.
Aim – To promote fair play in sports by conducting high-quality testing of urine and blood samples to detect the presence of performance-enhancing substances.

Miscellaneous

World Teachers Day

Celebrated annually on - September 5, started by UNESCO in 1994.
Co-convened with - International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF and Education International (EI).
Many countries celebrate their own Teachers’ Day on different dates and honours teachers.
In India – To commemorate the birth anniversary of “Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan”.
Theme 2025 - “Inspiring the Next Generation of Learners”.

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

He was an Indian academician, politician, philosopher and statesman.
Born in – 1988
Political contribution –
- Indian Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1949-1952)
- Vice president of India (1952-1962).
- 2^nd president of India (1962-67).
Awards –
- Bharat Ratna, Knighted by King George V,
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (Germany),
- Sash 1^st Class of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (Mexico),
- Membership of the Order of Merit (United Kingdom).