UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 18-09-2025

One Liners 18-09-2025

History, Art and Culture

Vishwakarma Jayanti

• It is a Hindu festival honouring Lord Vishwakarma, deity of creation, architecture, and mechanical work.
• Observed between – September 16 & 18, according to the Gregorian calendar, which is the last day of Bhado month.
• Significance – It is observed across India by craftsmen, architects, engineers, and mechanics etc.

Chhath Festival

India Seeks UNESCO Recognition for 'Chhath.'

• It is a major Hindu festival, dedicated to the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya (ancient Vedic Goddess Usha).
• It is also known as Surya Shashti, a bathing festival followed by four days of abstinence and ritual purity.
• It is the only occasion where the setting sun is worshipped along with the rising sun.
• Celebrated on – 6^th day of Kartik month.
• Celebrated in – Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Social Issues

Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan

• It is the 16-day nationwide health camp for women and children along with the 8th Poshan Maah.
• Jointly led by – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD).
• Organised at – Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, Community Health centres, district hospitals and other government health facilities.
• Health camps – More than 1 lakh health camps will be organised, making this the largest ever health outreach for women and children in the country.
• Covers – Health check-ups and screening camps for non-communicable diseases such as cancers, anaemia, tuberculosis, and sickle cell disease.

Poshan Maah

• It is a nationwide celebration dedicated to promoting nutrition awareness and driving action towards building a healthier India.
• It is a part of the larger Jan Andolan (people’s movement) to promote nutrition literacy, healthy practices, and behaviour change.
• Launched in – 2018
• Conducted annually in – September
• Objectives  
  • To reduce in consumption of oil and sugar to reduce obesity,
  • Early childhood care and education,
  • Infant and young child feeding practices,
  • To involve men in nutrition and care of women and children across Anganwadi Centres nationwide,
  • To promote local diet and food systems, and convergent actions and digitization.

Genocide Convention

UN Commission alleges Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

• An international treaty that defines genocide and obliges signatory states to prevent and punish it.

• Legal basis – Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948.
• It lists five acts that constitute genocide when committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.

Polity & Governance

ECI’s Revised Guidelines

ECI revises guidelines to make EVM Ballot Papers more readable.

• Guidelines under – Rule 49B of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, for the design and printing of EVM Ballot Papers to enhance their clarity and readability.
• Colour photographs – It will be printed in colour on the EVM Ballot Paper.
• Better visibility – The candidate’s face will occupy 3/4 of the photo space.

Right to Freedom of Religion

Recently, Supreme Court questioned who determines if a religious conversion is 'deceitful' while hearing pleas against stringent state anti-conversion laws.

• Article 25 – All persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice, and propagate religion, subject to public order, morality, and health.
• Judicial review – The power of the judiciary to examine the constitutionality of legislative enactments and executive orders of both the Central and State governments.

Security

 Delivery of DSC A20 (YARD 325)

• It is designed to undertake diving operations in coastal waters and is being fitted with state-of-the-art diving equipment.
• Features – It has a catamaran hull, with a displacement of approx 380 tons.
• Indigenously designed & built under – Naval Rules and Regulations of Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).
• Delivered by – M/s Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd (TRSL), Kolkata.

Miscellaneous

20^th World Athletics Championships 2025

Sarvesh Kushare is the 1^st Indian high jumper to reach World Championship finals.

• Held in – Tokyo, Japan.
• Organised by – World Athletics, the global governing body of the sport.
• Motto – Every Second Sugoi.
• Sugoi – it means "amazing," "awesome," "fantastic," or "incredible".
• 1^st world Athletics championship in – 1983 in Helsinki.
• Conducted biennially – Since 1991.
• Conducted in odd years – To avoid clashing with the Olympic Games, which take place on a quadrennial basis in even years.

World Patient Safety Day

• Observed on – 17^th September.
• Slogan 2025 – “Patient safety from the start!”.
• Aim – To ensuring safe care for every newborn and child, with a special focus on those from birth to nine years old.
• Significance – It is a global effort to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.