UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 19-08-2025

One Liners 19-08-2025

Economy

Centre for Processing Accelerated Corporate Exit (C-PACE)

Established in – 2023, by Ministry of Corporate Affairs(MCA).
Administrative supervision – Director General of Corporate Affairs.
Aim – To reduce the stress on the MCA registry along with availability of more meaningful data to the companies.
Benefit – To provide a hassle-free filing, timely and process-bound striking off their company’s names from MCA register.

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings

India improved in long-term sovereign credit rating to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-’ and its short-term rating to ‘A-2’ from ‘A-3’, with a Stable Outlook.

S&P global rating – It is one of the major credit rating agencies.
Objective – To indicate their degree of investment risk in companies, countries and the debt instruments by assigning letter grades on a scale of AAA to D.
Analysis – To evaluate a wide range of industries, benchmarks, asset classes, and geographies.
To examine various financial, economic, and industry-specific factors.
To assess the likelihood of default or inability to pay debts in a timely manner.

Agriculture

National Gopal Ratna Awards 2025

It is a national honour in the livestock and dairy sector.
Launched under – Rashtriya Gokul Mission in 2021.
Presented on – National Milk Day, celebrated on November 26, annually.
Nodal ministry – Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Objectives – To encourage excellence among milk-producing farmers & institutes.
To focus on promoting indigenous cattle and buffalo breeds.
Special category award – For North Eastern Region (NER) and Himalayan states.

Science

Veterinary Diagnostic Tools

Developed by – National Institute of Animal Biotechnology.
Aim – To protect animal health and safeguard farmer livelihoods.
5 technologies
- BruDIVA – Rapid detection of Brucellosis, a field-deployable.
- Udder Care – Mastitis detection technology.
- CureCheck – Antimicrobial sensitivity testing device, a portable tool providing results within 2 hours to promote responsible antibiotic use.
- Toxo Antibody Rapid Test – Toxoplasmosis detection kit for toxoplasma gondii infection in animals and humans.
- RapiChex JE NS1 Test – Japanese Encephalitis detection kit.
Significance – Aligns with ‘One Health’ approach.

Mastitis in Animals

It is breast inflammation that can lead to infection.
Causal agents – Often by bacterial infection (Staphylococcus aureus) can also be linked to fungi, Mycoplasma, or even viruses.
Symptoms – Red, swollen, painful breast and flu-like indications.

Toxoplasmosis

It is a zoonotic infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular parasitic protozoan.
It can infect all warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans.
Symptoms – Fever, fatigue, headaches, and swollen lymph nodes.

Miscellaneous

Pangong Tso region

Recently, joint expedition team from 3 premier national mountaineering institutes successfully summit highest peaks in Pangong Tso region.

Location – Eastern Ladakh along the border with Tibet.
Highest peaks – Mt Merag-III (6,480m) & Mt kangju Kangri (6710m).
Altitude – It is situated at a height of 14,270ft above sea level.
Biodiversity – Bar-headed geese, Brahminy ducks, black necked cranes and seagulls are commonly spotted here.
Saltwater lake – It has one of the highest brackish water lakes in the world.
It changes color appearing blue, grey-green, and red at varied points in time.

Sri Aurobindo

He was a yogi, philosopher, poet, and Indian nationalist.
Birth – 1872.
Founded – Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry.
Newspaper – Bande Mataram, 1^st political leader to openly put forward the idea of complete independence in his newspaper.
Literary works – The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, Essays on the Gita, The Synthesis of Yoga, The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity, Savitri – A Legend and a Symbol, and On the Veda (1956).

FASTag Annual Pass

NHAI has implemented the ‘FASTag annual pass’ facility at 1,150 toll plazas on national highways and expressways.

Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY)

It is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Ayush.
Established in – 1998 by upgrading the erstwhile Central Research Institute for Yoga (CRIY), 1976.
Registered under – Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Aim – To promote deeper understanding of yoga philosophy & practices based on ancient yoga traditions.