UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 20-08-2025

One Liners 20-08-2025

Agriculture

SURAKSHIT

• Developed by – National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM).
• Aim – To transform agri-food processing waste into fully biodegradable, bio-based packaging material, offering a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics.
• Significance – it will enhance a waste-to-resource approach and convert agro-waste into a useful product while promoting a circular economy.

National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM)

• Established in – 2012, by Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI).
• Aim - To provide a conducive ecosystem for education, research, industrial promotion & to support entrepreneurship in the food processing sector.

Security

Transitioning to Quantum Cyber Readiness

CERT-In and SISA launch ‘Transitioning to Quantum Cyber Readiness’ to guide India’s shift towards a Quantum-Safe future through encryption innovation.

• It is a process of preparing system and infrastructure to withstand the disruptive potential threat of quantum technologies, which could break current encryption methods.
• Launched by – Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
• Aim – To adopt quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms and develop a "crypto-agile" approach to cybersecurity.

CERT-In

• It is the national agency for responding to cyber security incidents.
• Legal basis – Information Technology Amendment Act 2000.
• Objectives – Collection, analysis and dissemination of information on cyber incidents.
• To coordinate, forecast, alert and take emergency measures for cyber security incidents.
• Issue guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and whitepapers relating to information security practices, procedures, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents.

SISA

• It is a leader in cybersecurity solutions for the digital payment industry and global payment forensic investigator of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council.
• Aim – To leverage forensics insights into preventive, detective, and corrective security solutions.
• Coverage – To protect 1,000+ organizations across 40+ countries from evolving cyberthreats.

PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC)

• It is a global forum for the development, enhancement, storage, dissemination and implementation of security standards for account data protection.
• Aim – To enhance global payment account data security by developing standards.
• 4 strategic framework
  • Increase industry participation and knowledge
  • Evolve security standards and validation programs
  • Secure emerging payment channels
  • Increase standards alignment and consistency

Science

Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Scheme of Ayush

• It is a Central Sector Scheme.
• Launched in – 9^th, 10^th, 1 1^th & 12^th five-year plan and updated in 2014 by Ministry of Ayush.
• Umbrella scheme - National AYUSH Mission (NAM).
• Objectives – To disseminate proven results of R&D work.
• To create doorsteps awareness through the production of audio-visual educational materials.
• To provide a forum for horizontal and vertical interaction among stakeholders.

Promotion of International Co-operation in Ayush (IC Scheme)

• Period – FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
• Umbrella scheme – National AYUSH Mission (NAM).
• Objectives – To create awareness about Ayush systems of medicine in international arena.

Visiting Advanced Joint Research (VAJRA) Faculty Scheme

• Launched in – 2017, by Department of Science and Technology.
• Aim – To enable NRIs and overseas scientific community to participate and contribute to research and development in India.
• Implemented by – Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB).

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR)

• GPR – It is a shallow, high-resolution geophysical method that uses high-frequency, pulsed, electromagnetic waves to image the subsurface.
• Usage – Mapping bedrock configuration and identifying karst features, voids, burrows and lava tubes etc.
• For search and rescue operations, detecting voids & buried objects, and assessing structural damage.
• To helps to understand the earthquake's impact on the subsurface & map fractures, changes of rock type, and rock fabrics.