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UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 26-08-2025

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August 26, 2025

One Liners 26-08-2025

History, Art and Culture

Paryatan Mitra and Paryatan Didi

  • Launched by – Ministry of Tourism.
  • Aim – To provide training and awareness on the importance of tourism, general cleanliness, safety, sustainability and highest standards of hospitality and care towards tourist.
  • Coverage – Local service providers such as cab drivers, auto drivers, airports, bus stations, hotel staff, restaurant workers, etc.
  • Piloted in 6 tourist destinations – Orchha (MP), Gandikota (AP), Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Aizawl (Mizoram), Jodhpur (RJ) and Shri Vijaya Puram (A & N Islands).

Bharat Rannbhoomi Darshan initiative

  • Launched by – Ministry of Defence with Ministry of Tourism.
  • Aim – To promote tourism to historically significant battlefields.

Polity & Governance

E-Dossier System

  • It is an online centralized system for secure, tamper-proof, and transparent handling of candidate dossiers of recruitment examinations.
  • Developed by – Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • Dossier – It is a collection of papers containing information about a person, an event or a subject.

Security

Udaygiri

  • It is state of the art Project 17A multi-mission stealth frigates.
  • Name after – Earlier INS Udaygiri (F35).
  • Built by – Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL), Mumbai.
  • 100th ship designed by – Indian Navy’s Warship Design Bureau (WDB).
  • Features – Modern Combined Diesel or Gas (CODOG) propulsion plants.
  • State of the art Integrated Platform Management System.

Himgiri

  • It is state of the art Project 17A multi-mission stealth frigates.
  • Name after – Earlier INS Himgiri (F34).
  • Constructed by – Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.
  • Designed by – Indian Navy’s Warship Design Bureau (WDB).
  • Features – Modern Combined Diesel or Gas (CODOG) propulsion plants.
  • State of the art Integrated Platform Management System.

Miscellaneous

Operation WeedOut

72 kg of hydroponic weed worth around Rs. 72 crores were seized.

  • Conducted by – Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Ministry of Finance.
  • Aim – To dismantle a syndicate involved in smuggling of hydroponic weed into India.

Hydroponic Weed

  • It is cannabis grown using a hydroponic method in a fully controlled environment, often called hydro weed.
  • Cultivation method – Weed is grown in a soil-free system, focusing on nutrient-rich solutions to sustain the plants.
  • Medium – Water-based solution or using inert mediums such as rockwool, clay pellets, peat moss, or perlite.

Shubhanshu Shukla

  • 1st Indian astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
  • He serves as a pilot on Axiom Mission 4 crew.
  • Spacecraft – SpaceX Dragon

MAR-a-THON 2025

  • Launched by – Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, with National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways & Coasts, IIT Madras, the National Maritime Complex, & Chennai Port Authority.
  • Organised by – Sagarmala Start-up Innovation Initiative (S2I2).
  • Aim – To foster maritime innovation and act as catalysts in identifying industry challenges and supporting scalable, innovative solutions.
  • Significance – It aligns with vision of Maritime AmritKaal 2047.

Sagarmala Startup and Innovation Initiative (S2I2)

  • Launched by – 2015, by Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways
  • Aim – To revolutionize and create an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in the port and maritime sector in India.
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