UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 18-08-2025

One Liners 18-08-2025

History, Art and Culture

3rd International Conference of Young Buddhist Scholars

Held in – Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi.
Organized by – International Buddhist Confederation.
Aim – To foster engagement between young scholars and the enduring teachings of the Buddha.
Theme –
- 2023 – Exploration of “Buddhist Pilgrimage”.
- 2024 – Integration of “Buddha Dhamma in Education, Research, Healthcare, and Well-being”.
- 2025 – “Wisdom Transmission in Buddha Dhamma in the 21st Century.”

International Buddhist Confederation

It is the world’s largest umbrella organization of Buddhist communities.
Started in – 2011.
Headquarter in – New Delhi.
Motto – “Collective Wisdom, United Voice.”
Objectives – To address and engage in issues of common global concern.
To plays a role in policy advocacy, cultural preservation, Dhamma dialogue, and youth engagement.
To conserve Buddhist traditions and heritage worldwide.
Key initiatives – Global Buddhist Summit (2023), Asian Buddhist Summit (2024), and International Abhidhamma Divas (2024).

Social Issues

Vigyan Jyoti Programme

Initiated in – 2019 by Department of Science & Technology.
Implementing partners - Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) / Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS).
Objectives – To establish gender parity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields that are underrepresented by women.
To encourage meritorious girls to pursue higher education and careers in STEM fields.

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)

It is an autonomous body under Ministry of Education.
Started in – 1985-86 as a co-educational and fully residential schools’ system, from Class-VI to Class-XII, affiliated with CBSE.
Headquarter – Noida
8 Regional Offices – Bhopal, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna, Pune, and Shillong.
Objectives – To provide free education to talented children predominantly from rural areas in every district.
To give quality education, including culture, inculcation of values and awareness of the environment.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)

It is an autonomous body under Ministry of Education.
Started in – 1963.
Registered in – Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Objectives – To provide uninterrupted education to the wards of transferable Central Government employees.
To provide, establish, endow, maintain, control and manage the central schools located all over India and abroad.

Department of Science & Technology (DST)

Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA)

Launched in – 2020, by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJE).
Aim – To tackle the issue of substance abuse and a vision to make India drug free.
3-pronged approach –
- Supply curb by Narcotics Control Bureau.
- Outreach and Awareness and Demand Reduction effort.
- Treatment through Health Department.
4 Implementing structure –
- Central level by MoSJE.
- State Level Abhiyaan Committees.
- District Level Nasha Mukt Committees.
- Municipalities Nasha Mukt Committees.

Polity & Governance

SabhaSaar

An Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered meeting summarization tool designed to automatically generate structured Minutes of Meeting (MoM) from Gram Sabha meetings’ audio and video recordings.
Launched by – Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Features – It uses advanced AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies to transcribe spoken discussions, identify key decisions and action points, and produce well-formatted meeting minutes.
Integrated with – Bhashini.
Objectives – To strengthen participatory democracy & enhance efficiency in local governance.
To reduce the time and effort required for manual documentation while ensuring transparency and accountability.

Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies

NLP – It is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) that enables computers to comprehend, generate, and manipulate human language.
It has the ability to interrogate the data with natural language text or voice, also called “language in.”
For example, it is the core technology behind virtual assistants, such as Oracle Digital Assistant (ODA), Siri, Cortana, or Alexa.

International Relations and Issues

Medical and Ayush Visa Portal

It is designed for foreign nationals (except Pakistani nationals) seeking medical treatment in India through Ayush or other traditional Indian systems of medicine.
Launched in – 2o23, by Ministry of Ayush.
Objectives – To streamline and regulate entry of genuine foreigners.
To ensure that only genuine hospitals are inviting the genuine patient for treatment by pre-validating Medical Visa.
Significance – It enables hospitals, to generate Medical Visa invitation Letter and Medical Visa Extension Letter for Medical Visa/Medical Attendant Visa/Ayush Attendant Visa.