UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 04-11-2025

One Liners 04-11-2025

Government Policies and Interventions

Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund

PM unveiled a Rs.1 trillion RDI fund.

• Nodal ministry – Department of Science and Technology.
• Fund will operate through 2 tiers:
  •  Level I – Special-purpose fund under Anusandhan National Research Foundation will be principal custodian.
  •  Level II – Capital to be deployed via professional managers such as Alternate investment funds (AIFs), development finance institutions (DFIs), non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), and focused research organisations (FROs) such as the Technology Development Board (TDB), Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), and IIT Research Parks.
• Financing modes – Long-tenure, low or zero-interest loans, equity infusions for startups, and allocations to the deeptech FoFs
  • No grants or short-term lending
• Focus areas - Energy security and transition, quantum computing, robotics, space technology, biotechnology, and AI.
• To know more, click here.

International Relations and Issues

5^th India-Bahrain High Joint Commission Meeting

• Held in – New Delhi.
• Key highlights
  • To enhance future collaboration in the areas of defence and security.
  • India is among the top 5 trading partners of the Kingdom of Bahrain and “noted the progress” made on the commencement of negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between 2 countries.
  • To develop a common understanding to commence Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) negotiations, to eliminate double taxation, provide tax certainty and promote trade and investment.
  • Informal consultation – A dialogue on enhancing partnership between India and the League of Arab States (LAS).
  • It focused on implementing the Executive Programme of the India-Arab Cooperation Forum (IACF) covering areas such as energy, education, media and culture.

Agriculture

National FPO Samagam 2025

• Organized by – Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
• Celebration of – The remarkable achievements under the Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) Scheme.
• Aim – To further strengthen farmer collectives through collaboration, technology, and value addition.
• Significance – It underscores the spirit of “One India - One Agriculture”, which shows FPOs from diverse regions are uniting to build a resilient and market-driven agri-economy.

Polity & Governance

FSSAI Ban on ORS Branding

The Delhi High Court upholds the FSSAI’s order barring companies from using the label ‘ORS’, citing serious health risks for consumers.

• Context – Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) decision to ban the use of the word ‘ORS’ (Oral Rehydration Solution) in the naming of any fruit-based, non-carbonated, or ready-to-drink beverages.
• Banned due to – “Serious public health considerations” and were regulatory in nature, applicable across the food industry.
• Malpractice of brands – By using ‘ORS’ on food labels as part of a trademark was “misleading to customers by way of false, deceptive, ambiguous, and erroneous name/label declarations”.

Security

Trishul

• It is a Tri-Services Exercise (TSE-2025) with the Indian Navy leading the large-scale joint drills alongside the Indian Army and Indian Air Force across the creek and desert sectors of Rajasthan and Gujarat, extending into the northern Arabian Sea.
• Coordinated by – The Headquarters Western Naval Command.
• Participants from – Army Southern Command, Western Naval Command, and South Western Air Command, supported by the Indian Coast Guard, Border Security Force, and other central agencies.
• Aim – To validate joint operational procedures, enhance interoperability, and strengthen network integration among the Services.
• To underscore the collective resolve of the Indian Armed Forces to operate in a fully integrated, multi-domain environment, and national security preparedness.
• Extensive maritime operations – It includes amphibious landings using INS Jalashwa and Landing Craft Utility vessels, alongside carrier operations and air-sea coordinated missions with the IAF.
• Key focus on – Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Electronic Warfare (EW), and Cyber Warfare operations.
• Significance – It emphasize the use of indigenous systems, reflecting the principles of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

Science

4^th Annual General Meeting (AGM)

• Convened by – Mobile and Electronic Devices Export Promotion Council (MEDEPC).
• Key focus on –
  • India’s export performance reflects a remarkable growth.
  • Overall electronics exports increased by 41.9%, (April–September 2025, compared to same period last year).
  • Smartphone export increased by 58% export growth (USD 13.38 billion from USD 8.47 billion in 2024).
  • In FY 2024–25, India recorded USD 38.6 billion in electronics exports, a 32.6% year-on-year increase.
  • India now ranks as the 3^rd-largest smartphone exporter globally.
• Significance – It is firmly establishing its expanding role in global value chains.

MEDEPC

• Established under – Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
• Working closely with – Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and Department of Commerce.
• Objectives – To serves as the apex body promoting exports of mobile phones, components, and electronic devices from India.
  • To facilitates exporter support, policy advocacy, and global representation of India’s electronics industry.
• Significance – India’s deepening participation in global value chains (GVCs) underscores its transformation into a resilient and trusted manufacturing hub, offering stability and scale amid global supply chain realignments.

Auditory Fusion vs Fusion threshold vs Masking

• Advantages – Engineers use these facts in audio compression, to process speech, and to build concert halls by spacing out or merging sounds to improve clarity and intelligibility.

Difference between M2M SIM & Normal SIM Card

Government Finalizes Framework for Transfer of M2M Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Ownership.

Places in News

Achanakmar Tiger Reserve

The tiger population in this Reserve has witnessed a remarkable increase, rising from 5 in 2022 to 18 in 2025, largely due to the arrival of the tigress Jhumri from Bandhavgarh (MP).

• Located in – Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.
• Established in – 1975, as a wildlife sanctuary and became a tiger reserve in 2009.
• Part of – Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve.
• Corridor linkage – Kanha and Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserves, which enables tiger movement and maintaining genetic diversity.
• Tribal Communities – Baigas (PVTG), Gond, and Yadav communities.
• River & Water Resources – Maniyari River is a life line of the reserve and merges with Seonath River of the Mahanadi Basin.
• Vegetation & Flora – Dominated by tropical moist deciduous forests, which includes Sal, Saja, Tinsa, Bija, Haldu, Teak, Dhawara, Lendia, Khamar, and Bamboo.
• Fauna – Wildlife includes tiger, leopard, wild dog, hyena, bison, chinkara, sambar, chital, flying squirrel etc.