Daily Current Affairs — 21 July 2025
5 articles • UPSC Prelims & Mains
India To Address Concerns of Private Sector in Civil Nuclear Segment
Context The Union Minister of Science and Technology has said that India will address the apprehensions of the private sector globally about investments in the civil nuclear sector. About The Nuclear Sector was opened up to achieve the ambitious target of producing 100 GW of atomic power by 2047. Currently, India produces 8780 MWe of nuclear power and plans to scale it up to 22,480 MW by 2031-32.
Kashi Declaration for Drug-Free India
Context The Kashi Declaration, outlining a five-year roadmap for a drug-free India was signed during the Youth Spiritual Summit in Varanasi. Kashi Declaration The Kashi Declaration affirms a national consensus to treat substance abuse as a multi-faceted public health and societal challenge, and calls for a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach. It emphasises the integration of spiritual, cultural, educational, and technological efforts to prevent addiction, support recovery, and fost
India’s Rising Abstentions at the United Nations
Context Recent analysis, based on more than 5,500 UN resolutions voted on by India from 1946 to June 2025, has found that India is altering its voting strategy at the United Nations (UN). Key Examples: Recent Notable Abstentions Resolutions on Russia-Ukraine conflict (2022): India abstained in both the UN General Assembly and Security Council, signaling concern for sovereignty while avoiding direct condemnation. Israel-Palestine Issue: India has repeatedly abstained on votes condemning Israel or
China’s Mega-Dam on the Brahmaputra River
Context China officially commenced construction of a massive hydropower project on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet, near the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Coordination Mechanism for Cooperation Between India and China: There is an umbrella Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation on transboundary rivers, and two separate MoUs on the Brahmaputra and Sutlej. The Brahmaputra MoU, renewable every five years, lapsed in 2023.
Birth Anniversary of Mangal Pandey
In News The Prime Minister paid tributes to freedom fighter Mangal Pandey on his birth anniversary. Mangal Pandey He was born on 19 July 1827 in Nagwa village, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Mangal Pandey is renowned for his role as a sepoy in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry of the British East India Company and for sparking the Indian Rebellion of 1857, widely regarded as India’s First War of Independence.