Daily Current Affairs — 24 September 2025
5 articles • UPSC Prelims & Mains
India to Submit Updated Carbon-reduction Targets by the Beginning of COP30
Context India will submit its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) around the commencement of U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 30 in Brazil in November. About NDCs The NDCs are renewable-energy adoption goals set by a country as part of being a signatory to the Paris Agreement.
SST-Bharat Marks India’s Entry into the Global Fusion Race
Context Researchers at the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) in Gandhinagar have laid out a roadmap for India to achieve fusion power. About The researchers envisage developing India’s first fusion electricity generator, called the Steady-state Superconducting Tokamak-Bharat (SST-Bharat), with a power output 5x the input. It will be a fusion-fission hybrid reactor with 100 MW of the total 130 MW provided by fission.
Impact of U.S. Tariffs on Jewellery Sector
In News India’s diamond and jewellery sector has been severely impacted by U.S. tariffs of 50% on cut and polished diamonds and 50-57% on studded and non-studded jewellery, disrupting decades of established trade. About The U.S.
Visakhapatnam Declaration on E-Governance
Context The Visakhapatnam Declaration on E-Governance, adopted at the 28th National Conference on e-Governance held in Visakhapatnam. Key Highlights Co-hosted By: Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), and the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Theme: Viksit Bharat: Civil Service and Digital Transformation with a vision of Minimum Government, Maximum Governance.
Seven Years of Ayushman Bharat
Context Recently, the Ayushman Bharat, the world’s largest government-funded health assurance scheme, completed its seven years. About the Ayushman Bharat It is a flagship health initiative, emerged from the National Health Policy 2017, and was launched in September 2018 from Ranchi, Jharkhand.