10 JULY 2025- Daily Current Affairs Updates
- Avijeet Kumar
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
Ghana – PM Modi’s Visit Subtopic: India–Africa Relations and Ghana’s Geopolitical Profile
Value Addition:
First high-level Indian visit in 30 years; PM Modi received Ghana’s highest civilian honour.
Strengthens South–South cooperation, trade, education, and diaspora ties.
Ghana’s location on the Prime Meridian and Lake Volta’s distinction as the world’s largest artificial lake adds geostrategic relevance.
Subject Analysis:
GS 1: Geography – Location, physical features, and resources of Ghana.
GS 1: Modern history – India’s foreign policy with African states.
WHO Report on Loneliness and Social Connection Subtopic: Public Health and Social Well-being
Value Addition:
First global report quantifying loneliness as a major health and economic threat.
Highlights youth and elderly vulnerability, with low-income nations experiencing greater loneliness.
Links social isolation to 871,000 deaths between 2014–2019; promotes policy-level intervention.
Subject Analysis:
GS 1: Society – Changing social structures and mental health.
GS 2: Governance – Health policy and demographic vulnerabilities.
Essay: “Loneliness is a public health emergency, not a personal weakness.”
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Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) – India’s Role Subtopic: Global Disarmament & India’s Diplomatic Contributions
Value Addition:
India hosted the OPCW regional meeting; reaffirmed commitment to disarmament.
ICC became first global industry association to win OPCW-The Hague Award.
India’s domestic compliance ensured through NACWC (established under CWC Act, 2000).
Subject Analysis:
GS 2: International institutions and disarmament.
GS 2: Governance – India’s treaty obligations and implementation mechanisms.
Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR) – Chhattisgarh Directive Withdrawal Subtopic: Forest Rights and Tribal Autonomy
Value Addition:
Directive limiting NGO/Govt roles in CFRR withdrawn after protest.
CFRR ensures community-managed conservation, sanctioned by the Forest Rights Act (2006).
Aligns with National Working Plan Code 2023 and Gram Sabha-led governance.
Subject Analysis:
GS 2: Governance – Decentralised forest management, tribal rights.
GS 3: Environment – Community conservation models.
BHARAT Initiative (IISc) Subtopic: India’s First Ageing & Longevity Database
Value Addition:
Builds multiparametric health reference for Indians—moving beyond Western thresholds.
Integrates genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, lifestyle, and environment data.
Key for improving geriatric medicine, nutrition policy, and disease prevention.
Subject Analysis:
GS 2: Health – Research and demographic policy.
GS 3: Science & Tech – Genomic biomarkers and precision medicine.
WHO “3 by 35” Health Tax Initiative Subtopic: Global Push for Sin Taxes to Reduce NCDs
Value Addition:
Urges 50% tax hike on tobacco, alcohol, sugary drinks by 2035.
Could generate $1 trillion in global revenue while cutting NCD-related deaths.
Supports equity, as lower-income groups bear greater health costs of unhealthy products.
Subject Analysis:
GS 2: Health – Preventive strategies and global health financing.
GS 3: Economy – Fiscal tools for public health.
Essay: “What we tax defines what we protect.”
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