One-Liner Current Affairs

Bangalore Water Supply (1978) expanded 'industry' to include hospitals, schools, charities—now overruled by Industrial Relations Code, 2020.

New Code uses strict textual interpretation, not legacy judicial expansions.

Shift favors organizational compliance flexibility while potentially narrowing employee protections in service sectors.

MoA establishes real-time domain awareness, anti-submarine warfare exercises, and reciprocal logistical support mechanisms between Indian Navy and JMSDF.

Builds on 2020 ACSA and joint exercises (Malabar, JIMEX) within Quad and bilateral 2+2 frameworks.

Aligns India's Act East with Japan's Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) vision for maritime security architecture.

Operation Sankalp: Indian Navy's anti-piracy deployment in Arabian Sea-Gulf of Aden region

VB G RAM G Act officially replaced MGNREGA with focus on durable, climate-resilient rural infrastructure creation.

Female participation reached 61.5% across 11.4 crore person-days—highest gender inclusion milestone in rural employment.

Scheme links wages to regional CPI via Aadhaar-DBT, reducing corruption while improving compensation transparency.

Duty-free raw sugar imports (10 lakh tonnes) until October 31 to stabilize domestic prices

Stockholding limits imposed on bulk consumers (>10 tonnes/month) under Essential Commodities Act

Policy response to erratic rainfall in Maharashtra and Karnataka threatening domestic sugarcane yields

SEBI now permits digitally signed PoAs instead of physical ink-signed documents with consularization/apostillation.

mRNA cancer vaccines are therapeutic (not preventative), individually tailored using tumor sequencing

Neoantigens are unique tumor mutations recognized by trained immune cells

Combined with immunotherapy, they significantly reduce melanoma recurrence post-surgery

SC warned direct judicial orders if FSSAI delays FOPL guidelines finalization

Front-of-Pack Labeling targets high sugar, salt, saturated fats in ultra-processed foods

Article 21 Right to Life encompasses preventive public health measures

Cross-subsidization fund pools foreign patient revenues to subsidize domestic disadvantaged patients—links medical tourism to equity goals

Parliamentary Standing Committee recommendations are direct policy inputs affecting healthcare governance frameworks and statutory bodies

AB-PMJAY linkage with private beds addresses implementation gaps in Ayushman Bharat's reach