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Stay ahead in your UPSC CSE preparation with our daily News Summary. Designed to save time, it highlights key national and international events from leading newspapers and government websites.
India’s space sector
- Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was established in 1962 → transformed into the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 1969.
- NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) was created in 2019 under the Companies Act, 2013, to handle the commercial operations of ISRO.
- In 2020, India allowed the private sector to participate in space activities and created the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) to facilitate it.
- Indian Space Policy 2023 has been launched as a comprehensive framework to boost private involvement, commercialisation, and R&D.
- 100% FDI in the space sector was allowed in 2024.
- India’s space sector market was valued at nearly $8 billion in 2022 and estimated to reach $44 billion by 2033.
- States like Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have launched their own Space policy.
Quantum Echoes Experiment
- Conducted by Google using its Willow quantum processor.
- Showed that a quantum computer could solve a complex problem faster than classical supercomputers, with verifiable results.
- Quantum echoes are measurable signals produced when interacting quantum states “echo” back information about the system.
ICC sentences Janjaweed leader Abd‑Al‑Rahman for Darfur atrocities
- Sudanese Janjaweed leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the International Criminal Court (The Hague, Netherlands) for war crimes and crimes against humanity (2003-04 Darfur conflict).
- Janjaweed: Sudanese Arab nomad militia group operating in the Sahel region.
- Sahel region: stretches across Africa south of the Sahara Desert → forms the transition zone between the Sahara Desert (north) and the savanna region (south).
Quick Picks for Pre and Mains (QPPM)
- India-US rice trade: only 3.3% of India’s rice exports go to the US, while Indian rice accounts for 26.1% of the US’s rice imports.
- Leh Apex Body (LAB): headed by Justice (retd.) B.S. Chauhan → inquiring into the Ladakh protests (September 2025) in which civilians died and were injured.
- Share of Indian citizens aged 60 and above in the total population of India is expected to rise from 8.4% in 2011 to 14.9% in 2036.
- The share of women in the workforce of India’s Handicraft sector is 68%.
- SURYAKIRAN-XIX: India-Nepal joint military exercise → concluded recently in Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand).
- Central Emergency Response Fund: established by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2005 and launched in 2006 → seeks to provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by natural disasters and armed conflicts.