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Daily Current Affairs: 11 July 2025

Current affairs of 11 July 2025: TALASH Platform for Tribal Students’ Career and Life Skills; Aadi KARMAYOGI Mission: First Regional Process Lab in Bengaluru; Finance Ministry Push to Bring NHCX Under IRDAI, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

Government Schemes

TALASH Platform for Tribal Students’ Career and Life Skills
Aadi KARMAYOGI Mission: First Regional Process Lab in Bengaluru

Banking & Finance

Finance Ministry Push to Bring NHCX Under IRDAI
SBI Mutual Fund Launches Magnum-Branded SIF Offering
Sanjiv Bhasin Appeals to SAT Against SEBI Trading Ban

Economy

RBI Liquidity Management: Surplus Turn and Calls for Clarity

International Affairs

World Population Day 2025 on 11 July: theme and India’s youth

Agriculture & Rural

e-NAM Adds Seven Commodities, Total Now 238
India’s Fish Production Doubles in Eleven Years

Science & Technology

Google AMED API and IIT-Kharagpur Pact on Indian AI

Environment & Ecology

Sariska Tiger Reserve Boundary Redrawn: 881 to 924 sq km

Defence & Security

India Speeds Up Purchase of 87 Indigenous MALE Drones

Reports & Indexes

IMF on UPI: India Leads in Fast Retail Digital Payments
UNEP Frontiers Report 2025 ‘The Weight of Time’ Released
NITI Aayog roadmap to reform State Science and Technology Councils

Government Schemes

Government Schemes

1. TALASH Platform for Tribal Students’ Career and Life Skills

TALASH stands for Tribal Aptitude, Life Skills, and Self-Esteem Hub, a digital platform for EMRS students.
Run by NESTS with UNICEF India under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Psychometric tests follow NCERT's Tamanna model and give Career Cards.
Rollout aims at over 1.38 lakh tribal students in 28 States and 8 UTs by end-2025.

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Polity & Governance

2. Aadi KARMAYOGI Mission: First Regional Process Lab in Bengaluru

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched the first Regional Process Lab (RPL) of Aadi KARMAYOGI in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The mission aims to build a cadre of 20 lakh tribal grassroots functionaries.
Aadi KARMAYOGI stands for Tribal Responsive Governance, a bottom-up reform mission.
It aligns with PM-JANMAN, DAJGUA and Mission Karmayogi.

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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

3. Finance Ministry Push to Bring NHCX Under IRDAI

DFS moved to take control of the National Health Claims Exchange from the Health Ministry.
It is talking to the PMO about IRDAI regulation of NHCX.
NHCX links insurers, providers, TPAs and government schemes.

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Banking & Finance

4. SBI Mutual Fund Launches Magnum-Branded SIF Offering

SBI Mutual Fund entered the SIF segment under its Magnum brand.
SIFs need a minimum investment of ₹10 lakh.
SBI MF will start with equity and hybrid strategies.

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Polity & Governance

5. Sanjiv Bhasin Appeals to SAT Against SEBI Trading Ban

Sanjiv Bhasin, ex-IIFL Securities director, appealed to the SAT against SEBI's 17 June 2025 order.
SEBI alleged front-running and manipulation by him and 11 others under PFUTP Regulations.
SAT hears appeals against SEBI, PFRDA and IRDAI orders.

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Economy

6. RBI Liquidity Management: Surplus Turn and Calls for Clarity

Liquidity moved from a ₹2 trillion deficit at end-2024 to a daily surplus above ₹3-4 trillion in mid-2025.
RBI injected ₹9.5 trillion of durable liquidity since January 2025; a 100 bps CRR cut should release ₹2.5 trillion.
Experts want RBI to state a desired liquidity band and strengthen VRRR operations.

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International Affairs

International Relations

7. World Population Day 2025 on 11 July: theme and India’s youth

World Population Day is observed every 11 July.
The UNDP Governing Council created the day in 1989, inspired by Five Billion Day on 11 July 1987.
The 2025 theme is about empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair and hopeful world.
India has 371 million people aged 15 to 29, the largest youth population in the world.
The youth share is projected to fall from 27.2% in 2021 to 22.7% by 2036.

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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

8. e-NAM Adds Seven Commodities, Total Now 238

Seven region-specific commodities were added to e-NAM, taking total listed products to 238.
The additions are sugarcane, Marcha rice, Katarni rice, Jardalu mango, Shahi litchi, Magahi paan and Banarasi paan.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the move.
e-NAM was launched in 2016 with SFAC as nodal agency.

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9. India’s Fish Production Doubles in Eleven Years

India's total fish production has more than doubled in just over a decade.
The growth is credited to government initiatives under the Blue Revolution.
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) is also named as a driver of the growth.
The change is described as a remarkable transformation of the fisheries sector.

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Science & Technology

Agriculture & Rural Development

10. Google AMED API and IIT-Kharagpur Pact on Indian AI

Google announced open-source AI tools on July 11, 2025, at its Bengaluru office, Ananta.
The AMED API tracks crop status and field activity across India.
Google DeepMind and IIT-Kharagpur will build hyperlocal datasets under the Amplify Initiative.

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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

11. Sariska Tiger Reserve Boundary Redrawn: 881 to 924 sq km

The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife approved the Sariska boundary change.
Critical Tiger Habitat grows from 881.11 sq km to 924.49 sq km.
Buffer zone shrinks from 245.72 sq km to 203.2 sq km.
The Supreme Court's final approval is still pending.

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Defence & Security

Defence & Security

12. India Speeds Up Purchase of 87 Indigenous MALE Drones

India is accelerating procurement of 87 indigenously developed Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drones.
The reported cost is about Rs 20,000 crore.
The drones must have at least 60% indigenous content.
They will strengthen surveillance along land and sea borders.

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Reports & Indexes

Banking & Finance

13. IMF on UPI: India Leads in Fast Retail Digital Payments

An IMF Fintech Note named UPI the world's most rapidly adopted real-time payment platform.
UPI, launched in 2016 by NPCI, handles over 18 billion transactions a month.
Cash-use proxies such as ATM withdrawals have declined.

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Environment & Ecology

14. UNEP Frontiers Report 2025 ‘The Weight of Time’ Released

UNEP released the 7th edition of its Frontiers report, titled 'The Weight of Time'.
It warns of growing threats from extreme heat and toxic hazards.
Intensified river and coastal floods could remobilise legacy toxic chemicals buried in sediments.
Such releases threaten ecosystems and human health.

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Science & Technology

15. NITI Aayog roadmap to reform State Science and Technology Councils

NITI Aayog released 'A Roadmap for Strengthening State S&T Councils' and suggested a change in how DST funds them.
It recommends that states spend at least 0.5% of GSDP on science and technology.
It wants full-time scientists, not bureaucrats, to lead the councils, with funding linked to measurable outcomes.
The Centre-State S&T partnership began in 1971 under C. Subramaniam.

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