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Daily Current Affairs: 24 & 25 July 2026

Current affairs of 24 & 25 July 2026: ICMM Water Dataset: Most Mining Sites Face Water Risk; SOFI 2026: Hunger at 645 Million, Healthy Diets Unaffordable; BHAVYA-Rasayan Scheme: ₹3,030 Crore for 3 Chemical Parks, and 21 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 24 topics

National Affairs

  1. Anurag Jain Named New CEO of NITI Aayog
  2. India Bids for 2029 World Abilitysport Games: PCI and CPSFI Tie Up
  3. National Flag Adoption Day 22 July: 79th Anniversary
  4. National Broadcasting Day 23 July: India’s First Radio Broadcast

Government Schemes

  1. BHAVYA-Rasayan Scheme: ₹3,030 Crore for 3 Chemical Parks
  2. PM-YASASVI Scheme: Scholarships and Hostels for OBC, EBC, DNT
  3. NCVET Recognises NIRDPR as a Dual Awarding Body

Banking & Finance

  1. Offline UPI Tap-and-Pay: NPCI’s NFC Feature Up to ₹2,000
  2. EbixCash AD-II Approval: First for Trade Remittances
  3. RBI Clears Areion Group Takeover of Aviom Housing Finance

Economy

  1. NABARD-MAHAPREIT MoU to Fund Green Rural Infrastructure
  2. US Section 301 Tariff of 10% on Indian Goods

International Affairs

  1. Zanzibar President Mwinyi’s India Visit and IIT Madras Campus

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Kutki Stolon Harvest Model: Sustainable Picrorhiza Farming in Mandi
  2. India’s Cotton Leadership: Area, Output and Livelihoods

Science & Technology

  1. Bharat 6G Alliance Grows to 90 Members: Key Facts
  2. UNNATI AI 2.0: Microsoft India and IIT Delhi’s FITT Initiative
  3. Paras Semiconductors ₹6,200-Crore OSAT Plant in Madhya Pradesh

Environment & Ecology

  1. ICMM Water Dataset: Most Mining Sites Face Water Risk

Defence & Security

  1. Kusha LR-SAM Maiden Flight Test by DRDO Off Odisha
  2. AEW&C Mk-II: DRDO Signs Contracts for ₹19,000-Crore Programme

Reports & Indexes

  1. SOFI 2026: Hunger at 645 Million, Healthy Diets Unaffordable
  2. AAROH: India’s First Annual Report on Mine Closure
  3. SOFI 2026: 645 Million People Faced Hunger in 2025

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Government Schemes

6. PM-YASASVI Scheme: Scholarships and Hostels for OBC, EBC, DNT

  • PM-YASASVI is an umbrella scheme of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment combining scholarships and hostels for backward youth.
  • Open to OBC, EBC and DNT students outside the creamy layer, with a family income ceiling of ₹2.50 lakh a year.
  • Top-class school component pays up to ₹75,000 a year for Classes 9-10 and ₹1,25,000 for Classes 11-12.
  • Selection for top-class components is through the YASASVI Entrance Test held by NTA.
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Banking & Finance

Economy

Economy

12. US Section 301 Tariff of 10% on Indian Goods

  • From 24 July 2026 the US levies a 10% Section 301 tariff on Indian goods, over lax action on forced labour.
  • India moved from a proposed 12.5% to the 10% bracket.
  • DGFT amended the Foreign Trade Policy on 13 July 2026 to bar imports made with forced labour.
  • Gems, jewellery and textile sectors voiced worries over margins and competitiveness.
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International Affairs

Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

14. Kutki Stolon Harvest Model: Sustainable Picrorhiza Farming in Mandi

  • Farmers in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, developed a stolon-only harvest and cultivation model for the endangered Himalayan herb Kutki (Picrorhiza kurroa).
  • The mother rhizome is left in the soil to regrow, so the herb becomes a multi-year crop.
  • Kutki is IUCN Endangered and in CITES Appendix II; its active principle is kutkin.
  • Stolon cuttings allow harvest in about 2-2.5 years, in September-October.
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Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

Economy

19. ICMM Water Dataset: Most Mining Sites Face Water Risk

  • ICMM released its Global Mining and Metals Water Dataset in London on 22 July 2026.
  • About two in three mining and metals facilities worldwide are exposed to serious physical water risk.
  • The dataset covers 12,000 facilities in 148 countries and regions and was made with WWF and WRI.
  • Central India is flagged as a compound water-risk hotspot.
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Defence & Security

Reports & Indexes

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