UPSC Current Affairs 16 July 2025

GS 2: GovernanceGS 1: Indian SocietyGS 1: Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism and SecularismGS 2: Vulnerable Sections

The issue with criminalising all adolescent relationships, Pg6

The Supreme Court's May 2025 judgment in Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescents reopened the debate on how the POCSO Act criminalises all adolescent sexual relationships, even when consensual.

GS 2: GovernanceGS 1: Indian SocietyGS 1: Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism and SecularismGS 2: Vulnerable Sections

The issue with criminalising all adolescent relationships, Pg6

The Supreme Court's May 2025 judgment in Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescents reopened the debate on how the POCSO Act criminalises all adolescent sexual relationships, even when consensual.

GS 2: GovernanceGS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectorsGS 2: Health SectorGS 1: Poverty and Developmental Issues

More than symbolic, Pg6

In light of rising obesity rates in India, the Health Ministry has initiated campaigns to display oil, sugar, and trans-fat content in Indian snacks and reduce sugar consumption in schools.

GS 2: GovernanceGS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectorsGS 2: Health SectorGS 1: Poverty and Developmental Issues

More than symbolic, Pg6

In light of rising obesity rates in India, the Health Ministry has initiated campaigns to display oil, sugar, and trans-fat content in Indian snacks and reduce sugar consumption in schools.

GS 3: Environment & EcologyGS 3: EconomyGS 3: Disaster and Disaster Management

How is global shipping trying to decarbonise?, Pg8

As global shipping moves toward net-zero emissions by 2040–2050, India is exploring opportunities to become a major green fuel hub by leveraging its solar potential and industrial capacities.

GS 3: Environment & EcologyGS 3: EconomyGS 3: Disaster and Disaster Management

How is global shipping trying to decarbonise?, Pg8

As global shipping moves toward net-zero emissions by 2040–2050, India is exploring opportunities to become a major green fuel hub by leveraging its solar potential and industrial capacities.

GS 3: EconomyGS 3: Indian Economy, Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and EmploymentGS 2: Education SectorGS 2: Health Sector

While headline retail inflation fell to a 77-month low of 2.1% in June 2025, the decline masks price rise in essential non-food items, raising concerns over the relevance of CPI measurement and its implications on policymaking.

GS 3: EconomyGS 3: Indian Economy, Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and EmploymentGS 2: Education SectorGS 2: Health Sector

Pain remains, Pg6

While headline retail inflation fell to a 77-month low of 2.1% in June 2025, the decline masks price rise in essential non-food items, raising concerns over the relevance of CPI measurement and its implications on policymaking.

GS 3: EconomyGS 2: Education SectorGS 1: Population and Associated Issues

Services exports cut India’s trade deficit by 9.4% in Q1, Pg1

India’s trade deficit narrowed by 9.4% in Q1 of FY26, mainly due to a significant rise in services exports, as per Commerce Ministry data.

GS 3: EconomyGS 2: Education SectorGS 1: Population and Associated Issues

Services exports cut India’s trade deficit by 9.4% in Q1, Pg1

India’s trade deficit narrowed by 9.4% in Q1 of FY26, mainly due to a significant rise in services exports, as per Commerce Ministry data.

GS 2: International RelationsGS 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and AgreementsGS 2: Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India's InterestsGS 2: Important International Institutions, Agencies and ForaGS 2: India and its Neighbourhood Relations

The U.S. established and extinguished multilateralism, Pg6

This article critiques how the United States' shift from multilateralism to strategic bilateralism is reshaping global governance and outlines implications for India's foreign and domestic policy frameworks.

GS 2: International RelationsGS 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and AgreementsGS 2: Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India's InterestsGS 2: Important International Institutions, Agencies and ForaGS 2: India and its Neighbourhood Relations

The U.S. established and extinguished multilateralism, Pg6

This article critiques how the United States' shift from multilateralism to strategic bilateralism is reshaping global governance and outlines implications for India's foreign and domestic policy frameworks.

GS 2: GovernanceGS 1: Indian SocietyGS 3: Environment & EcologyGS 3: Conservation, Pollution and DegradationGS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors

Contesting the future of forest governance, Pg7

The Chhattisgarh forest department’s attempt to assume control over Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR) under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 triggered public protests and raised serious concerns about the autonomy of gram sabhas in forest governance.

GS 2: GovernanceGS 1: Indian SocietyGS 3: Environment & EcologyGS 3: Conservation, Pollution and DegradationGS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors

Contesting the future of forest governance, Pg7

The Chhattisgarh forest department’s attempt to assume control over Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR) under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 triggered public protests and raised serious concerns about the autonomy of gram sabhas in forest governance.

GS 2: PolityGS 1: Indian SocietyGS 1: Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism and Secularism

The need to protect India’s linguistic secularism, Pg8

The article underscores the importance of linguistic secularism as a core feature of India’s pluralistic democracy, especially in light of recent language-based tensions in Maharashtra and continuing resistance to Hindi imposition in southern and northeastern states.

GS 2: PolityGS 1: Indian SocietyGS 1: Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism and Secularism

The need to protect India’s linguistic secularism, Pg8

The article underscores the importance of linguistic secularism as a core feature of India’s pluralistic democracy, especially in light of recent language-based tensions in Maharashtra and continuing resistance to Hindi imposition in southern and northeastern states.

GS 3: EconomyGS 3: Indian Economy, Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and EmploymentGS 1: Poverty and Developmental IssuesGS 1: Women and Women's Organizations

Govt. data show fall in women at work in rural, urban areas, Pg12

The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for June 2025 shows a decline in female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in both rural and urban areas, while unemployment remained stagnant at 5.6% for those aged 15 and above.

GS 3: EconomyGS 3: Indian Economy, Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and EmploymentGS 1: Poverty and Developmental IssuesGS 1: Women and Women's Organizations

Govt. data show fall in women at work in rural, urban areas, Pg12

The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for June 2025 shows a decline in female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in both rural and urban areas, while unemployment remained stagnant at 5.6% for those aged 15 and above.

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The issue with criminalising all adolescent relationships, Pg6

The issue with criminalising all adolescent relationships, Pg6

More than symbolic, Pg6

More than symbolic, Pg6

How is global shipping trying to decarbonise?, Pg8

How is global shipping trying to decarbonise?, Pg8

Pain remains, Pg6

Pain remains, Pg6

Services exports cut India’s trade deficit by 9.4% in Q1, Pg1

Services exports cut India’s trade deficit by 9.4% in Q1, Pg1

The U.S. established and extinguished multilateralism, Pg6

The U.S. established and extinguished multilateralism, Pg6

Contesting the future of forest governance, Pg7

Contesting the future of forest governance, Pg7

The need to protect India’s linguistic secularism, Pg8

The need to protect India’s linguistic secularism, Pg8

Govt. data show fall in women at work in rural, urban areas, Pg12

Govt. data show fall in women at work in rural, urban areas, Pg12

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