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Sector: Governance & Employment Reforms Subject: UPSC's PRATIBHA Setu Portal Initiative UPSC has launched a portal named 'PRATIBHA Setu' to help candidates who reach the final stages of UPSC exams but do not make it to the final merit list. The portal hosts data of over 10,000 such candidates, accessible to ministries, PSUs, autonomous bodies, and private companies. Companies can view details like age, qualification, and contact information and initiate recruitment if candidates had consented to data sharing. For UPSC...Context
Sector: Economy & International Trade Subject: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), UNCTAD Ranking United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported that India ranked among the world’s top 15 destinations for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2024. India moved up from the 16th position to 15th in global FDI rankings. FDI inflow into India in 2024 stood at $27.6 billion, which is 2.2% lower than the $28.1 billion recorded in 2023. Globally, there was an overall decline in FDI...Context
Sector: Employment Generation / Governance Reform Subject: UPSC's 'PRATIBHA Setu' Portal for Alternate Career Options Candidates who clear the UPSC (Prelims/Mains) but don’t get final selection will now get alternate job opportunities through UPSC’s new initiative ‘PRATIBHA Setu’. This initiative connects these candidates to private sector firms, research institutes, and social organizations. UPSC has created a portal with a database of over 10,000 such aspirants. These candidates include individuals who appeared for Civil Services Exam (CSE), Engineering Services, Forest Services,...Context
Sector: Sports Subject: Chess – International Achievement by Indian Player India’s 19-year-old chess prodigy Divya Deshmukh has created history with her stellar performance at the FIDE Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. She defeated World No. 1 woman chess player Hou Yifan of China during the semifinal of the World Team Blitz Championship held in London. Divya secured a total of three medals, including a silver in Rapid and a bronze in Blitz categories. She is also ranked World No. 1...Context
Sector: Education | Subject: Higher Education, Global Rankings, Science & Technology QS World University Rankings 2026 has included two Indian institutes, IIT Delhi (Rank 123), IIT Bombay (Rank 129), and IIT Madras(Rank 180) among the top 200 universities in the world. IIT Madras also showed progress, reaching 180th rank, thus placing three IITs in the global top 200 for the first time. IIT Kharagpur ranked 215, IISC Bangluru 219, IIT Kanpur 222, Delhi University 328 and, IIT Guwahati 334. ...Context
Sector: Sports Sector Subject: Youth Achievement in National Martial Arts (Muay Thai) Championship The National Muay Thai Championship was recently held in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Students from Jaipur performed exceptionally well at the event. Gold medals were won by Anaya Sharma, Vanshika Rana, Samriddhi Rawat, Kumkum Sai, and Aarush Chaudhary. Aarush won a gold medal, while Anirudh Singh won Silver and Arjun Sharma secured Bronze medal. The coach Kaushal Dev stated that all players showed excellent performance throughout the competition. The...Context
Category: Sports In the 2025 Asian U-23 Wrestling Championship India won 5 gold medals, 4 in Women freestyle and 1 in Greco-Roman. The women competing with Priyanshi, weighing 50 kg, Reena (55 kg), Srishti and Priya (68 kg and 76 kg), respectively won the gold. Tanvi Magdum won silver in 59 kg. Sumit (63 kg) became the first Greco-Roman gold medal winner since 2022 by India. Context The Asian U-23 Wrestling Championship is a continental event among the wrestling athletes...Context
Category: National, history At Greater Noida, on August 20, 2025- August 22, 2025, ASI will conduct an international conference to help decipher the still yet to be deciphered Indus valley script. There is no such thing as bilingual writings and small texts therefore the script with more than 400 pictorial signs has remained a mystery. Indian and foreign scholars will deliver works, theories and possible breakthroughs in script understanding. Arguments are to be discussed about whether the script is linguistic...FAQs
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