NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||22/10/2025. ||| WEDNESDAY| VOL—IV/2025/OCTOBER

 

NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||22/10/2025.

WEDNESDAY| VOL—IV/2025/OCTOBER

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य ईर्षुःपरवित्तेषु रुपे वीर्ये कुलान्वये,

सुख सौभाग्य सत्कारे तस्य व्याधिरनन्तकः॥

Meaning:- "The person who is jealous and hates the wealth, beauty, valor, family, happiness, good fortune and honour of others is incurably ill. And there is no cure for his disease."

 

INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY).

India’s draft climate target. The country envisions setting its peak emissions deadline to 2045 in an updated climate target, Bloomberg reported. The plan envisions India sourcing 11 percent of its total energy from nuclear sources by 2070 and relying heavily on carbon capture technology in the industrial sector.

The government announced that all central universities would transition to a new semester-based digital evaluation system from December 2025.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has banned the use of the term ‘ORS’ on food labels and advertisements, deeming it misleading to consumers. The regulator has instructed food business operators to comply immediately, citing violations of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

The Delhi government on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) blamed the Aam Aadmi Party dispensation in Punjab for the toxic haze over the national capital, alleging that the neighbouring state forced farmers to burn a record amount of paddy stubble on Deepavali night.

WORLD: (REUTER, AP, AFP, BLOOMBERG, CNN, WP)

Trump committed to an Australia-U.S. critical minerals deal and to advance AUKUS and other security partnerships in yesterday’s meeting with Albanese. It was the Australian prime minister’s first White House visit since Trump took office again in January.

The legislature elected Takaichi Sanae as Japan’s first female prime minister today. A conservative, her election comes after she was voted in to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party earlier this month.

The Netherlands has stopped sharing some intelligence with the United States over concerns it could be used to aid Russia or hinder human rights, senior Dutch officials told newspaper de Volkskrant.

The Trump administration proposed options such as instituting 100 percent tariffs on Nicaraguan goods or eliminating the country’s trade benefits due to abuses of labor and human rights in the country, it said in a report Monday. For years, Nicaragua has enjoyed zero tariffs on many of its exports to the United States.

Colombia recalled its ambassador to the United States for consultations after the two countries’ presidents clashed over the hemispheric drug trade and the U.S. military campaign in the Caribbean. After the United States repatriated two survivors of its most recent boat strike to Colombia and Ecuador, Colombia said it would prosecute its survivor, who remains hospitalized, while Ecuador released its citizen without charges.

Coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina appointed consultant and businessman Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo to be the country’s new prime minister yesterday. Andry Rajoelina, the president who fled last week amid mass protests and the army takeover, has refused to step down from exile in an undisclosed location.

The UK is delaying a decision on the construction of China’s new embassy in London, pushing the deadline from today to December 10. Some UK lawmakers called for the embassy’s construction to be blocked due to concerns about potential espionage, even as China has warned of “consequences” for delaying the decision.

The Netherlands plans to send tens of migrants from mostly African countries to Uganda as part of a still-preliminary agreement, migration and foreign affairs minister David van Weel told the Financial Times.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission achieved a remarkable milestone by making the first-ever observation of the sun’s coronal mass ejection (CME) effects on the moon. This discovery, made by the Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) payload onboard the lunar orbiter, provides valuable insights into lunar and space weather phenomena.

Nagaland University researchers have identified a naturally-occurring plant compound called ‘Sinapic acid’ as a powerful therapeutic agent capable of significantly accelerating wound healing in diabetic conditions.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL: -

Day after Diwali, Delhi records worst air quality in 5 years:   According to an analysis of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data covering the period from 2021 to 2025, PM2.5 values in Delhi consistently spiked during Diwali night and early the next morning, with the 2025 post-Diwali reading of 488 micrograms per cubic metre being the most polluted period since 2021. COMMENT:THIS PROVES REQIREMENT OF CONTROL OF USE OF  AIRPOLLUTING ITEMS IN DEEPAVALI IN NCR/DELHI.

In Telangana, The Nizam Sagar irrigation project, built in 1931, has received its second-highest inflow in five decades due to intense monsoon rains in the Manjeera basin. With 291 TMCft recorded so far, the reservoir continues to receive water, largely from the upstream Singur project, which also broke its own inflow record this year.

 

GAMES & SPORTS: -

Indian boys’ and girls’ Kabaddi teams have registered an emphatic victories in the Asian Youth Games in Manama, Bahrain. Indian boys’ team crushed arch-rival Pakistan by 81-26 and the girls’ team overpowered Iran by 59-26.

DAS KAPITAL:

India’s retail sector recorded its highest-ever festive season sales this year between Navratri to Diwali, with trade touching an unprecedented 5.4 lakh crore rupees in goods and 65 thousand crore rupees in services.

SHARE MARKET: -

 *BSE SENSEX* 84,426.34 +474.16 (0.56%)

 *NIFTY* 25,868.60 +25.45 (0.098%)

 CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES:

*USD*  ₹ 88/-*GBP*  ₹118/-*Euro* : ₹ 103/-*China Yuan ¥* : ₹ 12/-

BULLIONS:

 *GOLD* : ₹ 13,060/ 01gm (24 krt)

 *SILVER* : ₹ 1,71,000/KG

 

WHAT IS NEXT:

Today, U.S. Vice President JD Vance begins a trip to Israel.

Tomorrow, the European Union and Egypt hold their first summit in Brussels.

Tomorrow, the UK and Germany host a London summit on security and cooperation in the western Balkans.

 

NIGHT WATCH:

Two comets, C/2025 A4 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 (SWAN), are about to reach their closest approach to Earth and you can watch the action unfold live.

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