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India Publishes Joint Doctrines to Enhance Integration of Armed Forces

India has released three new joint military doctrines to improve synergy between Army, Navy and Air Force. These include Special Forces (SF) operations, airborne and heliborne operations, and multi-domain operations, an important step towards integrated theatre commands and modernised combat readiness.

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UN Launches Global Mechanism for Cyberspace Governance

The United Nations has introduced the Global Mechanism (GM) for Cyberspace, which is an ongoing platform to facilitate responsible state behavior over the internet. The mechanism is constructed on the agreement reached by the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on July 11, 27 years of negotiations later, and a new cycle of international cyber governance is opened.

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Global Economic Impact of Invasive Species

Recent research has found out that invasive plants and animals have cost the global economy more than 2.2 trillion dollars since 1960, which is 16 times more than earlier estimates. Based on the InvaCost database, the study points to the huge financial cost as well as the long-standing underreporting of costs, particularly in such nations as India.

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Discovery of a Rare Quadruple Star System

One of the firsts in our galaxy is a quadruple star system named UPM J1040-3551 AabBab. The system has two young red dwarf stars and is matched by two cold brown dwarfs giving a hierarchical arrangement that is not common.

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Jan Vishwas Bill 2025

The second step in the government legal reforms is the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, that is being proposed in the Lok Sabha. The bill will decriminalize minor offenses, rationalize punishment, and ease implementation of 16 central acts of law, based on the 2023 Jan Vishwas Act. The purpose is to ease the judicial load, enhance the ease of doing business, and create a governance system that is founded on trust, not on fear.

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