A predictive artificial intelligence (AI) tool called MahaCrimeOS AI, built with support from Microsoft is assisting Maharashtra Police in investigations.

About MahaCrimeOS AI

• Built on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service and Microsoft Foundry, integrating AI assistants, automated workflows, and cloud infrastructure.
• It has built-in access to India’s criminal laws through integrated AI RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and open-source intelligence.
  • It helps investigators link cases, analyse digital evidence, and respond to threats faster and more effectively.
• It is capable of carrying out “suspect profiling in real time”.

AWD contributes to enhanced water productivity while maintaining high yields and methane emission reductions in rice production as per study.

AWD in paddy

• What? It is a water management technique, practiced to cultivate irrigated lowland rice with much less water.
• Mechanism: The paddy fields, instead of being constantly flooded, are periodically dried out before re-flooding.

How does AWD reduce GHG emissions?

• Methane in wet or “paddy” rice soil is produced by the anaerobic decomposition of organic material after the flooding of rice fields.
• Allowing the field to drain removes the waterlogged anaerobic condition for a time and halts the production of methane.

In Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district, farmer-led natural farming is reversing crop loss, soil degradation, and distress migration through the JIVA program.

About Joint Initiative for Village Advancement (JIVA) program

• Launched by: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in 2022 under its existing watershed and wadi programmes.
• Aim: To ensure using the principles of agroecology long-term sustainability and transform the pre-existing social and natural capital, and nudge the farming community towards natural farming.

Prime Minister congratulated Indian Grandmasters Koneru Humpy and Arjun Erigaisi on clinching the bronze medals at the 2025 FIDE Rapid Chess Championship in Doha.

• The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is the governing body of the sport of chess (headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland).

Key Highlights 

• Grandmaster Arjun clinched his maiden bronze medal at the event. 
• He also became only the second Indian male player, after legendary Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, to achieve a podium finish.

DRDO successfully conducts maiden flight test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR).

• The rocket was tested for its maximum range of 120 kms. 

About Pinaka Weapon System

• It is a Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) system used for: long-range artillery bombardment and softening enemy positions before close combat.
• It has been designed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) in association with the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL).
  • The project was developed with support from the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and the Research Centre Imarat (RCI).

Principal Scientific Adviser unveilsthe Draft National Technology Readiness Assessment Framework (NTRAF) to Standardise Innovation Assessment in India.

About NTRAF

• Aim: To serve as the operational backbone for various R&D funds launched under National Missions.
  • It will enable funding bodies to allocate resources with greater precision and de-risk early-stage technologies for private investment.
• It provides a robust methodology to assess projects from "Proof of Concept" (TRL 1-3) through "Prototype Development" (TRL 4-6) to "Market/Operational Readiness" (TRL 7-9).
• Replaces qualitative estimation with a structured, evidence-based checklist for every stage of development.
• Empowers Project Investigators to realistically gauge their standing and identify technical gaps before seeking funding.

India’s industrial production growth, as measured by IIP surged to a 25-month high of 6.7 per cent in November 2025.

About IIP:

• Published Monthly by: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
• Objective: It is an indicator that measures the short term changes in the volume of production of industrial products in economy.
• Sectors covered: Covers 3 broad sectors: Manufacturing (77.6% weight), Mining (14.4%), and Electricity (8%). 
• Base Year: 2011-12

A frequency comb is a specialised laser that produces many colours (frequencies) of light that are evenly spaced, much like the teeth of a comb.

• It is often created using a mode-locked laser that emits very rapid, regular pulses of light.
• Key Applications: Calibration of atomic clocks, precision spectroscopy, and measuring tiny shifts in light due to gravity.