Current Affairs 23 September 2025

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28th National Conference on e-Governance

The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) and the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, organised the 28th National Conference on e- Governance (NCeG) 2025 on September 22–23, 2025, in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. 

The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Viksit Bharat: Civil Service and Digital Transformation.’

The National Awards for e-Governance 2025 will be conferred upon 19 exemplary initiatives. These awards include 10 gold, 6 silver, and 3 jury awards- across six categories- awarded to Central, State, District authorities, Gram Panchayats, and Academic/ Research Institutions.

Grassroots-level initiatives in Gram Panchayats for deepening service delivery are newly introduced this year.

• Gold Award: Rohini Gram Panchayat, Dhule District, Maharashtra
• Silver Award: West Majlishpur Gram Panchayat, West Tripura District, Tripura
• Jury Award: Palsana Gram Panchayat, Surat District, Gujarat
• Jury Award: Suakati Gram Panchayat, Kendujhar District, Odisha

Complete Awards List

10th National Ayurveda Day

The Ministry of Ayush, in collaboration with the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Goa, hosted the 10th National Ayurveda Day on 23 September 2025.

National Ayurveda Day 2025 Theme: Ayurveda for People, Ayurveda for Planet.

New initiatives:

• Desh ka Swasthya Parikshan Campaign.
• DRAVYA Portal – Digitized Retrieval Application for Versatile Yardstick of Ayush Substances. This portal was developed by Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences.

Maitri 2.0

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launched the second edition of the Brazil–India Cross-Incubation Programme in Agritech (Maitri 2.0)

Appointments

Vandana Gupta assumed the charge of Controller General of Communication Accounts

3rd International Buddhist Forum

The sacred relics of Lord Buddha from the National Museum, New Delhi are travelling to the Kalmykia Republic of Russia for the First Exposition during the 3rd International Buddhist Forum at Elista city.

Organized by: Ministry of Culture, International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), National Museum, IGNCA

Theme: “Buddhism in the New Millennium”

• Previous relic expositions: Mongolia (2022), Thailand (2024), Vietnam (2025)
• Buddha belonged to the Shakya clan, whose capital was located at Kapilavastu.
• During an excavation in 1898, William Claxton Peppe discovered five small vases containing bone fragments, ashes, and jewels in a long-forgotten stupa in Piprahwa, near Birdpur in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh.
• Later, a team led by K.M. Srivastava performed further excavations at the Piprahwa site between 1971 and 1977. The team discovered a casket containing fragments of charred bone and dated them to the 4th or 5th century BCE. Based upon the findings of these excavations, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has identified Piprahwa as Kapilavastu.

Chief of the Naval Staff visit to Sri Lanka

Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff visited Sri Lanka to participate in the 12th edition of Galle Dialogue 2025-International Maritime Conference.

Theme of the Galle Dialogue 2025 – Maritime Outlook of the Indian Ocean under Changing Dynamics.

India Srilanka participates regularly in Sri Lanka India Naval Exercise (SLINEX), Passage Exercise, Training and Hydrography exchanges. Also, both Navies regularly participate in multilateral events such as Indian Ocean Naval Symposium, Galle Dialogue, MILAN, Goa Maritime Conclave/ Symposium, Colombo Security Conclave.

India and Asian Development Bank signed $125 million loan

The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $125 million loan agreement to enhance urban services in Assam. The project will benefit 360,000 residents of Assam by delivering continuous metered water supply and upgrading stormwater management systems.

Virtual Workshop on Greywater Management and Reuse

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, organized a virtual workshop on “Greywater Management and Reuse”.

This workshop was conducted as part of the preparatory conference for the upcoming Departmental Summit on Vision for Sujalam Bharat scheduled for November.

Greywater Management

• In rural India, liquid waste is divided into two different streams – greywater and blackwater.
• Blackwater: Wastewater generated from toilets containing faecal matter with a very high amount of pathogens. Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) has addressed the issue of blackwater along with the drive against open defecation. Success was achieved through the installation of toilets with a twin pit system in rural areas.
• Greywater: Wastewater generated from bathing, washing, general cleaning, kitchen, maintenance of livestock, as well as from community stand posts, wells, hand pumps etc., is called Greywater.
• Greywater contains only one-tenth of the nitrogen that blackwater does and significantly fewer pathogens. As a result, the organic content of greywater decomposes more rapidly than that of blackwater and thus, its treatment is easier. These characteristics make it reusable as a sustainable source of water for irrigation, and also for other purposes.

Greywater Management – Household level

1. Soak Pit
2. Leach Pit
3. Magic Pit
4. Kitchen Garden

Greywater Management – Community Level

1. Community Leach Pit
2. Waste Stabilization Pond
3. Decentralized Waste Water Treatment
4. Constructed Wetland
5. Phytorid Technology

Hindu Current Affairs

President of Syria – Ahmed al-Sharaa

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in New York to take part in the UN General Assembly, the first president of Syria to do so in nearly six decades. The last time a Syrian head of state attended the UNGA was in 1967.

India–U.S. Corn Issue

The USA has pressed India to import American corn; India currently does not import U.S. corn.

A major share of U.S. corn is genetically modified (GM). India permits Genetically Modified cotton only; GM food crops (like corn) are not cleared for cultivation or broad food-chain entry. This is why India is not importing corn from the USA.

Maize demand is rising due to ethanol blending targets. India aims to use domestic maize.

India imports 60% of maize from Myanmar and the rest from Ukraine.

Global Euro Moment

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde called for Europe to seize a “global euro moment” as the U.S. dollar faces pressure from protectionist trade policies under Donald Trump.

The euro is the world’s second most used currency. Around 60 countries/territories peg their money to it.

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