The Supreme Court mandates States, UTs to implement Guidelines on School Safety and Security.

• The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is tasked with overseeing the implementation.

About Guidelines on School Safety and Security:

• Guidelines was prepared by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) in consultation with the NCPCR. 
• Aim: to hold school management accountable for ensuring the safety of children in government, government-aided, and private schools.
• The Guidelines are advisory in nature.

The habitat rights are formally provided to Mankidia of Odisha  under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

About Mankidia Tribes

• They are one of the seventy five Particularly Vulnerable Tribes 
• They are a semi-nomadic section of the Birhor tribe.
• The community is famed for its skill in catching monkeys and trapping small birds and animals.
• They live in dome shaped leaf huts, known as Kumbha.
• Speak a language of their own that belongs to the Munda branch of Austro-Asiatic language group.

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MoI&B) in collaboration with Media & Entertainment Association of India (MEAI), has launched the WAVES Anime & Manga Contest (WAM!).

• WAM! is part of the “Create in India Challenge”, aiming to nurture local talent and tap into the growing interest in Japanese manga and anime among Indian audiences.

About Create in India Challenge

• MoI&B has launched 25 Challenges as part of the ‘Create in India Challenge - Season 1’ for World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), scheduled for 2025 in New Delhi.
• These challenges cover a wide range of disciplines including animation, filmmaking, gaming, music, and visual arts. 

The Minister of External Affairs meets foreign ministers of G4 nations in New York.

• The group reaffirmed its commitment to urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council through text-based negotiations.

About G4 Nation

• It includes Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan.
• The G4 nations support each other's bids for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council.
• Group has proposed that Council's membership shall be increased from 15 to 25-26, by adding six permanent and four or five non-permanent members.

The President of India attended the opening ceremony of the 16th ASOSAI Assembly organised by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in New Delhi.

About ASOSAI

• It is one of the Regional Groups of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions.
• It was established in 1979 with 11 members, now the membership has grown to 48.
• The first Assembly and Governing Board meeting was held in New Delhi, India. 
  • At the Assembly, the Rules and Regulations of ASOSAI were approved.

According to Nepal Trade Statistics, India continues to be Nepal's largest trading partner.

About India-Nepal Trade 

• Nepal’s Trade deficit with India stood at INR 149.17 billion till mid-September 2024-25.
• Nepal’s exports include Hydroelectric power, resin, agricultural produce, yarn, handicrafts, silver and gold jewellery.
• Nepal’s imports include petroleum products, chemical fertilizers, salt, sugar, rice, vehicles, copper, cotton, etc. from India.
• India is Nepal’s largest export destination while Nepal is India’s 17^th largest export destination.

Recently, the fifth edition of Goa Maritime Symposium  2024 was hosted by the Indian Navy.

• Theme: ‘Common Maritime Security Challenges in the IOR – Progressing Lines of Effort to Mitigate Dynamic Threats such as IUU Fishing and Other Illegal Maritime Activities’.

About Goa Maritime Symposium

• It is a forum for fostering collaborative thinking, cooperation, and mutual understanding between India and key maritime nations of the Indian Ocean Region.
• It was conceptualised and instituted by the Indian Navy in 2016.

IndiaAI-Independent Business Division (IBD) is inviting nominations of B.Tech & M.Tech students for IndiaAI fellowship.

IndiaAI fellowship

• It is a fellowship for full time PhD scholars researching in the areas of Artificial Intelligence in top 50 NIRF ranked Research Institutes. 

About IndiaAI

• IndiaAI, an Independent Business Division under the Digital India Corporation (DIC) of the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), is the implementation agency of IndiaAI Mission.
• It aims to democratize AI's benefits across all strata of society, bolster India’s global leadership in AI, foster technological self-reliance, and ensure ethical and responsible use of AI.