DNA – 26 August 2025 | UPSC Daily News Analysis | Current Affairs for Civil Services Exam
Welcome to your Daily News Analysis – designed for aspirants preparing for UPSC, State PSCs, and other competitive exams. This session brings clarity to complex topics with an exam-focused approach.📌 Topics Covered in This Session:
🔹 Great Nicobar Island Project & Tribal Rights
— Strategic location near the Malacca Strait, enabling cargo transshipment and military deployment
— Project includes international airport, township, power plant, and trans-shipment port at Galathea Bay
— Strategic importance: counters Chinese expansion (Coco Islands base) and strengthens India’s presence in the Indian Ocean
— Ecological concerns: loss of nearly 1 million trees, coral reef destruction, earthquake-prone zone
— Threat to tribes: Shompen and Nicobarese (PVTGs) livelihoods at risk; violation of Forest Rights Act (2006) provisions
— Issues with compensatory afforestation outside Nicobar (MP and Haryana)
🔹 Forest Rights Act (2006)
— Recognises rights of Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribes (FDST) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFD)
— Four categories of rights: Title, Use, Development, and Forest Management rights
— Gram Sabha role in identifying Individual Forest Rights (IFR) and Community Forest Rights (CFR)
— Objective: correct historical injustices, prevent wrongful eviction, strengthen conservation through community participation
🔹 Shompen and Onge Tribes
— Shompen: semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers, PVTG, patriarchal society, unique dialects, isolated population (~229 as per 2011 Census)
— Onge: Negrito ethnic group, one of India’s most archaic tribes, semi-nomadic, animistic belief system, inhabit Little Andaman Island
🔹 ISRO’s Gaganyaan Mission — Air Drop Test
— Aim: India’s first human spaceflight mission; 3 astronauts in Low Earth Orbit (400 km) for 3 days
— Launch vehicle: LVM-3 (GSLV Mk-III) with solid boosters, liquid-fuel Vikas engines, and CE-20 cryogenic engine
— Orbital Module:
• Crew Module with Environmental Control & Life Support System (ECLSS), parachutes, and crew escape system
• Service Module for propulsion and de-orbiting
— India to join elite group (USA, Russia, China) with human spaceflight capability
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