International Mount Everest Day Every year the International Mount Everest Day is celebrated on May 29. The theme for the Everest Summiteers Summit held in celebration of International Everest Day is "Uniting Voices for the Future of the Himalaya”. Thirukkural (No. 428) Fear is ignorance; fear is the profession of the wise. Meaning: Not to fear what is worthy of fear is ignorance; to fear what is worthy of fear is the profession of the wise. Chapter: Possession of knowledge Transgender Persons Protection of Rights (Amendment) Act 2026 It restricts legal gender recognition by shifting away from self-identification to mandatory medical certification and introduces strict penal provisions to prevent forced gender conversions or coerced identities. Key Provisions & Amendments Shift from Self-Perceived Identity: The 2026 Act removes the right to self-identification. Narrowed Legal Definition:It limits the definition of transgender persons to specific socio-cultural identities and intersex variations. New Criminal Offenses: To stop the coercion of individuals into adopting transgender identities ,the act introduces new criminal categories. Kidnapping an adult to force a transgender identity is punishable by 10 years to life in prison Hydrogen-powered train Indian Railways is set to introduce the country's first indigenous hydrogen fuel cell-based train on the Jind-Sonipat section of Northern Railway in Haryana. Hydrogen fuel cell technology produces electricity through a chemical reaction using hydrogen, with water vapor being the only emission, making it a clean alternative to fossil fuel based railway traction systems. Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Re-port 2024. Nationally, 2.1% of women who got married in 2024 were below 18 years of age, while 24.5% married be-tween 18 and 20 years. Nearly three-fourths - 73.5% married at 21 years or above. Overall, more than one in -four women in India still got married before the age of 21 in 2024, the…
