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The measures could affect India’s metro rail networks and critical border infrastructure projects.  \n• At the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in Dushanbe, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called for dismantling the terrorism ecosystem and rejecting double standards in counterterrorism. He also stressed sovereign equality, mutual respect, resilient supply chains and stronger trade and technology cooperation  \nKEY EXAMPLES FOR EXAM  \n• Delhi’s winter pollution-control measures for 2026–27 include  \nstricter vehicle rules, construction restrictions, work-fromhome requirements, EV incentives, AI-based monitoring, dust control and improved public transport to reduce emissions. Cite this while discussing Sustainable urbanisation, public health, environmental governance and role of Inter-agency coordination.  \nKEY PERSPECTIVES FOR EXAM  \nAn editorial titled “Unknown Gaps” in The Hindu highlights gaps in India’s cybersecurity framework in detecting and regulating threats posed by autonomous AI agents. In this context, the following points are noteworthy:  \n• CERT-In identified emerging cyber threats from AI agents exceeding authorised limits and malicious actors using opensource AI tools for automated cyberattacks.  \n• These threats expose gaps in organisations’ ability to detect breaches, highlighting the limitations of India’s largely reactive cybersecurity framework.  \n• Although CERT-In recorded 29.4 lakh incidents in 2025, limited disclosure of post-incident analyses weakens transparency and public accountability.  \n• These gaps are compounded by shortcomings in the IT Act, 2000, particularly in assigning accountability for autonomous AI agents and ensuring timely breach detection.  \n• Addressing these challenges requires enforceable, risk-based AI security standards, stronger breach detection, legal protection for good-faith security research and greater transparency from CERT-In.  \n• One such measure is the Digital Personal Data Protection (D PDP) Act, which will impose penalties for failing to maintain reasonable safeguards against data breaches once it comes into force in 2027.  \nAn article titled “Harvesting the Sun, and Powering the Farm” by Pralhad Joshi and Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Indian Express discusses how agrivoltaics can enhance farmers’ incomes and strengthen climate resilience. 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