December 2025 Current Affairs

DECEMBER 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS SUMMARY

A. IMPORTANT DAYS - DECEMBER 2025

• * December 1:
• + World AIDS Day: Theme - "Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response"
• + AIDS: Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome
• + Nagaland Statehood Day
• * December 2: National Pollution Control Day: Theme - "Sustainable living for a green future"
• * December 3: International Day of Persons with Disability: Theme - "Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress"
• * December 4: Indian Navy Day: Theme - "Combat Ready, Cohesive, Self-Reliant"
• * December 5: World Soil Day: Theme - "Healthy Soil for Healthy Cities"
• * December 6:
• + International Cheetah Day
• + B.R. Ambedkar – 69th Mahaparinirvan Diwas
• * December 7: National Armed Forces Flag Day
• * December 8: Bodhi Day
• * December 9: International Anti-Corruption Day: Theme - "Unite with Youth Against Corruption: Shaping the Integrity of Tomorrow"
• * December 10:
• + International Human Rights Day (77th): Theme - "Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials"
• + Rajaji's Birth Anniversary
• * December 11:
• + Bharathiyar 144th Birth Anniversary
• + UNICEF Day: 79th Anniversary of UNICEF's establishment (est. December 11, 1946)
• * December 13: Parliament Attack Remembrance Day
• * December 14: Energy Conservation Day
• * December 15: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 75th Death Anniversary
• * December 16: Vijay Diwas
• * December 17: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
• * December 18:
• + International Migrants Day: Theme - "My Great Story: Cultures and Development"
• + National Minority Rights Day
• * December 19: Goa Liberation Day
• * December 21: World Meditation Day
• * December 23: Kisan Diwas / National Farmers' Day
• * December 25: Good Governance Day
• * December 26: Veer Baal Diwas

B. APPOINTMENTS

• * CBIC Chairman: Vivek Chaturvedi (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs)
• * LIC MD: Ramakrishnan Sunder (Life Insurance Corporation of India)
• * RBI Executive Director (new): Usha Janakiraman
• * ONGC Chairman: Arun Kumar (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation)
• * Coca-Cola CEO: Henrique Braun
• * Chief Information Commissioner: Rajkumar Goel
• * SBI Managing Director: Ravi Ranjan (State Bank of India)
• * Coal India CMD: P. Sairam
• * First woman officer from Indian Military Academy: Sai Jadhav
• * Airtel India MD & CEO: Shashwat Sharma
• * UN Refugee Agency Head: Barham Salih

C. SPORTS

• * Syed Modi International Badminton: Results announced
• * World Youth Table Tennis: Divyanshi wins Bronze (India)
• * UEFA Champions League: Spain retains title
• * Mohit Sharma: Retired from cricket
• * Chess: Arjun Erigaisi defeats Anand to become champion
• * World Athletes of the Year 2025: Armand Duplantis (Men) & Sydney McLaughlin-Levron (Women)
• * Qatar Grand Prix F1: Max Verstappen (World Champion)
• * F1 Constructors Championship: Lando Norris (McLaren)
• * HCL Squash Indian Tour 4 (PSA Tour): Velavan Senthilkumar (Men's) & Anahat Singh (Women's)
• * World Cup Carrom: India crowned Champions
• * Simranpreet Kaur: Gold medal (Olympics qualifier)
• * National Railway Weightlifting Championship: 72nd Men's & 11th Women's edition
• * Ocean Man Open-Water Swimming (Dubai): Nikhil wins Bronze (India)
• * Junior Men's Hockey World Cup: Germany crowned Champions
• * U-19 Asia Cup Cricket: 12th edition began
• * World Cup Squash: India crowned Champions
• * Odisha Masters Badminton: Unnathi & Kiran George crowned champions
• * National Shooting Championship: Manu Bhaker wins Gold
• * Santosh Trophy Football: Jharkhand wins for the first time
• * Stan Wawrinka: Announces retirement after 2026 season
• * India T20 World Cup 2026 squad: Announced
• * U-19 Asia Cup Cricket (12th edition): Pakistan are champions (2nd time)
• * Smriti Mandhana: 1st Asian to score 4,000 runs in T20Is
• * FIDE World Rankings: Rayanika (Chennai) ranked 9th among women
• * 8 wickets in a match: Bhutanese bowler sets new world record
• * International Boat Race Chennai: Triathlon event held
• * Badminton (Men's doubles): Ritwik & Surya crowned champions
• * Chess: Arjun Erigaisi & Vaishali Ramesh Babu (Hampi) win Bronze

D. AWARDS & RECOGNITION

• * UNESCO Creative Cities (Food Heritage): Lucknow
• * Global Humane Society Animal Welfare Award: Anand Ambani (youngest recipient)
• * UN "Champions of the Earth" Award: Supriya Sahu (IAS, Tamil Nadu)
• * Shilp Guru Award: Presented to master craftspeople
• * Ethiopia's Highest Award: PM Modi (first world leader to receive it)
• * National Science Awards: Presented by the President of India
• * Diwali: Included in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list

E. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• * Sanchar Saathi App: Mandated to be pre-installed on all smartphones (anti-cybercrime)
• * Swagat-FL: SEBI's new online facility launched
• * India's largest airline: IndiGo
• * Scrub Typhus (tick fever): Affected many in Andhra Pradesh; 9 deaths
• * Leprosy: Increasing among children in Chennai (Public Health Dept study)
• * MahaCrimeOS: Maharashtra's AI-powered cybercrime investigation system
• * Kavach: 2,000 km of railway track to be covered (Railway Minister)
• * ISRO: Launched American satellite on Dec 24 (LVM-3 / GSLV Mk-III)
• * Two anti-terrorism databases: Launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah
• * RailOne App: 3% discount on unreserved tickets from Jan 14

F. STATE & SCHEME

• * 4th Kashi Tamil Sangamam: Event held
• * West Bengal Governor's Office: Renamed as 'Makkal Maligai'
• * West Bengal: Darjeeling Mandarin Orange gets GI Tag
• * India's 1st Private Navigation Centre: Anant Special Navigation Centre (ISRO Chairman inaugurated)
• * 11th India International Science Festival (IISF): Held (Haryana)
• * India's 1st domestic hydrogen vessel: Launched in Varanasi (JMVP – Jal Marg Vikas Yojana)
• * Andaman Island: Savarkar statue unveiled
• * India's 95th Ramsar Site: Siliserh Lake
• * India's 96th Ramsar Site: Kopra Jalashay
• * Madhya Pradesh: Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve to become new Cheetah habitat
• * 'Paramveer' Gallery: Opened
• * Andhra Pradesh (Srikakulam): GI Tag for Ponduru Khadi
• * Gujarat: 73.73 lakh names removed from draft electoral roll
• * Uttar Pradesh (Gorakhpur): India's 1st Forest University to be set up
• * Assam (Namrup): Foundation stone laid for Ammonia-Urea fertilizer plant
• * India ? Sri Lanka: ?4,032 crore assistance package announced
• * Gujarat (Kutch): Moderate earthquake hits
• * Puducherry: Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiyar International Conference Centre
• * Central Govt: Plans to invest ?4,500 crore in semiconductor laboratory

G. TAMIL NADU SCHEMES

• * Chief Minister's Insurance Scheme: Denied in private hospitals; Budget 2025-26: ?1,461 crore
• * Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam: Budget 2025-26: ?3,600 crore | Started: Sep 15, 2023
• * Innuyir Kaapom / Health Scheme: Budget 2025-26: ?600 crore
• * Thozhi Hostels Scheme: Started: 2023 | Budget 2025-26: ?77 crore
• * Cervical Cancer Vaccination: 3.38 lakh girls vaccinated in Tamil Nadu

H. TAMIL NADU

• * Industrial Energy Efficiency: Tamil Nadu ranks 1st in India
• * Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Tamil Nadu ranks 3rd in India
• * Knowledge Centres: Established in 126 villages
• * GI Tags (TN): Thooyamalli Rice & Kawunthapadi Jaggery
• * Free & Compulsory Education Scheme: ?875 crore for private schools
• * Differently-abled in local bodies: 3,631 empowered (CM Stalin)
• * Chennai Book Fair: Begins January 7
• * Glassware Factory for Electronics: ?1,003 crore; inaugurated by CM Stalin
• * Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant: India-Russia joint project
• * India's largest cancer hospital: Kanchipuram (Karapettai)
• * Madurai Melamadai Flyover: Named after Veeramangai Velu Nachiyar (CM Stalin)
• * Coimbatore Flyover: Named after C. Subramaniam (CM Stalin)
• * Relief to Sri Lanka: CM Stalin sent 950 metric tons of relief materials
• * PM MITRA Textile Park: Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region & Apparel (TN)
• * Iron-rich Salt: Plan to distribute in ration shops to prevent anemia
• * TN Economic Growth (FY 2024-25): 16% GSDP growth (fastest-growing state: RBI report)
• * TN's contribution to India's economy: 11.19%
• * Indus Script Discovery: Found on grindstone at Pattinamarudur, Thoothukudi
• * Tamil Nadu Haj House: Chennai
• * Marine Elite Security Force: Inaugurated at Thiruvottiyur by Minister R.S. Rajakannappan
• * Electoral Roll Revision: 97,37,831 voters removed from TN electoral roll
• * Porunai Museum: Inaugurated by CM M.K. Stalin
• * Smooth-coated Otters Conservation: TN initiative in Cauvery Delta
• * Keeladi Excavation: Central Govt approves 11th phase
• * Women in Higher Education (TN): 48% of women pursue higher education
• * Pension Scheme Study Committee: 3-member panel under Gagandeep Singh Bedi

I. WORLD & INTERNATIONAL

• * Germany: Parliament approves military service plan from age 18
• * Australia: Social media ban for minors comes into effect
• * USA: Gold Card Program launched
• * USA: Pax Siliconica: Consortium to build secure global silicon supply chain
• * Eritrea: Withdrew from IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development)
• * Blue Origin (Space): First disabled woman in zero gravity
• * Elon Musk: 1st individual to reach net worth of $700 billion
• * USA: Developing massive warship fleet
• * China: World's longest highway tunnel opened
• * UN: Hindi programme extended
• * Mexico: 50% increase in customs duty on Indian goods
• * Trump: Action announced against Indian rice flooding US market

J. DEFENCE

• * INS Taragiri: 4th Nilgiri-class stealth frigate delivered to Indian Navy (Mumbai)
• * Rocket Sled Test: High-speed test conducted successfully by DRDO
• * Ekuverin: India–Maldives joint military exercise
• * ICGS Amulya: Patrol vessel built at Goa Shipyard
• * Su-57 Fighter Jet: Russia's 5th generation fighter aircraft
• * Garuda Shakti: India-Indonesia joint special forces exercise (Bakloh, HP; 5th edition)
• * Harimau Shakti 2025: India-Malaysia joint military exercise
• * Domestic Defence Production: ?1.51 lakh crore (from ?46,000 crore in 2014): Rajnath Singh
• * Turkish Drone: Indian Army displays drone used by Pakistan in Operation Sindoor
• * Desert Cyclone-II: India-UAE joint military exercise
• * Avia Indra 2025: India-Russia bilateral air exercise
• * Operation Christmas Drop: Exercise conducted
• * INS Sindhugosh: Decommissioned after 40 years of service
• * Samudra Pratap: India's 1st indigenously built pollution-control vessel
• * Anjadip: Anti-submarine warfare ship
• * INS Vagsheer: Submarine commissioned
• * Lockheed Martin: Recommends C-130J aircraft for India
• * Pinaka Rocket Test: Conducted at Chandipur, Odisha
• * HAL: Manufactures next-generation passenger helicopter

K. CENTRAL SCHEME

• * Tex-RAMPS Scheme: Textiles Research, Assessment, Monitoring, Planning & Start-up Scheme
• * Solar Rooftop Power: ?5,780 crore loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB) for India
• * Poojya Babu Rural Employment Scheme: Announced
• * Namo Drone Didi Scheme: Started: November 30, 2023
• * PM Vishwakarma Scheme: Under Ministry of MSME
• * National Pension Scheme (NPS): Dramatic changes announced
• * PMGSY (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana): PMGSY-I, PMGSY-II, PMGSY-III, PMGSY-IV

L. NATIONAL

• * India re-elected to IMO Council (Category B)
• * India re-elected to UNESCO Executive Board (2025–29)
• * PMO renamed: "Seva Tirth"
• * New mosque in Ayodhya: Plans announced
• * Adani Group: AI Green Data Centre in Telangana
• * Microsoft: ?1.58 lakh crore investment in India
• * Amazon: ?3.14 lakh crore investment in India over 5 years
• * Diwali: Added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list
• * Matsya 6000: India's first human deep-sea mission; progress update
• * ?2,000 crore: Unclaimed funds returned to rightful owners
• * Census Budget: ?11,718 crore approved
• * Higher Education Commission Bill: Cabinet approves; replaces UGC, AICTE, NCTE
• * Coal Setu Window Scheme: Approved for coal mine auctions (no end-use restriction)
• * Nuclear Power Plants: Generate 8.7 GW across India
• * UNESCO Meeting: Concluded at Red Fort, Delhi
• * India-Jordan Trade: To increase to ?45,483 crore
• * 100% FDI in Insurance: Lok Sabha approves bill
• * India's 1st Red Road: On NH-45 (National Highway) to protect wildlife
• * AI Toll Collection: To be implemented by end of 2026
• * 71 useless laws repealed: Bill passed in Parliament
• * India-Oman Trade Agreement: Key features announced
• * Parliament Winter Session: Concluded
• * Fundamental Duties: Article 51A
• * 1st Medical College under PPP: Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh
• * National Leaders Memorial: Built on 65 acres; bronze statues 65 feet tall
• * Vajpayee's 101st Birth Anniversary: Leaders pay tribute
• * India-Netherlands Agreement: To promote Lothal maritime heritage
• * FSSAI: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
• * National Youth Day: January 12 (Swami Vivekananda's birthday)
• * Indian Embassy (Canada): Integrated Service Centre for Indian women facing harassment
• * National Consumer Helpline: 1915
• * Abhinav Bindra Committee: Formed to investigate organizational shortcomings in Indian sports

M. ECONOMY

• * GST Collection (November): Up 0.7% to ?1.70 lakh crore
• * RBI Repo Rate: Cut by 0.25% (interest rate)
• * UPI: IMF declares UPI as world's largest retail fast payment system
• * Tamil Nadu GSDP (2024-25): 16% growth rate (fastest-growing state per RBI)
• * India GDP: 4th largest economy in the world (2025)

N. INDEX & REPORT

• * Asia Power Index 2025: India ranks 3rd
• * World's Most Populous City: Jakarta (surpasses Tokyo): UN Report 2025
• * Doctor-Population Ratio: 1 doctor per 881 people in India (Central Govt)
• * Road Accident Fatality: 11.89 per 1 lakh population (Global Road Statistics 2024)
• * Petrol Retail Outlets: India ranks 3rd in world
• * Tech Innovation Investment: Decreased by 17%
• * Hurun India Rich List 2025: Jayashree Ullal tops (surpassing Nadella & Pichai)
• * India's Global Economy Rank: 4th largest economy in the world (2025)
• * Global Food City Rankings 2025: Italy leads; Mumbai shines

O. OBITUARY

• * Umesh (80): Kannada comedy actor
• * Shivraj Patil: Senior Congress leader
• * Somachandra de Silva: Former Sri Lankan cricketer
• * Ram V. Sutar: Renowned sculptor; designed Statue of Unity (Gujarat)
• * Sreenivasan (69): Veteran Malayalam cinema actor
• * Khaleda Zia: Former Bangladesh PM; BNP leader

P. SUMMITS

• * Vallalar International Conference: To be held end of January (Minister P.K. Sekharbabu)
• * All India DGPs & IGPs Conference: Held
• * Madurai Investors Conference: 91 MoUs signed; employment for 56,766 people
• * WHO Summit 2025: Theme - "Restoring balance: The science and practice of health and well-being"
• * BRICS Presidency 2026: India
• * BRICS Founded: 2009 | HQ: Shanghai, China | Members: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

Q. BOOKS & AUTHOR

• * "The One: Cricket, My Life and More": Shikhar Dhawan (autobiography)
• * "Salman Khan: The Sultan of Bollywood": Mohar Basu
• * "Economic Empowerment of Bharat in the Modi Era": Released by VP C.P. Radhakrishnan
• * Book on Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Released by VP Radhakrishnan

R. MISCELLANEOUS (KEY POINTS)

• * Max Verstappen: F1 World Champion (Qatar Grand Prix)
• * Lando Norris: F1 Constructors champion (McLaren)
• * Armand Duplantis: World Male Athlete of the Year 2025
• * Sydney McLaughlin-Levron: World Female Athlete of the Year 2025
• * Manu Bhaker: Gold at National Shooting Championship
• * Smriti Mandhana: 1st Asian to score 4,000 T20I runs
• * Rayanika (Chennai): FIDE Women's World Ranking: 9th
• * India: World Cup Squash & Carrom champions
• * Germany: Junior Men's Hockey World Cup Champions
• * Jannik Sinner (Italy): Paris Masters champion (ATP World No.1)
• * Arjun Erigaisi: Defeats Anand in Chess; wins championship
• * Jayashree Ullal: Tops Hurun India Rich List 2025
• * Elon Musk: 1st person with net worth of $700 billion
• * Indonesia Squad: 5 wickets in one over (women's cricket world record)
• * Bhutan: 8 wickets in a match (new world record)
• * BRICS Presidency 2026: India
• * India 4th largest economy: 2025
• * India's 1st Red Road: NH-45 (wildlife protection)
• * Diwali: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list
• * UPI: IMF declares world's largest retail fast payment system
• * TN GSDP 2024-25: 16% growth (fastest-growing state)
• * Keeladi: 11th phase excavation approved
• * Porunai Museum: Inaugurated by CM Stalin
• * GI Tags (Dec 2025): Ponduru Khadi (AP), Darjeeling Mandarin Orange (WB), Thooyamalli Rice & Kawunthapadi Jaggery (TN)
• * 95th Ramsar Site: Siliserh Lake
• * 96th Ramsar Site: Kopra Jalashay
• * India's 1st Forest University: Gorakhpur, UP
• * PMO renamed: "Seva Tirth"