TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu will embark on a seven-day visit to Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana today.
In Karnataka, the President will inaugurate the 1066th Jayanthi celebrations of Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Shivayogi Mahaswamiji at Malavalli.
In Tamil Nadu, the president will perform darshan and aarti at the Golden Temple, Vellore. Later, she will reach Rashtrapati Nilayam, Bolarum, Secunderabad.
2. The Rajya Sabha resumed discussion on Election Reforms. Intervening in the debate, Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said, the ongoing exercise of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll is being conducted to remove fake voters from the voters’ list.
3. The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 which was introduced in the Lok Sabha has been referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for further scrutiny.
4. In West Bengal, the draft electoral roll prepared under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise will be published in the state today.
5. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, chaired a high-level meeting to undertake a detailed review of the Action Plans aimed at tackling air pollution Ghaziabad and Noida.
6. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, yesterday chaired a high-level meeting to undertake a detailed review of the Action Plans of Ghaziabad and Noida aimed at tackling air pollution.
7. The air quality in Delhi-NCR continues to be in the Severe category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the average Air Quality Index, AQI, of the national capital was recorded at 413.
8. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal highlighted that solar power in the country has increased by 46 percent in the last 11 years.
9. Chief Minister of Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang, under the “Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan”, officially declared Cho La & Dok La, two strategically significant border destinations, open for tourists.
‘Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan’ is a flagship initiative by the Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Tourism. The initiative aims to promote border tourism while simultaneously strengthening infrastructure and improving the livelihoods of people living in remote border villages.
10. Due to dense fog, flight operations at Delhi Airport are currently being conducted under CAT III conditions. Delhi Airport released an advisory informing that this may cause flight delays and cancellations.
11. President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Jamshedpur and Adityapur on December 29 in her first official visit to the region after assuming office. The one-day visit holds cultural and academic significance, marking key engagements related to tribal heritage and higher education in Jharkhand.
12. The Union government has tabled the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha, proposing a fundamental restructuring of India’s higher education regulatory framework. The Bill seeks to subsume existing bodies such as the University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) into a single overarching authority.
13. Former M.P. Dr Ram Vilas Das Vedanti, a key figure in the Ram Temple movement, has passed away at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district. He was a native of Rewa and was undergoing treatment there. The news of his demise has sent shockwaves in Ayodhya, where he was a prominent figure.
14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the passing of Editor and Managing Director of The Assam Tribune Group, Prafulla Govinda Baruah.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu has rejected an amendment bill passed by the West Bengal assembly proposing the Chief Minister’s name as the Chancellor in state universities of West Bengal in place of the Governor.
2. The Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed writ petitions seeking to quash FIRs filed against two men for allegedly trafficking adulterated cough syrup and stay their arrests.
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Several buses caught fire on the Delhi-Agra Expressway during early hours of Tuesday in Mathura. Incident occurred in the early hours amid dense fog as thick smog reduced visibility in parts of Uttar Pradesh.
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1. India is becoming the fastest-growing major economy, with an 8.2 % growth rate as against the 3.2% of the global growth, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha during her reply to the Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2025-26.
2. India’s merchandise trade deficit narrowed to 24.53 billion US dollars in November this year, driven by a fall in gold, oil and coal imports. According to provisional data released by the Commerce Ministry, merchandise exports increased significantly to 38.13 billion dollars in November. Goods imports fell slightly by 1.9 per cent at 62.66 billion dollars.
3. India has reached a major milestone in semiconductor self-reliance with the development of DHRUV64, the country’s first indigenous 1.0 GHz, 64-bit dual-core microprocessor. Developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under the Microprocessor Development Programme, the processor marks a critical step in reducing dependence on foreign chipmakers for strategic and commercial technologies.
4. The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has received in-principle approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch a Mutual Fund (MF) transaction platform. The move marks a key milestone in the exchange’s broader strategy to evolve into a diversified, multi-asset market infrastructure institution.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. Akhanda 2: Thaandavam performed well on its first 3 days at the box office and earned an estimated ₹ 61.10 Cr India net. Here is Akhanda 2: Thaandavam’s 4th-day box office collection and Occupancy.
2. Actress and politician Smriti Irani has once again taken to her Instagram handle to laud Akshaye Khanna’s performance in DHURANDHAR movie.
She shared a humorous scene from the Akshay Kumar and Akshaye Khanna-starrer Tees Maar Khan and wrote, “When Akshaye Khanna has surpassed all expectations & you too want to yell… de do Oscar #Dhurandhar.”
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DEFENCE News
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1. The nation will observe Vijay Diwas today to commemorate India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, leading to Bangladesh’s liberation.
2. VAdm Tarun Sobti, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff(DCNS), Indian Navy, is on an official visit to Maldives from 15 to 17 Dec 25 to attend the closing ceremony of Ex Ekatha 2025.
Established in 2017, Exercise Ekatha is an annual bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF).
3. The Indian Navy will commission its second MH 60R helicopter squadron, INAS 335 (Ospreys) on 17 Dec 2025 at INS Hansa, Goa, in the presence of Adm Dinesh K Tripathi, the Chief of the Naval Staff. The occasion will mark a pivotal moment in the Indian Navy’s continued efforts towards modernisation and capability enhancement.
16 Dec (Tuesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Hemant
Drik Ritu : Hemant
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Pausa 12,
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month :Agrahayana 27
Tithi : Dwadashi
Nakshatra : Swati (up to 2:09 pm) Vishaka
Rahu : 02:56 PM – 04:18 PM
Yamaganda : 09:27 AM – 10:49 AM
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