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Indian Chess Stars Shine at FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships

Indian Chess Stars Shine at FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships

Why in news? Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi secured a bronze medal at the FIDE World Blitz Championship on 30 December 2025. Earlier, he had also w...

Second Anniversary of Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya

Second Anniversary of Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya

Why in news? On 31 December 2025, devotees celebrated the second anniversary of the Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Prime Mini...

Khaleda Zia – Bangladesh’s First Female Prime Minister Passes Away

Khaleda Zia – Bangladesh’s First Female Prime Minister Passes Away

Why in news? Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister and a central figure in its pro‑democracy movement, passed away on 30 December ...

Alliance Air’s ‘Fare se Fursat’ Fixed Fare Scheme

Alliance Air’s ‘Fare se Fursat’ Fixed Fare Scheme

Why in news? India’s regional carrier Alliance Air launched the Fare se Fursat scheme on 13 October 2025. This pilot initiative, which ran until 31 ...

Indian Rupee’s Worst Annual Fall in Three Years

Indian Rupee’s Worst Annual Fall in Three Years

Why in news? The Indian rupee ended 2025 at ₹89.87 per U.S. dollar, marking a depreciation of about 4.7 percent for the year. Reuters reported that ...

PAN–Aadhaar Linking and Belated ITR Deadline

PAN–Aadhaar Linking and Belated ITR Deadline

Why in news? 31 December 2025 was the last date for individuals to link their PAN (Permanent Account Number) with Aadhaar and to file belated or revis...

National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP) 2025

National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP) 2025

Why in news? The Department of Telecommunications unveiled the National Frequency Allocation Plan 2025, an updated spectrum allocation framework for t...

Ol Chiki Script: centenary of the Santali alphabet

Ol Chiki Script: centenary of the Santali alphabet

Why in news? On 29 December 2025, President Droupadi Murmu attended the 22nd Santali “Parsi Maha” (language day) in Jamshedpur and celebrated 100 ...

Spinal Muscular Atrophy and breakthrough gene therapy

Spinal Muscular Atrophy and breakthrough gene therapy

Why in news? On 28 December 2025, doctors at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi administered Itvisma — the brand name for onasemnogene abeparv...

Pinaka LRGR‑120 Rocket

Pinaka LRGR‑120 Rocket

Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR‑...

Magnetic Levitation: new breakthroughs in high‑speed travel

Magnetic Levitation: new breakthroughs in high‑speed travel

Why in news? Researchers at China’s National University of Defence Technology announced on 27 December 2025 that they had accelerated a one‑tonne ...

Pench Tiger Reserve and the journey of J132

Pench Tiger Reserve and the journey of J132

Why in news? A captive‑bred long‑billed vulture tagged J132, released from the Pench Tiger Reserve on 11 December 2025, astonished researchers by ...

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