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Oreshnik ballistic missile – Russia’s new threat
Why in news? During Russia’s Zapad 2025 military exercises and subsequent announcements, Moscow highlighted a new missile called the Oreshnik. Weste...
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Why in news? During Russia’s Zapad 2025 military exercises and subsequent announcements, Moscow highlighted a new missile called the Oreshnik. Weste...
Why in news? Many people wondered whether banks would remain open on the last day of 2025 and on New Year’s Day. Confusion arose from social media r...
Why in news? Police in Rajasthan’s Tonk district intercepted a car on New Year’s Eve and discovered 150 kg of ammonium nitrate and other explosive...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Why in news? The Department of Telecommunications unveiled the National Frequency Allocation Plan 2025, an updated spectrum allocation framework for t...
Why in news? A newly built ropeway near Bihar’s historic Rohtasgarh Fort collapsed during a load test on 26 December 2025. A tower and four cabins w...
Why in news? Scientists exploring waters off Greenland announced the discovery of an unusual cold seep nicknamed “Freya”. Located more than 3.5 ki...
Why in news? Health authorities in the United States reported clusters of Legionnaires’ disease in late 2025. In central Florida, at least 14 people...
Why in news? A video shared by Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan in late December 2025 went viral on social media. While on night patrol, t...
Why in news? Photographs of China’s advanced Type 055 destroyers surfaced in December 2025 showing what analysts believe to be the YJ‑20 hypersoni...
Why in news? A captive‑bred long‑billed vulture tagged J132, released from the Pench Tiger Reserve on 11 December 2025, astonished researchers by ...
Why in news? On 29 December 2025, President Droupadi Murmu attended the 22nd Santali “Parsi Maha” (language day) in Jamshedpur and celebrated 100 ...
Why in news? On 28 December 2025, doctors at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi administered Itvisma — the brand name for onasemnogene abeparv...
Why in news? Researchers at China’s National University of Defence Technology announced on 27 December 2025 that they had accelerated a one‑tonne ...
Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR‑...