11-12 December 2025 Current Affair

🇮🇳 NATIONAL AFFAIRS – 12 DECEMBER

1) Telangana Rising Global Summit 2025

• State secures ₹5.75 lakh crore investments .

• Focus: Energy transition, AI data infra, next-gen technologies.

2) NABARD RECSS Survey (8th Round)

• Shows broad-based rural demand revival , rising incomes.

3) SBI + Bank of Baroda to Set Up Digital Payments Intelligence Platform

• Approved by RBI.

​​​​​​​ 4) RBI Issues Master Direction: Rupee IRD Directions 2025

• Permits resident + non-resident participation in rupee-denominated interest rate derivatives

• Effective 1 March 2026 .

5) Wise Travel Card Launched in India

• Low-cost cross-border spending card.

6) Bank of Baroda Wins “Best Bank in India”

• The Banker – Bank of the Year Awards 2025 (Asia-Pacific).

7) MoF "Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar" Campaign

• Addresses unclaimed financial assets (Oct–Dec 2025).

8) TRAI–RBI Digital Consent Acquisition Pilot

• Customers receive SMS to manage promotional communication opt-ins.

9) Sahaj Insurance gets IRDAI Corporate Agency Licence

10) Australia Enforces Social Media Ban

• Children under 16 banned from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube.

11) Bank of Baroda launches new ad campaign

• Featuring Sachin Tendulkar as global brand ambassador.

12) ICICI Bank acquires 2% stake

• Buys additional stake in ICICI Prudential AMC for ₹2,140 crore.

13) JSW Paints acquires 61.2% in Akzo Nobel India

14) SINE–IIT Bombay launches Y-Point VC Fund

• India’s first deep-tech VC fund by an academic incubator.

• Size: ₹250 crore .

15) IIT Madras launches Samgnya Technologies Foundation

• India’s National Quantum Communication Hub .