🏛️ National Affairs & Governance
• PM Narendra Modi will chair the 5th National Conference of Chief Secretaries in New Delhi.
• Gujarat reinstated as a tiger-bearing state after 33 years , confirmed by NTCA .
• India’s first national weapon database launched to combat terrorism, extremism & organised crime.
• EPFO reforms announced to modernise systems and expand social security coverage.
• NATGRID linked with NPR to strengthen intelligence gathering and criminal investigations.
• Dhanu Yatra , the world’s largest open-air theatre festival, inaugurated in Bargarh, Odisha .
• India’s petrol pump network crossed 1 lakh outlets , becoming the 3rd largest globally after the USA & China.
✈️ Civil Aviation & Infrastructure
• MoCA granted NOCs to two new airlines — Al Hind Air and FlyExpress .
• Rajpura (Punjab) to host India’s first Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE) manufacturing plant .
🏦 Banking, Finance & Regulation
• SEBI simplified duplicate securities issuance , raising documentation threshold from ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh .
• LIC partnered with Sahaj Insurance Services Pvt Ltd to expand rural & semi-urban insurance reach.
• IRDAI imposed ₹1 crore penalty on Reliance General Insurance for regulatory violations.
• CBDT launched NUDGE campaign for AY 2025-26 to enhance voluntary tax compliance.
• BSE reconstituted BANKEX index , effective 26 December 2025 .
• Customs Clearance Facilitation Committee (CCFC) meeting held at IGI Airport, New Delhi .
🏅 Awards & Recognition
• President Droupadi Murmu presented Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2025 in New Delhi.
• Vaibhav Suryavanshi (14) received PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for achievements in cricket.
♟️ Sports
• Alpine SG Pipers won Global Chess League 2025 (Season 3) , defeating Triveni Continental Kings in Mumbai.
• Team led by R. Praggnanandhaa & Anish Giri .
🧬 Science, Technology & Environment
• ZSI discovered a new micro-arthropod species ‘Neelus sikkimensis’ in high-altitude Sikkim .
• Japan to conduct the world’s first deep-sea rare-earth mud mining test at 6,000 m depth .
🛡️ Defence & Strategic Affairs
• Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) delivered WhAP 8×8 armoured vehicles to the Royal Moroccan Army .
• India launched first-ever national weapon database for internal security strengthening.
🏢 Appointments & Administration
• Anu Garg (IAS)
Month: Current Affairs - December 29, 2025
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