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Fri, 12 Dec 2025

• Former Lok Sabha Speaker and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil passed away at his home in Latur, Maharashtra, on 12 December 2025 at the age of 90.
• President Droupadi Murmu attended a public function at Senapati, Manipur, on 12 December 2025, laying foundation stones and inaugurating development projects, and paid respects at the Nupee Lal Memorial Complex in Imphal.
• All-India retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index was 0.71% (provisional) in November 2025, up 46 basis points from October, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation said on 12 December 2025.
• The Department of Posts and BSE signed an MoU in New Delhi on 12 December 2025 enabling India Post to distribute mutual fund products through its postal network using the BSE StAR MF platform.
• The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas announced on 12 December 2025 an Expert Committee, chaired by Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala of IIT Madras, to recommend a roadmap for cutting vehicular emissions in Delhi-NCR.
• The Union Public Service Commission announced on 12 December 2025 that every Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidate will be allotted the examination centre of their choice for its examinations.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025

• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav declared the State free of Naxalism after Maoists Deepak and Rohit, carrying rewards totalling ₹43 lakh, surrendered at the CRPF camp in Korka, Balaghat on 11 December 2025.
• Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini launched the Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana 2.0 and inaugurated the state-level Antyodaya Utthan Mela at Sonipat on 11 December 2025.
• The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on 11 December 2025 ratified the State Water Action Plan covering 506 projects worth ₹9,514.63 crore and cleared Lok Bhavan and road works in Amaravati.
• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the commercial operation of India's first fully indigenous hydrogen fuel cell passenger vessel at Namo Ghat, Varanasi, on 11 December 2025.
• The India–Italy Business Forum was held in Mumbai on 11 December 2025 during the visit of Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani, with the signing of the agreed minutes of the 22nd India–Italy Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation.
• The Competition Commission of India, by an order dated 11 December 2025, directed three Maharashtra liquor trade associations to cease and desist from anti-competitive conduct under the Competition Act, 2002.
• NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam released the report 'Deepening the Corporate Bond Market in India' in New Delhi on 11 December 2025.
• The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹6.2 crore on 11 December 2025 under the Access and Benefit Sharing mechanism of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, for conservation of Red Sanders in five states.
• Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated NEST–02 (New Enterprises & Services Tower – Phase 2) at the Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ), Mumbai, on 11 December 2025.
• The eighth round of NABARD's Rural Economic Conditions and Sentiments Survey (RECSS), released on 11 December 2025, found that about 80% of rural households consistently reported higher consumption over the past year.
• The Ministry of Education organised the Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav 2025 at National Bal Bhawan, New Delhi, on 11 December 2025, the birth anniversary of Mahakavi Subramania Bharati, with the theme 'Many Languages, One Emotion'.
• Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the Pre-Summit Conference on 'AI for Good Governance' at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, on 11 December 2025, hosted by the IndiaAI Mission with the Government of Gujarat and IIT Gandhinagar.
• Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi launched on 11 December 2025 a pilot project for field trials of hydrogen in mobility, under which Toyota Kirloskar Motor handed its Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle to the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) for testing.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025

• Deepavali was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on 10 December 2025 at the 20th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee held at the Red Fort, New Delhi.
• India won their first-ever bronze medal at the FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup on 10 December 2025, coming from 0-2 down to beat Argentina 4-2 at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, Chennai.
• President Droupadi Murmu was Chief Guest at the National Human Rights Commission's Human Rights Day function at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 10 December 2025, where she launched the NHRC Mobile App.
• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the Shaheed Smarak Kshetra and Park in West Boragaon, Guwahati, on Shaheed Divas, 10 December 2025, honouring the martyrs of the Assam Movement.
• Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil launched the Sujalam Bharat App on 10 December 2025, a digital platform for geo-referencing and monitoring rural drinking water supply assets under the Jal Jeevan Mission.
• The India–EU Ideathon on 'Combating Marine Plastic Pollution', held under the India–EU Trade and Technology Council, concluded on 10 December 2025 at the BCKIC Foundation, KIIT, Bhubaneswar, with three winning teams selected.
• The Ministry of Labour & Employment signed an MoU with Microsoft in New Delhi on 10 December 2025, in the presence of Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, to expand job access and AI skilling.
• The National Highways Authority of India announced on 10 December 2025 action after a reinforced soil wall failed at Mylakkadu in Kollam district on NH-66, temporarily suspending the concessionaire and the independent engineer from bidding.
• The Union Health Ministry and the World Health Organization launched a month-long Delhi Metro campaign on women's and girls' health and well-being at Sultanpur Metro Station on 10 December 2025.
• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released on 10 December 2025 its recommendations on assignment of microwave spectrum in the 6 GHz (lower), 7, 13, 15, 18 and 21 GHz bands, E-Band and V-Band.
• A Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences study of deodar trees at Batseri in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, announced on 10 December 2025, found a shift from wetter springs in the Little Ice Age to drier conditions after 1757 CE.