News of The Day: 22nd December 2025

News of The Day – 22nd December 2025

SOURCES: The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, PIB and AIR, etc

(with Syllabus Relevance)

(GS-1: Art & Culture)

• About National Maritime Heritage Complex, Lothal.
• Knowledge exchange with the Dutch museum
• About Lothal historical significance.

(GS-2: International Relation )

• About World Meditation Day
  • Events promote mental health, stress reduction
• Aligns with International Day of Yoga and ancient Indian traditions.

(GS-2: International Relations)

• Focus on deepening trade, investment, and cooperation in infrastructure, agriculture, and technology.
• Opportunities in Africa’s growing markets; aligns with India’s SAGAR vision and diaspora links.
• Current Status of India- Africa relations.

(GS-3: Economy)

• About private capex and Role in Economy.
• Despite high GDP growth, private investment lags due to uncertainty, high interest rates, and capacity utilization issues.
• Suggestions for policy incentives to boost capex.

(GS-3: Economy)

• About white spot diseases
  • viral disease affecting Shrimp farming
• Measures include biosecurity, resistant breeds, and monitoring to protect aquaculture economy.

(GS-3: Defence)

• Emphasizes self-reliance in defence production under Atmanirbhar Bharat.
• Key for strategic autonomy, export potential, and reducing imports.
• Recent initiatives like iDEX and Make in India boost indigenous manufacturing.

(GS-3: Environment)

• The Union Environment Minister reviewed mitigation strategies, including corridors, compensation, and awareness.
• Focus on elephant, tiger, and leopard conflicts; ongoing projects for habitat management.

• About Human-Wildlife Conflict.

(GS-3: Environment)

• Train-elephant collisions rising.
• suggestions include speed restrictions, underpasses/overpasses, early warning systems, and fencing along tracks.

• Existing Initiatives of Railways.

(GS-3: Environment)

• About Birds Migration.
• India hosts migratory birds from Siberia, Europe
• key sites like Bharatpur, Chilika.
• Threats from habitat loss.
• Conservation via Ramsar sites and community involvement.

(GS-3: Environment)

• Recent study shows discrepancies in carbon absorption models for the Southern Ocean.
• Implications for climate change predictions; calls for improved monitoring.

(GS-3: Environment)

• Marine sponges host microbes that help bioremediate heavy metal pollution.
• Potential for eco-friendly cleanup in coastal areas.

• Aravalli hills face threats from mining, urbanization, and encroachments.
• Recent debates on redefining hills (e.g., height criteria) risk excluding many areas from protection.
• Environmentalists demand stricter enforcement, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development under SC guidelines.

(GS-3: Science & Technology)

• About ‘Amulya’
  • Advanced vessel for maritime security, surveillance, and rescue operations.
• Enhances coastal defence capabilities.

(GS-3: Science & Technology)

• About Autophagy
  • Cellular process of recycling damaged components. Nobel-winning discovery
• Relevance in disease treatment like cancer, neurodegeneration.

(GS-3: Science & Technology)

• About BlueBird Block-2.
• LVM3-M6 mission to launch AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird Block-2.
• Heaviest payload for LVM3; commercial launch.

(GS-3: Science & Technology)

• About National Mathematics Day
• Celebrates Srinivasa Ramanujan’s birth anniversary.
• Events include lectures, quizzes; promotes math education and research.

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