News of The Day: 30th December 2025

News of The Day – 30th December 2025

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

(with Syllabus Relevance)

(GS-1: Modern History)

• Congress’s 140th Foundation Day
  • Marked INC’s founding on Dec 28, 1885
• About INC and its role in the freedom struggle.

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah urged the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to shift focus from treating illness to promoting wellness
  • Treatment Vs Wellness
• Redefining contemporary medical ethics, incorporating them into education, and emphasizing service (seva) as duty to restore public trust in doctors.

(GS-2: Polity and Governance)

• Supreme Court observation during a phone-tapping case hearing
• Emphasized that lawful surveillance does not violate rights of innocent citizens, while debating limits on illegal snooping.

• About Right to Privacy

(GS-2: International Relations)

• PM praised revival of ancient Indian stitched-ship technique
• About INSV Kaundinya 
• INSV Kaundinya sailed from Porbandar to Muscat

(GS-3: Environment)

• SC kept in abeyance its November judgment restricting Aravalli to hills >100m elevation
• Suo motu action amid concerns of ecological risks and mining threats
• Proposes high-powered committee for reassessment and sustainable mining guidelines.

(GS-3: Environment)

• Approval under Namami Gange for conservation of critical habitats for sandbar-nesting birds (e.g., river tern, skimmer);
• Includes wetland restoration, hydrological enhancement, and monitoring in Ganga basin.

(GS-3: Science & Technology)

• Successful test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR-120) from existing launcher
  • Enhances artillery capabilities with 120km precision strike.
• About Pinaka rockets