Prelims

India’s 8.2% Growth: Strengths & Fault Lines

11-Dec-2025

India recorded a strong 8.2% GDP growth, supported by robust manufacturing and services performance. However, the IMF graded India’s national income accounting system as ‘Grade C’, pointing to statistical limitations and structural data gaps.

PM Surya Ghar Scheme

10-Dec-2025

The Parliamentary Standing Committee has expressed concern over the slow progress of the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, which aims to install 1 crore rooftop solar systems by FY27.

Human Rights Day

10-Dec-2025

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December, marking the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted in 1948. The day reaffirms the global commitment to dignity, equality, justice, and freedom for all.

Judicial Accountability: Impeachment & In-House Inquiry Explained

10-Dec-2025

Members of the INDIA bloc intend to submit an impeachment motion in Parliament against Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court. The move follows his direction to the Subramaniya Swamy Temple authorities to ensure the lighting of a lamp near a dargah during the Karthigai Deepam festival—an order that triggered political and constitutional debate.

Diwali as an Intangible Cultural Heritage

10-Dec-2025

India is hosting the 20th Session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in New Delhi from December 8 to 13, 2025.

Cosmic Filament

10-Dec-2025

Recently, researchers at the University of Oxford reported the discovery of a cosmic filament approximately 50 million light-years long, strung by at least 14 galaxies.

Sudden Stratospheric Warming and Its Global Weather Impacts

10-Dec-2025

Meteorologists have issued warnings about a potential Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event that may trigger below-normal temperatures across several parts of the United States later this month.

Satellite Internet - How It Works and Why the World Needs It

10-Dec-2025

The world is rapidly moving toward advanced digital infrastructure, yet millions of people still live in areas where traditional fiber, cable, or mobile-tower–based internet cannot reach.

UPI Recognized by IMF as the World’s Largest Real-Time Payment System

09-Dec-2025

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its June 2025 report “Growing Retail Digital Payments (Value of Interoperability)”, has recognized India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) as the world’s largest retail fast payment system.

UN Environment Assembly

09-Dec-2025

The seventh UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) is currently taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together all UN member states to deliberate on global environmental priorities.

The session has opened amid concerns over funding cuts, disagreements on UNEP’s five-year strategy, and widening geopolitical divides—all setting a tense backdrop for UNEA-7.