1.
At 56th International Film Festival of India, the Golden Peacock for Best Feature Film was awarded to Skin
of Youth Film.
2. Recently renowned legend Kumari Kamala passed away at the age of 91, she was associated with classical
dance Bharatanatyam.
3. Rohit Sharma breaks World Record and takes No. 1 Spot in Six Hitters List In ODI Cricket.
4. India made a remarkable debut at the WorldSkills Asia Competition (WSAC) 2025, securing the 8th rank
among 29 participating countries.
5. Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary recently launched Sport Edge Meerut initiative for Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for Education.
6. Nagaland is celebrating 63rd Statehood Day on 01 December.
7. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs organization won the Gold Prize for Public Outreach and
Communication at the India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2025.
8. Recently Jay Shah has received the CNN News18 Indian of the Year 2025 award.
9. In category D has India been re elected to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council.
10. Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Metro has been officially certified by the Guinness World Records as the world's
longest fully driverless train network, which extends up to 176 km on six lines and 85 stations.
11. Armand Duplantis from Sweden was named the World Athlete of the Year (Men) in 2025.
12. Indira Gandhi International airport has earned the title of India’s first water positive airport. using
harvesting, recycling and smart systems to replenish more water than it consumes.
13. The 14th edition of India Maldives bilateral exercise EKUVERIN held December 2025 in
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
14. Italy defense company Leonardo has unveiled an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered air defense system
named “Michael Angelo Dome”. It has been made for the protection of essential infrastructure, sensitive
urban areas, and assets of national and European strategic importance.
15. Recently Vivek Chaturvedi has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes
and Customs (CBIC).
16. The 26th Hornbill Festival began on 1st December at the Naga Heritage Village in Kisama, Kohima,
coinciding with Nagaland’s Statehood Day.
17. Punjab National Bank has appointed Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of the Indian women’s cricket team, as
its first female brand ambassador.
18. Praveen Kumar has been given the additional charge as the Director General of the Border Security Force
(BSF).
19. Ministry of Tourism has launched the Incredible India 2.0 initiative. The campaign aims to attract more
international tourists to India through focused promotion.
20. The Department of Telecommunications has made Sanchar Saathi app mandatory on all new or imported
mobile phones in India to improve digital safety.
21. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the fourth
edition of Kashi Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi.
22. sports event Archery Premier League won the ‘Emerging Professional Sports Event of the Year’ award at the
India Sports Awards 2025.
23. Belgium defeated India in the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup which is a tournament of hockey.
24. PM Narendra Modi has given the Prime Minister’s Office a new name, "Seva Tirth". "Raj Bhavan" and "Raj
Niwas" has been renamed "Lok Bhavan" and "Lok Niwas".
25. Dr Manali Makarand Kshirsagar became the first woman Vice Chancellor of Nagpur University in its 102
year history.
26. 131st is India’s rank in the Women, Peace and Security Index 2025 & 26.
27. The Indian Navy announced that INS Aridhaman, India’s third Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine,
will soon be inducted.
28. Researchers at National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune,
discovered a new galaxy named Alaknanda. James Webb Space Telescope was used to discover the spiral
galaxy ‘Alaknanda’.
29. Recently Russia has decided to adopt the Framework Agreement to join the International Big Cat Alliance.
30. Maharashtra state earned a Guinness World Record for installing 45,911 solar irrigation pumps in a single
month.
31. Arjun Erigaisi secured Jerusalem Masters 2025 title by winning over Viswanathan Anand in the final.
32. The "GOAT India Tour 2025" was associated with the visit of Lionel Messi football legend.
33. Chandigarh university topped the medal tally of the 'Khelo India University Games' 2025.
34. India and Malaysia begin the 5th edition of Exercise Harimau Shakti in Rajasthan in December 2025,
focusing on joint counter terror operations.
35. Indian Army held its Idea & Innovation Competition Inno-Yoddha 2025 in New Delhi.
36. Meta is reportedly in advanced talks with Google to use its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). A Tensor
Processing Unit (TPU) is a special chip made to speed up Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning tasks.
TPUs, developed by Google in 2016, power applications like Google Search, Translate and Photos.
37. The World Book of Records, London honored Nitish Kumar for becoming the first Indian Chief Minister to
take oath ten times.
38. In badminton, Sanskar Saraswat from Jodhpur, Rajasthan won the men's singles title at the 2025 Guwahati
Masters on 7 December.
39. The tenth edition of the India Indonesia Joint Special Forces Exercise Garuda Shakti has started in, Himachal
Pradesh. In December 2025.
40. Recently, India and Russia signed the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support Agreement. India has signed
military logistics agreements with seven major countries the USA, France, Singapore, South Korea, Japan,
Australia, and Russia.
41. Recently the Central Government has given the 27th Navratna status to Numaligarh Refinery Limited of
Assam.
42. Rohit Sharma became the Fourth Indian cricketer to cross 20,000 international runs.
43. Donald Trump has been awarded FIFA Peace Prize at the 2026 World Cup draw.
44. Niger has become the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as river
blindness.
45. Recently India has started a new embassy in Shanghai, China after 32 years.
46. Russia became the 19th member of the International Big Cat Alliance.
47. Recently United States as announced the “ New G20” plan in preparation for hosting the 2026 G20 Leaders
Summit.
48. Rajasthan became the first state in India to achieve 100% digitization of voter rolls under Special Intensive
Revision.
49. Rising Global Summit 2025 is being hosted by Telangana in Hyderabad.
50. India is hosting the Squash World Cup for the third consecutive time in Chennai.
51. Lando Norris won his first Formula One World Championship in Abu Dhabi in December 2025.
52. Raveena Tandon is honoured as PETA India’s Person of the Year 2025 for her dedication to animal rights,
wildlife protection, vegan advocacy, and humane education.
53. Anant Ambani receives Global Humane Society’s Animal Welfare Award for founding Vantara, becoming
the youngest and first Asian to win the honour for transformative contributions to global wildlife
conservation.
54. India's UPI payment systems has been declared the world’s largest real time payment system by the
International Monetary Fund.
55. ‘Charaichung Festival’ was organised to revive Asia’s first protected Royal Bird Sanctuary in Majuli district
assam.
56. The first Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on Defence Cooperation was held between India and Brunei.
57. Andrej Babis was sworn in as the Czech Republic’s Prime Minister on December, 2025.
58. India’s first incubator linked deep tech venture capital fund has been launched by IIT Bombay’s Society for
Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
59. Deepawali, one of India's most widely celebrated vibrant traditions, was recently included in the
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during the 20th session of the UNESCO
Intergovernmental Committee.
60. The world's highest war memorial has been established in Galwan Valley (Ladakh), where 20 Indian soldiers
were martyred in a clash with Chinese soldiers five years ago.
61. Mission Watershed PUNARUTTHAN launched in Nagaland to revive traditional water bodies and strengthen
water harvesting systems.
62. Neal Mohan has been named ‘CEO of the Year 2025’ by Time magazine.
63. The 20year old Indian Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa who won the International Chess Federation (FIDE)
Circuit 2025.
64. India defeated team of Argentina & won their first bronze medal at the 2025 Junior Men’s Hockey World
Cup.
65. Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu, has been honoured with the
2025 Champions of the Earth Award, the United Nations’ highest environmental recognition. The award,
announced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) during the UN Environment Assembly.
66. Recently Jasprit Bumrah creates history by becoming the first Indian bowler to claim 100 wickets each in
Tests, ODIs, and T20Is.
67. India will host the 'WHO Global Traditional Medicine Summit' in delhi.
68. Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt received the prestigious Golden Globe Horizon Award, recognizing her
incredible journey in Indian cinema.
69. Recently India has launched First Indigenous Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vessel.
70. India secure the position in medal tally of second edition of the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI)
Asian Equestrian Championship 2025.
71. Scientists at the Bose Institute, Kolkata have developed GlowCas9, a CRISPR protein that glows during gene
editing.
72. Brazil officially transferred the BRICS presidency to India on December, 2025.
73. Shashwat Sharma has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Airtel India effective January,
2026.
74. Jharkhand won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Which is associated with cricket.
75. Cameron Green became the most expensive foreign player in IPL history. Cameron Green was bought by
Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹25.20 crore.
76. India is preparing to set up its first ever Forest University in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
77. Sai Jadhav, at 23, became the first woman officer to graduate from the Indian Military Academy (IMA),
Dehradun.
78. Siliserh Lake in Alwar district, Rajasthan, and Kopra Jalashay near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, have been added
to the List of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar List), taking India’s tally of Ramsar sites to 96.
79. Madhya Pradesh has been declared Naxal free recently.
80. Raj Kumar Goyal has been appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner of India.
81. India is set to host the inaugural Commonwealth Kho Kho Championship in March 2026, featuring 16 men’s
and 16 women’s teams.
82. Bihar is fully prepared to build the country’s first Power Museum on the 3 acre campus of the defunct
Karbigahia Thermal Power Station in Patna, Bihar.
83. Recently, Kavita Chand successfully scaled Mount Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica continent.
84. India won the Squash World Cup 2025 title.
85. Nitin Nabin has been appointed as the National Working President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
86. Union Government has declared Kopra Reservoir as first Ramsar site of Chhattisgarh state.
87. The state level initiative ‘Project Mahadev’ launched in Maharashtra. ‘Project Mahadev’ is related to
Sports.
88. Jose Antonio Kast has been elected as new president of Chile in December 2025.
89. Death Valley National Park, that was recently seen in news, is located in USA.
90. Recently Uttarakhand state government launched the “Meri Yojana” Portal to make welfare scheme
information easily accessible to citizens.
91. Sangeeta Barua Pisharoty has been appointed as the first woman President of ‘Press Club of India’.
92. The National Highways Authority of India NHAI Introduced India’s First Wildlife Safe Road on NH-45 in
Madhya Pradesh.
93. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with Ethiopia's highest award the ‘Great Honor Nishan of
Ethiopia’.
94. The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, provides a legal guarantee
of 125 days of work annually for rural people.
95. The Indian movie ‘Homebound’ has been shortlisted for the Best International Feature Film category at the
98th Academy Awards.
96. Recently the joint military exercise ‘Ektah’ 2025 was conducted between India and Maldives.
97. “The One: Cricket, My Life and More” is an autobiography of Shikhar Dhawan.
98. Recently B. Sairam has been appointed as the Chairman cum Managing Director of Coal India Limited.
99. Ponduru Khadi of Andhra Pradesh has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the Government
of India.
100. Recently second edition of joint military exercise Desert Cyclone II will be conducted between India
and UAE.
101. Singapore’s Changi Airport has once again reaffirmed its global leadership in aviation by being
named the World’s Best International Airport for 2025.
102. Air India airline was named Best Domestic Airline at the Travel with Leisure India & South Asia
Awards 2025.
103. A significant achievement for Indian Railways, Miyana Railway Station in Guna district of Madhya
Pradesh has been honoured with the National Energy Conservation Award (NECA) 2025.
104. India lost one of its greatest artists with the passing away of Ram Vanji Sutar the legendary sculptor
behind the Statue of Unity, the world’s tallest statue.
105. Recently Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik conferred upon Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi the
‘Order of Oman’.