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India's economy grew 8.2% in July-September 2025, the fastest in six quarters, powered by 9.1% manufacturing growth. Real GDP stood at Rs 48.63 lakh crore for the quarter.
Jose Antonio Kast won Chile's presidential run-off with about 58% of the vote, becoming the country's 38th President. He succeeds Gabriel Boric and takes office in March 2026.
At the 20th UNESCO session on Intangible Cultural Heritage held at the Red Fort, New Delhi, India's first time hosting, Deepavali was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The Lowy Institute's Asia Power Index 2025 placed the USA first, China second and India third with 40 points, formally elevating India to 'Major Power' status among 27 countries assessed.
Stanford's Global AI Vibrancy Tool 2025 ranked India third with 21.59 points, up from seventh in 2023. The USA and China took the top two spots.
India was re-elected to the International Maritime Organization Council in Category B for 2026-27, polling 154 of 169 votes, the highest in its category, at the 34th IMO Assembly in London.
India launched Operation Sagar Bandhu to help Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah, deploying INS Vikrant, INS Udayagiri and IAF aircraft with NDRF teams and tonnes of relief material. It was one of India's largest recent humanitarian missions in the neighbourhood.
Indian Navy Day was observed on December 4 with the theme 'Combat Ready, Cohesive, Credible and Aatmanirbhar Force'. The Op Demo 2025 was held at Shangumugham Beach, Thiruvananthapuram, with President Murmu as chief guest.
The RBI kept SBI, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks for 2025. They must hold extra CET-1 capital of 0.80%, 0.40% and 0.20% respectively.
The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee, chaired by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% at its December review. The stance stayed neutral, and the FY26 growth forecast was raised to 7.3% after Q2 GDP growth of 8.2%.
The Prime Minister's Office complex under the Central Vista project was renamed 'Seva Teerth'. Following an MHA directive, Raj Bhavans across states are being renamed 'Lok Bhavan' and Raj Niwas 'Lok Niwas'.
US President Donald Trump received the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at the World Cup Final Draw in Washington. The award was presented by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
McLaren's Lando Norris clinched his first Formula One Drivers' Championship after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, finishing ahead of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri in the standings. He became the 11th British champion.
Germany beat Spain 3-2 in a shoot-out in the final in Chennai to win the FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup for a record eighth time. India took bronze, beating Argentina 4-2.
Human Rights Day was observed on December 10, 2025, marking 77 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with the theme 'Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials'.
Reports highlighted that India's UPI is the world's largest retail fast payment system by volume, handling about 49% of global real-time transactions with 129.3 billion transactions.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, on his India visit, announced an investment of USD 17.5 billion (about Rs 1.58 lakh crore) in AI infrastructure for 2026-29. Major IT firms will together deploy over 200,000 Copilot licences.
The Union Cabinet approved Rs 11,718.24 crore for Census 2027, which will be India's first fully digital census. House-listing runs from April 2026 and population enumeration in February 2027.
The seventh UN Environment Assembly met in Nairobi with the theme 'Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet'. Tamil Nadu's Supriya Sahu received the UNEP Champions of the Earth Award 2025.
India's mixed team won its first Squash World Cup, beating top seeds Hong Kong 3-0 in the final in Chennai. India became the first Asian nation to win the title.
Shivraj Patil, Union Home Minister from 2004 to 2008 and the 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1991-96), died in Latur, Maharashtra, at 90. He also served as Governor of Punjab.
Former IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal was sworn in as the 13th Chief Information Commissioner of India for a three-year term. Eight new Information Commissioners also joined, filling the information commission's bench completely.
TIME magazine named the 'Architects of AI' as Person of the Year 2025, honouring leaders such as Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Demis Hassabis who built the artificial intelligence boom.
India added two more Ramsar wetlands: Siliserh Lake in Alwar, Rajasthan, the 95th site, and Kopra Jalashay near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, the state's first and the country's 96th. Rajasthan now has five Ramsar sites.
Vijay Diwas was observed on December 16, marking the 54th anniversary of Pakistan's surrender in Dhaka in 1971 after the 13-day war. The surrender led to the creation of Bangladesh.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support (RELOS) agreement into federal law. The pact allows the two militaries to use each other's facilities for warship docking, airspace and logistics.
India unveiled DHRUV64, its first indigenously developed 64-bit dual-core microprocessor, built by C-DAC. It is the third chip under the DIR-V programme after THEJAS32 and THEJAS64.
Twenty-three-year-old Sai Jadhav from Kolhapur became the first woman to pass out of the Indian Military Academy in its 93-year history. She was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Territorial Army.
Prime Minister Modi visited Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman from December 15-18, 2025. India and Ethiopia upgraded ties to a Strategic Partnership during his first bilateral visit, while in Oman the India-Oman CEPA was signed and he received the 'Order of Oman', his 29th foreign honour.
The 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on the theme 'Restoring Balance'. Prime Minister Modi launched the My Ayush Integrated Services Portal and the 'Ayush Mark' quality certification.
Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla died in Raipur at 88. He won the 59th Jnanpith Award for 2025, the first writer from Chhattisgarh to receive it, and earlier won the PEN/Nabokov Award.
President Murmu gave assent to the VB-G RAM G law, which replaces the 2005 rural employment law from 2026. It raises the guaranteed wage employment from 100 to 125 days per rural household a year.
Pakistan beat India by 191 runs in the final of the ACC U-19 Asia Cup in Dubai to win its second title. Sameer Minhas scored 172, the highest score in a U-19 Asia Cup final, and was Player of the Tournament.
At the BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, France's Christo Popov and Korea's An Se-young won the men's and women's singles titles. India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won men's doubles bronze, India's first medal in that event at the finals.
National Mathematics Day was observed on December 22, the 138th birth anniversary of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The day has been celebrated since 2011.
The President approved the SHANTI law on nuclear energy, allowing private companies to build and operate nuclear plants under licensing. India targets 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047, up from about 8.9 GW, with up to 49% FDI permitted.
The government announced that India achieved 20% ethanol blending in petrol in November 2025, five years ahead of the original 2030 target under the Ethanol Blending Programme.
Renowned sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar, who designed the 182-metre Statue of Unity, died in Noida at 100. He was honoured with the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and the Tagore Award.
ISRO's LVM3-M6 rocket launched the 6,100 kg BlueBird Block-2 satellite, the heaviest payload ever carried by an LVM3, from Sriharikota. Built by AST SpaceMobile of the USA, it will provide direct satellite broadband to smartphones.
PFRDA amended NPS rules, removing the mandatory five-year lock-in and allowing lump-sum withdrawal of up to 80% of the corpus with 20% annuity. The maximum entry age under the system was raised from 75 to 85 years.
Good Governance Day was observed on December 25, 2025, the 101st birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The day has been observed since 2014.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu was elected Chair of the BWF Athletes' Commission for 2026-29, succeeding Indonesia's Greysia Polii.
India successfully test-fired the K-4 ballistic missile from nuclear submarine INS Arighaat in the Bay of Bengal. The DRDO-developed missile can strike targets about 3,500 km away.
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia died in Dhaka at 80. The BNP chief served as Prime Minister from 1991-96 and 2001-06 and was the country's first woman head of government.
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