Civil Services Chronicle December 2025

1 Quest for Inclusion: States’ Need for Autonomy

2 Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses

3 Abolition of GST Compensation Cess: Concerns Over States’ Revenue & Fiscal Autonomy

4 Kautilya Economic Conclave 2025: Navigating India’s Path in a Fragmented Global Economy

5 India’s Biotech Surge: Powering Growth Through Science

6 RTI at 20: Milestones, Challenges and the Road Ahead

7 India-Russia Relations: Celebrating Decades of Unwavering Trust

8 AI Roadmap for Inclusive Societal Development

9 India, Mongolia Mark 70 Years of Diplomatic Ties

10 Decoding India’s Strategic Reset with Afghanistan

11 India’s Clean Energy Leap: Opportunities, Obstacles & the Road to 2030

12 The Services Sector as India’s Growth Multiplier: Challenges and Policy Pathways

1 Sundarbans SAIME Model Wins FAO Global Recognition

2 Changes in Per Drop More Crop Scheme: Strengthening Water Conservation and Farmers’ Income

3 RBI Grants Exemption to SWAMIH Fund-I

4 Angel Funds: SEBI Extends Timeline to Disclose Allocation Methodology

5 Foreign Currency Settlement System for GIFT IFSC

6 New Initiatives to Boost Infrastructure Growth

7 First State Mining Readiness Index to Boost Mineral Sector Reforms

8 Securities Transaction Tax (STT)

9 Ministry of Mines Classifies Limestone as Major Mineral Completely

10 World Cotton Day 2025

11 Duty-Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme

12 Forex Reserves

13 UDAN Scheme

14 Godda Thermal Power Plant

15 RBI-IOS, 2021

16 Insider Trading

17 Pulses Production in India

1 India Maritime Week 2025

2 MAHA MedTech Mission: Strengthening India’s Medical Technology Ecosystem

3 NITI Aayog Unveils Advanced Manufacturing Roadmap

4 SITAA Initiative: Enhancing Digital Governance and Identity Resilience

5 Digital Monitoring of Rural Water and Sanitation Sector

6 National Workshop on Communication and Dissemination of Indian Knowledge System for Teachers

7 SPARK-4.0: Nurturing Young Ayurveda Researchers Nationwide

8 SC Upholds Reproductive Autonomy in Surrogacy Cases

9 Freedom of Religion and Right to Privacy Interlinked: Supreme Court

10 Supreme Court Extends ‘Public Trust Doctrine’ to Artificial Lakes

11 Crime in India Report 2023

12 Tort of Alienation of Affection (AoA)

13 LIMBS

14 National Crises Management Committee

15 Doctrine of Lis Pendens

16 Constitutional Morality

1 India–Canada: Ties Enter Reset Phase with New Roadmap for Cooperation

2 India and Brazil to Expand Trade Pact under Mercosur Bloc

3 India & United Kingdom Deepen Comprehensive Partnership

4 India–ASEAN: Strengthening Strategic Partnership for a Sustainable Future

5 India–EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA)

6 India Elected to UN Human Rights Council

7 India Re-elected to ICAO Council with Stronger Mandate

8 Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) Shuts Down

9 US and Australia Sign Critical Minerals Deal

10 China Expands Rare Earth Export Controls to Overseas-Made Items

11 India Re-elected as Vice-Chairperson of COP10 Bureau

12 US President Signs Gaza Declaration to Cement Ceasefire

13 Poland to Join NATO’s Fuel Pipeline Network

14 2025 Henley Passport Index

15 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty

16 Global Scale of Overweight and Obesity

17 Qatar

18 Barbados

19 Madagascar

1 Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Reveal Life’s Chemical Building Blocks

2 India Launches IRSA 1.0

3 ‘Mahe’ - India’s First Indigenous Anti-Submarine Vessel

4 Tejas LCA Mk1A Fighter Jet

5 Scientists Develop ‘Atomic Stencilling’ to Paint Nanoparticles

6 Siphon-Powered Desalination System

7 Quantum Technique to Generate True Random Numbers

8 Google’s AI Opens a New Door in Cancer Drug Discovery

9 Discovery of a New Phase of Matter: The Time Rondeau Crystal (TRC)

10 India’s First Indigenous Antibiotic ‘Nafithromycin’

11 Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS)

12 Google’s Willow Chip Achieves Verifiable Quantum Advantage

13 Maldives Achieves WHO ‘Triple Elimination’ Status

14 Maitri II: India’s Upcoming Antarctic Research Station

15 Rogue Planet Cha 1107-7626

16 India’s First Indigenous IBR Vaccine

17 Biostimulants

18 Persian Blue

19 Stablecoins

20 India’s Electronics Leap

1 2024 Hottest Year on Record: WMO Warns Planet Surpasses 1.5°C Threshold

2 Switzerland Records Fourth-Largest Glacier Ice Loss in a Year

3 Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI): Six-Year Conservation Work Programme

4 India Launches ‘#23for23’ Awareness Initiative

5 Australia’s Tropical Forests Turn from Carbon Sink to Carbon Source

6 India’s Asian Elephant Population Estimate (2021–25)

7 Forest Declaration Assessment 2025

8 Global Coral Reefs Face Thermal Tipping Point

9 IUCN Green Status Finds Tiger ‘Critically Depleted’, But Recoverable

10 State of Global Air 2025: India’s Air Pollution Killed 2 Million in 2023

11 An Eye on Methane: From Measurement to Momentum

12 WMO’s Global Call to Action for Universal Early Warning Coverage by 2027

13 India Rises to 9th Position Globally in Total Forest Area: FAO Report

14 IEA: Global Use of Sustainable Fuels Could Quadruple by 2035

15 Maharashtra Beaches Earn Blue Flag Status

16 Sundarbans Conservation Outlook Declines to ‘Significant Concern’

17 National Red List Assessment: India’s New Conservation Initiative

18 India’s First Cooperative Compressed Biogas Plant

19 National Camel Sustainability Initiative (NCSI)

20 Wildlife Week 2025

21 Rajasthan’s First Namo Biodiversity Park

22 Baratang Mud Volcano Erupts After Two Decades

23 Indian Wolf Recognised as Distinct Species by IUCN

24 Impatiens rajibiana

25 Arabian Sea Mini Warm Pools

26 Flying Rivers

27 Motion 042

28 Great Green Wall

29 Glacier & Ice Cap Statistics

1 Vivek Menon

2 Mansi Kasliwal

3 Sherry Singh

4 Sonali Ghosh

5 Sanae Takaichi

6 Justice Pratibha M. Singh

7 Rodrigo Paz Pereira

8 Colonel Michael Randrianirina

9 Shirish Chandra Murmu

10 R. Venkataramani

11 Praveer Ranjan

12 General Anil Chauhan

13 Rishi Sunak

14 Sanju Samson

15 Neeraj Chopra

16 Tarun Garg

17 Harsh Sanghavi

18 Pandit Chhannulal Mishra

19 Tomiichi Murayama

20 Freedom Fighter G.G. Parikh

21 Piyush Pandey

22 Govardhan Asrani

23 Varinder Singh Ghuman

24 Satish Shah

25 Mig La Pass

26 Baratang Island

27 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

28 International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)

29 United Nations – Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

30 Mumbai One App

31 Live Cases Dashboard

32 Sahyog Portal

33 Important Days

34 Samudra Shakti Exercise

35 AustraHind 2025

36 Exercise Indra 2025

37 Pacific Reach Exercise

38 Konkan-25 Military Exercise

39 JAIMEX-2025

40 Exercise Ocean Sky 2025

41 Books & Authors

42 Nobel Prizes 2025

43 ISSA Award 2025

44 UNEP Young Champions of the Earth Award, 2025

45 Tamil Nadu Government Scientist Award

46 British Academy Book Prize

47 SASTRA Ramanujan Award

48 National Dhanvantari Ayurveda Award, 2025

49 AI For Good Summit

1 Museum of Royal Kingdoms of India

2 Ningol Chakouba

3 Thirumalapuram: Iron Age Site in Tamil Nadu

4 Gajalakshmi Sculpture

5 Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar

6 Commemorating Rani Chennamma’s Victory at Kittur

7 Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects

8 Gyan Bharatam Mission

9 Karnak Temple

10 Sree Narayana Guru

1 SC Forms Panel on Transgender Persons

2 ‘We Rise’ Initiative: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs

3 Model Youth Gram Sabha Initiative

4 HEAL 2025

5 Ayushman Bharat and the Growing Grip of Private Healthcare

6 Report on Vital Statistics of India - 2023

7 Kolam Tribe

8 National-Level Sensitization Meeting on Strengthening PC&PNDT Act, 1994

9 Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

10 Siddi Tribal Community

11 National Means cum Merit Scholarship Scheme

Uttar Pradesh

1 Satellite Offices of “Invest UP” to Open in 5 Metropolitan Cities

2 Establishment of National Security Guard (NSG) Hub in Ayodhya

3 Gomti Rejuvenation Mission

4 Mailani–Nanpara Railway Line Declared a Heritage Line

5 Country’s First Animal Birth Control (ABC) Training Centre

6 Raah-Veer Scheme

Bihar

1 Apprenticeship-based Degree Programme

2 Patna Metro’s First Phase Launched

Madhya Pradesh

1 Inauguration of Milk Powder Plant in Indore

2 National Standards Developed for “Smart” Mobile Toilets

3 Boma Technique

Rajasthan

1 Viksit Rajasthan@2047

2 Sanganeri Printed Bedsheets

3 AI-powered Traffic System in Udaipur

4 Anti-Conversion Law implemented in Rajasthan

5 Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 2025

6 Four-point Plan to Improve Education Quality in Rajasthan

Uttarakhand

1 Amendment to Marriage Rules for Foreigners

2 “Green Tax” to be Imposed in Uttarakhand

Chhattisgarh

1 Return of Blackbucks in Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary

Himachal Pradesh

1 Increase in Snow Leopard Population

Andhra Pradesh

1 Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hub

Telangana

1 Semiconductor Innovation Museum

Tamil Nadu

1 Chennai: First Indian City to Launch Real-time Flood Forecasting System

2 Conservation of Endangered Species

Karnataka

1 Akkai Padmashali

Kerala

1 India’s First “Extreme Poverty-free” State

Assam

1 CM-FLIGHT Scheme

Arunachal Pradesh

1 First Commercial Coal Mine Inaugurated at Namchik–Namphuk

Cricket

1 Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025

Hockey

1 11th Women’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025

Badminton

1 BWF World Junior Individual Badminton Championships 2025

Tennis

1 Japan Open 2025

Chess

1 Grand Chess Tour Final 2025

Football

1 Senior Women’s National Football Championship 2025–26

Archery

1 15th World Para Archery Championships 2025

Boxing

1 First BFI Cup 2025

1 Info Bytes From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

1 A Strong Step Towards New Education

2 A Multidisciplinary Approach Towards Career Building

3 Education for the Visually Impaired

4 A Revolution in Indian Education

5 A Revival Journey of Kindergarten

6 Indian Knowledge System in Education

7 Education for Children with Special Needs

8 Skill-Based Education

9 Adolescents and a Cyber-Safe World

10 National Nutrition Month

11 A Mass Movement for a Nourished India

12 Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 Initiatives

13 Nutrition Literacy to Combat Obesity

14 Infant Feeding and Nation Building

15 Proper Nutrition to Shape the Future of Tribal Children

16 Male Participation in Family Nutrition

17 UPI: India’s Global Digital Revolution

18 Health and Nutrition in India’s Aspirational Districts

19 Digital Transformation in Healthcare

20 India’s Semiconductor Mission

21 Vikram and Digital Gold: India’s Progress in Semiconductors

22 Why do airplane crashes happen?

23 Melanin: A Natural Pigment from Fungi

24 Fruit Cultivation and Economic Prosperity

25 Protein Management in Modern Lifestyle

26 Learning Lessons from Earthquakes

27 Preventing Groundwater from Becoming Toxic: A Critical Challenge

1 Current Affairs Based Model MCQs

1 Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2025

2 Greenhouse Gases Emission Intensity Target Rules, 2025

3 Overseas Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2025

1 India’s Blue Economy: Strategy for Harnessing Deep-Sea and Offshore Fisheries

2 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025

3 Global Hunger Index 2025

4 Global Status Report on Neurology

5 Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025

6 Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Report 2025

1 Prime Minister Internship Scheme: Shaping the Future of India’s Workforce

2 Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2025

3 PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana: India’s Solar Revolution

Indian History

Archaeological Insights

1 Prominent Archaeological Sites Shedding Light on Indian Social System

2 Prehistoric and Indus Valley Cultural Patterns

3 Major Rock Edicts as Social & Cultural Markers

4 Interpretation of Burial Practices

5 Urban Planning & Settlement Patterns

Socio-Religious Philosophies

1 Tenets & Spread of Buddhism and Jainism

2 Jain and Buddhist Texts and Scholars

3 Buddhist Sites and Stupas

4 Schools of Ancient Indian Philosophy

Social Movements And Reforms

1 Bhakti and Sufi Movements: Socio-cultural Synthesis & Devotional Literature

2 Bhakti Movement Personalities and their Impact

3 Influence & Impact of Sufism

4 British-era Social Reforms

5 Gandhi’s Ideas on Social Reform

6 Ambedkar’s Views on Social Reform, Change and Development

Education And Social Change

1 Educational Legacy of Ancient India

2 Development of Education during British Rule

3 Growth of Modern Education and Rise of Social Awareness

4 Important Educational Institutions before Independence

Literature And Language

1 Vedic & Post-Vedic Literature

2 Upanishads and their Philosophies

3 Sangam Literature and its Cultural Context

4 Post-Mauryan Literature

5 Literary Works of Medieval India

6 Classical Languages & their Status in Ancient India

Architecture

1 Temple Architecture Styles

2 Temple-Building Traditions of Pallavas, Cholas & Hoysalas

3 Post-Mauryan Artistic Traditions

4 Gupta Period: Classical Age of Art, Literature, Science & Architecture

5 Mughal Architecture, Music & Painting

6 Medieval Writers on Art and Culture

7 Buddhist and Mural Paintings

Grassroots And Marginalised Groups

1 Slavery, Untouchability and Occupational Stratification in Ancient Society

2 Peasant Movements Across Colonial India

3 Tribal Uprisings and Their Socio-Political Context

Cultural Transitions Across Time

1 Influence of Foreign Styles on Indian Art & Culture

2 Bengal Renaissance and Revival of Indian Heritage

3 Preservation of Heritage Sites in Modern Times

4 Contemporary Efforts in Cultural Conservation and Digital Archiving

Agriculture And Economy

1 Agriculture in Ancient India - Tools & Irrigation

2 Agrarian Prosperity and Land Grants in the Gupta and Post-Gupta Period

3 Agricultural Development during the Delhi Sultanate

4 Agricultural Development during the Mughal Period

5 Crops Introduced by Foreign Traders

Trade And Commerce

1 India’s Global Trade Links during Ancient & Medieval Periods

2 Ports, Trade Routes & Harbours in Ancient, Medieval & British India

3 Coinage Systems across Ancient and Medieval Periods

4 Role of Guilds and Artisans in the Indian Economy

5 Trade and Commerce in Post-Mauryan and Gupta Periods

6 Important Trade Centres during India’s Colonial History

Industrialisation And Infrastructure

1 Development of Transport and Communication Infrastructure

2 Indian Entrepreneurship and the Rise of Modern Industries

3 Growth of Economic Nationalism in India

Economic Policies And Impact

1 Indo-Greek, Shaka, Kushana & Satavahana Trade Policies

2 Impact of British Economic Policies on Indian Trade

3 Impact of British Rule on India’s Agriculture and India’s Farmers

4 Rise and Decline of Artisan Industries in India
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