Headlines of the Day 17-December-2025

The Hindu, PIB, Indian Express, AIR

HeadlineSourceSyllabus
1066th Jayanthi celebrations of Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Shivayogi MahaswamijiPIBGS1 (History)
World’s Largest Cooperative Foodgrain Storage SchemePIBGS2 (Government Initiatives)
National Gopal Ratna AwardsPIBMiscellaneous
Centre introduces Bill toreplace MGNREGA amidloud Opposition protestsTH (Page 1)GS2 (Government Initiatives)
Bombay HC seeks centre’s reply on plea for equal death benefits to Agniveer’s familyTH (Page 2)GS2 (Governance)/ GS3 (Defence)
ISRO releases RESPONDBasket, invites proposalsTH (Page 3)GS3 (Science and Tech)
Study affirms Kerala’s rich butterfly diversityTH (Page 3)GS3 (Environment)
Blood transfusion case: six children test HIV positiveTH (Page 4) / IE (Page 9)GS2 (Health)
PM Modi conferred with Ethiopia’s highest honour by PM Abiy Ahmed of EthiopiaTH (Page 4) / PIBGS2 (IR)
878 infiltrators held along India-Myanmar border over past two years, Home Ministry informs Lok SabhaTH (Page 4)GS3 (Security)
Lok Sabha passes Bill forrepealing obsolete lawsTH (Page 5) / AIRGS2 (Polity and Governance)
India-Maldives joint militaryexercise EKUVERIN concludeTH (Page 6) / AIRGS3 (Defence)
Rashtrapati Bhavan displays portraits of all 21 Param Vir Chakra awardeesTH (Page 6) / PIBMiscellaneous
Indian Army receives final batch of Apache helicoptersTH (Page 6)GS3 (Defence)
The Trump NSS, Europe’s existential crisisTH (Page 8)GS2 (International)
The three revolutions reshaping American powerTH (Page 8)GS2 (International)
India and the U.S.: 2005 versus 2025TH (Page 9)GS2 (IR)
Women more willing to donate organs posthumously in IndiaTH (Page 9)GS2 (Health)
The future of governance in post-Maoist IndiaTH (Page 10)GS3 (Internal security)
Rupee breaches 91 level, turns weakest Asian currency in ’25TH (Page 12) / IE (Page 15)GS3 (Economy)
Lok Sabha passes Bill on 100%FDI in insuranceTH (Page 12) / IE (Page 6)GS2 (Governance)
‘Waiting to die’: the toxic trade ofrecycling in Vietnam’s ‘craft’ villagesTH (Page 15)GS3 (Environment)
THE SHANTI BILL: N-energy Bill rules likely to open space for foreign fundingIE (Page 1)GS3 (Energy)
Delhi bans non-BS VI vehicles from outside: Why curbing vehicular pollution is keyIE (Page 3)GS3 (Environment)
‘Role for states’: Pradhan defends higher education regulator BillIE (Page 7)GS2 (Polity and Governance)
‘Homebound’ shortlisted for Oscars 2026IE (Page 9)Miscellaneous
Indian Communism is 100 years old. And it’s too early to write its obituaryIE (Page 12)GS2 (Polity)
It’s not stubble burning or firecrackers: Delhi is choking on its own emissionsIE (Page 12)GS3 (Environment)
How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s BeakIE (Page 14)GS3 (Species)
Did MGNREGS lead to farm labour shortage? What the numbers showIE (Page 16)GS2 (Government Initiatives)
3 factors that made Cyclones Ditwah & Senyar so deadlyIE (Page 16)GS2 (Geography)


 

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