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    World Inequality Report 2026 Released

    Context

  • The 3rd edition of the World Inequality Report highlights widening gaps in wealth, income, climate responsibility, and global financial flows, with India showing high levels of concentration at the top.

    • Key Findings of Report

  • Global Inequality Trends: The top 10% globally own three-quarters of all wealth; 
  • The bottom 50% hold just 2%;
  • The top 1% control 37% of global wealth, 18 times more than the bottom half of the world combined.
  • Gender Inequality: Women earn only 61% of men’s income per working hour (excluding unpaid work).
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    Deepavali Added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

    Context

  • Deepavali has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during the 20th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee, held in New Delhi.

    • About Deepavali

  • Deepavali, also known as Diwali, is celebrated on Kartik Amaavasya, which typically falls in October or November. 
  • Residences, thoroughfares, and temples are illuminated with numerous oil lamps.
  • The festival opens with Dhanteras, when families purchase metalware or essentials as symbols of prosperity.
  • It is followed by Naraka Chaturdashi.
  • The third day is the highlight of Deepavali- the sacred Lakshmi-Ganesha Puja.
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    Fixing Tourism Strategy in India Amid Persistent Challenges

    Published on: 11th December, 2025

    India’s inbound tourism is gradually recovering but remains below the pre-pandemic peak of 10.93 million in 2019, highlighting persistent challenges ranging from global travel hesitancy to domestic infrastructural and environmental constraints.

    News In Short 10-12-2025

    In News

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to C. Rajagopalachari popularly known as Rajaji on his birth anniversary (10th December).

    • C. Rajagopalachari

  • Early Life and Education: 
  • He was a  close associate of Mahatma Gandhi.
  • Completed Bachelor of Law (1899) and began practicing law in Salem.
  • Early political consciousness was shaped by Curzon’s Partition of Bengal (1905) and Tilak’s call for Swaraj.
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    AI–copyright Overhaul with ‘One Nation, One Licence, One Payment’ Model

    Context

  • The DPIIT-led committee has released a working paper titled ‘One Nation, One License, One Payment: Balancing AI Innovation and Copyright’.

    • About

  • The DPIIT-led committee has recommended a “hybrid model” of compensation for use of copyrighted content in AI training.
  • If implemented, India would become the only country to prescribe a statutory licensing regime for AI developers, with royalty rates prescribed by a government-appointed committee.
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    US Unveils National Security Strategy 2025

    In News

  • The US has released the National Security Strategy (NSS) 2025, marking a decisive departure from post-Cold War American foreign policy frameworks to the "Make America Great Again (MAGA)" agenda at the heart of U.S. global strategy.

    • How does MAGA shape the new NSS?

  • Focused national interest: Only issues directly affecting core US security and prosperity are treated as strategic; the document explicitly criticises earlier “global domination” ambitions.
  • Regional Priorities: It puts the Western Hemisphere at the top, announcing a “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine to re‑assert US pre‑eminence in the Americas, curb Chinese and other extra‑regional influence.
  • The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy principle declared by US President James Monroe in 1823, asserting that the Western Hemisphere was closed to future European colonization, the US would oppose any European intervention in independent American states.
  • Primacy of nations and sovereignty: It asserts the nation‑state as the fundamental unit, defends US sovereignty against international institutions and “transnationalism”, and encourages all states to put their own interests first.
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    House Panel on Education Recommends Reforms Across Testing, Accreditation

    Context

  • The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports tabled its 371st report on the autonomous bodies under the Department of Higher Education.

    • Major Highlights of the Report

  • Performance of NTA: It highlighted the performance of the National Testing Agency (NTA), noting recent irregularities in examinations.
  • Repeated delays and errors in major examinations, including NEET-UG, UGC-NET, CUET, and JEE (Main).
  • It urged that such avoidable errors must not recur. 
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