{"id":62095,"date":"2025-12-19T11:09:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=62095"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:55:19","slug":"headlines-of-the-day-19-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/headlines-of-the-day\/19-12-2025\/headlines-of-the-day-19-december-2025","title":{"rendered":"Headlines of the Day 19-December-2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Hindu, PIB, Indian Express, AIR<\/strong><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Headline<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Source<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Syllabus<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Consider \u2018ground realities\u2019 in various States, SC tells EC<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEI.1+GQNFASSTF.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance )<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>India signs pact with Oman for duty-free exports; will also allow labour mobility<\/strong><br><br><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEI.1+GQNFASST5.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>202 Indians recruited into Russian forces since 2022: MEA<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEI.1+GQNFASST3.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Parliament approves rural jobs Bill amid protest<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEI.1+GQNFATCER.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Mamata criticises Centre\u2019s rural jobs Bill, to rename State scheme after Mahatma<\/strong><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEK.1+G0VFATI6N.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page2)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Aerospace start-ups should shed \u2018classical approach\u2019 to innovation: former ISRO chief<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEL.1+G0VFATID5.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page 3)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Space)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>India and the Netherlands agree to expand security, defence cooperation<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEM.1+GVGFATRT9.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 4)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Retired judges don\u2019t want to sit as junior ad hoc judges: CJI<\/strong><br><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEM.1+GVGFATRT5.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 4)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Rajya Sabha passes Bill to allow private firms in nuclear sector<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEN.1+G0VFATK40.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 5)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Dismantling MGNREGA will be a historic error: leading global academics<\/strong><br><br><strong>Parliament approves Bill to replace MGNREGA amid vociferous protests<\/strong><br><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEN.1+G0VFATK3U.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 5)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEN.1+GQNFASST1.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 5)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Allahabad HC orders grant of protection to 12 live-in couples<\/strong><br><br><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEO.1+GGBFAU2AD.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 6)<\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u2018900 million people will have diabetes by 2050, strong steps needed to slow progression\u2019<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEO.1+GGBFAU2A9.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 6)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Health)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Why intimate partner violence is an under-recognised public health crisis<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEP.1+GJEFATHR2.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 7)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Health )<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cutting off a rural lifeline and the Directive Principles<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEQ.1+GIUFASPRB.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 8)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>A bold step amid an ambitious nuclear energy target<\/strong><br><br><br><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEQ.1+GIUFASPR9.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 8)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Science and Tech)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Is the Artificial Intelligence boom a bubble?<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTER.1+GULFASBDJ.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hindu(Page 9)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Science and Tech)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Inside the DHRUV64 microprocessor<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTES.1+GJEFATHOA.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 10)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Science and Tech)<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>FM tables Securities Market Code Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEU.1+G7TFAT4ME.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 12)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance)<\/strong><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Exporters to gain on near duty-free access to Oman, says FIEO<\/strong><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEU.1+G7TFAT4M6.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 12)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>How China built \u2018Manhattan Project\u2019 to rival the West in AI chips<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/162051\/OPS\/G2QFAPTEV.1+GU7FAMD2B.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The HinduPage 13)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Twist in Ratle project row: J&amp;K Police wrote last month warning about 29 with \u2018terror or criminal\u2019 backgrounds<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/twist-in-ratle-project-row-jk-police-wrote-last-month-warning-about-29-with-terror-or-criminal-backgrounds-10427813\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page1)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS3(Infrastructure&nbsp; )<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>G RAM G Bill<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/political-pulse\/why-some-in-bjp-nda-want-g-ram-g-bill-to-be-sent-to-house-panel-even-as-govt-presses-ahead-10424096\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page5)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance )<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Rajnath, Dutch foreign minister meet in Delhi, hold defence talks<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/rajnath-dutch-foreign-minister-meet-in-delhi-hold-defence-talks-10427926\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page6)<\/strong><\/a><br><\/td><td><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>India-Russia logistics agreement, with eye on Arctic, Indo-Pacific<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/india-russia-logistics-agreement-with-eye-on-arctic-indo-pacific-10427803\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page9)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(IR)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>MNREGA was the ground beneath our feet. It\u2019s slipping away<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/p-b-mehta-writes-mnrega-was-the-ground-beneath-our-feet-its-slipping-away-10427710\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Express(Page10)<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance )<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025 passed by Parliament; allows up to 100% FDI in insurance companies<\/strong><br><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2206011&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>GS2(Governance )<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider \u2018ground realities\u2019 in various States, SC tells EC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines-of-the-day"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62095"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62100,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62095\/revisions\/62100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}