{"id":62638,"date":"2025-12-26T18:42:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=62638"},"modified":"2025-12-26T18:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:13:00","slug":"news-in-short-26-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/26-12-2025\/news-in-short-26-12-2025","title":{"rendered":"News In Short 26-12-2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Constitution of India Released in Santhali Language<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS1\/Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>President Droupadi Murmu released the <strong>Constitution of India in the Santhali language.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Constitution of India is now available in the <strong>Santhali language, written in the Ol Chiki script.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Santhali language was included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution through the <strong>92nd Amendment Act, 2003<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is spoken by a significant number of tribal people i<strong>n Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eighth Schedule<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India lists the <strong>official languages of the Republic of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Part XVII<\/strong> of the Indian Constitution deals with the official languages in <strong>Articles 343 to 351.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Eighth Schedule includes the recognition of the following <strong>22 languages:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili and Dogri.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Of these languages, 14 were initially included in the Constitution.<\/strong> Subsequently, Sindhi was added in 1967; Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added in 1992; and Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were added by the 92nd Amendment Act of 2003.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>English is absent<\/strong> from the list of 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule. It is one of the 99 non-scheduled languages of India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/president-murmu-releases-constitution-of-india-in-santhali-language\/article70437103.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Dhanu Yatra<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS1\/Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recently, \u2018Dhanu Yatra\u2019 was inaugurated at Bargarh in Odisha.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dhanu Yatra<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the largest open-air theatre in the world and\u00a0 It attracts thousands of visitors from across Odisha and beyond.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is the eleven-day annual cultural spectacle that brings mythology, tradition and performance together in a unique celebration .<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It transforms the entire town into the mythical city of Mathura and dramatizes episodes from Lord Krishna\u2019s life, from his birth to the death of King Kansa.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Central Government has accorded<strong> National Festival status<\/strong> to \u2018Dhanu Yatra\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/worlds-largest-open-air-theatre-dhanu-yatra-begins-in-odishas-bargarh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Air<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) linked to the National Population Register (NPR)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Internal Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), has been linked to the National Population Register (NPR), aimed at strengthening intelligence gathering and expediting criminal investigations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NATGRID is a<strong> real-time intelligence and data-access platform<\/strong> developed after the <strong>26\/11 Mumbai attacks (2008) <\/strong>to enable seamless information-sharing across agencies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It functions under the <strong>Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)<\/strong> and consolidates over <strong>20 categories <\/strong>of civil and commercial data, such as bank transactions, telecom usage, passport\/immigration records, tax IDs, police FIRs (CCTNS), and other e-governance sources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data accessibility: <\/strong>Initially restricted to;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intelligence Bureau (IB), the Research and Analysis Wing (R&amp;AW), and the National Investigation Agency (NIA),\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to NATGRID is now available to <strong>Superintendent of Police (SP) <\/strong>rank officers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gandiva: The Analytical Backbone of NATGRID<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gandiva\u2019 is an <strong>upgraded analytical tool<\/strong> deployed on the NATGRID platform.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It supports multi-source data collection, f<strong>acial recognition, and entity resolution.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If an image of a suspect is available, Gandiva can match it with Telecom KYC databases, Driving licences, Vehicle registration records and Other photo identity documents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Significance of Linking NATGRID with NPR<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The integration allows agencies to <strong>access verified family-linked demographic information of suspects<\/strong> or persons of interest.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access to NPR data through Gandiva allows<strong> retrieval of details <\/strong>of all family members linked to a suspect, if available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Family linkage enables network analysis, helping investigators identify associates, safe houses, and movement patterns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>National Population Register (NPR)<\/strong><br>&#8211; NPR is a comprehensive database of usual residents of India, maintained on a family-wise basis.<br>&#8211; First collected in 2010 and updated in 2015 through door-to-door enumeration, it has a database of<strong> 119 crore residents.<\/strong><br>&#8211; NPR is the first step to the creation of the <strong>National Register of Citizens (NRC), <\/strong>as per the Citizenship Act.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/govt-links-intel-grid-to-national-population-register-agencies-can-access-details-of-119-crore-residents\/article70437004.e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Rabies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India accounts for about one-third of the world\u2019s 59,000 annual rabies deaths, nearly 20,000 cases, the highest for any country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rabies is a serious public health problem in <strong>over 150 countries and territories, mainly in Asia and Africa.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a<strong> viral, zoonotic, neglected tropical disease<\/strong> affecting the central nervous system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Caused by the Rabies virus<\/strong> (genus Lyssavirus, family Rhabdoviridae).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Transmission:<\/strong> In up to 99% of the human rabies cases, dogs are responsible for virus transmission.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rabies spreads to people and animals via saliva, usually through bites, scratches, or direct contact with mucosa (e.g. eyes, mouth, or open wounds).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fatality:<\/strong> Once clinical symptoms appear, rabies is virtually 100% fatal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is no cure after symptom onset.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In India, the National Action Plan for Dog-Mediated Rabies Elimination (NAPRE) aims for zero human deaths by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/163137\/OPS\/GPNFBQOI7.1+GIKFBT877.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>New Entrants in India\u2019s Domestic Aviation Market<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted <strong>No Objection Certificates (NOCs)<\/strong> to <strong>two<\/strong> new airlines, <strong>Al Hind Air and FlyExpress<\/strong>, clearing the way for their launch next year.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In <strong>2026<\/strong>, apart from these two carriers,<strong> Uttar Pradesh-based Shankh Air, <\/strong>which already has a <strong>No Objection Certificate (NOC),<\/strong> is likely to start operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>India\u2019s Aviation Industry Scenario<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>India<\/strong> has emerged as the <strong>world\u2019s third-largest<\/strong> domestic aviation market.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India currently has <strong>nine scheduled domestic airlines <\/strong>in operation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>IndiGo and the Air India Group<\/strong> (Air India and Air India Express) together account for over <strong>90 per cent <\/strong>of the domestic market.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IndiGo alone holds more than <strong>65 percent market share<\/strong>, intensifying concerns over a de facto duopoly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Other scheduled carriers<\/strong> include Akasa Air, SpiceJet, Star Air, Fly91, and IndiaOne Air.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Systemic Concerns: <\/strong>The dominance of IndiGo was highlighted when about <strong>4,500 <\/strong>flights were cancelled recently.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It has intensified concerns over systemic risks and limited resilience arising from heavy dependence on a single carrier in India\u2019s domestic aviation market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"8ba0ac\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-138.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-transparency wp-image-62639\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8ba0ac; width:494px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-138.png 552w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-138-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ccd7d9\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-139.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-62640\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ccd7d9; aspect-ratio:1.8318737860769414;width:510px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-139.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-139-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-139-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/after-indigo-crisis-aviation-ministry-gives-nod-to-two-new-indian-airlines\/article70433508.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Samudra Pratap\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Defence; Environment&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) inducted the first in-built Pollution Control Vessel (PCV), SAMUDRA PRATAP (Yard 1267) under the 02 PCV project of Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018Samudra Pratap\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the first indigenously designed and built Pollution Control Vessel of the Indian Coast Guard.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is the largest ship in the ICG fleet, significantly enhancing the Coast Guard\u2019s operational reach and capability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including a 30mm CRN-91 gun, two 12.7mm stabilised remote-controlled guns with integrated fire control systems, an indigenously developed Integrated Bridge System, Integrated Platform Management System, Automated Power Management System, and a high-capacity external firefighting system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With over 60% indigenous content, the induction of this ship reinforces the vision of Government\u2019s\u00a0 Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source :<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/newsite\/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=33&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2#:~:text=&#039;Samudra%20Pratap&#039;%20is%20the%20first,Guard&#039;s%20operational%20reach%20and%20capability.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">President Droupadi Murmu released the Constitution of India in the Santhali language.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>About<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Constitution of India is now available in the Santhali language, written in the Ol Chiki script.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Santhali language was included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution through the 92nd Amendment Act, 2003.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">It is spoken by a significant number of tribal people in Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/26-12-2025\/news-in-short-26-12-2025\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62638","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62651,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62638\/revisions\/62651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}