The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, successfully concluded the 6th National EMRS Cultural & Literary Fest and Kala Utsav – UDBHAV 2025 at KL University, Vaddeswaram, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, on 5th December 2025.
The fest was organised by NESTS and hosted by the Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (APTWREIS–Gurukulam) from 3rd to 5th December 2025, with extensive institutional support from KL University.
The fest was conducted under the guidance of Shri Ajeet Kumar Srivastava (IRAS), Commissioner, NESTS, and Shri M. M. Nayak(IAS), Secretary, Social Welfare & Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
The UMEED Central Portal for management of Waqf Properties in India, launched by Union Minister of Minority Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju on 6 June 2025, officially closed for uploads on 6 December 2025 (Saturday), completing its 6-month window, as per the UMEED Act, 1995 and the clear directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.
In the final count, the momentum significantly accelerated as the deadline approached. Many review meetings, training workshops, and high-level interventions even at the Secretary level injected renewed pace into the process, making the upload surge in the last hours.
Indian scientists have discovered an ancient and massive galaxy called Alaknanda. It looks similar to our Milky Way galaxy and is special because it has clear spiral arms, even though it formed when the universe was only 1.5 billion years old. The universe is 13.8 billion years old.
Announcing the discovery, Professor Yogesh Wadadekar at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR) said, "This galaxy looks like a regular, well-structured system."
Such galaxies should take at least three billion years to develop stable spiral arms, he added, unlike the Milky Way, which took billions of years to form its spiral discs.
The discovery published in the European journal Astronomy & Astrophysics states that galaxies that formed this early were generally messy, small, and unstable, not having a clear shape.
But the Alaknanda galaxy has classic spiral galaxies like ours with two clear, symmetric arms called a grand design spiral.
"Just as the Alaknanda is the sister river of the Mandakini river, which is also the Hindi name for our own Milky Way galaxy, we thought it fitting to name this distant spiral galaxy after the Alaknanda river," said Jain.
India’s opener, Rohit Sharma, reached a historic milestone by surpassing 20,000 runs across Tests, ODIs, and T20Is. The achievement came during India’s 3rd ODI against South Africa in Vishakhapatnam, further solidifying his status as one of cricket’s modern greats
Earlier in the series, Rohit had also broken Shahid Afridi’s record for the most sixes in ODI cricket, demonstrating that even after years at the international level, he remains a formidable force.
By reaching 20,000 runs, Rohit enters an elite list of Indian cricketers who have achieved this extraordinary milestone.
He now joins:
Sachin Tendulkar:The all-time run-scoring leader with 34,357 international runs.
Virat Kohli:The fastest player to reach 20,000 runs, currently with 27,808 runs.
Rahul Dravid:The dependable “Wall” of Indian cricket, who amassed 24,064 runs through his career.
In view of the evolving liquidity conditions and the outlook, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on December 5, 2025 announced to conduct Open Market Operation (OMO) purchases of government securities of ₹1,00,000 crore and a 3-year USD/INR Buy Sell swap of $5 billion this month to inject durable liquidity into the system.
Later during the day it also notified to purchase government securities worth ₹50,000 crore on December 11, 2025. The balance ₹50,000 will be conducted later this month.
At the post MPC meeting press conference Mr. Malhotra clarified that the Dollar Rupee swap was a liquidity measure and not to support the depreciating Rupee.
Lando Norris claimed his maiden Formula One world drivers’ title in Abu Dhabi on December 7, 2025, ending Max Verstappen’s four-year reign.
The Briton finished third in the season-closer behind race winner Verstappen and the other title challenger, McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri, to claim the crown by two points.
Norris becomes Britain’s first world champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2020 with this 13th drivers’ crown for McLaren.
The 26-year-old’s success comes over half a century after Emerson Fittipaldi claimed the British marque’s first drivers’ title in 1974.
A galaxy of F1 greats followed - James Hunt (1976), Niki Lauda (1984), Alain Prost (1985, 1986, 1989), Ayrton Senna (1988, 1990, 1991), Mikka Hakkinen (1998, 1999) and Hamilton in 2008.
McLaren, headed by team principal Andrea Stella and CEO Brown, secured back-to-back constructors’ titles in Singapore last month.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on December 5, 2025 cleared IndiGo’s plea for exemption from night-duty limits for pilots. This comes as the airline faces continued disruptions in its operations with large scale flight cancellations — over 400 on Friday — leaving many passengers stranded for as long as three days at airports.
The country’s largest airline, which generally operates around 2,300 domestic and international flights daily, is now cancelling flights as part of efforts to tackle disruptions, primarily triggered by crew woes.
Top IndiGo officials had met Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu and Faiz Kidwai, head of the DGCA informed them that the widespread flight disruptions were due to “misjudgement and planning gaps” in implementing the set of norms governing rest and duty for pilots from November 1, primarily those on restricting night flying.
The airline accepted that the actual crew requirement exceeded the numbers they had anticipated.
Indian pilot duty rules, announced last year and which went into effect on November 1, increased the amount of mandatory rest per week for pilots by 12 hours to 48 hours.
In addition, pilots are now only allowed to make two night-time landings per week, down from six under the old rules.
Friday’s exemption allows IndiGo to be exempt from the night-duty rule until February 10.
DGCA also eased the flight duty norms by allowing substitution of leaves with a weekly rest period amid massive operational disruptions at IndiGo.
The World Cup final will kick off at 3 p.m. EDT next July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
FIFA announced the start times for the tournament's 104 matches on December 6, 2025, a day after the draw for the expanded 48-nation tournament.
The kickoff time allows for prime-time viewing in Europe, where it will be 9 p.m., and Britain, where it will be 8 p.m.
The average 3 p.m. temperature over the past 30 years in East Rutherford on July 19 is 83 degrees (28 Celsius) with a RealFeel index of 89 (32), according to AccuWeather.
The World Cup opener at Mexico City on June 11 between El Tri and South Africa will start at 1 p.m. local (3 p.m. EDT).
Semifinals will start at 2 p.m. (3 p.m. EDT) on July 14 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and 3 p.m. the following day at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, both of which have retractable roofs.
FIFA announced on Feb. 4 last year that the final was scheduled for New Jersey and that June 12 revealed site-specific matchups for games in the new round of 32, round of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals.
Seventy-eight games will be in the U.S., including all from the quarterfinals on, and 13 apiece in Canada and Mexico.
During an event at the Capital Hilton, FIFA also announced sites of the 54 group stage games not finalized with Friday's draw, which fixed venues for only Groups A, B and D — which include co-hosts Mexico, Canada and the United States.
South Korea is the only team other than Canada and Mexico with no games in the U.S., playing its opener in Guadalajara against the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland or North Macedonia, then facing El Tri at the same venue and finishing the round against South Africa in Monterrey.
The U.S. first-round games will be a 6 p.m. local start (9 p.m. EDT) against Paraguay at Inglewood on June 12, a noon kickoff (3 p.m. EDT) vs. Australia at Seattle seven days later and a 7 p.m. start on June 25 at SoFi against Turkey, Romania, Slovakia or Kosovo.
Netflix, Inc. (the Company) and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO.
The cash and stock transaction is valued at $27.75 per WBD share (subject to a collar as detailed below),
with a total enterprise value of approximately $82.7 billion (equity value of $72.0 billion). The transaction is expected to close after the previously announced separation of WBD’s Global Networks division, Discovery Global, into a new publicly-traded company, which is now expected to be completed in Q3 2026.
This acquisition brings together two pioneering entertainment businesses, combining Netflix’s innovation, global reach and best-in-class streaming service with Warner Bros.’ century-long legacy of world-class storytelling.
Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, 3, has created history in the chess world by becoming the youngest player ever to earn an official FIDE rating. He achieved this milestone at just three years, seven months and 20 days.
Born in 2022 and hailing from Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, Sarwagya has been officially listed by FIDE -- the global chess federation that requires players to score points against at least five rated opponents in recognised events.
His debut rating stands at 1,572, well above the minimum threshold of 1,400.
His victories came against older and higher-rated opponents, including 22-year-old Abhijeet Awasthi (rating 1,542), 29-year-old Shubham Chourasiya (1,559) and 20-year-old Yogesh Namdev (1,696).
Sarwagya has surpassed the previous record set in November 2024 by another Indian player, Anish Sarkar, who earned his first FIDE rating at age of three years, 8 months and 19 days.
In a move aimed at strengthening consumer protection in India’s financial system, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced a special two-month campaign to clear all customer grievances that have been pending with the RBI Ombudsman for more than a month.
The drive will run from January 1 to February 29 next year, the central bank said during today’s monetary policy announcement.
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra noted that while the central bank has already implemented several initiatives to enhance customer experience—such as simplifying re-KYC, improving financial inclusion processes,
launching the “Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar” awareness programme, and making all RBI service applications fully online—there has been a recent spike in customer grievances reaching the Ombudsman.
Despite the RBI disposing of more than 99.8% of applications within stipulated timelines, the sudden rise in complaints has increased pendency levels.
The Ombudsman scheme handles complaints relating to banks, NBFCs, and other regulated entities regarding issues such as mis-selling, unfair charges, failed transactions, improper customer service, and non-adherence to guidelines.
The purpose of International Civil Aviation Day is to help generate and reinforce worldwide awareness of the importance of international civil aviation to the social and economic development of States, and of the unique role of ICAO in helping States to cooperate and realize a truly global rapid transit network at the service of all mankind.
In 1996, pursuant to an ICAO initiative and with the assistance of the Canadian Government, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/51/33, which officially recognized 7 December as International Civil Aviation Day in the UN system.
As international civil aviation enters a new era marked by unprecedented challenges and opportunities, ICAO presents its comprehensive Strategic Plan for 2026-2050. With air traffic projected to reach 12.4 billion passengers by 2050, this plan guides our sector toward a more safe, secure, economically viable, efficient, and environmentally sustainable future.
