NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||10/12/2025.

 

NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||10/12/2025.

WEDNESDAY| VOL—IV/2025/DECEMBER

OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION.

सत्यं ब्रूयात् प्रियं ब्रूयात् , न ब्रूयात् सत्यम् अप्रियम् ।

प्रियं च नानृतम् ब्रूयात् , एष धर्मः सनातन: ॥

TRANSLATION:  “Speak the truth, and speak that which is pleasant. Do not speak an unpleasant truth, and do not speak a pleasant untruth. This is the age-old dharma.”

INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY).

Prime Minister asks ( ? –They shall be taken to TASK!)NDA MPs to undertake reforms across all sectors aimed at making public life easier.

IndiGo operated 59,438 of 64,346 approved November flights, recording 951 cancellations. Despite approval for 403 aircraft, only 344 were deployed. DGCA has asked the airline to submit a revised schedule.

India’s handicraft sector continues to serve as one of the largest employment generators in rural and semi-urban areas.

DHRUVA: India’s Digital Hub for Reference and Unique Virtual Address Launched. DHRUVA is a digital addressing system that will assign Digital Address Identifiers (DAI) to existing physical addresses. These digital IDs will simplify address validation, improve delivery accuracy, and support digital governance across sectors like,

Logistics||E-commerce||Finance||Public welfare schemes.

Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said yesterday in Parliament: “Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Electoral rolls were conducted several times during the Congress regime, but now the opposition is raising questions over the exercise.”

As Western nations such as the United States, Canada and many other developed countries tighten entry, global labour mobility of INDIA is shifting. Russia and Japan are opening doors to Indian workers to address demographic decline and labor shortages. India's Overseas Mobility Bill aims to support this evolving landscape, creating structured pathways for its growing workforce.

India has unveiled a landmark proposal to mandate statutory payments by AI developers for the use of copyrighted works in model training. The move positions India as the first country to pursue a compulsory licensing regime for generative AI, aiming to balance technological progress with fair compensation for creators.

Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Singapore, Teo Chee Hean,  reiterated that India and Singapore share a partnership with purpose rooted in shared values, guided by mutual interests, and driven by a common vision for peace, progress, and prosperity. Addressing the 5th Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, Mr. Hean called for the development of innovative solutions to address future challenges.

WORLD: (REUTER, AP, AFP, BLOOMBERG, CNN, WP)

Washington will allow the sale of advanced Nvidia H200 chips to China, President Donald Trump wrote on social media yesterday. THIS IS DEVIATION FROM USA POLICY MAINTAINED OVER A DECADE.

EU ministers agreed yesterday on a framework to remove unauthorized migrants more rapidly, including to third countries. They also determined that asylum seekers who had traveled through safe, non-EU countries without seeking asylum there could be deemed inadmissible. The moves tighten the bloc’s migration policy and are expected to become law after potential revisions by the European Parliament.

Trump pledged yesterday to dispense $12 billion to support farmers following the effects of his trade wars, which have increased the costs of equipment and fertilizer and spurred a Chinese boycott of U.S. soybeans. Trump’s immigration restrictions have also squeezed labor supply in the agricultural sector. In its relief announcement, the Trump administration blamed farmers’ financial burdens on Biden administration policies.

 Ukraine and its European allies aim to send an updated peace proposal to Washington last evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday after talks in London.

Pakistani military chief Asim Munir said yesterday he had informed Afghanistan’s Taliban government it must choose between upholding relations with Pakistan or continuing its support of the Pakistani Taliban. Kabul did not immediately comment.

One hundred schoolchildren who were kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria last month have been freed; President Bola Tinubu wrote on social media. Some 165 students and school staff are still missing. Widespread kidnappings in Nigeria contribute to it having one of the world’s highest totals of children out of school.

Trump threatened in a social media post yesterday to hit Mexico with additional 5 percent tariffs over a protracted dispute regarding water management of three rivers that flow through the countries’ border area. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has previously acknowledged the country is falling short on its treaty commitment to send water to the United States, citing a drought.

She said the countries would meet to discuss the matter today.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has handed over two major indigenous technologies to the Indian Army’s Corps of Military Engineering (CME) in Pune—the Camouflage Pattern Generation Software Sigma 4.0 (CPGS 4.0) and a full-scale Multispectral Signature Tank Mock-up.

CPGS 4.0 is an upgraded software suite capable of generating optimised camouflage patterns across multiple spectral bands, including visible, infrared, and radar.

GASTRONOMY:

The winners of Create in India Challenge, a vertical under flagship ‘WAVES’ initiative will perform at the 15th National Street Food Festival beginning from this Friday in New Delhi. This three day festival will bring together diverse flavours, from regional delicacies to popular street food favourites.

CRIME & PUNISHMENT:

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another key accused in connection with last month’s Delhi bomb blast case. NIA said that Dr. Bilal Naseer Malla of Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir is the 8th accused to be arrested in the case. He was nabbed by an NIA team from Delhi.

MISHAPS: -

In Indonesia, at least 22 people, including a pregnant woman, died  when a fire engulfed a seven-story office building in central Jakarta. The blaze broke out on the first floor of the Kemayoran building and spread quickly.

WEATHER:

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast cold wave conditions in Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Madhya Maharashtra for today.

GAMES & SPORTS: -

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi delivered a standout performance at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals in South Africa, defeating Magnus Carlsen during the round-robin stage. The result secured him third place on the leaderboard and a quarterfinal matchup against German prodigy Vincent Keymer.

In Men’s Cricket, India defeated South Africa by 101 runs in the first game of the five-match T20 series at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha.

Player Of The Match: Hardik Pandya

DAS KAPITAL:

Microsoft announces largest ever investment in India, of 17.5 billion dollars to advance India’s AI infrastructure.

Indian Share Market: -

 *BSE SENSEX*84,666.28 −436.41 (0.51%)🔻

 *NIFTY* 25,839.65 −120.90 (0.47%)🔻

BULLIONS:

*GOLD* : ₹ 12,900/ 01gm (24 krt)

 *SILVER* : ₹ 190,000/KG

Currency Exchange Rates:

*USD*  ₹ 89/-*GBP*  ₹116/-*Euro* : ₹ 103/-*China Y* : ₹ 12/-

WHAT IS NEXT:

Today, Zelenskyy visits Italy.

Today, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković concludes a visit to France.

Tomorrow, Australia’s youth social media ban comes into effect.

OBITUARY:

Legendary Bengali actor Kalyan Chatterjee dies at 81, leaving behind a five-decade-long cinematic legacy with over 400 films, including work with Satyajit Ray and roles in Hindi cinema.

QUIZ:

YESTERDAY’s QUZ: Mr. Prasad Sen answered correctly.

Today’s QUIZ: What was the First Film of Late Mr. Kalyan Chatterjee?

 

 

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