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NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||18/12/2025.

 


NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||18/12/2025.

THURSDAY| VOL—IV/2025/DECEMBER

OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION.

*न कालमतिवर्तन्ते महान्तः स्वेषु कर्मसु* ।

*Meaning* : Intelligent  people never delay their duties.

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

Parliament has passed the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2025 with the Rajya Sabha approving it yesterday after discussion. Lok Sabha had passed this legislation. The Bill repeals 71 Acts and also amends four Acts.

The Parliament has also passed the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill 2025 with the Rajya Sabha approving it.

India has achieved a landmark expansion in high-performance computing by deploying 37 supercomputers under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). This initiative, informed to the Lok Sabha by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

The Ministry of Textiles, in association with the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation,  conducted a stakeholder consultation meeting in New Delhi to explore partnership opportunities for the development of PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks.

Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal has announced the signing of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, a Free Trade Agreement, today in the presence of Prime Minister Modi and the Sultan of Oman.

India has closed its Visa Application Centre in Dhaka following rising security concerns and threats from extremist elements, prompting New Delhi to summon Bangladesh’s High Commissioner and urge protection of diplomatic missions.

Meanwhile, Pakistan has extended its airspace ban on Indian airlines until January 24, disrupting around 800 weekly flights and increasing costs.

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

Trump announced a naval blockade on sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela and mentioned the country’s government as a foreign terrorist organization yesterday.

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez called Trump’s post a violation of international law and pledged to denounce it at the United Nations.

An estimated 40 percent of black-market ships that move Venezuelan oil are currently sanctioned by the United States, according to oil tracking service TankerTrackers.com. A U.S. military blockade on those ships could significantly hurt Venezuela’s oil sector, which is responsible for more than half of the country’s fiscal revenue. Global oil prices rose following Trump’s announcement.

Some U.S. lawmakers in recent weeks, mostly Democrats, have argued that the Trump administration’s campaign to pressure Venezuela via deadly strikes on alleged drug boats is illegal. A bipartisan war powers resolution that would block the Trump administration from hostilities with Venezuela without congressional authorization is expected to be voted on tomorrow.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels will withdraw from the DRC city of Uvira—which the group recently invaded—after a request from Washington, a rebel leader wrote on social media.

The Netherlands will host an international commission that aims to force Russia to compensate Ukraine for damages from its war.

More than seventeen million people in Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity as winter approaches, a senior official at the UN World Food Program said yesterday. After an influx of returned migrants from Iran and Pakistan, food aid is only reaching 2.7 percent of the country’s population, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a hunger watchdog initiative.

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi conducted talks on economic relations and Middle East security on a visit to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates that concluded yesterday.

Washington will use “every tool at its disposal,” including fees and bans on foreign services, to counter EU penalties against U.S. technology companies that the U.S. trade office considers “discriminatory,” the office said on social media yesterday.

 DEFENSE:

In a first, an Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship is on a four-day visit to the strategic port of Chabahar in Iran. The Shahid Beheshti terminal at the port is operated by India for sending supplies to Afghanistan and is also part of the planned International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) linking India to Russia.

India has opened its airbases to Russia under the newly ratified RELOS military aviation pact, marking a significant evolution in bilateral defence ties.

CRIME & PUNISHMENT:

Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam:  Deputy secretary to former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged liquor scam that took place between 2019- 2022.

 GAMES & SPORTS: -

In Shooting, the pair of Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Darshna Rathore clinched the gold medal in the Senior Skeet Mixed Team event at the 68th National Championship Competitions (Shotgun) in New Delhi.

DAS KAPITAL:

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has announced key changes to the National Pension System (NPS). Under the revised norms, non-government (private sector) NPS subscribers can now withdraw up to 80 per cent of their accumulated pension corpus, compared to the earlier cap of 60 per cent.

Indian Share Market: -

*BSE SENSEX* 84,559.65 −120.21 (0.14%)🔻

*NIFTY* 25,818.55 −41.55 (0.16%)🔻 ---

Currency Exchange Rates:

USD*  ₹ 91/-*Euro* : ₹ 106/-* China ¥* : ₹ 13/-

BULLIONS:

*GOLD* : ₹ 13,450/ 01gm (24 krt)

*SILVER* : ₹ 208,000/KG

Google has launched its first-ever global credit card in India in partnership with Axis Bank on the RuPay network.

Google Pay has launched a new co-branded digital credit card, FLEX, in partnership with Axis Bank, marking a significant step in the convergence of credit cards and UPI-based payments in India.

WHAT IS NEXT:

The SEMICON Japan conference opens in Tokyo.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a trip to Oman.

The European Council begins a leaders meeting in Brussels.

HUMOUR OF THE DAY:

शादी का पहले मई समझ ता था की मई शिकारी हूँ।

अवि समझ गया की मई शिकार था।|

 

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