NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||24/12/2025.

 

NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||24/12/2025.

WEDNESDAY| VOL—IV/2025/DECEMBER

OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION.

:|: नमन्ति फलिनो वृक्षाः।: –

বৃক্ষ নত ফলভারে, জ্ঞানী নত জ্ঞানে।।

Knowledge brings humility.

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

Partha and Arpita's application under Section 164 filed in the High Court: Will VAIPO  be in trouble ??

Supreme Court accepted govt’s 100-m Aravalli rule, but its own panel had opposed it. FSI’s 3-degree definition covers lower hills of Aravalli that are excluded by the ministry’s 100-metre yardstick.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has emerged as the most dominant force in the recently-held municipal council and Nagar panchayat elections in Maharashtra, securing the highest number of seats in five out of the state's six administrative divisions, accounting for 30 to 50 percent of the seats in most regions.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 2,431 seats, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena 1,025, and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 966, according to the data released by the State Election Commission (SEC).

Assam’s Karbi Anglong is on the boil: 2 residents dead, 58 cops injured, internet snapped. Protesters have been demanding evictions in PGR (professional grazing reserve) and VGR (village grazing reserve) lands, where Bihari and Nepali families also stay. I have stayed there in 2014 for 7 days, along with my the then colleague from ASSAM and observed infringement of Tribal Land. It s a nice place, but at that time, we have to live in the house of a Panchayet Person as a paying guest.

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

Russian strike could collapse Chernobyl shelter: Kyiv has accused Russia of repeatedly targeting the facility, the site of a 1986 meltdown that is still the world’s worst ever nuclear disaster, since Moscow invaded in February 2022. --- Plant Director.

Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the embattled eastern town of Siversk, as Russia continues its steady - albeit slow - advance. Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the embattled eastern town of Siversk, as Russia continues its steady - albeit slow - advance.

The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday it acted "to preserve the lives of our soldiers and the combat capability of units", adding that Russian forces had a "significant advantage in manpower".

 

The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday it acted "to preserve the lives of our soldiers and the combat capability of units", adding that Russian forces had a "significant advantage in manpower".

Greta Thunberg arrested in London while supporting hunger-striking pro-Palestinian activists.

No political party is favoured, nor are any under pressure: There is a hunger for change on the streets of Bangladesh, and the political parties are reflecting that, says press adviser to Yunus Shafiqul Alam.

“How Inqilab Moncho’s Chittagong protest turned Osman Hadi’s death into an anti-India street weapon”, First Post, December 20, 2025

“The protest staged by Inqilab Moncho, an organisations inspired by 2024 students protests, outside India’s diplomatic mission in Chittagong following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi marks a troubling inflection point in Bangladesh’s contemporary politics. What should have remained a domestic demand for justice was deliberately converted into a strategic provocation, redirecting public anger toward a foreign state without evidence and testing the limits of international diplomatic norms.”

New Zealand to amend laws for GI registration of Indian goods besides wines, spirits under FTA.

American scholar, the late Stephen P. Cohen, had once pontificated that Pakistan often finds itself in a place of political success because it negotiates with the world by putting a gun to its own head. While this has been proven true many a time, the recent victories, both with the United States and the less talked about, West Asia, have come as a boon for the state’s now all-encompassing and all-powerful Army chief, Asim Munir.

U.S. strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific. The Trump administration has said the strikes were meant to stop the flow of drugs into the U.S. and increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Myanmar junta stages election after five years of civil war. The junta has waged a pre-vote offensive, clawed back territory and hammered areas beyond its reach with air strikes, but concedes elections cannot happen in around one in seven constituencies.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

The United States’ AST Space Mobile Bluebird Block-2 communication satellite will be launched by ISRO today at 8:54 am local time aboard the LVM3-M6 rocket.

This sixth operational flight of LVM3 is a dedicated commercial mission that will place the satellite into Low Earth Orbit. Bluebird Block-2 will be the largest commercial communication satellite in LEO and the heaviest payload launched by LVM3 from India.

ENTERTAINMENT:

 Dhurandhar has once again raised the bar at the box office, delivering an unprecedented performance in its third weekend and firmly establishing itself as one of the most dominant theatrical runs in Indian cinema. The Ranveer Singh starrer has clocked a staggering Rs. 99.70 crore in its third weekend, emerging as the highest third-weekend grosser of all time and doing so by a margin that underscores its extraordinary audience pull.

CRIME & PUNISHMENT:

Delhi court frames charges against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram in Chinese visa case. The CBI alleged that Mr. Karti had helped 250 Chinese nationals to get Visa to India to work in a power company, in 2011 using his influence.

In Odisha, 22 Maoists, including 10 women cadres, surrendered before the police in Malkangiri district.

MISHAPS: -

A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief, four other officers and three crew members crashed on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) after take-off from Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing everyone on board. Libyan officials said the cause of the crash was a technical malfunction on the plane.

Speeding Vehicle Kills Tigress on NH565 in NSTR:  A tigress, believed to be aged between two and three years, was found dead on NH 565 in the core area of the Nagarjunasagar Srisailam tiger reserve in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.

ENVIRONMENTAL: -

Indian Railways has strengthened Artificial Intelligence (AI) -based system to protect wildlife on railway tracks. The Railways has deployed Al-based cameras to Alert Loco Pilots half kilometre in advance to save elephants, lions, tigers on tracks.

The Delhi Cabinet  approved an amount of 100 crore rupees to rejuvenate water bodies across Delhi for long-term pollution abatement.

WITHIN 50 Km. BOUNDARY OF COMPLETE ARAVALLI—GOI SHALL TRY TO RETAIN THE STATUS QUO. THAT ALONE WILL BE GREAT SERVICE. I KNOW MANY OF THESE PLACES LIKE MY PALM. DAMADJI CAUSED A HAVOC N HARIYANA REGION.

 

GAMES & SPORTS: -

Shefali Verma’s stroke-filled 69*, spinners’ guile power India to 2–0 lead over Sri Lanka. Shefali’s exploits, combined with Jemimah Rodrigues’ cameo, powered India to a commanding seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Visakhapatnam.

DAS KAPITAL:

The US economy picked up speed over the three months to September, as consumer spending jumped and exports increased.

The world's largest economy expanded at an annual rate of 4.3%, up from 3.8% in the previous quarter. That was better than expected, and marked the strongest growth in two years.

NIFTY: 26,177.15/+4.75 (+0.02%)

SENSEX:85,524.84/-42.64 (-0.05%)

 

 

 

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