SARASIJ'S BLOG

NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||31/12/2025.

 



NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||31/12/2025.

WEDNESDAY|| VOL—IV/2025/DECEMBER

OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION.

BEST WISHES TO ALL MY READERS FOR THE YEAR 2026.

INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA

TODAY).

PM Modi said, 2025 will be remembered as a year of reforms for the country as it witnessed path-breaking changes across various sectors, which have added momentum to the India’s growth journey. The Prime Minister shared his thoughts in an article posted on social media platforms.

MITHUN CHAKRABORTY: "I will never allow TMC to turn West Bengal into West Bangladesh". ….."I request Hindus in Communist party & Congress to join hands with us & defeat TMC. Hindus, let's get united"

Half Of All Cars Sold In South Africa In 2025 Have Indian Roots: Report. Sales figures of the past year have shown Mahindra has taken a leading role in South Africa, especially in its Pickup series, the report said.

In Jammu and Kashmir, security forces have been placed on high alert along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border ahead of New Year celebrations. The heightened vigilance aims to ensure robust border security and prevent any infiltration or ceasefire violations during the holiday period.

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

Trump warns Hamas, Iran after Netanyahu talks. The two leaders also discussed Iran, with Trump saying that if Tehran rebuilt its nuclear facilities the United States would “knock them down”.

There is a possibility of an "armed conflict" between India and Pakistan in 2026 due to "heightened terrorist activity", a report by a US think tank said.

With US sanctions’ shadow on Rosneft, Lukoil, little-known intermediaries step in to supply Russian crude to India.

In December, the first full month after US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil took effect, the two suppliers’ share in Russian oil loadings for India crashed to 17.4 per cent, down from 63.1 per cent in November and 70.4 per cent in October.

Ukraine launched a series of drone attacks on Tuesday targeting Moscow, parts of western Russia and annexed Crimea, injuring one person near the Russian capital, Russian authorities said.

More than 350 suspected Islamic State group (IS) members have been detained as part of nationwide police operations in Turkey.

Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organisations in Gaza starting in 2026

Israel says the rules are aimed at preventing Hamas and other militant groups from infiltrating the aid organizations.

Saudi Arabia bombed the port city of Mukalla in Yemen in early hours today. The airstrikes were launched after ships arrived there from Fujairah, a port city on the UAE’s eastern coast.

Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya declared winner of Guinea’s election, provisional results show

Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s election held over the weekend.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu flagged off the inaugural flight of Dhruv NG civil variant helicopter in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) helicopter division in Bengaluru. The helicopter received civil certification from Directorate General of Civil Aviation  for its indigenous Shakti engine.

OBITUARY:

BEGAM Khaleda Zia, the long-time chief of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a three-time Prime Minister, died on Tuesday morning (December 30, 2025) in Dhaka after a prolonged illness. She was 80.

Bangladesh declares three days of state mourning after former PM Khaleda Zia’s death.

Mr. MODI sent Condolences.

IN HISTORY OF BANGLADESH, P.M. KHALEDA ZIA LOOMED LARGE. SO WILL BE HER SHADOW OVER BANGLADESH’S IMMEDIATE FUTURE.

MISHAPS: -

Trains crash while carrying tourists to Peru’s Machu Picchu, killing 1 person and injuring dozens.

Six people lost their lives in a bus accident at Vinayak area of Almorah district in Uttarakhand yesterday. According to the State Disaster Response Force, the bus was traveling from Bhikiyasain to Ramnagar and had around 17 to 18 people on board. The injured are receiving treatment at the government hospital in Bhikiyasain.

IMD:

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy snowfall over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad. The weather agency has issued orange alert for very dense fog over Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Chandigarh today.

ENVIRONMENTAL: -

Snow-capped Mount Etna erupts as skiers glide down slopes.

Huge plumes of ash and smoke were filmed erupting from Mount Etna, Sicily on 27 December as skiers used the slopes below.

Scientists at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia said volcanic activity at the site, which frequently erupts, had intensified, with craters continuously emitting ash.

In response, scientists issued a red Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation, its highest level, though authorities said flights would continue to operate normally at a nearby airport unless ashfall increased.

GAMES & SPORTS: -

India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 5th T20I:

India Women won by 15 runs

INDW: 175/7(20)

SLW: 160/7(20)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: HARMANPREET KAUR

PLAYER OF THE SERIES: SHAFALI VERMA

DAS KAPITAL:

Protests erupted in Iran after the country’s currency plummeted to a record low against the U.S. dollar and the head of the Central Bank resigned.

Indian Share Market: -

*BSE SENSEX*

84,675.08 −20.46 (0.024%)🔻

*NIFTY* 25,938.85 −3.25 (0.013%)🔻

*GOLD* : ₹ 13,900/ 01gm (24 krt)

*SILVER* : ₹ 233,000/KG

Currency Exchange Rates:

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

 

THE END.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
  REVIVAL OF ARVARI RIVER What a Leader, and People can do. SARASIJ MAJUMDER   REVIVAL OF ARVARI RIVER— Arvari river is a small river, may be the smallest, in the ALWAR,   Indian state of Rajasthan. The 90 km.   long river flows through the Alwar District of Rajasthan. It got dried, and   was revived in 1990. It remained dry for 60 years. The turnaround started in 1986, when people of Bhanota- Kolyala village with   the help of Tarun Bharat Sangha, managed by Rajendra Singh, constructed a   JOHAD, (earthen check dam) at the source of the dried river; following this,   villages that lay in its catchment area, and along the dried river bed, they also built tiny earthen dams, the largest being a 244 mt. long and 7 mt. High Concrete dam, most of them were in the Aravalli hills; eventually when the number of dams reached 375, the river started to flow again in 1990, after remaining dry for over 60 years. Villagers talk about Arvari's rebi...
Read more

OPERATION SINDOOR ||| ECONOMIC LOSSES OF PAKISTAN

Image
  OPERATION SINDOOR ECONOMIC LOSSES OF PAKISTAN SARASIJ MAJUMDER It will be difficult for Pakistan to come out of the loss it suffered in this 4-day KINETIC WAR, fought only in the airspace, involving Fighter Jets, Missiles, and DRONES as attacking weapons. Pakistan claims that J-10C jets, equipped with PL-15 missiles, were used in combat, and that they downed multiple Indian Rafale and other fighter jets. GOI has not accepted any loss of Fighter Jet. No image of Rafael lost is available. GOI is not declaring the HITS it inflicted upon Pakistan. Even then, I have pieced together the information and provided a picture. A. The expenses due to direct losses of HARDWARE may be divided into the following items: - 1.0 Fighter Jets: -- May be 10 Numbers. 4-F16 as a combat loss. 2 Nos. Mirage 2000 and 4 Nos. F16, possibly due to the hit it received when parked on the Air Bases. However, this figure could be more.   Pakistan's retired Air Marshal Masood Akhtar public...
Read more

UNDERSTANDING WOMEN

Image
  UNDERSTANDING WOMEN SARASIJ MAJUMDER   In a poem titled   ‘ বিদায় অভিশাপ ’—(FAREWELL CURSE)--, Tagore wrote: ........ রমণীর   মন   সহস্র বর্ষেরই   সখা সাধনার ধন । । [ ( To understand) Mind of a woman, my dear, ||You need a devotion of thousand years. ]—- Translation is mine. In simple language—‘One Life is not good enough to understand the mind of a Woman’—that is what, Devyani—the heroine of the poem said to Koch, her beloved. And I agree after completing 46 years of married life! However, based on my experience—I wanted to write an article on the subject, sharing my understanding for Romeos of future generations. This BLOG is an attempt towards that. Before I start—I want to share an interesting dialogue I had in an evening, with one of my American friend, ( married, and was living with wife and kids,) at his Ranch at Texas. When the darkness of evening started falling upon us, he told me: “….Mate—I understand Machines, Horses, Dogs…...
Read more