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DAILY DOSE 23^th DEC – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS

📅 Important Days

Day of Reflection – Australia (21 December)

• Declared to honour victims of the Sydney Bondi Beach terror attack (14 December).
• 15 people killed, 41 injured.
• Observed in solidarity with the Jewish community.
• Coincides with the final day of Chanukah (Festival of Lights).
• Flags flown at half-mast.
• Citizens asked to light a candle at 6:47 pmand observe one-minute silence.
• Yellow lighting and light projections at Bondi Pavilionas part of commemoration.

World Meditation Day – 21 December

• Declared by UN General Assembly in 2024.
• Chosen due to Winter Solsticein Northern Hemisphere.
• Sri Sri Ravi Shankarled a guided meditation at UN Headquarters, New York.
• Theme: Meditation for Global Peace and Harmony.
• Supported by India, Andorra, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka.

National Mathematics Day – 22 December

• Celebrates birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 Dec 1887).
• Declared in 2012by PM Manmohan Singh.
• Ramanujan facts:
  • Known as “Man who knew infinity”
  • First Indian Fellow of Trinity College
  • Second Indian Fellow of Royal Society (1918)
  • Contributions: number theory, infinite series, continued fractions

🤝 MoUs / Agreements

India–Netherlands Trade & Investment MoU

• Signed on 19 December.
• Establishes India–Netherlands Joint Trade and Investment Committee (JTIC).
• Aim: Boost bilateral trade, investment & MSME cooperation.
• JTIC to meet annually, alternately in both countries.
• Signed during visit of Dutch FM David van Weel.
• Co-chaired by:
  • India: Additional Secretary, Dept. of Commerce
  • Netherlands: Director General, Foreign Economic Relations

👤 Personality in News

Michaela “Michi” Benthaus

• First wheelchair user to travel to space.
• Flew on Blue Origin’s NS-37 mission.
• Reached Kármán Lineaboard New Shepard
• Aerospace & mechatronics engineer, associated with ESA.
• Wheelchair user since 2018 spinal injury.
• Former AstroAccess ambassador.
• Commanded Lunares analog astronaut mission (Poland, 2024).
• NS-37 marked Blue Origin’s 16th human spaceflight.

🇮🇳 National Appointments

Bharti Airtel Leadership Changes

• Shashwat Sharmaappointed MD & CEO, Airtel India (from 1 Jan 2026).
• Gopal Vittaldesignated Executive Vice Chairman.
• Soumen Ray→ Group CFO.
• Akhil Garg→ CFO, Airtel India.
• Rohit Krishan Puri→ Company Secretary & Compliance Officer.

🏛️ State News – Uttar Pradesh

First Forest University

• Approved in Gorakhpur, on 125 acres.
• Estimated cost: ₹500 crore.
• Courses: forestry, wildlife, agroforestry, horticulture, environmental sciences.
• Focus areas: biotechnology, climate change, wildlife conservation.
• Announced by CM Yogi Adityanath.

Road Safety Month – January 1–31

• Based on 4E Model:
  • Education
  • Enforcement
  • Engineering
  • Emergency Care
• Data (till Nov 2025):
  • 46,000+ accidents
  • ~25,000 deaths
• CM called road safety situation “extremely alarming”.

🏛️ Government Schemes / Events

“Shunya Se Shatak: Ek Shatabdi Atal Bharat Ki”

• Held on 21 December in Indore.
• Marked 100 years of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth.
• Attended by:
  • Vice President  P. Radhakrishnan
  • CM  Mohan Yadav
  • Governor Mangubhai Patel
• Statue of Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai
• On 25 December, HM Amit Shahto inaugurate ₹2 lakh crore industrial projects in Gwalior.

⚽ Sports

SAFF Women’s Club Championship 2025

• East Bengal FCwon inaugural title.
• Defeated APF FC (Nepal)3–0 in final at Kathmandu.
• First Indian women’s club to win an international title.
• Top scorer: Fazila Ikwaput (Uganda).
• East Bengal stats:
  • Unbeaten (4 wins, 1 draw)
  • 14 goals scored, 0 conceded

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