INDIA & SEYCHELLES SIGNED FEW MOU

* SEYCHELLES PRESIDENT ON VISIT TO INDIA 

* MOU SIGNED BETWEEN INDIA & SEYCHELLES - 

1) India - Seychelles Joint Vision For Sustainability, Economic Growth, And Security Through Enhanced Linkage ( SESEL 

2) SPECIAL ECONOMIC PACKAGE 

3) Enhance in Marine Security ( VISION OF MAHASAGAR) 

4) Provision Of 1000 MT Of Grains And Lentil Under Special Economic Package 

5) Gifting Of 10 Utility Vehicle And 5 Sets Of Laser Radial Class Boat Along With Spares To The Seychelles Defence Force.

6) Establishment Of Seychelles  Hydrographic Unit In Seychelles With Indian Assistance.

7) Arrangement On Pharmacopeia Cooperation.

8) Cooperation In The Field Of Knowledge Sharing Of Successful Digital Solution Implemented At Population Scale For Digital Transformation 

9) Cooperation Between Indian Meterological Department And Seychelles Meterological Authority On Technical And Scientific Collaboration.

10) Cooperation in Ocean Observation, Ocean Services, Capacity Building, Data Sharing, And The Conduct Of Maritime Scientific Research 

11) Cooperation Between National Centre For Good Governance And Public Service Bureau Of Seychelles For Capacity Building Training Programme For Civil Servants Of Seychelles.

12) CULTURAL Exchange Programme Between India And Seychelles ( Fore2026-2030) 

13) Cooperation Between National Cooperative Exports Limited And Seychelles Trading Corporation On Procurement Of Food Commodiy.

FIRST VISUALLY CHALLENGED WOMAN JUDGE IN KERALA HIGH COURT

* THANYA NATHAN BECAME THE FIRST VISUALLY CHALLENGED WOMAN JUDGE OF KERALA COURT.

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA APPOINTS IDCO'S FIRST WOMAN CHAIRPERSON

* GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA APPOINTS IAS USHA PADHEE AS IDCO NEW CHAIRPERSON.

* SHE BECAME THE FIRST' WOMAN' CHAIRPERSON OF IDCO 

* IDCO - ODISHA INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 

BADMINTON ASIA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2026

TOP 4 TEAMS 

* WINNER - KOREA ( 1ST) 

* RUNNERS UP - CHINA 

* THIRD - CHINESE TAIPEI 

* FOURTH - INDONESIA 

DOLPHIN CENSUS IN ODISHA 2026

* ODISHA DOLPHIN CENSUS CONDUCTED ( 765 DOLPHINS POPULATION) 

* 493 in BHITARKANIKA 

* 175 IN CHILIKA LAKE 

* 66 in PURI 

* 15 IN BALASORE 

* 13 BERHAMPUR 

* 3 BHADRAK 

DECEMBER - JANUARY PERSON PASSED AWAY IN 2025/26

DECEMBER 2025 - 

* Oscar Winning UK Playwright Tom Stoppard Passed Away.

* A Four Time Roland GARROS champion Nicola Pietrangeli Passed Away.

*  Former English Cricketer Robin Smith Passed Away

*  Veteran Tamil Cinema Producer And Owner Of AVM Studio in Chennai M Saravaran Passed Away.

*  Swaraj KAUSHAL, Former External affairs Minister Sushama Swaraj Husband Passed Away.( FORMER GOVERNOR OF MZORAM) 

*  D- Day Veteran Charles Shay Who Saved Live On Omaha Beach Passed Away.

*  CHINESE Actor Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Passed Away.

* Ratan Tata's Step Mother Simone Tata Passed Away.

*  Frank Gehry, The Noted Architecture Passed Away.

* Casto Abundo, Former Executive Director Of Asian Chess Federation Passed Away.

* Veteran Actor Kalyan Chattopadhyaya Passed Away.

* Veteran Socialist Leader Dr Baba Adhav Passed Away.

* A Grammy Nominated Rhode Island Musician Killed.

* * LAIN DOUGLAS HAMILTON 

BORN IN - 16TH AUGUST 1942 

DIED ON - 08TH DECEMBER 2025 

* HE WAS A SCOTTISH ZOOLOGIST, FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY, 

* IN 1993 HE FOUNDED SAVE THE ELEPHANT 

* HIS FIRST' SCIENTIFIC STUDY ON ELEPHANT AT THE AGE OF 23 IN TANZANIA, LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK, 

AWARD - 

* 1988 - THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN ARK ( For ELEPHANT CONSERVATION) 

* 1992 - THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 

* 2015 - COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 

* 2010 - INDIANPOLIS PRIZE 

* 2006 - DISNEY WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FUND AWARD 

* LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY SAN DIEGO 

* HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF ALFRED DOUGLAS HAMILTON (13th DUKE OF HAMILTON) 

BOOKS - 

* HE & HIS WIFE ORIA HAMILTON CO AUTHOR 

- AMONG THE ELEPHANTS (1975) 

- BATTLE OF THE ELEPHANTS (1992) 

- THE TREE WHERE MAN WAS BORN 

* HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP TO CITES FOR MONITORING THE ILLEGAL KILLING OF ELEPHANT (MIKE) IN AFRICA 

* 1982 - IUCN MEMBER FOR AFRICANS ELEPHANT SPECIALIST GROUPS 

* * FORMER UNION MINISTER SHIVRAJ VISWANATH PATIL CHAKURKAR PASSED AWAY ON 12TH DECEMBER 2025 

* BORN IN - 12TH OCTOBER 1935 ( HYDERABAD) 

OATH AS - 

* 27TH GOVERNOR OF PUNJAB (2010-2015) 

* 14TH ADMINISTRATOR OF CHANDIGARH 

* 27TH UNION MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS (2004-2008) 

* 10TH SPEAKER OF LOK SABHA ( 1991-1996) 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, LOK SABHA ( 1980-2004) 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, RAJYA SABHA ( 2004-2010) 

* 9TH DEPUTY SPEAKER OF LOK SABHA ( 1990-1991) 

* 8TH SPEAKER OF MAHARSHTRA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1978-1979) 

* MEMBERS OF MAHARSHTRA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY+ ( 1972-1980) 

* 5TH DEPUTY SPEAKER OF MAHARSHTRA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ( 1977-1978) 

* 1983-84 ( TOOK CHARGE OF SCIENCE, & TECHNOLOGY, ATOMIC ENERGY, ELECTRONIC, SPACE DEVELOPMENT) 

* VICE PRESIDENT OF CSIR INDIA' 

*Chinese Actress He Qing Passed Away.

* Karnataka Congress MLA Shamanuru Shivashankarappa Passed Away.

* Shri P G Baruah, Owner, Editor And Managing Director Of The Assam Tribune Passed Away.

* ) FORMER MP Dr Ram Vilas Das Vedanti, Has Passed Away.

* Former Srilankan Cricketer D S Desilva Passed Away 

* VETERAN Odia Film Producer Rabindra Sahu Passed Away.

*  PULITZER Prize Winning Reporter Peter Arnett Passed Away 

* Australian Para Athlete ( Long Jumps) Nicholas Hum Passed Away.

* * EMINENT ARTIST RAM VANJI SUTAR PASSED AWAY ON 18TH DECEMBER 2025 

* BORN IN - 19TH FEBRUARY 1925 

* WHO DESIGNED THE STATUE OF UNITY, GUJARAT 

* NOTABLE WORK - 

- STATUE OF UNITY 

- STATUE OF PROSPERITY 

- STATUE OF MAHATMA GANDHI, PARLIAMENT 

AWARDS - 

- MAHARSHTRA BHUSHAN (2024)

- PADMA BHUSHAN (2016) 

- TAGORE AWARD (2016) 

- PADMA SHRI ( 1999) 

* 

* Eminent Adi Folk Singer And Cultural Omak Komut Passed Away.

* Senior IIS OFFICER Baqar Mirza Passed Away.

* * BOTANIST PALPU PUSHPAGADAN PASSED AWAY ON 19TH DECEMBER 2025, 

* BORN ON - 23RD JANUARY 1944 

* WAS DIRECTOR OF TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN & RESEARCH INSTITUTE ( TBGRI) KERALA. 

* WAS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ( NBRI) LUCKNOW 

* WAS DIRECTOR FOR REJIV GANDI CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY, THIRUVVANANTHPURAM, KERALA 

PROFICIENCY IN - 

* CYTOGENETICS 

* PLANT BREEDING 

* BIOPROSPECTING 

* ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 

* HE WAS KNOWN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEEVANI ( DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINAL PLANT AROGYAPACHA ( TRICHOPUS ZEYALNICUS) 

* 

AWARDS - 

* PADMASHRI ( 2010) 

* DINGRA MEMORIAL AWARD (1980, 1983) 

* BORLAUG AWARD (1998) 

* JOHN W HARSHBERGER MEDAL (2001) 

* UN EQUATOR INITIATIVE PRIZE (2002) 

* AYURVEDA GAURAV AWARD (2009) 

* DR A P J ABDUL KALAM MEMORIAL NABS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (2020) 

*  Actor, Script Writer Sreenivasan Passed Away.

* Senior Journalist Prabha Jagannathan Passed Away.

* Former Ranji Star Of Assam Naba Kamal Bhuyan Passed Away.

* Hollywood Actor James Ransone Passed Away.

* *NOTED AUTHOR VINOD KUMAR SHUKLA PASSED AWAY ON 23RD DECEMBER 2025 

* BORN ON - 1ST JANUARY 1937 (CHHATTISGARH) 

* HE BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN AUTHOR TO RECEIVED THE PEN/ NABOKOV AWARD IN INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE 2023.

* IN 2024 HE BECAME THE FIRST AUTHOR FROM CHHATTISGARH TO RECEIVED THE JANPATH AWARD.

* HIS FIRST COLLECTION OF POEM - LAG BHAG JAI HIND (PUBLISHED IN 1971) 

* HE BECAME DID MSc In Agriculture In JNKVV In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

NOTABLE WORKS - 

* LAG BHAG JAI HIND (1971) (POEM COLLECTION) 

* VAH AADMI CHALA GAYA NAYA GARAM COAT PEHANKAR VICHAR KI TARAH (1981 - 2ND POEM COLLECTION) 

* NAUKAR KI KAMEEZ ( FIRST NOVEL 1979) 

* SAB KUCH HONA BACHA RAHEGA (1992 POEM COLLECTION)

* KHILEGE TO DEKHENGE (1992 NOVEL) 

* DEEWAR MEIN EK KHIRKEE RAHTI THI (1994) 

AWARDS - 

* 1999 - SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 

* 2023 - PEN/NABOKOV AWARD 

* 2024 -JANPITH AWARD .

* Noted Actress And Dancer Ranjana Sharma Bordoloi Passed Away.

* Shri Biswa Bandhu Sen, Speaker Of Tripura Legislative assembly Passed Away.

* French Actress And Singer Brigitte Bardot Passed Away.

*  Television Maker And FOUNDER Of Krishnaswamy Associate S Krishnaswamy Passed Away.

* Former England Cricket Board Chief Executive Hugh Morris PASSED AWAY.

* * FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINISTER OF KHALEDA ZIA PASSED AWAY ON 30TH DECEMBER 2025 

* BORN IN - 15th AUGUST 1945 

* SHE SERVED PRIME MINISTER OF BANGLADESH FROM 1991 -1996 

* SHE SERVES HER 2ND TENURE FROM 2001 TO 2006.

* SHE WAS THE WIFE FORMER PRESIDENT OF BANGLADESH - ZIAUR RAHMAN 

* SHE BECAME 3RD CHAIRPERSON OF THE BANGLADESH NATIONALIST PARTY FROM 1984 TO 2025 

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* 2011 - FIGHTER FOR DEMOCRACY  ( New Jersey State Senate) 

* 2008- MOTHER OF DEMOCRACY AWARD ( By CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION CHRIO) 

BIOGRAPHY - 

* BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA: Her Life Her Story ( Book Author - Mahfuz Ullah) in 2018 

* Legendary Srilankan Singer Kalasuri Latha Walpola Passed Away.

JANUARY 2026 - 

*  Gyan Ranjan Das, Former National Football PLAYER From Odisha Passed Away.

* Shri Skylance G Momin, The First GARO MPS Officer Of Nagaland Passed Away. 

* Two Times MLA From Nilgiri, Odisha Shri Akshay Acharya Passed Away.

* Siddhartha Bhaiya, Managing Director Of Aequitas Passed Away.

* Dr Shyam Bihari Lal, MLA From Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh PASSED AWAY.

* Professor Ashok Gajanan Modak, FORMER National President Of The Akhila BHARATIYA Vidyarthi Parishad Has Passed Away.

* Senior Journalist Punam Thakur Passed Away.

*  Senior DMK Leader L Ganesan Passed Away.

* Eminent Historian And King Of Khariar, Nuapada District, Odisha Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo Passed Away.

* Malayalam ACTOR Kannan Pattambi Passed Away.

* Tatiana Schlossberg, The Environmental Journalist And Grand Daughter Of Former US President John F Kennedy Passed Away.

* * FORMER UNION MINISTER SURESH KALMADI PASSED AWAY ON 6TH JANUARY 2026. 

* BORN ON - 1ST MAY 1944 ( MADRAS) 

WORKED AS - 

* 9TH PRESIDENT OF INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION ( 1996-2011) 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ( 1996-1998) PUNE CONSTITUENCY ( 11TH LOK SABHA) 

* MINISTER OF STATE FOR RAILWAY ( 1995-1996) 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, RAJYA SABHA ( 1982-2004) 

* IN 1977 HE BECAME THE PPRESIDENT OF YOUTH CONGRESS, PUNE 

* 1989 - CHAIRMAN OF THE MAHARASHTRA TOURISM DEPARTMENT 

* 2000- 2013 - PRESIDENT OF ASIAN ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION 

* IN 2015 WAS NAMED ITS LIFE PRESIDENT 

* * Former World Billiards Champion Manoj Kothari Passed Away At The Age Of 67 in Tamilnadu.

* IN 1990 HE BECAME THE BILLIARD CHAMPION 

* 16 TIMES NATIONAL CHAMPION IN BILIARDS 

AWARDS - 

* 2005 - DHYAN CHAND AWARD 

* LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION OF INDIA 

*  V K Ebrahim Kunju, Senior Leader Of Indian Union Muslim League ( IUML) & Former Kerala Minister For Public Works Passed Away. 

* Artist Syed Asif Ali Passed Away. 

* Michael Reagan, Son Of Former US President Ronald Reagan Passed Away.

* 

16) Former MP And Union Minister Shri Kabindra Purkayastha Passed Away.

* * INDIAN ECOLOGIST MADHAB DHANANJAY GADGIL PASSED AWAY ON 7TH JANUARY 2026 

* HE WAS AN ACADEMIC, ECOLOGIST, WRITER, COLUMNIST 

* HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF The CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES.

* BORN IN - 24TH MAY 1942 ( PUNE) 

* HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL TO PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA (1986) 

* HE WAS HEAD OF THE WESTERN GHAT ECOLOGY EXPERT PANEL ( WGEEP) IN 2010

* A GODGIL COMMISSION (2010) 

*

WORKED AS - 

* 1971 - SCIENTIFIC OFFICER AT AGARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

* 1973 - JOINED IISC BENGALURU 

* HE  ESTABLISHED TWO RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

- CENTRE OF THE THEORETICAL STUDIES 

- CENTRE OF ECOLOGICAL STUDIES 

* 1991 - WORKED AS VISITING PROFESSOR OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY 

* & UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY (1995) 

* DURING 1986 ( AS JOINED AS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY OF PM) ESTABLISHED A BIOSPHERE ( FIRST) BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN NILGIRI in 1986 

* 1998 - APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY PANEL OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY ( UNDER UN (

* MEMBER OF THE NCERT 

* MEMBER OF NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL 

* MEMBER OF NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY 

*

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* 1984 - FELLOW OF NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY 

* HONORARY FELLOW OF ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION ( ATBC) 

* NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FELLOWSHIP OF THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST ( FOR WESTERN GHATS) 

* 1981 - PADMA SHRI 

* 2006 - PADMA.   BHUSHAN 

* 1986 - SHANTI SWAROOP BHATNAGAR AWARD 

* 1983 - RAJYOSTOV PRASHASTHI ( KARNATAKA) 

* 2002 - HARVARD CENTENNIAL MEDAL 

* 2003 - VOLVO ENVIRONMENT PRIZE 

* 2007 - H K FIRODIA AWARD 

* 2013 - DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE ( ODISHA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY )

* 2014 - GEORGESCU - ROGEN AWARD 

* 2015 - JOHN & ALICE TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 

* Vikram SARABHAI AWARD 

* ISHWAR CHANDRA VIDYA SAGAR AWARD 

* 2019 - FERGUSON GAURAV PURSAKAR 

* 2024 - CHAMPION OF EARTH AWARD 

* EPONYMY - 

* ELAEOCARPUS GADGILII, a Tree Species In Kerala named After Him.

* 

BOOKS - 

* THE FISSURED LAND (WITH RAMCHANDRA GUHA) 

* A WALK UP THE HILL 

* ECOLOGY & EQUITY 

* THE USE AND ABUSE OF NATURE 

* ECOLOGICAL JOURNEY 

* NURTURING BIODIVERSITY :

* BUTTERFLIES: OF PENINSULAR INDIA 

* DRAGONFLIES OF INDIA, A FIELD GUIDE 

* Former Indian Forward (Footballer) Sadatullah Khan Passed Away.

( He Debuted In Merdeka Cup in 1968) 

*  INDIAN Idol Winner And Actor Prasant Tamang Passed Away.

* Swiss Author Erich Von Daeniken Passed Away.

* Veteran Bangladeshi Singer & Awami League Leader Prolay Chaki Passed Away.

* Former Indian Hockey Star Davinder Singh Passed Away. 

*  Noted SINGER Samar Hazarika ( ASSAM) Passed Away. ( YOUNGER BROTHER OF BHUPEN HAZARIKA) 

*  Senior Kerala. Congress Leader Thomas Kuthiravattam Passed Away.

* Former ASSAM MLA And Retired IAS OFFICER Bir Bhadra Hagjer Passed Away.

* Civil Right Pioneer Claudette Colvin Of US Passed Away.

* World War 2 Veteran MWO Ganesh Chandra Roy Passed Away 

* Pradip Baruah, Veteran Editor Of PRANTIK, ( Assamese Literary Magazine) Passed Away.

* Eminent Literature Rajkumari Indira Devi Dhanrajgir Of Hyderabad PASSED AWAY.

*  Former Indian First Class Cricketer Ajay Verma PASSED AWAY.

* G Rajkumar, An Eminent ENVIRONMENTALIST Of Kerala Passed Away.

( KNOWN AS KURINJI RAJKUMAR) 

* WHO Led The Role In The Estsblishment Of Kurinjimala Sanctuary 2006) 

( to protect The Rare Neelakurinji Flower In Western Ghat) 

* 

*  Shri Mohan Lal Mittal An Industrialist Passed Away.

* 

* Assam's First Radio Jockey Fawzia Rahman Passed Away.

*  FREEDOM FIGHTER And Congress Leader Bheemanna Khandre Passed Away.

* Chief Secretary Of FINANCE Odisha Mr Suresh Tripathi Passed Away.

* Former Bjp Minister Of Maharashtra Raj Purohit Passed Away.

* * NOTED VIOLINIST OF ASSAM MINOTI KHAUND PASSED AWAY ON 19th JANUARY 2026 

* SHE HAS BEEN PART OF THIS INDUSTRY FOR 50 YEARS.

* BORN IN 1940.

* 

AWARDS - 

- SANGEET JYOTI AWARD 

- SILPI AWARD 

- 

* Noted Italian Fashion Designer Valentino Garvani Passed Away.

* Former DGP Of Meghalaya W R Marbaniang Passed Away.

* Malayalam Actor Kamal Roy Passed Away.

*  Veteran Journalist Dasu Krishnamoorthy Passed Away.

* Odia Music Composer, Singer Abhijit Mazumder Passed Away.

* Dr Gladys West, Mathematician ( Who Works IN GPS) Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist Ravi Kanungo Of Odisha Passed Away.

* Former BCCI President Mr I S  Bindra Passed Away.

* Thiru D Gnanasundaram Passed Away 

* Samir Kumar Patra, Odisha Veteran Sound Recordist Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist And Broadcaster Mark Tully Passed Away.

* Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Killed In Air Crash Near Baramati, Maharashtra.

* Veteran Trade Union Leader Anantha Subbarao Passed Away.

*  Former Australian Hockey Player Michael Nobbs Passed Away ( Bronze Medal At 1981 FIH) 

* Eminent Literature Shri Arjun Charan Panda Of Odisha Passed Away 

* Thiru Srinivasan, Husband Of P T Usha Passed Away.

DECEMBER - JANUARY BANKING & FINANCE CA IN 2025/26

DECEMBER 2025 - 

 APPOINTMENTS - 

* Indian Female Cricketer Captain Harmanpreet kaur Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Punjab National Bank. ( FIRST FEMALE BRAND AMBASSADOR) 

* ) Ramkrishna Chander Has Been Appointed As The New Managing Director Of LIC

*   Team Lease APPOINTS Suparna Mitra As MD & CEO 

* Jeyandran Venugopal Has Been Appointed As The President And CEO Of Reliance Retail VENTURES 

* RBI Approve The APOINTMENT Of Vikram Sahu As The CEO Of Bank Of America.

* Shri Samiran Sinha Ray Has Been Appointed As Chief Human Resources Officer Of NEEPCO, Under NTPC 

* Sunil Kumar Chugh Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of Canara Bank 

* Parag Rao Has Appointed As The Additional Director Of M & M Fin Board.

 * Arkin Gupta Named Forbes Under 30 List Of Financial Innovation.

*  AJAI Kumar Shukla Has Been Appointed As New MD & CEO Of PNB Housing Finance.

* NSE MD & CEO Asish Chauhan Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of (Acting) IIM CALCUTTA.

 * State Bank of India ( SBI) Appoints Ravi Ranjan As Its Managing Director.

*  Uttar Pradesh Has Emerged As The Fastest Growing Startup Ecosystem With 18000+ Start-ups.

*  Bubhanesh Tharashankar Has Resigned As CFO Of RBL BANK.

*  State Bank of India ( SBI) Reappointed Ashwini Kumar Tewari As Managing Director Of Bank Till December 31 2027 

* Jio Financial Services Appoints Venkata Peri As Group COO 

* B Sairam Assume As The Chairman Cum Managing Director Of Coal India' LIMITED ( CIL) 

*  Rahul Jain Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Financial OFFICER At Suzlon.

* Archana Vyas Has Been Appointed As The New Country DIRECTOR For India GATES FOUNDATION.

* Bharti Airtel Appoints Shashwat Sharma As New MD & CEO 

* Soumen Roy Appointed As GROUP CFO 

* Akhil Garg As CFO ( Airtel India) 

* * IRS OFFICER RAKESH GUPTA HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHIEF VIGILANCE OFFICER OF CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES ( CBDT).

* Yes Bank Board Member Ms Rekha Murthy Joins Reddif Board As IPO 

* IIFL Finance Appoints Ex - RBI Deputy Governor B P Kanungo As Chairman.

* Indian - Origin Amazon Veteran Anand Varadarajan Named CTO Of Starbuck.

* FSIB Recommended Brajesh Kumar Singh As The MD & CEO Of Canara Bank.

 * NIT Prof Mr VENKATA Narshi mam Appointed As The Group Chief Operating Officer, Jio Financial Services.

* Shri Saleem Ahmad Assumed As The Chairman And Managing Director Of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited ( RVNL)

UNVEILED - 

* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Launched Cyient AI Labs - BijAIPatha, CSR - Led NATIONAL Initiative To Democratise Access To Artificial Intelligence At Hampi, Karnataka 

BANKING - 

*  19 Billions UPI Transaction Done in November 2025

* GST COLLECTION ALL Indian States In November 2025 

- 16,122 Crores Maharashtra 

- 7,667 Crores Uttar Pradesh 

- 7574 Crores Karnataka 

- 6800 Crores Tamilnadu 

- 6723 Crores Gujarat 

- 3954 Crores Rajasthan 

- 3835 Crores Haryana 

- 3910 Crores Telengana 

- 3711 Crores West Bengal 

- 3035 Crores Delhi 

- 2963 Crores Kerala 

* 24.58 Lakh Crores UPI TRANSACTION Done In November 2025

* Harmanpreet kaur, PNB Brand Ambassador Has Unveiled The PNB Rupay Metal Credit Card Luxura, PNB ONE 2.0, Digi Surya Ghar, 

* Atal Pension Yojana Has Crossed 8.34 Crores Enrolment 

* LIC And Yes Bank Announced A Strategic Partnership For Banccasureance.

 * RBI Cuts Repo Rate By 25 bps To 5.25%.

*  RBI Announced The New Bank Rule 

*  SEBI Launched The PaRRVA To Curb Misleading Returns Claims 

* India's UPI Recognised by International Monetary Fund ( IMF) As The World's Largest Real Time Retail Payment System By Transaction Volume 

( REPORT By - Growing Retail Digital Payments - The Value Of Interoperability Lists UPI As The World's Largest Retail Fast Payment System) 

* Indusind Bank Partners With Jio -bp To Launch Indusind Bank Jio -bp Mobility+ Credit Card.

* The ASIAN development BANK (ADB) Has Raised Growth forecast For India To 7.2% From 6.5%

* Cabinet Approved The Insurance Amendment Bill 

* MSME MINISTRY Signed MoU With Amazon To Strengthen Market Access For PM Vishwakarma Artesian 

* Steel Authority Of India' (SAIL) Achieved 27% Growth its Sale in November 2025 

* Department Of Post And BSE Signed MoU To Expand Mutual Fund Access Across India.

* State Bank of India ( SBI) Unveiled Yono 2.0 

* HDFC Bank Get RBI NOD To Acquire Aggregate Holding Of Upto 9.50% in Indusind Bank For 1 Year.

* India' And Asian Development Bank Have Signed Loan Worth Over USD 2.2 Billion For Development Project. (for Pradhan Mantri Skilling And Employment , Industrial) 

*  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Introduced The SECURITIES Market Code 2025 Bill.

SEBI MUTUAL FUNDS RULE 2025 - 

*  SEBI Clears The Mutual Fund Rules 2026 ( Replacing 1996 Framework) 

( SEBI APPROVED THE STOCKS BROCKERS) Regulations 2025 

* Google Pay Launched Its First' Credit Card - Called - FLEX, In Partnership With Axis Bank.

* India's Cereal Exports 

* Vodafone - Idea Has Launched India's First Recharge Linked Mobile Theft & Loss Insurance For Prepaid Users.

* Drugs And Pharmaceuticals Exports Increase By 20.91% From USD 2.16 Billion in November 2024 To USD 2.61% Billion in November 2025 

* Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited ( BHEL) Handed Over A Dividend Of Rs 109 Crores To Government.

*  India's Cumulative Exports ( Merchandise And Services) Rose To USD Rs 562.13 billion in April - November 2025 As Compared To USD 533.16 billion in April - November 2024 

*  RBI Imposed 6 Months Restrictions On The Valsad Mahila Nagrik Sahakari Ban

* Government To Sell Stake In 3 Public Sector bank, UCO  Bank, Central Bank Of India And Punjab And Sindh Bank 

*  ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE Insurance Received GST Demand And Penalty Of Rs 18.82 Cr FY 2022.

*  RBI Penalised The Kotak Mahindra Bank Of Rs 61.95 Lakh For Regulatory Lapses.

* The Central Board Of Directors Of The RBI Has Approved A Risk Based Deposit Insurance Framework For Banks At 620th Meeting Held At Hyderabad.

* India And New Zealand Agreed On Free Trade Agreements (FTA) 

SABKA BIMA SABKI RAKSHA ( AMENDMENT FOR INSURANCE LAWS) BILL 2025 - 

* UNION FINANCE MINISTER NIRMALA SITHARAMAN INTRODUCE THE BILL SABKA BIMA SABKI RAKSHA ( AMENDMENT OF INSURANCE LAWS) BILL ON TUESDAY (16/12/2025)ON LOK SABHA.

* RAJYA SABHA PASSED THE BILL ON 17/12/2025 

* THIS BILL ALLOWS 100% FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) IN THE INSURANCE SECTOR.

* MERGERS OF NON INSURANCE & INSURANCE COMPANIES ALLOWED.

* IT ALLOWS FOR CAP ON COMMISSION OF INSURANCE AGENTS & INTERMEDIARY.

* IT MANDATES DATA COLLECTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DIGITAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT. 

* Goldman Sachs GDP Forecast For India (7.6%)

* Till 2025 December India Has Been FTA Signed Since 2021

* IIFL Capital Services Received A Certificate Of Registration From IRDAI As Corporate Agent.

* Union Minister Prahlad Joshi Has Released a New BIS Standard For Incense Sticks To Enhance Customer Safety.

* Kandla International Container Terminal Has Achieved A Historical Milestone By Handling 78,06,220 MT In 2025 

* FICCI Awarded The 

- Best Insurance Campaign ( Life Category) - Generali Central Life Insurance. Company' Limited 

* Paypal Partnership With NPCI To Launch Global UPI Based Payment Platform.

* Contribution Of Indian Sectors in GDP 2025 

( Services 55%, INDUSTRY 27%, Agriculture 18%)

* The RBI has Released The Trend And Progress Of Banking in india 2024/25 Report.

* 26 Years Of The Trade Marks Act 1999.

* NEW LOGO - 

* RRB Unveiled Its New Logo 

*  V O Chidambaranar Port Authority, Tuticorin, Has Achieved Makes History Its Longest Ever Container Vessel 304 Meters in Length And 40 meter in Beam 

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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) Has Imposed Rs 11 Lakh Penalty On UPSC Coaching Institutes For Misleading Claims.

NAVARATNA STATUS  

* NUMALIGARH REFINERY LIMITED ( NRL) GUWAHATI, ASSAM HAS RECOGNISED AS NEW NAVARATNA COMPANY 

AWARDS - 

*  BEL Kotwada Unit Has Won The Platinum Award At CII - EXIM Bank Excellence AWARD 

* India Post Has Awarded By The Asia Pacific Postal UNION ( APPU) Under Innovation Award.

* YouTube CEO Neal Mohan Named TIMES CEO Of The Year 2025.

* Kiran Mazumder Shaw Wins The USC India Award For Business Management.

* State Bank of India (SBI) Has Honoured WITH Excellence in Sustainable & Responsible Banking Bank At The 7th ETBFSI Exceller Award 2025

*  BPCL MUMBAI Refinery Wins The Best Sustainable Project Of The Year 2025 Award.

*  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu Has Been Honoured With Business Reformers Of The Year By Economic Times.

* Coal India' Honoured With The ET NOW Champion Of CSR 2025 Award.

* Mazagon dock Shipyard Limited ( MDL) Has Awarded Best Health Care Support initiative Of The Year 2025 At Indian Social Impact Award, New Delhi 

* Deendayal Port Authority, Kandla Has Bagged Port Of The Year Award - Non Containerised Cargo Award At Gujarat Junction 2025. 

*  Punjab National Bank Has Honoured With Best Bank For Supporting Startup At The MSME Banking Excellence Award 2025 

* ECIL, The Industrial Unit Of Department Of Atomic Energy (DAE) Received IEI Industrial Excellence Award 2025 

JANUARY 2026 - 

ECONOMY - 

* India Surpass Japan Became The World's 4th Largest Economy Countries ( 4.18 Trillion USD) 

* India's Exports In 2025 ( State Wise) 

*  India Rolls Out a Rs 7295 Crores Exporters Credit Package 

* Deposit Insurance And Credit Guarantee Corporation ( DICGC) Celebrates 64th Foundation Day.

* India Surpassed China in Production Of Rice ( 150.18 millions Tonnes In 2025) 

( China - 145.28 million Tonnes)

* Bank Of America Has Raised The GDP Of India To 7.6% 

* Ashika Group has Been APPROVED As Mutual Fund Capital By SEBI.

* EXIM Bank India Has Successfully Issuing 10 Year And 30 Years USD 1 billion Bond

* Life Insurance Corporation Of India ( LIC) Has Introduced A JEEVAN USTAV SINGLE PREMIUM PLAN 

* Real GDP Has Witnessed 7.4% Growth Rate In FY 2025/26 Over The Growth Rate Of 6.5% In FY 2024/25 

* Mundra Port Has Become India's First Port To Handle A Fully Laden Very Large Crude carrier ( VLCC)! with Capacity Of 3.3 Lakh Cubic Meters.

 * India Expected To grow 7.4% By UNDESA.

* India's Non Fossil Fuel Capacity Rises To 266.78 GW In 2025 

* India's Net Direct Tax Collection Grow 8.82,% To 18.38 Lakh Crores 

* Maharashtra Topped the Become Number One Export Ready State Of India 

1) Maharashtra 

2) Tamil Nadu 

3) Gujarat 

4) Uttar Pradesh 

5) Andhra Pradesh 

6) Karnataka 

7) Punjab 

8) Telangana 

9) Madhya Pradesh 

10) Haryana 

11) Kerala

12) West Bengal 

13) Odisha 

* India's Overall Exports in December 2025 At USD 74.01 Billion.

*  India's Export To Middle East And North Africa ( MENA) Records To USD 25,472 Million In April - December 2025 

* The Cumulative Non Petroleum Exports in April - December 2025 Valued At USD 288.16 Billion.

* Innoviti Received RBI NOD For Online And Offline Payment Aggregator 

* India's Pharma Exports Increase From USD 21.7 billion To USD 23.1 Billion To AFRICA And Latin America 

* The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) Has Revised India's GDP GROWTH To 7.3% For FY 2025/26 

* India Has Recorded Electronics Export To USD 47 Billion in 2025 

* INDIA'S Sectoral Growth Projection For FY 2026:

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*  Kerala Has Secured Investment Commitment Worth Rs 1.18 Lakh Crores At Davos , Switzerland In WEF 2026 

*  Kandla Port Has Successfully Tested India's First Linear Induction Motor ( LIM) Based Cargo Mobility Prototype Developed By Chennai 

* Infra Market Gets SEBI Approval For IPO 

* India - EU SIGNED FTA Deal 

REPORTS - 

* NITI Ayog Released The 4th Edition Of The Export Preparedness Index ( EPI) 2024 

*  NITI Aayog Released The Report Achieving Efficiency in The MSME Sectors.

* According To UN Report The Foreign Direct Investment Inflows To India in 2025 Surged By 73% To 47 Billion US Dollars.

* The Economic Survey Projected The GDP GROWTH in Range Of 6.8-72% For FY 27 

*  Steel Authority Of India' Limited ( SAIL) Has Earned The Coveted Great Place To Work Certification From Feb 2026 To February 2027 

BANKING - 

* ONDC Completed 4 Years.

*  Department Of Financial Services Successfully Concluded The Nation Wide 3 Months Long Campaign YOUR MONEY YOUR Right 

* Siddhartha Bhaiya, Managing Director Of Aequitas Passed Away.

* Delhi Government Signed a MoU With Reserve Bank Of India ( RBI) To Enables The RBI To Function As The Banker, Debt Manager And Financial Agent Of Government Of NCT Of Delhi. 

* IDFC FIRST Bank Has Launched The Zero Forex Diamond Reserve Credit Card.

 * RBI Has Cancelled The Certificate Of Registration Of 35 Non Banking Financial Company.

* Financial Software And SYSTEM ( FSS) Became The First Payment Company In India To Earn The ISO/ IEC 42001 Certification ( For AI International Standard) ( 

* Department Of Financial Services Launched The Composite Salary Account Package For Central Government Employees In Association With Public Sector Bank.

* Reserve Bank of India Has Proposed That BRICS Countries Link Their Official Digital Currencies To Make Cross Border Trade And Tourism Payment Ease.

* Amazon Pay Launched Fixed Deposit Service In Partnership With 7 Banks & NBFCs. 

* Karnataka Bank Bagged Best Fintech And Digital Public Infrastructure Adoption Award At 21st Indian Bank Association Banking Technology Award 2026 

* Bengaluru BASED Juspay Become The India's First Startup To Became The First Unicorn in India in 2026 

* Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) And European Securities Markets Authority ( ESMA) Have Signed An MoU For Information Exchange

APPROVED - 

*  Government Of India Has Approved An Equity Support Price Of Rs 5,000 Crores To The Small Industries Development Bank Of India ( SIDBI) 

* Government Of India Has Approved The  Continuation Of Atal Pension Yojana Till 2030-2031 

INTRODUCTION - 

* Reserve Bank of India (RBI)Has Introduced External Auditor Certification To Ensure That The Same Priority SECTOR Lending ( PSL) Loan Is Not Claimed By More Than One Bank 

- Loan GIVEN To The National Cooperative Development CORPORATION (NCDC ) Will Now Be Eligible For Priority SECTOR Lending ( PSL) 

- RRB's Must Achieve 74% PSL Of Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) But Lending To Medium Enterprises, Social Infrastructure And Renewable Energy Together Can Be Counted Only Upto 15% OF ANBC 

- Banks Can't Charge Any Type Of Fee ( Processing Fee, Guarantee Fee, Services, Charge etc.) On PSL Loans Upto RS 50,000.

MARKET ACCESS SUPPORT ( MAS) SCHEME - 

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS LAUNCHED THE MARKET ACCESS SUPPORT ( MAS) SCHEME 

* ROLLED OUT VIA TRADE CONNECT E-PLATFORM.

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*  India Government Has Launched The Interest Subvention For Pre And Post Shipment Export Credit Under The Export Promotion Mission - NIRYAT PROTSAHAN To Reduce The Cost Of Export Finance For MSME Exporters.

TAMILNADU ASSURED PENSION SCHEME - (TASP) 

* GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A GUARANTEED PENSION EQUAL TO 50% OF THE LAST DRAWN MONTHLY SALARY.

* EMPLOYEES WILL CONTRIBUTE 10% OF THEIR SALARY, WHILE THEIR ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE ASSURED PENSION WILL BE BORNE BY THE TAMILNADU GOVERNMENT.

* PENSIONER'S WILL ELIGIBLE FOR DEARNESS ALLOWANCE (DA) INCREASE EVERY 6 MONTHS, 

* IN CASE OF PENSIONER'S DEATH 60% OF THE LAST DRAWN PENSION WILL BE PAID AS A FAMILY PENSION TO THE NOMINATED FAMILY MEMBERS.

* GRATUITY UPTO RS 25 LAKH WILL BE PAID ON RETIREMENT OR IN THE EVENT OF DEATH DURING SERVICE, ( BASED ON THE LENGTH OF SERVICE) 

* AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SCHEME, A MINIMUM PENSION WILL BE ENSURED FOR ALL EMPLOYEE ( WHO RETIRES WITHOUT COMPLETING THE QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR PENSION) 

* EMPLOYEE WHO JOINED SERVICE UNDER THE CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME (CPS) AND RETIRED WITHOUT A PENSION BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TAPS WILL BE PROVIDED A SPECIAL COMPASSIONATE PENSION.

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APPOINTMENTS - 

* Hyundai Motor India Limited ( HMIL) Announced Tarun Garg As MD & CEO 

* Dr Neeraj Mittal Has Been Appointed As The Secretary, Ministry Of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government Of India 

* Manish Raj Gupta Has Takes Additional Charge Of CMD Of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited ( RINL)

* Dr Meenesh Shah Appointed As Chairman Of National Dairy Development Board ( NDDB)

* 1996 Batch Andhra Pradesh Cadre IAS Officer Lav Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The DG Of The Directorate General Of Foreign Trade In The Ministry Of Commerce & Industry.

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* IDFC First Bank Has Launched The GAJ Metal Credit Card.

* India Government Appoints N Venkatram As Part Time Member Of SEBI.

* Sameer Sondhi Appointed As The CFO Of Affleind

* IAS Rabindra Kumar Agarwal Appointed As The Chairman And Managing Director Of FCI.

* Shri Amit Tandon Assumed As The Project Director Of RVNL.

* Shri Anup Hanjura Assumed Charge As The Director ( Technical) P & P Of Central Coalfield Limited ( CCL).

 * Anupam Misra Takes Over Additional Charge Of CMD FACT. 

 * Karthikeyan Manickam Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of ESAF Small Finance Bank.

 * Nianshan Zhang Has Been Appointed As The Director General For South Asia By Asian Development Bank ( ADB).

* Viswanath Suresh Has Appointed As The Chairman - Cum Managing Director Of MOIL Limited ( A Miniratna Company)

* Abhishek Dev's Tenure As Chairman Of APEDA Has Been Extended For One More Year 

 * HSBC Private Bank APPOINTS Ida Liu As Its CEO.

* IAS Girisha P S Has Been Appointed As The Director ( Finance) Of Central Silk Board 

* 2001 IRTS Shelly Srivastava Has Appointed As The Chief Vigilance Officer ( CVO) Of ONGC.

* Anup Kumar Saha Has Been Appointed As The Whole Time Director Of Kotak Mahindra Bank.

* Datadog Appoints Namit D Cruz As Regional Vice PRESIDENT for India And SAARC 

*  Sandeep Bakshi Has Been Re- Appointed As The MD & CEO Of ICICI Bank Till 2028.

* HDFC Bank Gets RBI NoD For Kaizad Bharucha As Whole Time Director From 19th April 2026 

* Deepak Rastogi Appointed As The New CFO Of OLA Electric.

* Genesh Lakshminarayan Appointed As MD & CEO Of Tata Communication.

* Mr Raghvendra Srinivasan Appointed As MD CEO OF Karnataka Bank 

* Arijit Basu Has Been Appointed As The Part Time Chairman of Indusind Bank.

* Shri Kota Ravi Set To Appointed As New Chairman And MD Of HAL.

*  Fintech Firm ZET Received NPCI Approval To Start UPI.

* National Statistics Office ( NSO) Has Projects 7.4% GDP Growth For FY 2026.

* Aksha Air Became The 5th Airlines Of India To Join IATA.

*  Anthropic Appoints Irina Ghosh As The MD Of India Office.

* RVNL Appoints Shri Baldev Singh Jaryal As Executive Director ( Civil) 

* FEDERAL Bank Unveiled Refresh Brand Entity The Fortuna Wave. 

*  Union Health Minister JP Nadda Has Released The 10th Edition Of Indian Pharmacopeia 

* India Rank 8th From 123 At WHO Pharma Co Vigilance 

* Thierry Sabbagh Appointed As President Of NISSAN India.

* Deepender Goyal Has Stepped Down As CEO Of Zomato 

GST COLLECTED - 

* Government Of India Collected Rs 1.75 Lakh Crores GST In December 2025. 

Maharashtra With 16,140 Crores 

Uttar Pradesh With 6,671 Crores 

Karnataka With 6716 Crores 

Gujarat With 6351 Crores 

Tamilnadu With 5992 Crores 

West Bengal With 3559 Crores 

Telengana With 3552 Crores 

Rajasthan With 3455 Crores 

Haryana With 3629 Crores 

Delhi With 2684 Crores 

Andhra Pradesh With 2652 Crores 

Kerala With 2643 Crores 

UPI IN DECEMBER - 

*  21.63 billion UPI Transaction Count In December 2025 

27.97 Lakh Crores UPI Transaction Amount In December 2025 

698 Million Average Daily Transaction Count In December 2025 

MOU SIGNED - 

* Department Of Post And Small Industries Development Bank Of India ( SIDBI) Signed MoU For Contact Point Verification Of Informal Micro Entreprise On Udyam Assist Platform.

* INDIAN Army And HDFC Bank Renewed Their MoU For Providing Banking Services 

AWARDS - 

* BEL Has CONFERRED With SKOCH ESG Gold Award 2025 

* Bharat Electronics Limited ( BEL) CMD Manoj Jain Has Been Conferred The COAS Commendation Card

* Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched Two Post Products ( Speed 24 & Speed 48) 24 Hours And 48 Hours Post Parcelled With In The Good Connectivity City.

* C-DOT Wins The SKOCH Award 2025 

KERALA BUDGET -  

* * KERALA FINANCE MINISTER BALAGOPAL PRESENTS THE STATE BUDGET FOR FY 2026/27 

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