Shingles Disease: Study A study found that Shingles vaccine reduces risk of death from dementia. Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus— the same virus that causes chickenpox. After a person recovers from chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in the nerve cells and can reactivate […]
Month: December 2025
Donald Trump receives inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at World Cup 2026
Donald Trump receives inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at World Cup 2026: Donald Trump was awarded the first-ever FIFA Peace Prize during the official draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, held on 5 December 2025 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The award, presented by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, was meant to recognise […]
India To Hosts 20th UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Session at Red Fort
India To Hosts 20th UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Session at Red Fort: India is set to host the 20th session of the Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) from 8th to 13th December 2025 at the historic Red Fort in New Delhi. This global cultural event will gather representatives from […]
RBI Raises India’s FY26 GDP Growth Forecast to 7.3%
RBI Raises India’s FY26 GDP Growth Forecast to 7.3%: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised India’s GDP growth forecast for FY2025–26 to 7.3%, up from its earlier projection of 6.8%. This upward revision follows a strong second-quarter performance and is seen as a reflection of continued domestic demand, policy reforms, and supportive macroeconomic […]
Amit Shah Inaugurates EARTH Summit 2025 in Gandhinagar
Amit Shah Inaugurates EARTH Summit 2025 in Gandhinagar: On 5 December 2025, Amit Shah, Union Home & Cooperation Minister, inaugurated the EARTH Summit 2025 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Alongside the summit launch, he unveiled over 13 new services and products under the newly introduced Sahakar Sarathi initiative — signalling a major push to modernise India’s cooperative and […]
Google launches Gemini 3 Deep Think mode for Ultra subscribers
Google launches Gemini 3 Deep Think mode for Ultra subscribers: Google has officially rolled out the Gemini 3 Deep Think mode for its AI Ultra subscribers, offering a significant upgrade in reasoning and problem-solving capabilities within the Gemini app. This new feature, previewed last month during the launch of the Gemini 3 AI models, is […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 5th December 2025
Today’s Current Affairs: 5th December 2025 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
RBI Integrated Ombudsman Scheme
RBI Integrated Ombudsman Scheme: According to the RBI’s Annual Report, the complaints registered under the Reserve Bank of India’s Integrated Ombudsman Scheme (RB-IOS) were up by 13.55 per cent in FY25. It was launched in 2021. Objective is to provide customers of Regulated Entities (REs) a speedy, cost-effective and expeditious alternate grievance redress mechanism. It […]
Green Tug Transition Programme : In News
Green Tug Transition Programme: In News The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) virtually flagged off the steel-cutting ceremony for India’s first all-electric green tug for Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), being developed under the Green Tug Transition Programme (GTTP). It aims to transition India’s harbour tug fleet from conventional diesel-powered vessels to greener […]
Alaknanda Galaxy : Study
Alaknanda Galaxy: study Researchers at National Centre for Radio Astrophysics – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA–TIFR), Pune, have discovered a spiral galaxy and named it as named Alaknanda. Alaknanda Galaxy is located about 12 billion light years away and has textbook spiral structure. It is named after a Himalayan river Alaknanda and the Hindi […]
