December 2025 Monthly Current Affairs Magazine (English)

ReadingRoomz December 2025 Current Affairs Magazine | APPSC Exam Preparation

Are you preparing for APPSC Group-1, Group-2, DSC, or SI exams? The ReadingRoomz December 2025 Current Affairs Magazine is your all-in-one monthly companion designed to save time, boost revision speed, and sharpen your exam performance.

Packed with structured summaries, key facts, exam notes, and 137 practice MCQs with a complete answer key, this magazine ensures you never miss a critical current event that could appear in your next exam.

What’s Inside?

International Current Affairs:

• PM Modi’s Historic Visit to Jordan — First Full Bilateral Visit (75th Anniversary of India-Jordan Diplomatic Relations)
• Five MoUs signed, including the Petra–Ellora twinning agreement
• World’s Largest Nuclear Power Station — Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, Japan (restart update)
• World’s Largest Crude Oil Reserves — Venezuela (key facts and OPEC context)

National Current Affairs:

• Mandatory HUID for Silver Jewellery — BIS (effective September 2025)
• 32 Operational National Waterways — India (complete state-wise table)
• India’s First Table-Top Red Marking on a National Highway (Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve stretch)
• 10th Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 — Theme and citizen participation
• National Frequency Allocation Plan 2025 (NFAP-2025) — Spectrum governance update

AP State Current Affairs:

• Ponduru Khadi Gets GI Tag (Srikakulam, AP)
• Sagarmala Projects in Andhra Pradesh — Rs. 1 Lakh Crore (110 identified projects)
• National Energy Conservation Awards 2025 — AP Wins 1st Prize (4th Consecutive Year)
• Interlinking of Rivers in AP — Complete river-link project table
• India’s First Aviation, Aerospace & Defence (AAD) Educity — Bhogapuram
• Anantapur Police Win ABCD Award (cybercrime racket busted)
• ‘Amarajeevi Jaladhaara’ — Rs. 3,050 Crore Water Grid Project (Godavari region)
• PESA Mahotsav 2025 — Visakhapatnam
• Unified Family Survey, Andhra Taxi App, Gandikota Master Plan, Narasapuram Lace Craft, Gen Z Post Office, Mustabu Programme, Child Marriage data, Veer Bal Diwas Award 2025, and more

State Current Affairs:

• Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve — Madhya Pradesh
• Maharashtra Legislature — No Leader of Opposition (First Since 1960)
• Bhopal Becomes India’s 26th City with Metro Operations
• Punjab Declares Three ‘Holy Cities’
• Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project — Unit 2 Commissioned (Arunachal Pradesh-Assam)
• Rashtra Prerna Sthal Inaugurated in Lucknow (Vajpayee’s 101st birth anniversary)
• Dulhasti Stage-II — 260 MW Hydropower Project Approved (Chenab River, J&K)
• REPM Manufacturing Scheme — Rs.7,280 Crore
• Silky Soil Crisis — Tamil Nadu Coastal Villages

Polity & Governance:

• SHANTI Bill, 2025 — Replacing the Atomic Energy Act, 1962
• Leader of Opposition (LoP) — Legal and Constitutional Framework
• Central Information Commission (CIC) — Key Facts
• 6th Session of 18th Lok Sabha — December 2025 (8 Bills Passed)
• SC on Ad Hoc Judges — Article 224A
• Securities Market Code Bill, 2025
• CSR — SC’s New Interpretation and Great Indian Bustard
• Constitution in the Santhali Language (Ol Chiki Script)
• Supreme Court Pauses Aravalli Definition Ruling

Economy:

• 100% FDI in Insurance Sector Bill Passed (FDI journey: 26% → 100%)
• RBI Liquidity Infusion — OMO (Rs. 2,00,000 crore) and Dollar-Rupee Swap ($10 billion)
• Open Market Operations (OMO) and USD-INR Swap explained

Science & Technology:

• AI-Based Monsoon Forecast Pilot Project (Google NeuralGCM + ECMWF AIFS + 125 years of IMD data)
• India’s Four Major Satellite Launches in 2025 — NVS-02, EOS-09, NISAR, CMS-03
• Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) — India’s Own Space Station (2035 target)
• India’s Nuclear Energy Mission — Small Modular Reactors (BSMR-200, SMR-55)
• DHRUV64 — India’s First Indigenous 64-bit Microprocessor (C-DAC, RISC-V)
• ISRO Launches Heaviest-Ever Satellite — LVM3-M6 / BlueBird Block-2
• Deep Ocean Mission and IMD Weather Tech Upgrades (H-AWOS, MAUSAM, MEGHDOOT, DAMINI)
• Next-Generation Antivenom — Nanobody Technology from Alpacas
• Department of Space Year-End Review 2025 — SpaDeX, VIKRAM3201, Shubhanshu Shukla’s ISS Stay
• Alaknanda Spiral Galaxy, IndiaAI Mission (Rs. 10,300 crore), Sunlight-Driven C-F Bond Break

Environment:

• Inhalable Microplastics — Air Pollution Threat in Indian Cities (Delhi, Kolkata worst affected)
• Southern Ocean Carbon Anomaly (carbon absorption higher than models predicted)
• Keezhadi — Flood Burial Discovery (OSL dating technique)
• North Indian Ocean Cyclone Trends (1900–2025) and Rare Earth Elements

Defence:

• Key Military Exercises — GARUDA SHAKTI (10th Ed.), GARUDA (8th Ed.), DESERT CYCLONE-II, EKUVERIN
• Operation Sagar Bandhu — HADR Support to Sri Lanka
• New Naval Vessels — ICG Ship Amulya, Anjadip ASW SWC, Pollution Control Vessel Samudra Pratap
• Bureau of Port Security (BoPS) Constituted under the Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
• President’s Sortie on INS Vaghsheer, INSV Kaundinya, DAC Approvals worth Rs. 79,000 crore

Schemes & Programmes:

• MSME TEAM Initiative (sub-scheme under RAMP)
• PMJUGA — Tribal Homestays, FASAL Programme, e-Panchayat MMP
• Ministry of Tribal Affairs Key Schemes — DhartiAaba, PM-JANMAN, NAVYA, EMRS, PMJVM
• 25 Years of PMGSY and Jal Seva Aankalan

Awards & Honours:

• ICTP Prize 2025 — IIT Madras Scientists (Titas Chanda & Sthitadhi Roy)
• PM Modi — Ethiopia’s Highest Civilian Honour (Great Honour Nishan)
• Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2025 — Jharkhand wins maiden title
• Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 — Complete list (Vigyan Ratna, Vigyan Shri, Vigyan Team)

Rank & Reports:

• UPI — World’s Largest Real-Time Payment System (IMF; 49% of global real-time transactions)
• Demow Model — ICMR Snakebite Study
• India’s Methane Emissions — Satellite data revelations

Committees & Conferences:

• UNESCO’s 20th ICH Committee Session — Hosted by India at Red Fort (Chhath Mahaparva, Diwali nominated)
• National Conference of PSC Chairpersons — Hyderabad
• India to Chair Kimberley Process from 2026

MoUs & Agreements:

• NHAI-Reliance Jio MoU — Telecom-Based Road Safety Alert System
• India-Netherlands MoU (Maritime Heritage, Lothal NMHC)
• India-New Zealand FTA (100% duty-free access for Indian exports)
• NATGRID-NPR Linkage (119 crore residents’ family-wise data)

Important Days — December 2025: Complete coverage of all key observances, including BSF Raising Day, National Pollution Control Day, Indian Navy Day, Vijay Diwas, Goa Liberation Day, National Mathematics Day, National Consumer Day, PESA Day, Good Governance Day, and Veer Bal Diwas — with exam-relevant context notes.

Persons in News:

• Raj Kumar Goyal — New Chief Information Commissioner
• Obituaries: Sreenivasan (Malayalam Actor), Vinod Kumar Shukla (Jnanpith Awardee), S. Krishnaswamy (Documentary Filmmaker)
• Ram Sutar — Sculptor of Statue of Unity Passes Away

Sports:

• India Wins Maiden Squash World Cup 2025 — First Asian Country to Win
• World Rapid Chess Championship 2025, Doha — Magnus Carlsen (Open), Aleksandra Goryachkina (Women’s), Koneru Humpy & Arjun Erigaisi (Bronze)

Books, Festivals & Miscellaneous:

• Hornbill Festival 2025 — Nagaland (Switzerland, Ireland, UK as partner countries)
• GoIStats App, Ex-Agniveer Reservation in CAPFs (raised to 50%), NITI Aayog Higher Education Roadmap
• ‘Your Money, Your Right’ Initiative, National Leaders Memorial Sites (complete table)

137 MCQs + Complete Answer Key Consolidated practice questions covering all sections — ideal for last-minute revision and self-assessment.

Why ReadingRoomz?

• Designed in alignment with the APPSC examination pattern
• Special emphasis on Andhra Pradesh state affairs
• Clear, simple English medium presentation
• Facilitates easy revision by highlighting key topics
• Enables self-assessment through MCQs

Who is it useful for?

• APPSC Group-1 Aspirants
• APPSC Group-2 Aspirants
• AP DSC & TET (Teacher Recruitment) Aspirants
• AP SI (Sub-Inspector) Aspirants
• AP Police Constable Aspirants
• Aspirants of other competitive exams

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