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- The first Indian organization C-DOT received the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) SA Corporate Award 2025 for contributions to wireless broadband, rural 5G, and telecom education.
- Exercise Ekatha 2025 is the 8th annual bilateral maritime exercise held in the Maldives between the Indian Navy and the Maldives National Defence Force.
- The 2025 International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Prize was awarded to Titas Chanda and Sthitadhi Roy for their contributions to the theory of quantum many-body systems and quantum information science.
- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) launched India’s first wildlife-safe road on NH-45 in Madhya Pradesh.
- Retired IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal has been appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission (CIC).
- The University of Patanjali has been designated as India’s first Yoga and Ayurveda-based Cluster Centre under the Gyan Bharatam Mission of the Ministry of Culture.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first world leader to receive The Great Honour Nishan of Ethiopia, the country’s highest civilian award.
- Indian Railways has completed over 99 percent electrification of its broad-gauge network across 25 states and union territories.
- Between 2019 and 2025, more than 33,000 route kilometres were electrified.
- Bannerghatta Biological Park of Bengaluru has imported eight black-capped capuchin monkeys from South Africa under an animal exchange program.
- The monkeys, scientifically known as Sapajus apella, will enhance genetic diversity, breeding programmes, and behavioural enrichment at the park.
- International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2025 is observed on 17 December 2025 to raise awareness about violence and human rights violations faced by sex workers.
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