🪖 Defence & Security

🔷 Indian Navy Day Celebrated Across India

Indian Navy Day is celebrated every year on December 4 to recognize the role of the Navy and commemorate Operation Trident during the 1971 Indo-Pak War.
Operational Demonstration (Op Demo 2025): The main event was held off the coast of Shanghumugham Beach, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Chief Guest: President Droupadi Murmu, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, attended the event.
Showcase: The Navy showcased its multi-domain combat capabilities, including the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, missile destroyer INS Imphal, and the elite MARCOS (Marine Commandos).
Theme: The theme for Indian Navy Day 2025 is “Combat Ready, Cohesive and Self-Reliant,” highlighting the focus on indigenization (Aatmanirbhar Bharat).

📢 PIB / Government Reports & Schemes

🔷 ADB Approves Loans for Rooftop Solar Adoption in India

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a USD 650 million (about ₹5,400 crore) policy-based loan to India.
Goal: The loan aims to accelerate the adoption of rooftop solar power among 10 million households by 2027.
Scheme Support: This funding directly supports the government's flagship Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG-MBY).
Other ADB Grants: ADB also approved a USD 110 million loan for a Skills Development Programme in Gujarat and a USD 1 million grant for the SWIFT (Sustainable Wetland and Integrated Fisheries Transformation) Project in Assam.

🔷 BDL Secures ₹2,461 Crore Defence Contracts

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Defence, secured new contracts worth ₹2,461.62 crore.
Equipment: The contracts are from the Indian Army for the supply of Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs) and Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs).
Method: The procurement was done through an emergency procurement process to quickly meet the needs of the Armed Forces.

💰 Economy & Banking

🔷 RBI Ombudsman Report Highlights Grievances

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the Annual Report of the Ombudsman Scheme 2024-25 under the RB-Integrated Ombudsman Scheme (RB-IOS), 2021.
Complaints Rise: The total number of complaints received under the Ombudsman Scheme saw an increase of 13.55% over the previous year.
Leading Cause: The majority of grievances were related to Loans and Credit Cards, indicating a need for better consumer protection in these areas.
Significance: The RBI-IOS provides a cost-free and expeditious (fast) mechanism for resolving customer complaints against regulated entities like banks and NBFCs.

🏛️ Polity & Governance

🔷 Calcutta HC Upholds Cancellation of Primary Teacher Jobs

The Calcutta High Court (HC) upheld its earlier order to cancel 32,000 primary teachers’ jobs in West Bengal.
Reason: The court observed that the recruitment process was deeply affected by irregularities (wrongdoing).
Impact: This decision affects thousands of teachers appointed under the primary education board and underscores the judiciary's role in ensuring fairness and transparency in public recruitment.

🌐 International Relations & Agreements

🔷 India and Maldives Enhance Defence Ties

The joint military exercise 'EKUVERIN 2025' concluded successfully between India and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF).
Objective: The exercise aims to strengthen interoperability and counter-terrorism skills between the two forces.
Policy Alignment: This bilateral exercise supports India's Neighbourhood First Policy and the SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) vision.
Location: EKUVERIN 2025 was conducted in the Maldives.

🏆 Awards & Honours

🔷 Darjeeling Mandarin Orange Gets GI Tag

The Darjeeling Mandarin Orange from West Bengal has officially received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
Local Name: It is locally known as 'Suntala'.
Significance: The tag will help protect its name and ensure that only oranges from that specific region, grown using traditional methods, can be marketed under the 'Darjeeling Mandarin Orange' name.
Proprietor: The tag was awarded to the Darjeeling Organic Farmers Producer Organisation (DOFPO).

📌 December 4, 2025 General Knowledge

Indian Navy Day: Observed on December 4 every year to commemorate Operation Trident, the Indian Navy's attack on the Karachi Harbour during the 1971 Indo-Pak War.
1959 (Damodar Valley Corporation): The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) was formally inaugurated. It is India's first multipurpose river valley project.
1984 (Bhopal Gas Tragedy): The toxic Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) gas leak, which started on the night of December 2, officially culminated on December 4, 1984.
1967 (Space): The Surveyor 7 spacecraft, the seventh and last of the American unmanned lunar soft-landing missions, was launched on this day.