🏛️ Polity & Governance

🔷 National Good Governance Day Observed

India celebrates Good Governance Day (Sushasan Divas) every year on December 25.
Why: To mark the 101st birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
2025 Theme: The theme for this year is “Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore” (Administration Towards the Village).
Major Event: PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rashtra Prerna Sthal in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, to honour the legacy of Bharat Ratna Vajpayee ji.

📢 PIB / Government Reports & Schemes

🔷 Cabinet Approves 3 New Delhi Metro Corridors

The Union Cabinet approved Phase V(A) of the Delhi Metro project on December 24, 2024.
Total Cost: The project will cost ₹12,015 crore and add 16 kilometres to the network.
New Routes: 1. R.K. Ashram to Indraprastha, 2. Aerocity to IGI Airport Terminal-1, and 3. Tughlakabad to Kalindi Kunj.
Benefit: It will provide direct connectivity to the Central Vista area and benefit over 2.5 lakh daily commuters.

🔷 Gram Panchayats Win National e-Governance Awards

For the first time, a new category was added to recognize Digital Panchayats.
Gold Award: Rohini Gram Panchayat (Dhule, Maharashtra) won Gold for becoming the state’s first fully paperless e-Office panchayat.
Silver Award: West Majlishpur Gram Panchayat (Tripura) won Silver for providing 100% online citizen services like birth and death certificates.

🔬 Science & Technology

🔷 ISRO Successfully Launches Heaviest Commercial Satellite

On December 24, ISRO’s LVM3-M6 rocket successfully launched the BlueBird-6 satellite from Sriharikota.
World Record: At 6,100 kg, this is the heaviest commercial satellite ever launched from Indian soil.
Tech Breakthrough: The satellite (for USA's AST SpaceMobile) will provide 5G internet directly to regular smartphones from space.
This is the 9th consecutive success for the LVM3 rocket, proving India’s strength in the global space market.

🌿 Environment & Ecology

🔷 Complete Ban on Mining in Aravalli Range

The Central Government has imposed a complete ban on all new mining leases in the Aravalli Range across Rajasthan and Haryana.
Why: To protect the ecology and stop the desertification of the Delhi-NCR region.
This decision follows heavy protests by local activists and environmentalists regarding the loss of green cover.

👤 Personalities

🔷 Legendary Writer Vinod Kumar Shukla Passes Away

Renowned Hindi writer and Jnanpith Awardee Vinod Kumar Shukla passed away on December 23, 2025.
He was famous for his novel ‘Naukar Ki Kameez’ and won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1999.
PM Modi condoled his death, calling him a giant of Indian literature.

🎭 Culture & Important Events

🔷 164th Birth Anniversary of Madan Mohan Malaviya

The nation pays tribute to Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya on his birth anniversary (Dec 25).
Legacy: He was the founder of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and was a 3-time President of the Indian National Congress.
Honour: He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2014.

📌 December 25 General Knowledge

Good Governance Day: Celebrated since 2014 to promote accountability in government. It coincides with the birthday of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861): Known as 'Mahamana', he founded the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha and the influential newspaper 'The Leader'.
Christmas Day: Celebrated globally to mark the birth of Jesus Christ. In India, it is a gazetted public holiday.
C. Rajagopalachari (Death Anniversary): Today is the death anniversary of the last Governor-General of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (died 1972).
Kolkata Name Change (2000): On this day in 2000, the central government approved changing the name of Calcutta to Kolkata.