Current Affairs Quiz – December 2025

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Bridge Summit 2025 was held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. The summit attracted more than 60,000 participants from 132 countries, making it the world’s largest debut media event. It featured more than 400 international speakers and 300 exhibitors across more than 300 sessions covering media, the creator economy, music, gaming, technology, marketing, and visual storytelling.

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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi have developed an ingestible device that can directly sample bacteria from the small intestine. The innovation helps overcome limitations of current methods like endoscopy or stool analysis, which do not accurately reflect upper gut conditions. The pill-sized device remains closed in the stomach and opens only in the intestine to collect bacterial samples, then reseals safely. It uses an enteric-coated gelatin cap that dissolves at intestinal pH, allowing fluid and microbes to enter sampling chambers. The study was conducted in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi and funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

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Scientists have raised concerns that Narpuh Wildlife Sanctuary is facing serious conservation challenges due to limestone mining and cement factory activities nearby. The sanctuary is located in the East Jaintia Hills district, near Jowai town, in Meghalaya. It was officially notified as a wildlife sanctuary in 2014, and it is the only protected area in the Jaintia Hills region. The sanctuary is surrounded by Reserve Forests on all sides except the south-west side, which shares a boundary with the Assam.

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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi received Ethiopia’s highest civilian honour, “The Great Honour Nishan of Ethiopia,” from Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. The award was conferred during a special ceremony at the Addis International Convention Centre. It recognises Modi’s exceptional contribution to strengthening India–Ethiopia partnership and his global leadership. He became the first head of state/head of government globally to receive this honour. He dedicated the award to the 1.4 billion (140 crore) people of India.

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Manu Bhaker and Simranpreet Kaur Brar won gold medals at the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi. Manu Bhaker won in the Senior Women’s 25m Sports Pistol event. She scored 36 in the final, finishing 4 hits ahead of Divya T.S. (Karnataka), who won silver; Anjali Choudhary won bronze. Simranpreet Kaur Brar won the Junior Women’s 25m Sports Pistol event. She shot 39 in the final to secure the gold medal, continuing her impressive performance streak.

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The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), under the Ministry of Culture, won two PRSI National Awards 2025 from the Public Relations Society of India (PRSI). One award was for the Har Ghar Museum initiative in the Best Use of Social Media in a Corporate Campaign category. The second award was for the “Waste to Art” publication under the Special/Prestige Publication category. “Waste to Art” documents NCSM’s initiative under Special Campaign 4.0 and Swachhata Hi Sewa, transforming around 1,250 kg of waste into art installations across NCSM units. The installations served as educational exhibits promoting circular economy principles, and workshops and competitions engaged students and communities.

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The Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched SabhaSaar, an AI-enabled voice-to-text meeting summarisation tool, on 14 August 2025. SabhaSaar has been made available to all States and Union Territories for use in Gram Sabha and Panchayat meetings. In the pilot phase, all 1,194 Gram Panchayats of Tripura were encouraged to use the tool for Special Gram Sabhas on 15 August 2025. A total of 1,047 Gram Panchayats in Tripura successfully used SabhaSaar on 15 August 2025, accounting for 87 percent adoption. Across India, 12,667 Gram Panchayats used SabhaSaar on 15 August 2025. As of 03 December 2025, a cumulative total of 92,376 Gram Panchayats across States and UTs had used SabhaSaar for automated meeting summarisation.

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Odisha hosts the Regional Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Conference from December 19–20, focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) in governance and public service delivery. Odisha AI Policy 2025, along with policies in FinTech, Global Capability Centres, and advanced electronics, supports large-scale, responsible AI adoption. The state aims to build a complete AI innovation ecosystem with strong governance, digital capabilities, and long-term policy certainty. The conference’s objectives align with the India AI Impact Summit and focus on sustainability and inclusive growth guided by the “Three Ps – Planet, People, and Progress.”

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The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting informed Lok Sabha about the Development Communication and Information Dissemination Scheme. It is a Central Sector Scheme under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB). It supports information dissemination and citizen outreach for Government programmes, schemes and initiatives. Central Bureau of Communication (CBC) is a unit under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) providing communication solutions to Ministries, Departments, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and autonomous bodies.

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The Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying informed Rajya Sabha about white spot disease. It is a highly contagious viral infection affecting crustaceans like prawns, yabbies and crabs. It is caused by White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV). All decapod crustaceans (order Decapoda) from marine, brackish and freshwater environments are susceptible.