Science & Technology in News — December 2025

1. Exercise focus: Room intervention, building clearance, heliborne operations, and air assault missions. · 31 Dec · GS2 · note
2. NIA conducted workshops on cryptocurrency investigations to enhance inter-agency collaboration · 31 Dec · GS3 · note
3. Pralay: An indigenous missile system developed by DRDO. · 31 Dec · GS3 · note
4. Facial recognition devices were deployed by J&K Police to identify and prevent the entry of terrorists. · 31 Dec · GS3 · note
5. Quantum technology courses and AI, STEM, and Robotics Labs were introduced in government schools in 2025. · 31 Dec · GS2 · note
6. e-Panta App: Utilizes AI for field crop analysis and satellite imagery for fallow land verification · 31 Dec · GS3 · note
7. Shubhanshu Shukla: First Indian astronaut to board the International Space Station · 31 Dec · GS2 · note
8. IndiaAI Mission: A government initiative providing GPUs to researchers and startups. · 30 Dec · GS3 · note
9. Data collection method: Use of a dedicated app and online submission for recording public responses · 30 Dec · GS2 · note
10. India regulates AI use through the IT Act and Rules. · 30 Dec · GS3 · note
11. Dhruv NG: A 5.5-tonne, light twin-engine multi-role helicopter developed by HAL · 30 Dec · GS3 · note
12. Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module orbit was altered by lunar gravitational influence in November 2025 · 30 Dec · GS3 · note
13. The event provided insights into disturbance torque effects in spaceflight · 30 Dec · GS3 · note
14. Astra Mk-II: beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles for the Indian Air Force · 29 Dec · GS3 · note
15. SPICE-1000: long-range guidance kits approved for the Air Force · 29 Dec · GS3 · note
16. HALE RPAS and Bollard Pull (BP) Tugs approved for the Indian Navy · 29 Dec · GS3 · note
17. LRGR-120: A Long Range Guided Rocket with a maximum strike range of 120 km. · 29 Dec · GS3 · note
18. Anthropic and Google Deepmind are identified as key AI firms participating in the summit. · 29 Dec · GS3 · note
19. Srimanta Sankardeva is a Vaishnavite saint associated with the Sattriya cultural tradition. · 29 Dec · GS1 · note
20. Alaknanda: A spiral galaxy discovered by Indian astronomers to have formed 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. · 29 Dec · GS3 · note
21. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): Source of the data used for the discovery. · 29 Dec · GS3 · note
22. IRoC-U 2026: ISRO Robotics Challenge focused on autonomous navigation for planetary exploration · 28 Dec · GS3 · note
23. The challenge specifically targets the development of autonomous aerial swarms for space missions · 28 Dec · GS3 · note
24. SVALSA: An integrated landslide early warning framework developed by NITK. · 28 Dec · GS3 · note
25. INS Vaghsheer is a Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine. · 28 Dec · GS3 · note
26. Metamorphic changes: Resulted from intense heat and pressure on folded sediments · 28 Dec · GS1 · note
27. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is identified as a significant threat to India's public health · 27 Dec · GS2 · note
28. OpenToonz: Animation software used by students for creating digital content · 27 Dec · GS3 · note

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