Daily Current Affairs: 13 December 2025

Current affairs of 13 December 2025: UNEA-7 Adopts India’s Resolution on Global Wildfire Management; DSC A20: Navy’s First Indigenous Diving Support Craft; FEMA, 1999: Features, Powers and FERA Comparison, and 7 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 10 topics

National Affairs

Raipur to host National Transgender Sports Meet on 19-20 December

Government Schemes

Odisha to get seven more Gati Shakti Multi Modal Cargo Terminals

Banking & Finance

FEMA, 1999: Features, Powers and FERA Comparison
SEBI Two Executive Directors Rule for Market Infrastructure Institutions

Economy

India’s forex reserves rise to $687.26 billion (week to 5 December)

Agriculture & Rural

Copra MSP for 2026 Season: Milling and Ball Copra Rates

Environment & Ecology

UNEA-7 Adopts India’s Resolution on Global Wildfire Management
Meghalaya Inaugurates Soil Lake at Williamnagar
Delhi-NCR AQI turns Severe; CAQM moves GRAP Stage 3 to Stage 4

Defence & Security

DSC A20: Navy’s First Indigenous Diving Support Craft

National Affairs

Health & Social Issues

1. Raipur to host National Transgender Sports Meet on 19-20 December

The National Transgender Sports Meet will be held on 19-20 December 2025 in Raipur.
Venue: Swami Vivekanand Athletic Stadium; theme: 'Samta Ka Mahotsav' (Festival of Equality).
Chhattisgarh Mitwa Sankalp Samiti organises it, with support from the state's social welfare department.
It is the first national platform for transgender athletes in nearly a decade.

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Government Schemes

Economy

2. Odisha to get seven more Gati Shakti Multi Modal Cargo Terminals

Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Rajya Sabha on 12 December 2025 that Odisha will get seven more Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals.
Ten such terminals are already commissioned in Odisha.
About 120 terminal locations are commissioned nationwide.
Jakhapura terminal in Jajpur cost Rs 36.85 crore and handles about 86 rakes a month.
The GCT policy was introduced in December 2021.

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Banking & Finance

Economy

3. FEMA, 1999: Features, Powers and FERA Comparison

FEMA, 1999 replaced FERA, 1973 and has been in force since 1 June 2000.
Violations are civil offences; the law divides transactions into current and capital account types.
RBI regulates capital account transactions; ED investigates contraventions.

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Banking & Finance

4. SEBI Two Executive Directors Rule for Market Infrastructure Institutions

SEBI notified a governance framework for Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs): exchanges, clearing corporations, depositories.
Each MII must appoint two full-time EDs to its governing board: Critical Operations, and Regulatory, Compliance and Risk.
Hiring needs open advertisement and at least two candidates per post sent to SEBI.

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Economy

5. India’s forex reserves rise to $687.26 billion (week to 5 December)

Total forex reserves were $687.26 billion in the week ended 5 December 2025.
They rose by $1.03 billion over the week.
Foreign currency assets stood at $556.88 billion; gold reserves at $106.984 billion.
The all-time high is $704.89 billion, reached in September 2024.

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Agriculture & Rural

Economy

6. Copra MSP for 2026 Season: Milling and Ball Copra Rates

CCEA approved a higher MSP for copra for the 2026 market season.
Milling copra (FAQ) gets ₹12,027 per quintal, up ₹445.
Ball copra gets ₹12,500 per quintal, up ₹400.

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Environment & Ecology

7. UNEA-7 Adopts India’s Resolution on Global Wildfire Management

India's resolution on strengthening global wildfire management was adopted at UNEA-7 in Nairobi, Kenya.
UNEP's report "Spreading Like Wildfire" projects wildfires rising 14% by 2030, 30% by 2050 and 50% by 2100.
UNEA was set up in 2012 and replaced UNEP's Governing Council.

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Government Schemes

8. Meghalaya Inaugurates Soil Lake at Williamnagar

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma inaugurated a soil lake at Williamnagar in East Garo Hills.
It is part of the Nengsang River Valley Project, focused on soil and water resource management.
The lake stores nearly 10,000 cubic metres of water and covers about 0.5 hectare.
Aims include groundwater recharge, flood mitigation, irrigation support, soil health and eco-tourism.

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Polity & Governance

9. Delhi-NCR AQI turns Severe; CAQM moves GRAP Stage 3 to Stage 4

Delhi's AQI crossed 400 (Severe) on 13 December 2025 and reached 441 by 6 pm.
CAQM first imposed GRAP Stage 3, then escalated to Stage 4 the same day.
Stage 4 bars non-essential trucks and older diesel vehicles and halts construction and demolition.
Weather factors such as a weak Western Disturbance and low wind speed were blamed.

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Defence & Security

Science & Technology

10. DSC A20: Navy’s First Indigenous Diving Support Craft

The Indian Navy was to commission DSC A20 at Kochi, its first indigenously designed and built Diving Support Craft.
It supports inspection, repair and salvage dives in coastal and near-shore waters.
Titagarh Rail Systems Limited, Kolkata, built it to Indian Register of Shipping naval rules.

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Daily Current Affairs: 13 December 2025

In this issue: 10 topics

National Affairs

1. Raipur to host National Transgender Sports Meet on 19-20 December

Government Schemes

2. Odisha to get seven more Gati Shakti Multi Modal Cargo Terminals

Banking & Finance

3. FEMA, 1999: Features, Powers and FERA Comparison

4. SEBI Two Executive Directors Rule for Market Infrastructure Institutions

Economy

5. India’s forex reserves rise to $687.26 billion (week to 5 December)

Agriculture & Rural

6. Copra MSP for 2026 Season: Milling and Ball Copra Rates

Environment & Ecology

7. UNEA-7 Adopts India’s Resolution on Global Wildfire Management

8. Meghalaya Inaugurates Soil Lake at Williamnagar

9. Delhi-NCR AQI turns Severe; CAQM moves GRAP Stage 3 to Stage 4

Defence & Security

10. DSC A20: Navy’s First Indigenous Diving Support Craft

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