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Daily Current Affairs: 10 December 2025

Current affairs of 10 December 2025: Aditya-L1: ISRO’s Solar Mission at the L1 Point; India-France-UAE Trilateral Air Drill Over Arabian Sea; SURYAKIRAN-XIX: India-Nepal Army Exercise at Pithoragarh, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

EARTH Summit 2025: Sahakar Sarathi Digital Services

Banking & Finance

RBI Final Bank Group Guidelines Ease Draft Limits
Airpay Wins RBI Approval as Cross-Border Payment Aggregator
IMF Names UPI the Largest Real-Time Retail Payment System
Sebi Merchant Banker Norms: Net Worth and Revenue Rules
PFC and SIDBI Cancel ₹11,500 Crore Bond Issues on Higher Yields

Economy

Amazon announces USD 35 billion India investment by 2030

International Affairs

WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine 2025 in Delhi

Agriculture & Rural

India-Brazil Dairy Genomics MoU: Embrapa Partnership
Draft Seeds Bill 2025: Registration, Traceability and Penalties

Science & Technology

Aditya-L1: ISRO’s Solar Mission at the L1 Point

Environment & Ecology

Senna spectabilis: Tamil Nadu’s Drive to Clear the Invasive Tree
UNEA-7 in Nairobi and UNEP’s GEO-7 report: key findings

Defence & Security

India-France-UAE Trilateral Air Drill Over Arabian Sea
SURYAKIRAN-XIX: India-Nepal Army Exercise at Pithoragarh

National Affairs

Government Schemes

1. EARTH Summit 2025: Sahakar Sarathi Digital Services

Amit Shah inaugurated EARTH Summit 2025 at Gandhinagar, unveiling over 13 Sahakar Sarathi digital services.
Targets: cooperatives in every Panchayat and 50 crore members.
49 lakh farmers are in certified organic production.

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Banking & Finance

2. RBI Final Bank Group Guidelines Ease Draft Limits

RBI issued final bank-group guidelines, revising the October 2024 draft criticised as too restrictive.
Overlapping lending between a bank and group entities is allowed with board approval.
Safeguards include a 20% cap on ARC holdings; compliance is due by 31 March 2028.

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3. Airpay Wins RBI Approval as Cross-Border Payment Aggregator

Airpay Payment Services received RBI approval as a cross-border payment aggregator.
This completes its authorisation under the unified Payment Aggregator (PA) framework.
It now covers online, POS and cross-border payments.

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Banking & Finance

4. IMF Names UPI the Largest Real-Time Retail Payment System

IMF recognised UPI as the largest real-time retail payment system by transaction volume.
NPCI operates UPI; RBI regulates it.
Pilot launch: April 2016, Governor Raghuram Rajan.

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5. Sebi Merchant Banker Norms: Net Worth and Revenue Rules

Sebi's new framework sets two categories of merchant bankers: Category 1 needs ₹50 crore net worth, Category 2 needs ₹10 crore.
At least 25% of minimum net worth must stay liquid, and underwriting is capped at 20 times liquid net worth.
Category 1 needs ₹12.5 crore cumulative revenue over three years; Category 2 needs ₹2.5 crore.
ESOP and sweat equity valuations move from merchant bankers to independent registered valuers.

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6. PFC and SIDBI Cancel ₹11,500 Crore Bond Issues on Higher Yields

PFC and SIDBI withdrew planned bond issues worth a combined ₹11,500 crore.
Investor bids came at higher yields than expected.
The RBI had cut rates by 25 bps in its 5 December policy.

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Economy

7. Amazon announces USD 35 billion India investment by 2030

Amazon will invest USD 35 billion in India by 2030, on top of USD 40 billion invested since 2010.
Money will go to fulfilment, data centres, payments, logistics, with AI and cloud capabilities.
Amazon aims to quadruple India-led exports from USD 20 billion to USD 80 billion.
Amazon says it has digitised over 12 million small businesses in India.

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International Affairs

International Relations

8. WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine 2025 in Delhi

The 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine is scheduled for 17-19 December 2025.
Venue: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
It aims at scientific validation, policy integration and global collaboration in traditional and complementary medicine.

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Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

9. India-Brazil Dairy Genomics MoU: Embrapa Partnership

Tripartite India-Brazil MoU on dairy cattle and buffalo genomics signed in Brasília.
First Embrapa private partnership in India; first B2G tie-up in bovine genomics.
Pilot state is Uttar Pradesh.

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Polity & Governance

10. Draft Seeds Bill 2025: Registration, Traceability and Penalties

The Draft Seeds Bill, 2025 would replace the Seeds Act, 1966 and the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983.
Seed sales need registration based on Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) trials.
Farmers may save and sell farm-saved seeds, except under a brand name.

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Science & Technology

Science & Technology

11. Aditya-L1: ISRO’s Solar Mission at the L1 Point

Aditya-L1 is an ISRO satellite mission to study the Sun's atmosphere, magnetic storms and their effect on Earth.
It sits at Lagrange Point 1, about 1.5 million km from Earth towards the Sun.
It carries seven indigenous payloads, split into remote sensing and in-situ types.
By early 2026 it was in its Science Phase, with a second Announcement of Opportunity issued.

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Environment & Ecology

Agriculture & Rural Development

12. Senna spectabilis: Tamil Nadu’s Drive to Clear the Invasive Tree

Tamil Nadu aims to clear Senna spectabilis, an invasive tree, from all forest divisions by March 2026.
The yellow-flowered legume (Fabaceae) is native to South and Central America.
It forms dense monocultures and raises fire risk; IUCN status is Least Concern.

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Environment & Ecology

13. UNEA-7 in Nairobi and UNEP’s GEO-7 report: key findings

The seventh UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) met in Nairobi, with UNEP's Medium-Term Strategy 2026-2030 under negotiation.
Fifteen draft resolutions were under negotiation; UNEP's regular budget was cut by 20%.
GEO-7 says GHG emissions have grown 1.5% a year since 1990 and one million species face extinction.
The report says strategic investment could yield USD 20 trillion a year by 2070.
UNEP was founded on 5 June 1972 and is headquartered in Nairobi.

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Defence & Security

International Relations

14. India-France-UAE Trilateral Air Drill Over Arabian Sea

The IAF, French Air and Space Force and UAE Air Force began a trilateral air drill on 10 December 2025.
It ran over the Arabian Sea until 11 December.
The zone lay about 200 nautical miles from Karachi, per NOTAMs.

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International Relations

15. SURYAKIRAN-XIX: India-Nepal Army Exercise at Pithoragarh

The 19th edition of the India-Nepal joint military exercise SURYAKIRAN ended at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
A two-day battalion-level validation exercise was witnessed by both countries' DGMOs.
Counter-terrorism drills followed procedures under Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
Drones, AI-enabled surveillance feeds and unmanned platforms were part of the exercise.

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