Daily Current Affairs: 14 & 15 December 2025

Current affairs of 14 & 15 December 2025: SHANTI Bill: Atomic Energy Bill 2025 Opens Nuclear Sector; Stanford AI Vibrancy Index 2025: India Ranks Third; Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill 2025: Single Regulator, and 9 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 12 topics

National Affairs

SHANTI Bill: Atomic Energy Bill 2025 Opens Nuclear Sector
Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill 2025: Single Regulator
National Blood Transfusion Bill 2025: Key Provisions
Nitin Nabin Takes Charge as BJP National Working President
Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty elected first woman Press Club of India head

Banking & Finance

Regional Rural Banks Complete 50 Years: Structure and Role
SEBI Considers Lower F&O Margins on Non-Expiry Days
MSME Loan Repricing: Banks Told to Use External Benchmarks

Agriculture & Rural

Natural Farming in Marathwada: The Borole Family Story

Environment & Ecology

Siliserh Lake and Kopra Jalashay Join India’s Ramsar Sites List

Reports & Indexes

Stanford AI Vibrancy Index 2025: India Ranks Third
Arton Passport Index 2025: UAE First, India Ranked 67th

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. SHANTI Bill: Atomic Energy Bill 2025 Opens Nuclear Sector

The Atomic Energy Bill 2025, or SHANTI Bill, is called the largest nuclear sector reform since 1962.
It targets 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047 and invites private and global investment.
It plans an independent nuclear safety authority, a nuclear tribunal and revised liability rules.
It encourages small modular reactors for decarbonisation.

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Polity & Governance

2. Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill 2025: Single Regulator

The Bill creates a single higher education regulator aligned with NEP 2020, replacing UGC, AICTE and NCTE.
The Commission has a President-appointed chairperson and up to 12 members, above three councils.
Regulatory council penalties run from ₹10 lakh to ₹2 crore.

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Polity & Governance

3. National Blood Transfusion Bill 2025: Key Provisions

The National Blood Transfusion Bill, 2025 was introduced in Parliament to improve safe blood access.
It proposes a central National Blood Transfusion Authority.
Blood centres must register; voluntary donation is promoted; unsafe practices attract strict penalties.

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Polity & Governance

4. Nitin Nabin Takes Charge as BJP National Working President

Nitin Nabin took charge as BJP National Working President on 15 December 2025 at party headquarters, New Delhi.
The BJP parliamentary board appointed him with immediate effect.
He is a five-time MLA from Bankipur, Patna, and Bihar's Public Works Department minister.
Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda attended the ceremony.

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Awards & Persons

5. Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty elected first woman Press Club of India head

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty was elected the first woman president of the Press Club of India.
Her panel swept all positions 21-0; voting was on Saturday and results came on Sunday.
Afzal Imam is Secretary General and Jatin Gandhi is Vice-President.
Aditi Rajput (Treasurer) and P R Sunil (Joint Secretary) won unopposed.
The Managing Committee has 16 members.

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Banking & Finance

6. Regional Rural Banks Complete 50 Years: Structure and Role

RRBs completed 50 years; Prathama Gramin Bank, Moradabad (2 October 1975), was the first.
Ownership: Centre 50%, State 15%, sponsor bank 35%.
One Nation One RRB merges a state's RRBs into one entity.

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Economy

7. SEBI Considers Lower F&O Margins on Non-Expiry Days

SEBI was weighing lower equity derivatives margins on non-expiry days to curb expiry-day concentration.
ELM for hedged portfolios on non-expiry days may fall from 2% to 0.5-1%.
India uses SPAN plus ELM, unlike the mostly SPAN-only global practice.

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Economy

8. MSME Loan Repricing: Banks Told to Use External Benchmarks

RBI advised banks to link MSME loans to an external benchmark with a three-month reset clause.
Existing borrowers may switch to benchmark-linked rates on mutually agreed terms.
QCO relief gives micro enterprises 6 months and small enterprises 3 months.

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Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

9. Natural Farming in Marathwada: The Borole Family Story

JIVA programme, started 2023 by NABARD, promotes agroecological farming in Marathwada.
Boroles earned Rs 1.02 lakh from 0.4 hectares of vegetables on Rs 15,640 investment.
Their farm is now a demonstration site for neighbours and officials.

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Environment & Ecology

10. Siliserh Lake and Kopra Jalashay Join India’s Ramsar Sites List

Siliserh Lake (Rajasthan) and Kopra Jalashay (Chhattisgarh) were added to the Ramsar List.
India now has 96 Ramsar sites.
Siliserh lies in the buffer zone of Sariska Tiger Reserve.

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Reports & Indexes

Science & Technology

11. Stanford AI Vibrancy Index 2025: India Ranks Third

Stanford's 2025 Global AI Vibrancy Index ranks India third globally with a score of 21.59.
The index ranks 36 countries on data up to 2024, with indicator data for 67.
The US leads with 78.6; China is second.

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International Relations

12. Arton Passport Index 2025: UAE First, India Ranked 67th

Canada-based Arton Capital released the 2025 Passport Index in December 2025, ranking passports on travel freedom.
The UAE passport ranked first.
Singapore and Spain shared second place, each with a mobility score (MS) of 175.
India placed 67th with an MS of 74, giving visa-free access to 74 countries, about 37% of the world.

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Daily Current Affairs: 14 & 15 December 2025

In this issue: 12 topics

National Affairs

1. SHANTI Bill: Atomic Energy Bill 2025 Opens Nuclear Sector

2. Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill 2025: Single Regulator

3. National Blood Transfusion Bill 2025: Key Provisions

4. Nitin Nabin Takes Charge as BJP National Working President

5. Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty elected first woman Press Club of India head

Banking & Finance

6. Regional Rural Banks Complete 50 Years: Structure and Role

7. SEBI Considers Lower F&O Margins on Non-Expiry Days

8. MSME Loan Repricing: Banks Told to Use External Benchmarks

Agriculture & Rural

9. Natural Farming in Marathwada: The Borole Family Story

Environment & Ecology

10. Siliserh Lake and Kopra Jalashay Join India’s Ramsar Sites List

Reports & Indexes

11. Stanford AI Vibrancy Index 2025: India Ranks Third

12. Arton Passport Index 2025: UAE First, India Ranked 67th

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