Daily Current Affairs: 19 December 2025

Current affairs of 19 December 2025: Kunar River Diversion by Taliban: Pakistan’s Water Concerns; DHRUV64: India’s Indigenous 64-bit Microprocessor; ULLAS Adult Literacy Scheme: Bihar’s Non-Participation Row, and 7 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 10 topics

National Affairs

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025: Jharkhand Win Maiden Title

Government Schemes

ULLAS Adult Literacy Scheme: Bihar’s Non-Participation Row
Jharkhand Gig Workers Bill, 2025 gets Governor’s assent

Banking & Finance

Securities Markets Code Bill 2025: SEBI Act Overhaul

International Affairs

Kunar River Diversion by Taliban: Pakistan’s Water Concerns
India Takes Over BRICS Presidency for 2026 from Brazil

Science & Technology

DHRUV64: India’s Indigenous 64-bit Microprocessor

Environment & Ecology

Rhino Dehorning Cuts Poaching by 75-78%: Study Notes

Defence & Security

DESERT CYCLONE-II 2025: India-UAE Army Exercise

Reports & Indexes

Bhasha Matters: UNESCO Report on Mother-Tongue Education in India

National Affairs

Sports

1. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025: Jharkhand Win Maiden Title

Jharkhand won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025, their first ever title, beating Haryana by 69 runs in the final.
Captain Ishan Kishan's century powered the win.
The final was played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

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Government Schemes

2. ULLAS Adult Literacy Scheme: Bihar’s Non-Participation Row

ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) began in 2022 under the Ministry of Education.
Bihar's literacy rate of 74.3% is the second lowest, against a national 80.9%.
The Centre says Bihar left ₹15.79 crore from 2023-24 unused.

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Polity & Governance

3. Jharkhand Gig Workers Bill, 2025 gets Governor’s assent

Governor Santosh Gangwar gave assent to the Jharkhand Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2025.
It becomes law once notified in the gazette.
A Gig Workers' Welfare Board will be set up, chaired by the labour minister.
Service providers violating the Act face fines of up to Rs 10 lakh.

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Banking & Finance

Polity & Governance

4. Securities Markets Code Bill 2025: SEBI Act Overhaul

The Securities Markets Code Bill 2025 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
It replaces the SCRA 1956, the SEBI Act 1992 and the Depositories Act 1996.
The SEBI Board would grow from 9 to up to 15 members.

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International Affairs

International Relations

5. Kunar River Diversion by Taliban: Pakistan’s Water Concerns

The Taliban approved diverting Kunar (Chitral) River water to the Darunta Dam in Nangarhar.
Pakistan fears reduced downstream flows into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The river runs Kunar to Kabul to Indus.

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International Relations

6. India Takes Over BRICS Presidency for 2026 from Brazil

Brazil passed the 18th BRICS presidency to India for 2026.
BRICS began as BRIC in 2006; first summit 2009 at Yekaterinburg; South Africa joined in 2011.
The chair rotates, 1 January to 31 December; the New Development Bank is headquartered in Shanghai.

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Science & Technology

Government Schemes

7. DHRUV64: India’s Indigenous 64-bit Microprocessor

MeitY announced DHRUV64 on 15 December: indigenous 64-bit, dual-core, 1 GHz microprocessor by C-DAC.
Third DIR-V chip after THEJAS32 and THEJAS64.
India Semiconductor Mission approved 10 projects in 6 States worth ₹1.6 lakh crore.

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Environment & Ecology

8. Rhino Dehorning Cuts Poaching by 75-78%: Study Notes

Dehorning cut poaching in African reserves by nearly 75-78%, says a new international study.
Rhino horn is made of keratin; removing it lowers poachers' incentive.
Javan, Sumatran and black rhinos are Critically Endangered.

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Defence & Security

International Relations

9. DESERT CYCLONE-II 2025: India-UAE Army Exercise

The second edition of exercise DESERT CYCLONE (2025) is held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
It is a bilateral drill between the Indian Army and the UAE Land Forces.
India sent 45 personnel from a Mechanised Infantry Regiment battalion.
The UAE side is the 53 Mechanised Infantry Battalion.

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Reports & Indexes

Health & Social Issues

10. Bhasha Matters: UNESCO Report on Mother-Tongue Education in India

UNESCO released Bhasha Matters: The State of the Education Report for India 2025.
It backs mother-tongue based multilingual education (MTB-MLE), especially for tribal and marginalised learners.
It proposes a National Mission on MTB-MLE with Centre-State partnership.

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Daily Current Affairs: 19 December 2025

In this issue: 10 topics

National Affairs

1. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025: Jharkhand Win Maiden Title

Government Schemes

2. ULLAS Adult Literacy Scheme: Bihar’s Non-Participation Row

3. Jharkhand Gig Workers Bill, 2025 gets Governor’s assent

Banking & Finance

4. Securities Markets Code Bill 2025: SEBI Act Overhaul

International Affairs

5. Kunar River Diversion by Taliban: Pakistan’s Water Concerns

6. India Takes Over BRICS Presidency for 2026 from Brazil

Science & Technology

7. DHRUV64: India’s Indigenous 64-bit Microprocessor

Environment & Ecology

8. Rhino Dehorning Cuts Poaching by 75-78%: Study Notes

Defence & Security

9. DESERT CYCLONE-II 2025: India-UAE Army Exercise

Reports & Indexes

10. Bhasha Matters: UNESCO Report on Mother-Tongue Education in India

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