Daily Current Affairs: 6 December 2025

Current affairs of 6 December 2025: India-Russia Annual Summit 2025: Key Outcomes and Targets; UNESCO ICH Committee Session at Red Fort: Key Facts; Harimau Shakti 2025: India-Malaysia Army Exercise at Mahajan, and 7 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 10 topics

National Affairs

UNESCO ICH Committee Session at Red Fort: Key Facts
Mahaparinirvan Diwas 2025: Dr B.R. Ambedkar death anniversary

Government Schemes

UMEED portal: Waqf property registration window ends

Banking & Finance

RBI Reviews Banks in Non-Agri Commodity Derivatives
RBI Eases Bank Group Rule on Overlapping Businesses
Government Eyes RRB Stock Market Listings in FY27

Economy

RBI OMO Purchase of Rs 1 Trillion and Rupee Liquidity Support

International Affairs

India-Russia Annual Summit 2025: Key Outcomes and Targets

Science & Technology

11th India International Science Festival begins in Panchkula

Defence & Security

Harimau Shakti 2025: India-Malaysia Army Exercise at Mahajan

National Affairs

International Relations

1. UNESCO ICH Committee Session at Red Fort: Key Facts

The Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding ICH has 24 members and was set up under the 2003 ICH Convention.
The 2025 session was hosted at the Red Fort (Lal Qila), New Delhi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Members serve four years, with half the committee renewed every two years.
India has 15 elements on UNESCO's Representative List of ICH.

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History, Art & Culture

2. Mahaparinirvan Diwas 2025: Dr B.R. Ambedkar death anniversary

Mahaparinirvan Diwas is observed every 6 December, the day Dr B.R. Ambedkar died in 1956.
Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh.
His memorial, Chaitya Bhoomi, is at Dadar in Mumbai.
He led the Mahad Satyagraha (1927) and the Kalaram Temple Satyagraha (1930).
As Labour Member (1942-46) he backed the 8-hour workday and maternity benefits.

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Government Schemes

Polity & Governance

3. UMEED portal: Waqf property registration window ends

The UMEED portal was launched on 6 June 2025 by the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
The six-month window for registering Waqf properties ended on 6 December 2025.
Registration needs precise measurements and geolocation data.
Unregistered properties are flagged as disputed and referred to the Waqf Tribunal.

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Banking & Finance

Economy

4. RBI Reviews Banks in Non-Agri Commodity Derivatives

RBI was reviewing Sebi's idea of letting banks deal in non-agricultural commodity derivatives.
The Banking Regulation Act presently bars banks; amendments would be required.
Sebi also wants insurers and pension funds included.

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Banking & Finance

5. RBI Eases Bank Group Rule on Overlapping Businesses

RBI dropped its 2024 draft idea of one entity per business activity within a bank group.
Group entities may now do the same business if they serve different customer segments and the board approves the overlap.
NBFC group entities of banks not identified as NBFC-Upper Layer need not list.

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Banking & Finance

6. Government Eyes RRB Stock Market Listings in FY27

Public sector banks were told to start groundwork for listing selected Regional Rural Banks in FY27.
Two RRBs are slated for a market debut.
The step follows consolidation under the One State, One RRB framework.
Goals: wider rural credit reach and tighter financial discipline.

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Economy

7. RBI OMO Purchase of Rs 1 Trillion and Rupee Liquidity Support

RBI announced a ₹1 trillion OMO purchase and a $5 billion dollar-rupee swap as the rupee crossed 90 per dollar.
An OMO purchase means RBI buys government securities, adding durable liquidity.
Operation Twist buys long bonds and sells short bonds at once.

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International Affairs

Economy

8. India-Russia Annual Summit 2025: Key Outcomes and Targets

The 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit reaffirmed the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership, 25 years since the partnership began in 2000.
Programme of Cooperation 2030 was adopted as a roadmap spanning trade, defence, energy, space, connectivity and digital finance.
Both sides set a target of USD 100 billion in bilateral trade by 2030.
Under Make in India, defence ties move beyond buying and selling toward shared research and joint production.

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Science & Technology

9. 11th India International Science Festival begins in Panchkula

The 11th India International Science Festival runs 6-9 December 2025 at Panchkula, Haryana.
Theme: 'Vigyan Se Samruddhi: for Aatmanirbhar Bharat'.
Ministry of Earth Sciences leads the event, coordinated by IITM Pune; Vijnana Bharati is outreach partner.
Over 40,000 participants and more than 150 technical sessions are expected.

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Defence & Security

International Relations

10. Harimau Shakti 2025: India-Malaysia Army Exercise at Mahajan

The 5th Exercise Harimau Shakti began at Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan.
It is a bilateral drill of the Indian Army and Royal Malaysian Army.
It focuses on sub-conventional operations and UN peacekeeping under Chapter VII mandates.

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Daily Current Affairs: 6 December 2025

In this issue: 10 topics

National Affairs

1. UNESCO ICH Committee Session at Red Fort: Key Facts

2. Mahaparinirvan Diwas 2025: Dr B.R. Ambedkar death anniversary

Government Schemes

3. UMEED portal: Waqf property registration window ends

Banking & Finance

4. RBI Reviews Banks in Non-Agri Commodity Derivatives

5. RBI Eases Bank Group Rule on Overlapping Businesses

6. Government Eyes RRB Stock Market Listings in FY27

Economy

7. RBI OMO Purchase of Rs 1 Trillion and Rupee Liquidity Support

International Affairs

8. India-Russia Annual Summit 2025: Key Outcomes and Targets

Science & Technology

9. 11th India International Science Festival begins in Panchkula

Defence & Security

10. Harimau Shakti 2025: India-Malaysia Army Exercise at Mahajan

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