Colliery Control Amendment Rules let coal company boards approve mine openings
One less layer of approval speeds up output.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Coal Controller.
26 Dec 2025Current affairs for UPSC
Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
Latest current affairs
Rashtra Prerna Sthal inaugurated in Lucknow on Vajpayee’s 101st birth anniversary
Memorials like this matter for UP's heritage tourism.
UPSC angle:
25 Dec 2025
PMGSY at 25: 7.87 lakh km of rural roads completed
Roads raise farm prices, school attendance and access to health care. Upkeep is the weak link.
UPSC angle: Prelims: PMGSY.
25 Dec 2025
India to chair the Kimberley Process from 1 January 2026
Chairing the KP lets India steer traceability rules that affect its own industry.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Kimberley Process.
25 Dec 2025
Constitution published in Santhali for the first time
Reading the Constitution in one's own language is part of legal literacy. Tribal languages have had little official material so far.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Eighth Schedule, Ol Chiki.
25 Dec 2025
LVM3-M6 launches BlueBird Block-2, ISRO’s heaviest payload so far
Heavy-lift reliability helps India win global launch business and is needed for Gaganyaan.
UPSC angle: Prelims: LVM3.
24 Dec 2025
GRAP Stage IV revoked as Delhi AQI improves to 271
It was the season's worst spell. Stage IV lasted 11 days.
UPSC angle: Prelims: GRAP.
24 Dec 2025
Cabinet approves Delhi Metro Phase V(A): three corridors, ₹12,014.91 crore
Short connector lines often carry more passengers per km than long new lines.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Metro funding.
24 Dec 2025
Aravallis: no new mining leases anywhere in the range
A blanket ban on new leases answers the concern that a narrow definition would open hills to mining. Existing leases remain a gap.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Aravalli range, ICFRE. · Mains: mining vs ecology.
24 Dec 2025
Subansiri Lower: first unit of India’s largest hydro project starts
Big dams in a seismic zone draw local protests. Mains answers should weigh clean power against downstream risk.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Subansiri, Brahmaputra tributaries.
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