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Image India's forest cover increases by 156 sq km, green cover is 25.17%: 2023 Forest Survey +
Image ‘One Nation, One Election’: NDA will need more support to clear Parliament hurdle +
Image 1896: Swami Vivekanand and Nikola Tesla - a memorable meeting in Manhattan + + + I
Image Gukesh becomes the youngest World Chess Champion at 18, beats Ding Liren +
Image Syria: Bashar al-Assad's regime falls as Sunni rebels take control; he flees to Moscow + + I
Image India tests 3,500-km range nuclear-capable K-4 missile from INS Arighaat submarine + +
Image World’s largest investigative journalism group-OCCRP controlled by US deep state + +
Image Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as Maharashtra CM, Shinde and Pawar as deputies +
Image Maharashtra Election Result: A historic sweep for the Mahayuti, wins 230 of 288 seats + + +
Image Maharashtra state election voter turnout registers a 30 year-high +
Image Why India is investing in two Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSNs) +
Image Trump Wins US Election 312 to 226, to return to White House +
Image India, China complete 90% disengagement along Eastern Ladakh border +
Image India successfully test fires long range Mach 6 hypersonic missile in a major military boost +
Image Centre to Deploy 50 Additional CAPF Units Amid Rising Manipur Unrest +
Capsule Ukraine cuts Russian gas supply to eastern Europe Jan 1, Ukraine cut Russian gas supplies via a pipeline that lead to Slovakia and serviced several EU buyers. Slovak PM, Robert Fico has threatened retaliatory electricity supply cuts. + +
Capsule Chhattisgarh: Over 651 families revert to Hinduism Jan 1, 651 Christian families reverted to Sanatan Dharma in the Sakti district. BJP leader, Prabal Pratap Singh Judeo, head of Akhil Bharatiya Ghar Wapsi Abhiyan oversaw the event.+ +
Capsule OpIndia Dossier: Wikipedia’s left wing war on India Wikipedia is not a free, editorial intervention-free encyclopaedia which relies on the voluntary work of thousands of unpaid, passionate volunteers across the globe, as it claims. +
Capsule First commercial flight lands at Navi Mumbai Airport Dec 29, the Navi Mumbai International Airport, on which construction had started in 2021, had its first commercial flight, an Indigo A320, land successfully on its runway. +
Capsule Maoist-affected area less than halves this decade The area under Left-Wing Extremist influence, largely the forested tracts of south Chhattisgarh and a few pockets of neighbouring states has shrunk from 18,000 sqkm to 8,500 sqkm in 10 years. +
Capsule 3 Khalistani terrorists killed in UP's Pilibhit Accused of launching a grenade attack at a police checkpoint in Punjab's Gurdaspur the three were gunned down in an Uttar Pradesh police encounter. AK-47 rifles and Glock pistols have been recovered.+
Capsule Germany: Horrific car attack by Saudi terrorist kills 5 A gruesome car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the Magdeburg, Germany, killed five people and injured over 200. The terrorist, Abdulmohsen, a Saudi psychiatrist, was arrested. + +
Capsule Bangladeshi and 7 others arrested for jihadi terror module An Assam Police STF busted a jihadi terror module and arrested eight fundamentalists, including a Bangladeshi, working to form ‘sleeper cells’, assassinate Hindu leaders and foment violence. + +
Capsule Pakistan Taliban kill 16 soldiers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa In an overnight attack that lasted over two hours, 30 terrorists raided an army outpost killing 16 Pakistani soldiers and seriously injuring five. The Taliban claim they are avenging earlier army attacks. +
Capsule SC: Illegal buildings can't be regularized, raze them In a landmark judgment strengthening the hand of the executive to demolish, the SC ruled that illegal construction cannot be legitimized on grounds of age, investment or inaction of authorities. +
Capsule Sweden decides to stop funding the UN agency UNRWA Sweden's decision comes in the wake of Israel's finding that Hamas was entrenched within UNRWA's infrastructure in Gaza and the involvement of some of UNRWA staff members in terrorism. +
Capsule Assam government bans beef in public places, restaurants The Assam government has banned the serving and consumption of beef in restaurants, hotels and public places under the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021. +
Capsule Myanmar: Arakan Army alarmed by jihadi violence Having consolidated control over Rakhine state, the Arakan Army has raised alarm about escalating jihadi violence emanating from Rohingya camps inside Bangladesh. +
Capsule RSS magic propels BJP alliance win in Maharashtra polls Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections the RSS launched an extensive outreach programme to shape public opinion in favour of the BJP-led alliance. + +
Capsule Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen; paralyzes 3 ports The Israeli military carried out a series of intense airstrikes that shook Yemen’s Houthi-held capital and devastated the Sana'a, Hodeidah and Ras Isa Ports. +
Capsule ED freezes ₹18 crore more in lottery scam case After pan-India raids to probe money laundering, lottery scam and corruption charges against Santiago Martin's companies, ED impounds cash stash. + +
Capsule Israel pounds Syria 480 times, destroys 80% of military Post Assad's ouster Israel has launched airstrikes and deployed ground troops in Syria beyond the demilitarised buffer zone for the first time in 50 years, targeting weapons depots, military structures and launchers.+ +
Capsule Amit Shah: What were wanted terrorists doing on Canadian soil? India dismisses Trudeau's allegations that Shah was behind the killing of Khalistani terrorists in Canada as absurd and motivated.+
Capsule Myanmar: Arakan Army seizes 270 km next to Bangladesh The Arakan Army has wrested control of a stretch of land 270 km long, dividing Myanmar from Bangladesh from Myanmar's military junta after a bloody seige. +
Capsule BJP dominates by-polls across 15 states The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies emerged victorious in by-elections across 15 states, securing 28 of the 48 Assembly seats contested. Yogi Adityanath’s slogan 'Bantenge Toh Katenge' delivered a 7-2 win in UP. +
Capsule 'Har Ghar Jal' gives tap water to 12 crore households in 5 yrs Launched in 2019, the total rural households that get water supply on tap has jumped from 3.2 crore to nearly 15.2 crores in 5 years. 79% of the 19.3 crore rural households have water on tap now. +
Capsule Yogi: 10,000 acres of land being readied for Mahakumbh UP CM Yogi Adityanath announced that arrangements to accommodate upto 100 crore people over 10,000 acres of land being made for the 45-day Prayagraj Mahakumbh from Jan 13 to Feb 26, 2025. 12 km of ghats will also be developed.+
Capsule Links to George Soros surface in the US Adani indictment Soros had earlier attacked the Indian government after the Hindenburg controversy claiming Modi and Adani are allies. Once more links have emerged bewteen the recent US indictment and Soros. +
Capsule Canada refuses NIA request for Nijjar's death certificate' Hardeep Singh Nijjar an NIA designated terrorist since 2020, was shot dead in Surrey in June last year. India has accused Canada of harbouring extremist, anti-India elements+
Capsule Indian Army resumes patrolling in eastern Ladakh The MEA has confirmed that Indian Army has started patrolling at all checkposts in Depsang and Demchok regions after the Indo-China disengagement agreement. +
Capsule CIDCO to demoilsh illegal dargah at Navi Mumbai CIDCO has announced it will raze the illegal dargah located near the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport deeming it a threat to national security. +
Capsule Sanjeev Khanna is the next Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice DY Chandrachud who retired on Nov 10th. He is likely to have a term of 6 months before retirement. +
Capsule US delays engine supply for Tejas Mark 1A' US-based General Electric (GE) further delayed delivery of Tejas Mark-1A jet engines to Mar 2025, two years behind schedule. HAL unlikely to meet 16 aircraft target for 2024-2025. +

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Capsule 19 Pakistani soldiers killed in border clash with Afghanistan Dec 28, days after Pakistani aerial bombings in Paktika, Afghanistan, the Taliban forces retaliated targeting multiple locations in Pakistan killing 19 of the southern neighbour's soldiers. +
Capsule ISRO launches rocket to test spacecraft docking Dec 31, ISRO successfully launched a SpaDeX mission PSLV rocket to test docking capabilities of two spacecrafts in orbit; uses include satellite servicing, formation flying and infrastructure creation. + +
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Capsule Manipur: Massive security deployment after mob attack Jan 4, a huge security deployment was made in Kangpokpi district following a violent Kuki mob attack. Armed individuals clashed with the police force. +
Capsule NIA court hands 28 life imprisonment in communal clash Jan 3, a special NIA court has sentenced 28 individuals to life imprisonment in the murder of Chandan Gupta during a communal clash in 2018 at a Tiranga Yatra in Kasganj, UP.+ I
Capsule Sambhal MP, Barq, fined ₹1.9 crores for electricity theft Ziaur Rahman Barq, Samajwadi Party MP, booked for violence during the Shahi Masjid survey stands warned that his property will be attached if he does not pay up the ₹ 1.91-crore fine for power theft in 15 days. +
Capsule Centre deploys swarm of drones on Bangladesh border India has deployed a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) including the Heron TP along the Bangladesh border, after the neighbour deployed Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones flanking India.+ +
Capsule CM Yogi: Why can't Hindu processions pass Muslim areas? UP CM Yogi tore into the opposition questioning why Hindu processions can't be held in Muslim areas if Muslim processions are allowed in Hindu areas. + +
Capsule Manipur: 19,135 acres of poppy fields destroyed in 7 years Under CM Biren Singh's watch, as part of the 'war on drugs' Manipur destroyed poppy plantations of over 19,135 acres in the seven years between 2017 and 2024... +
Capsule 22 Bangladeshi infiltrators held in Assam, for deporting CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that 22 Bangladeshi nationals have been held by Assam Police and will be deported. More than 192 people have so far been pushed back since August. +
Capsule Centre restricts foreigner entry into 3 states in northeast To counter the geopolitical flux in neighbouring countries and inflow of foreigners, India has imposed a Protected Area Regime in the 3 northeastern states of Manipur, Mizoram, and Nagaland. +
Capsule 99% of the mobile phones used in India are made locally India has reported staggering growth in mobile handset production. About 99% of the handsets being used in India are domestically manufactured now. This is up from 26% in 2014-15. + I
Capsule OpIndia exposes US deep-state reporters on India's poverty Reporters’ Collective, an American deep state-funded group of journalists, makes unfounded claims that the government’s assertion of pulling 25 crore people out of poverty in 10 years is false. + +
Capsule Naval surveillance ship, INS Nirdeshak, commissioned The naval surveillance vessel commissioned from Visakhapatnam has a 3,400-tonne displacement, 110-meter length, a beam of 16 meters and 80% indigenous content. + +
Capsule Army and J&K Police neutralize five terrorists in Kulgam Five terrorists neutralised by the joint action of the Indian Army and J-K Police in Kader, Kulgam. This includes the longest surviving Hizbul commander Farooq Bhat. + +
Capsule Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina accuses Muhammad Yunus of genocide Speaking online in her first public address after seeking refuge in India, Sheikh Hasina lambasted the Yunus accusing him of genocide + I
Capsule Russia and India finalize largest oil deal in history worth $13 billion Russia's Rosneft has signed a $13 billion deal with India's Reliance Industries to supply 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day for ten years. ++
Capsule Vir Bal Diwas, Dec 26: Commemorating the unparalleled courage and sacrifice of four sons of Shri Guru Govind Singh ji
Capsule Chhattisgarh: 850 illegal Rohingya infiltrators deported Home Minister of Chhattisgarh, Vijay Sharma, said that the authorities have deported around 850 illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators from the state in the last one year. + +
Capsule Bulldozer action on encroachments in UP's Sambhal UP Electricity Department and police demolished illegal encroachments in Sambhal following the violence on Nov 24 against an ASI survey of a mosque... +
Capsule Commemorating the valour of our soldiers, celebrating Dec 16, Vijay Diwas, anniversary of India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war
Capsule Modi Government's digitization catches 5.8 crore fake Ration Cards through e-KYC In a move that will revolutionalise India's public distribution system the Union government eliminated 5.8 crore phony ration cards. India has 80.6 crore beneficiaries. +
Capsule No FCRA for NGOs linked to conversion, radical groups: MHA The MHA under Amit Shah has ennunciated grounds for denying foreign funding to NGOs including religious conversions, anti-development activities, malicious protests or ties with extremist organisations. +
Capsule Indian and Spanish PMs at Tata-Airbus military aircraft factory launch Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez inaugurated the C-295 aircraft factory in Vadodara, Gujarat. +
Capsule Hockey: Indian women win Asian Champions Trophy second time in a row Deepika scores a brilliant reverse hit goal to lead India to a 1-0 triumph over China at Rajgir, Bihar. India had previously won the 2016 and 2023 editions. +
Capsule Akshay Kumar speaks about giving up Candadian citizenship “I am an Indian from my mind, from my heart and from my soul. That will always be", he says on returning to Indian citizenship. +
The Tale of the Heike
Set in the late 12th century, this Japanese classic traces the changing fortunes of two dominant Samurai clans that battle for several years. The timeless teachings of Buddhism form its backdrop.
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