📖 Today's Vocab


🔰Pegged at (phrasal verb)
♦️Meaning: Estimated or fixed at a certain level.
♦️Synonyms: estimated, fixed, assessed, valued at
♦️Antonyms: fluctuating, uncertain, variable

🔰In this backdrop (phrase)
♦️Meaning: In this context or situation.
♦️Synonyms: in this context, given the circumstances, under these conditions
♦️Antonyms: out of context, unrelated situation

🔰Imperative (adjective)
♦️Meaning: Absolutely necessary or essential.
♦️Synonyms: crucial, vital, obligatory, indispensable
♦️Antonyms: optional, unnecessary, nonessential

🔰Clamour (noun)
♦️Meaning: A loud and public demand or protest.
♦️Synonyms: outcry, uproar, demand, agitation
♦️Antonyms: silence, calm, quiet, indifference

🔰Die down (phrasal verb)
♦️Meaning: To gradually become less intense or fade away.
♦️Synonyms: subside, diminish, ease, abate
♦️Antonyms: intensify, escalate, grow, amplify

🗓17 December 2025 - Current Affairs One-Liners

📍Central Government introduced Viksit Bharat Guarantee For Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission Gramin Bill in place of MGNREGA.

📍VB GRAM G Bill provides statutory guarantee of 125 days of employment to rural families annually.

📍Suresh Goyal was appointed as Director General of National Council of Applied Economic Research.

📍 Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya will receive National Tansen Award 2025.

📍 Indian scientists Titus Chanda and Sthitidhi Roy received ICTP Prize 2025.

📍 Manu Bhaker won gold medal in women’s 25 meter pistol at National Shooting Championship.

📍India’s trade deficit reduced to 6.6 billion dollars in November 2025.

📍Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur scientists developed biological filter to protect groundwater from dye waste.

📍Indian Army shot down Turkish armed drone Yiha during Operation Sindoor.

📍 India targets 100 gigawatt nuclear power capacity by 2047 through SHANTI Bill.

📍IPL 2026 mini auction salary cap for foreign players fixed at 18 crore rupees.

📍Punjab government declared Amritsar Talwandi Sabo and Sri Anandpur Sahib as Holy Cities.

📍Funding ratio under VB GRAM G Bill for general states fixed at 60:40 between Centre and State.

📍 President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated Param Vir Dirgha at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Vijay Diwas.

📍Over 31 lakh defence pensioners connected under SPARSH digital initiative by November 2025.

🗓18 December 2025 - Current Affairs One-Liners

📍Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced 17.5 billion dollar investment in India to boost AI and cloud ecosystem.

📍India’s unemployment rate declined to 4.7 percent in November 2025, lowest since April 2025.

📍India and Argentina signed ICAR-INTA Work Plan 2025-27 for agricultural research cooperation.

📍Armed Forces Medical Services launched India’s first AI-based community screening program for diabetic retinopathy.

📍National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) launched India’s first wildlife-safe road project on NH-45 in Madhya Pradesh.

📍Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Jordan to strengthen bilateral ties in trade, energy and digital payments.

📍Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released 10th edition of Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25.

📍State Bank of India (SBI) signed a 150 million euro credit line agreement with Germany’s KfW bank.

📍President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated Param Vir Dirgha at Rashtrapati Bhavan to honour Param Vir Chakra awardees.

📍India targets achieving 500 gigawatt non-fossil fuel energy capacity by 2030 under climate commitments.

📍Indian Railways introduced AI-based predictive maintenance system to improve safety and efficiency.

📍World Arabic Language Day was observed on 18 December 2025.

📍United Nations declared 2025-2034 as the International Decade for Indigenous Languages implementation phase.

📍India’s defence exports crossed ₹23,000 crore during FY 2025.

📖 Today's Vocab

🔰Push (noun)
♦️Meaning: A strong effort or initiative to achieve something.
♦️Synonyms: drive, campaign, effort, thrust
♦️Antonyms: neglect, inactivity, indifference

🔰Crucial (adjective)
♦️Meaning: Extremely important or decisive.
♦️Synonyms: vital, essential, critical, pivotal
♦️Antonyms: trivial, unimportant, minor, negligible

🔰Accessible (adjective)
♦️Meaning: Easy to reach or obtain.
♦️Synonyms: available, reachable, approachable, obtainable
♦️Antonyms: inaccessible, restricted, limited, unavailable

🔰Tackling (verb – present participle)
♦️Meaning: Dealing with a difficult problem effectively.
♦️Synonyms: addressing, confronting, managing, combating
♦️Antonyms: avoiding, ignoring, neglecting

🔰Contain (verb)
♦️Meaning: To control or limit something harmful.
♦️Synonyms: restrain, control, curb, suppress
♦️Antonyms: spread, release, escalate

🗓19 December 2025 - Current Affairs One-Liners

📍India signed a Free Trade Agreement with Oman.

📍Prashant Kumar was appointed Chairperson of Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission.

📍Desert Cyclone-II joint military exercise is being held between India and the United Arab Emirates.

📍Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarthak visited Chabahar Port of Iran.

📍Ousmane Dembele won FIFA Best Men’s Player Award 2025

📍Aitana Bonmati won FIFA Best Women’s Player Award 2025.

📍India recorded the highest doping violations as per WADA 2024 report among countries conducting over 5000 tests.

📍Ashok Tandon authored the book Atal Sansmaran.

📍Finance Ministry released a new unified logo for Regional Rural Banks.

📍Ram V. Sutar architect of Statue of Unity passed away at the age of 100.

📍 India signed a visa waiver agreement with Saudi Arabia for diplomatic and official passport holders.

📍WHO’s second Global Traditional Medicine Conference is being held in New Delhi.

📍Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded Order of Oman by the Sultan of Oman.

📍Indian Trademark Registry accepted a trademark application based on smell for the first time.

📍Uttarakhand Governor returned the Uniform Civil Code Bill citing technical flaws.

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