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IIT Bombay's Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) has launched India's first incubator-linked deep tech venture capital fund with a corpus of ₹250 crore.
India's first indigenously built Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vessel was inaugurated in Varanasi. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged it off from Namo Ghat on December 11, 2025, and it will begin commercial service on the Ganges River in Varanasi, a major step towards clean inland water transport.
The Government of India has launched a nationwide initiative called "Your Money, Your Right" to help citizens trace and reclaim their unclaimed financial assets.
President Droupadi Murmu presented the Shilp Guru Awards and National Handicraft Awards for 2023 and 2024 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on December 9, 2025. These awards were part of National Handicraft Week 2025, organized by the Ministry of Textiles from December 8 to 14. Union Minister Giriraj Singh and Minister of State Pavitra Margareta were also present at the ceremony.
Jal Shakti Minister Shri C.R. Patil today launched the Sujalam Bharat App. This is an important digital initiative whose objective is to bring about a transformation in rural drinking water management by providing comprehensive, real-time information to both citizens and institutions.
Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary in the Tamil Nadu government, has been honored with the United Nations' highest environmental award, the “Champions of the Earth Award 2025”. This award was announced during the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) held in Nairobi by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). She received this award for her leading contributions in the field of sustainable cooling, ecosystem restoration, and climate adaptation.
Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt has been honored with the Golden Globes Horizon Award at the Red Sea International Film Festival. Alia was honored at a ceremony along with Tunisian actress Hend Sabry, who received the Omar Sharif Award. The fifth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival is being held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
In a major political development in Central Europe, there has been a change of power in the Czech Republic. Billionaire businessman and leader of the Centrist-Populist ANO (YES) movement, Andrej Babis, was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on December 9, 2025.
Bank of Baroda (BoB) has been recognized by the Financial Times' prestigious publication 'The Banker' as 'Best Bank in India' in the Bank of the Year Awards 2025 – Asia-Pacific. This achievement reflects the bank's rapid transformation, innovative banking services, and its growing role in strengthening India's financial system.
BMW has announced a major leadership change, with its Supervisory Board appointing Milan Nedeljkovic as the new Chief Executive Officer, replacing long-serving CEO Oliver Zipse. This change comes at a time when the global automotive sector is undergoing rapid transformation, and BMW is facing intense competition in key markets such as China and the United States.
Host India succeeded in winning a medal after 09 years in the FIH Hockey Junior Men's World Cup tournament when it made a tremendous comeback after trailing by two goals till the 49th minute in the bronze medal playoff match in the 14th edition of the competition and scored four goals within the last 11 minutes to defeat 2021 champion Argentina 4-2.
India is set to host the Commonwealth Kho-Kho Championship for the first time from March 9 to March 14, 2026. More than 24 Commonwealth countries are expected to participate, making it a historic moment for the traditional Indian sport of Kho-Kho.
Gati Shakti University has recently partnered with Amazon to promote knowledge sharing, joint curriculum development and research. This collaboration aims to leverage Amazon's expertise in technology and logistics to enhance the university's academic and research programs related to the Gati Shakti initiative for multimodal connectivity in India.
The United States of America has released its National Security Strategy (NSS) 2025, which reflects a clear departure from post-Cold War globalism and aligns U.S. strategy with the "Make America Great Again (MAGA)" agenda.
According to an internal memo quoted by Semaphore, Alphabet-owned Google has appointed senior executive Amin Vahdat as its new Chief Technologist for AI Infrastructure. This move underscores Google's increasing focus on strengthening the computing infrastructure necessary to power large-scale artificial intelligence models, services, and cloud workloads.