Rushabhayan 02 conference showcases King Rushabhdev's civilizational legacy, research presentations, MoUs, book release, and indigenous skills exhibition.
Rushabhayan 02 is a three-day international conference promoting King Rushabhdev's civilizational legacy, linking ancient systems to modern concepts like startups and skill-based education. The program features ceremonial inaugurations, a multi-sect Dharma Parishad, MoU signings with universities, and presentations by scholars from over 150 institutions on trade, script, mathematics, 72 skills, and 64 fine arts, compiled into a Rushabhayan 02 Research Volume. The event includes the release of 1,111 rare books and an interactive exhibition of vocational arts to advance indigenous knowledge systems.

India-Ethiopia agreements advance connectivity and trade; travel and airspace restrictions, visa centre closures and AI summit also highlighted.
Bilateral instruments between India and Ethiopia were signed to deepen cooperation on regional peace, security and connectivity, emphasizing growth and people centric development. Reported regulatory and policy actions include closure of an Indian visa application centre in Dhaka, Pakistan's extension of an airspace ban on Indian aircraft, expansion of US travel restrictions to additional countries, progress toward a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Oman, and an AI summit framed as a Global South platform to influence international AI policy.

Tripura tea industry sees growth, reduced TTDC losses, wage hikes and plans for Ludhua ecotourism development.
Tripura's tea sector has expanded with higher production and employment; TTDC reduced losses from Rs 5.4 crore to Rs 2.81 crore, upgraded processing infrastructure, set a zero loss target, and advocates selling via auction markets rather than public distribution to improve revenue. The state raised tea worker wages under a welfare scheme and supports small grower participation. Concurrently, a DPR for developing the 22 acre Ludhua Tea Estate into an ecotourism site includes boating, a cafeteria, a ropeway, footbridges, seating, log huts and medicinal plantings.

NTPC announces commercial operations of multiple solar PV tranches, bringing new MWs online and updating regulatory filings.
NTPC, via NTPC Renewable Energy Limited and NTPC Green Energy Limited, filed that 243.66 MW of Khavda I Solar PV (of 1,255 MW) and 78 MW of the 735 MW Nokh Solar PV Project commenced commercial operations w.e.f. December 17, 2025, with an additional 37.925 MW of a 300 MW Khavda component declared commercial under the 450 MW Hybrid Tranche V Project, and the filings update the group's installed and commercial capacity to exceed 85,540 MW.

Mleiha National Park launches new season of glamping, stargazing and desert adventures with 2026 celestial events.
Mleiha National Park's seasonal program combines premium and standard glamping, overnight camping, and a 2026 calendar of expert-led stargazing nights and telescope observations. Daytime offerings include the Sand Surfer off-road drive and sandboarding (ages 13+), a Dune Buggy Landscape Tour (children eight years and 140 cm+), a Flora and Fauna Workshop (ages five+), and Fossil Fun Expeditions with hands-on fossil experiences.

Silver prices breached Rs 2,00,000/kg in Delhi as strong domestic and international demand pushed spot silver above USD 66/oz.
Silver prices in Delhi markets crossed Rs 2,00,000 per kilogram for the first time, trading at Rs 2,05,800 per kg on strong domestic and international demand, with spot silver also exceeding USD 66 per ounce while local gold prices rose modestly.

India's retail sector to near US$2tn by 2030, adding millions of jobs and creating a digital skills gap.
India's retail market is forecast to grow from US$1.18 trillion in 2025 to nearly US$2 trillion by 2030, adding about 25 million jobs. Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities are driving hiring growth while women's participation has risen; however, gender representation and wage parity remain issues. A significant demand-supply gap is expected for mid- and high-skill digital roles-analytics, CRM, omnichannel management, and AI personalization-as e-commerce and digitally influenced purchases expand, and festive hiring is evolving into a strategic workforce lever supported by the sector's large gig-economy share.

GMAT mock tests: choose realistic, affordable mocks with strong analysis and follow a weekly-to-biweekly practice strategy.
Selection of GMAT mock tests in 2026 should prioritize realistic, affordable full-length mocks aligned with the GMAT Focus Edition and an analysis interface that reveals time use and question-level errors. Mocks function to simulate exam conditions, identify weaknesses in Quant, Verbal, and Data Insights, improve time management, and track score progress. Recommended practice: start with one full-length mock per week after completing basic syllabus, review mistakes immediately, remediate weak areas, and increase to two mocks weekly as the exam nears.

Stock markets fall as foreign institutional investors offload large equity holdings, pushing Sensex lower and DIIs buy.
Foreign fund outflows led to a third consecutive decline in Indian equities: Sensex fell 120.21 points to 84,559.65 and Nifty dropped 41.55 points to 25,818.55. FIIs sold Rs 2,381.92 crore while DIIs bought Rs 1,077.48 crore, with banks, financials and selected industrial stocks among the major laggards and several large-cap names showing gains.

Vedanta Aluminium ramps Lanjigarh refinery to 5 MTPA, boosting India's alumina refining capacity and production output.
Vedanta Aluminium increased the Lanjigarh alumina refinery's capacity from 2 MTPA to 5 MTPA, lifting India's total alumina refining capacity to nearly 13 MTPA. The company reports a record monthly output of 254 KT in November, reflecting operational ramp-up and links the expansion to resilient value chain development, responsible resource development, innovation, and long-term national value creation.

Nuclear energy bill opens civil sector to private participation while critics demand committee review and higher liability caps.
The bill opens the civil nuclear sector to private participation and government-private investment, includes budgetary support for Small Modular Reactors, and defines nuclear energy and power with stated international standards compliance; opponents demand committee review, challenge provisions limiting individual claims and potential supplier immunity, and contest the USD 300 million liability cap while urging higher limits and stronger safety, waste management, and oversight measures.

India employee salaries set to rise 9% in 2026, focusing on short-term incentives and skills-based pay.
Average employee salaries in India are projected to rise by 9% in 2026 as employers refine total rewards to prioritise short-term incentives, align pay with near-term performance, and move toward transparent, skills-acquisition and deployment-based pay frameworks. Organisations are adopting skills-based architecture and talent assessments to manage costs and retention, while newly-approved labour codes are expected to strengthen social security and preventive health care, prompting redesign of rewards strategies to build a resilient, future-ready workforce.

Dabba Network implements PM WANI to expand affordable community Wi Fi using local operators and a token incentive marketplace.
PM WANI provides an open interoperable framework to accelerate public Wi Fi and enable local entrepreneurs and community networks. Dabba Network implements this architecture via a community led deployment model that integrates local cable operators, hotspot owners, bandwidth suppliers, and hardware partners, using sachet sized retail data and a DePIN marketplace. A token model rewards uptime, service quality, and expansion to align incentives and distribute economic value to grassroots providers, supporting scalable last mile connectivity in underserved neighbourhoods while complying with PM WANI interoperability requirements.

Kolkata cable TV show sees reduced Bangladeshi attendance due to visa constraints, affecting cross-border equipment trade.
Visa restrictions curtailed Bangladesh's participation at the 26th Cable TV Show in Kolkata, reducing usual attendance of around 400 delegates to about 60 after intervention with consular authorities; organisers identified the reduced delegation as likely to constrain cross border equipment trade and business engagement, alongside a prior decline in Chinese exhibitor presence due to geopolitical developments.

Casio India's CSR initiative partners with SHEOWS using QR donations to support homeless elderly and healthcare services.
Casio India launched the CSR initiative "Every Second Counts" with SHEOWS to support abandoned and homeless elderly by placing QR-enabled digital donation screens at 20 stores to facilitate direct public contributions and enhance NGO visibility, aiming to provide healthcare, dignified living, and rehabilitation to over 400 residents across SHEOWS facilities.

Realsee3D dataset open-sourced for academic non-commercial research, with panoramic RGB-D and annotations offering 10,000 indoor 3D scenes available.
Realsee open-sourced the Realsee3D dataset for academic research and non-commercial use: a 10,000 scene multi-view RGB D collection (95,962 rooms, 299,073 viewpoints) including panoramic HDR RGB, depth maps, poses, CAD drawings, floorplans, segmentation, and 3D detection labels. The set combines 1,000 real scenes and 9,000 procedurally generated scenes, serves as a curated subset of Realsee's larger spatial database used to train Argus 1.0, and is available by application through Realsee's official channels and GitHub.

Rise of the Phoenix reveals corporate turnaround tactics, team empowerment, pricing strategy, and rapid operational scale-up.
The book provides an inside account of a large manufacturer's turnaround, crediting strategic clarity, empowered teams, decisive execution, rapid network expansion, and near-uniform national pricing as principal mechanisms that produced significant sales growth and distribution scale within a short period; it frames culture, trust, and execution as core governance levers in organisational reinvention.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit elevated ties, signing MoUs on peacekeeping, customs cooperation, a data centre, and broader partnerships.
The visit elevated relations to a Strategic Partnership and produced MoUs on UN peacekeeping training, mutual customs assistance, and a data centre, alongside commitments on G20 debt restructuring, expanded cultural and educational exchanges including AI short courses, and support for maternal and neonatal healthcare; the Oman leg aims to review and strengthen comprehensive cooperation across trade, investment, energy, defence, security, technology, agriculture and culture.

Welspun World starts commercial operations at a new ductile iron pipe plant, adding 200 ktpa to water infrastructure supply.
Welspun World has commenced commercial operations at a new ductile iron pipe facility in Anjar, Gujarat, adding 200 kilo metric tonnes per annum capacity through a brownfield expansion that increases the Group's annual output from 400 kilo metric tonnes; the plant produces DI pipes for water and sewage transport and is positioned to support national water initiatives and bolster the Group's role in infrastructure and water management supply chains.

Biologics X 3DCC 2026 merges biologics and 3D cell culture to accelerate adoption of non animal testing models and industry translation.
A unified summit merges biopharmaceutical product development and advanced 3D cell culture conferences to remove adoption bottlenecks, enable translation of organoids, organ on chip, microfluidics and New Approach Methodologies into development pipelines, foster industry-academic-policy collaboration for scale up and commercialization, and align Indian stakeholders with global regulatory trends emphasizing human relevant, non animal testing models for safety and efficacy assessment.