Sanskardham aligns its educational institutions with national education policy to nurture value-driven citizens and sustainable technical skills.
Implementation of National Education Policy 2020 principles at Sanskardham guides value-based schooling, higher education and technical training. Constituent institutions, including Anant National University and NAMTECH, align curricula and programme objectives to integrate ethics, service and sustainability with technical skill development, aiming to produce responsible citizens and industry-ready graduates who apply technical expertise with societal awareness.

Secret Ingredient expands India's hospitality through design-led consultancy, concept creation, and scalable F&B partnerships.
Secret Ingredient provided end-to-end, design-led hospitality consultancy in 2025, combining concept creation, feasibility research, culinary identity, and operational set-up to translate narrative-driven, place-based concepts into deliverable F&B and service models across hotels, cafe s, restaurants, and integrated F&B hubs, while partnering with larger hotel groups and developers to scale coherent dining identities.

Zootopia 2: Pepsi and 7UP partner with Disney on a zero sugar campaign with limited edition character cans and citywide activations.
Pepsi and 7UP partnered with Disney on a Zootopia 2 campaign promoting a Zero Sugar message through limited edition character cans and integrated online/offline activations. Leveraging a strategic alliance with Shanghai Disney Resort, the rollout targets Gen Z and young families via collectible packaging, city wide experiential events, out of home installations, social media engagement, and promotional merchandise to translate pop culture buzz into sales and deeper emotional brand connection.

Mach Conferences secures Rs. 92 crore contract to manage pilgrimage logistics for about 185,000 yatris over six months.
Award of a government contract valued at approximately Rs. 92 crore to Mach Conferences and Events Ltd. to manage a 2-night/3-day pilgrimage for about 185,000 yatris, encompassing end-to-end logistics, accommodation, transportation, and food services over a six-month period with revenue allocated across two financial years; the company attributes the award to its execution capabilities, compliance framework, and scalability.

Surat-based brand consultancy expands to the United States, onboarding five international clients and offering integrated brand services.
U and I Resources Pvt. Ltd., a Surat-based 360 brand consulting agency, has expanded operations to the United States and onboarded five international clients. The agency offers integrated services - brand strategy, communication design, digital marketing, events & MICE, integrated brand communication, and creative execution - aimed at helping businesses scale from local to national and international markets, supported by industry awards validating its strategic and creative capabilities.

Robotic-assisted knee replacement uses 3D planning and robotic guidance to improve precision, recovery, and patient suitability considerations.
Robotic-assisted knee replacement uses preoperative 3D imaging and intraoperative robotic guidance to enhance implant alignment and preserve healthy tissue, with the surgeon maintaining control; this approach reduces pain, swelling, and blood loss and supports faster mobilization, while applicability extends across age groups and the technology has a demonstrated international safety record, prompting the need to address misconceptions and disclosure in clinical communications.

India-Russia partnership diversifies trade beyond defence and energy via a five-year roadmap, joint ventures, and localisation.
India and Russia adopted a five-year roadmap and signed 30 documents to diversify bilateral trade beyond defence and energy, focusing on joint ventures, localisation, technology transfer, non-nuclear shipbuilding, and a proposed joint-investment fund to address the trade deficit and reduce reliance on discounted crude; implementation will proceed through intergovernmental coordination, ministerial engagements, localisation of aerospace technology, and exploration of an FTA framework with the Eurasian Economic Union to expand market access.

EV charging infrastructure expansion in India via V-GREEN and RoadGrid collaboration to deploy fast charging stations nationwide.
V-GREEN and RoadGrid formed a strategic collaboration to deploy fast electric vehicle charging stations nationwide; RoadGrid will handle site identification, approvals, local liaison, and on-ground operations and maintenance, while V-GREEN will retain ownership, software integration, and overall management of the charging ecosystem to ensure rapid rollout, high uptime, and a seamless charging experience.

Odisha security and governance: Assembly passed bills to triple MLA pay; CBI probe sought into recruitment scam.
Security operations neutralised Maoist operatives and about 22 insurgents surrendered under the revised Surrender and Rehabilitation Policy, offering incentives up to Rs 1.20 crore. The government recommended a CBI probe into a multi crore sub inspector recruitment scam after numerous arrests. The Assembly unanimously passed three Bills tripling MLA salaries and allowances; those Bills remain pending the Governor's assent.

Celebrities and politicians seek protection of personality and contest disputes over wills, privacy, regulatory and commercial claims.
Public figures and corporations brought litigation over protection from unauthorised use of name, image, likeness and voice, contested wills and succession claims, and challenged regulatory and administrative orders including customs duty refunds, consumer protection guidelines and competition authority directions. The year's docket also included disputes over disclosure of personal records of officeholders, challenges to organisational bans and pandemic era prosecutions, alongside judicial scrutiny of educational attendance norms and anti ragging measures.

Delhi legal docket: high-profile corruption, money-laundering scrutiny, terror arrests and procedural challenges dominated proceedings in 2025.
Delhi's 2025 criminal docket combined contested use of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and anti corruption provisions-courts criticised investigative registration practices and accepted or framed charges in multiple corruption matters-alongside terrorism prosecutions involving extradition, arrests and custodial interrogation requests in a national monument bombing and 26/11 related proceedings. Judicial scrutiny repeatedly targeted investigatory quality, jurisdictional errors, procedural overreach in content removal orders, modifications of bail and custody, acquittals where investigations were defective, and acceptance of closure reports in long running money laundering cases.

India's diplomacy navigated cross border strikes, suspended treaties, trade tariffs, and shifting regional partnerships in 2025.
India responded to a major terrorist attack by suspending the Indus Water Treaty and conducting cross-border strikes (Operation Sindoor), which triggered escalatory exchanges later halted through military hotlines; simultaneous trade coercion and visa policy changes by a major partner compounded bilateral strain while New Delhi pursued improved ties with China and Russia, a free trade agreement with the UK, and efforts to stabilise regional relations and energy security.

Delhi airport flight disruptions: 148 cancellations, delays; airlines must follow passenger service norms and assist affected passengers.
Dense fog and low visibility produced 78 cancelled arrivals, 70 cancelled departures, over 150 delays and two diversions; airport staff coordinated with carriers to assist passengers while airlines were directed to comply with passenger service norms including information, assistance during delays, rebooking or refunds, and baggage facilitation.

Stock markets rebound as domestic institutional buying offsets foreign net selling, lifting benchmark indices in early trade.
Equity indices rebounded in early trade-Sensex up 254.38 points to 84,929.46 and Nifty up 89.15 points to 26,028-driven by sustained domestic institutional buying (DIIs net purchases Rs 6,159.81 crore) amid FII net selling (Rs 3,844.02 crore). Market breadth was mixed with specific large-cap gainers and laggards noted; Brent crude slipped to USD 61.27 and regional markets were generally weaker.

Rupee weakens to 89.90 against the dollar amid sustained foreign portfolio investor outflows and muted domestic equity opening.
The rupee weakened to 89.90 against the US dollar in early trade due to sustained foreign portfolio investor outflows, importer demand and exporter caution; market commentary noted that without consistent FPI inflows or interest rate support the currency lacks upward momentum, prompting importers to buy dips and exporters to sell near resistance.

Puducherry's statehood demand centers on altering Union Territory status to strengthen elected local authority.
Demand for statehood dominated Puducherry's political-legal agenda, with parties asserting that the territory's Union Territory status constrains the elected government and urging the Centre to alter the constitutional-administrative arrangement to strengthen local authority. Concurrent administrative developments included a minister remaining a minister without portfolio, appointment of nominated Assembly members, a tax-free budget presentation, and memoranda requesting a CBI probe into alleged counterfeit drug manufacture and distribution.

Punjab Assembly opposes the VB G RAM G Act, urging restoration of MGNREGA over changes to employment guarantees.
The Punjab Assembly unanimously resolved that the VB G RAM G Act supplants MGNREGA by converting a demand driven statutory entitlement into a centrally allocated, supply driven scheme, and urged the state government to demand immediate restoration of MGNREGA, citing potential deprivation of guaranteed rural employment, fiscal burdens from revised entitlements, and governance and transparency concerns.

Food security under PDS now covers 2.73 crore people with e KYC, Aadhaar seeding, and targeted free and subsidised rations.
Public Distribution System coverage in Chhattisgarh reaches 2.73 crore beneficiaries through 82.18 lakh ration cards and 14,040 fair price shops. The state is implementing e KYC (completed for about 2.3 crore members) and Aadhaar seeding to enhance targeting and transparency, using e POS machines and the 'Mera e KYC' app. Entitlements provide free food grains to priority households and subsidised rice to above poverty line families, with fortified rice supplied to priority households. The Niyad Nellanar scheme delivers free food grains and specified grocery items to 42,220 ration cardholders in 402 remote villages in Bastar division.

Three bills reform stamp duty, streamline land records, and fast-track revenue proceedings to support property rights and digitization.
Amendment to the Indian Stamp Act removes duplicate stamp duty levies on deposit of title deeds, hypothecation and equitable mortgage for the same loan transaction, while land and revenue amendments shorten objection and appeal timelines, expedite case disposal, prevent unnecessary summoning of non-litigants, and accord legal sanctity to digital records and digital signatures to support accelerated ownership regularisation and digitised record keeping.

Gurugram man duped of Rs 2.18 crore after friend falsely sought funds for sister's cancer treatment; accomplice arrested.
Allegation that a Gurugram resident was defrauded of Rs 2.18 crore between May 2024 and April 2025 after a friend claimed she needed the money for her sister's cancer treatment; the female account-holder allegedly received funds which an accused accomplice transferred into his own account. The accused was arrested in Hyderabad, produced on transit remand, and is being interrogated while the Economic Offence Wing seeks to locate and apprehend the principal suspect using bank and phone records.