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6 December Current Affairs

Dec 06, 2025

National Affairs

  • LIC launched two new insurance plans :

    • Protection Plus (Plan 886) – pure risk cover

    • Bima Kavach (Plan 887) – flexible savings/risk protection

  • NIPL (NPCI International) partnered with ACLEDA Bank (Cambodia) → enable cross-border QR payments .

  • Developing nations paid $741 billion more in external debt servicing (2022–24) than they received— largest 3-year gap in 50 years .

  • SEBI issued FVCI (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 → allows low-risk foreign investors to invest through single-window access .

  • MoS Finance Pankaj Chaudhary inaugurated the 68th DRI Founding Day , New Delhi.

  • SoLAR Phase-II launched by IWMI + Swiss SDC in India, Bangladesh, Kenya & Ethiopia for solar-powered agricultural resilience .

  • National Career Service (NCS) Portal continues as India’s one-stop portal for jobs, counselling, skill information & job fair updates.

  • Stefan Priesner (Austria) appointed UN Resident Coordinator in India , term: 2025–2029 .

  • AU Small Finance Bank , now approved to become a universal bank, appointed Ranbir Kapoor & Rashmika Mandanna as brand ambassadors.

Defence & Security

  • Exercise Harimau Shakti 2025 (India–Malaysia) began at Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan (5–18 Dec).

  • Exercise Garuda 2025 (India–France, 8th edition) held at Air Base 118, Mont-de-Marsan, France .

  • Garuda Shakti 2025 (India–Indonesia SF exercise) began at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh (3–12 Dec) .

  • 22nd IRIGC-M&MTC Meeting co-chaired by Rajnath Singh & Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov , New Delhi.

  • Indian Navy held a grand Operational Demonstration at Shangumugham Beach (Thiruvananthapuram) on 3 Dec.

  • BrahMos combat launch successfully conducted by Indian Army Southern Command in the Bay of Bengal .

  • India preparing to induct INS Aridhaman , its 3rd indigenous SSBN , boosting nuclear triad.

  • DRDO conducted a high-speed rocket-sled test for a fighter aircraft escape system at TBRL, Chandigarh .

Appointments

  • Stefan Priesner – UN Resident Coordinator in India

  • Ranbir Kapoor & Rashmika Mandanna – Brand Ambassadors, AU Small Finance Bank

  • No major government-level appointments reported for this CA day beyond UN & branding.

Industry, Science & Economy

  • BDL received ?2,461.62 crore in additional Army contracts.

  • DoT withdrew its mandate requiring Sanchar Saathi pre-installation on smartphones.

  • Lok Sabha passed :

    • Central Excise (Amendment) Bill 2025

    • Health & National Security Cess Bill 2025 → revised taxation on tobacco, cigarettes & pan masala ("sin goods").

  • Haryana revised DDLLY scheme → benefits will be released quarterly from Dec 2025.

  • Bharat Taxi (driver-owned cooperative) started pilot operations in Delhi & Gujarat .

  • Aadhaar authentication transactions in Nov 2025: 231 crore → 8.5% YoY growth .

  • Women, Peace & Security (WPS) Index 2025-26 released by GIWPS + PRIO .

  • Tourism growth 2024–25 :

    • 56 lakh foreign tourists

    • 303.59 crore domestic visits

  • Archery Premier League (APL) won Emerging Professional Sports Event of the Year at India Sports Awards 2025 (FICCI TURF) .

International Affairs

  • International Day Against Unilateral Coercive Measures – 4 December.

  • International Cheetah Day – 4 December.

  • India to assume chairship of International IDEA (2026) for the first time.

Sports & Personalities

  • Italian tennis great Nicola Pietrangeli passed away at 92.

Important Days (Observed on 6 December)

BR Ambedkar Mahaparinirvan Diwas (Death Anniversary)
Purpose: Honour contributions of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, architect of the Indian Constitution.

National Microwave Oven Day
Purpose: Celebrate the innovation & use of microwave ovens.

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