Daily Current Affairs — 9 December 2025
5 articles • UPSC Prelims & Mains
Chile’s Lesson for India’s Coal Conundrum
Context India dropped 13 places to 23rd in the Climate Change Performance Index released during COP30 in Brazil in November 2025. About The main reason is the lack of progress in Indias phase out of coal. Challenges with Phaseout: Coal creates a difficult policy paradox—its gradual elimination could deprive many States of employment and affordable electricity, yet persisting with current coal dependence endangers people’s health and livelihoods due to escalating global warming and pollution.
Need of Neurotechnology in Present Scenario
In News Neurotechnology will soon deepen understanding of the brain and may even allow it to influence its functioning. What is Neurotechnology? It refers to tools that directly interact with the brain by recording or influencing neural activity, enabling new ways to study, repair, or enhance brain function.
IndiGo Crisis: Compulsory Resource Mapping & DGCA Overhaul
Context The recent operational meltdown at IndiGo has exposed deep structural vulnerabilities in India’s civil aviation ecosystem, calling for compulsory resource mapping and a comprehensive overhaul of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Compulsory Resource Mapping Every airline in India, under DGCA regulations, submits manpower data annually. But these filings are neither standardized nor publicly audited.
Bill Seeking Amendment to Tenth Schedule Introduced in Lok Sabha
Context A private members bill titled “The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Amendment of the Tenth Schedule)” has been introduced in Lok Sabha. Major Highlights of the Bill The Tenth Schedule to the Constitution, popularly known as the Anti-Defection Law, was added to the Constitution by the Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment) Act, 1985. The Bill prescribes that a member will lose their seat only if they vote, or abstain from voting, in violation of their party’s direction on a Confidence
150 Years of Vande Mataram
Context India is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its national song, Vande Mataram. Historical Background Vande Mataram was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in Sanskrit and first appeared in the novel Anandamath in 1882. Anandamath is set against the backdrop of the 1769–73 Bengal famine and the Sanyasi Rebellion.