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Highlights of 16 December 2025 Current Affairs
- India promotes the Indian Ocean as an inclusive, cooperative maritime commons guided by the vision “From the Indian Ocean, for the World,” rejecting rivalry-based geopolitics.
- Climate change, IUU fishing, biodiversity loss, and socio-economic instability threaten the Indian Ocean Region, directly impacting coastal livelihoods and food security.
- India’s Blue Economy strategy emphasizes cooperative ocean governance, climate resilience, inclusive blue growth, and mobilization of global finance through initiatives like MAHASAGAR and a proposed Indian Ocean Blue Fund.
- The Indian Ocean is critical to India’s economy and security, carrying the majority of its trade and energy imports while exposing it to non-traditional maritime threats.
- India’s waste sector offers rapid methane mitigation potential, as methane is a short-lived but highly potent greenhouse gas and urban waste interventions deliver quick climate and health co-benefits.
- Measures such as satellite-based methane monitoring, waste segregation, Bio-CNG production, and scientific landfills can transform methane from a liability into an economic resource.
- The Fourth National Lok Adalat, 2025 resolved a record 2.59 crore cases in one day, reinforcing Lok Adalats as a powerful tool to reduce judicial pendency and expand access to justice.
- India expanded its Ramsar footprint to 96 wetlands with the inclusion of Siliserh Lake and Kopra Reservoir, strengthening global recognition of its wetland conservation efforts.
- Scientific and technological advances were highlighted by India’s first indigenous clinical trial of the Supernova Stent for stroke treatment and the launch of MahaCrimeOS AI for cybercrime investigations.
- Global and cultural developments included Operation Thunder 2025’s major wildlife trafficking crackdown, the GI tag for Ponduru Khadi, awareness of thalassemia care reforms, and the observation of the Geminid meteor shower.
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