Daily Current Affairs – 12 December 2025

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Rajasthan’s skeet shooter Sarosh Khan won a gold medal in the Masters category at the 63rd National Shooting Championship (Shotgun). The championship was held at the Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi. The achievement was described as a matter of pride for Kota (Hadauti region) as well as for the state of Rajasthan, because Sarosh Khan is associated with Kota and is credited with bringing recognition to the region through this national success. The report also noted that Sarosh Khan...

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Rajasthan’s men’s team finished as runner-up in the 37th Federation Cup Handball Championship in Lucknow after losing the final to Punjab by 32–23. The result was significant because Rajasthan had earlier defeated Punjab in the league stage. Rajasthan’s campaign included multiple league victories and a strong knockout performance. It defeated CISF 32–24 in the semi-final to reach the title match. The details were shared by Yashpratap Singh, Secretary of the Rajasthan State Handball Association. The report also noted that Jaipur...

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On International Mountain Day, villagers, civil society groups, environmentalists, and researchers in Jaipur launched the “Aravalli Virasat Jan Abhiyan”. The initiative was started in opposition to the Supreme Court’s 20 November 2025 decision, which introduced a new definition for identifying Aravalli landforms. Under the new definition, a landform will be treated as “Aravalli” only if it is at least 100 metres above the local ground level. As per FSI data, Rajasthan has 12,081 hills, but only 1,048 meet this standard....

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A divisional-level Watershed Mahotsav will be held on Friday, 12 December at 11:00 AM in Maharana Pratap Sabhagar, Durgapura, Jaipur. Jogaram Patel, the Parliamentary Affairs and Law & Justice Minister, will attend as the Chief Guest. This information was shared by Dinesh Kumar, Additional Chief Engineer (ex-officio Project Manager), Watershed Cell-cum-Data Center. The workshop is being organised to provide detailed scheme information to beneficiaries of 29 ongoing projects in the Jaipur Division under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)....

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In Jaipur, Governor Haribhau Bagde inaugurated the Jaipur Tiger Festival at Jawahar Kala Kendra and urged collective efforts to protect the environment and conserve tigers by safeguarding water, forests, and land. He stated that ecological balance depends on the presence of tigers and warned that rising human population is rapidly shrinking natural tiger habitats, making awareness and responsible conservation essential. He described the tiger as an umbrella species, meaning that protecting tigers also protects forests and other wildlife, and noted...