December 17, 2025

Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Rock Art Site in Telangana Table of Contents   Source: Deccan Chronicle Relevance: TGPSC Paper–II — History, Culture and Geography Important Key Concepts for Prelims and Mains: For Prelims: Rock Art, Mesolithic Period, Microlithic Culture, Red Ochre Pigments, Veladri Hills, Bainedu Banda, Prehistoric Art, Anthropomorphic Figures, Upper Palaeolithic, Rock Shelters, Tiger

India’s First Integrated Aviation, Aerospace and Defence (AAD) EduCity Table of Contents Source: The Hindu Relevance: GS Paper 2: Government policies, Centre–State cooperation, skill development GS Paper 3: Infrastructure, aviation sector, human capital, employment generation Why in News? Andhra Pradesh HRD and IT Minister N. Lokesh announced that India’s first integrated Aviation, Aerospace and Defence (AAD) EduCity will be

Methane Emissions from Landfills: A Hidden Climate Threat Table of Contents   Source: The Hindu Relevance: GS Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Climate Change Important Key Concepts for Prelims and Mains: For Prelims: Methane (CH₄), Global Warming Potential (GWP), Landfill methane, Satellite monitoring, Global Methane Pledge, IMEO, CarbonMapper, ClimateTRACE For Mains: Landfill methane

Does India Need to Upgrade Its Biosecurity Measures? Table of Contents   Source: The Hindu Relevance: (GS Paper III – Science & Technology, Internal Security) Important Key Concepts for Prelims and Mains: For Prelims: Biosecurity, Biosafety, Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), Ricin, Recombinant DNA Guidelines 2017, Environment Protection Act 1986, WMD Act 2005, Global Health Security