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Daily Current Affairs: AI in Governance & Nature’s Wonders
📅 Date: 20 December 2025 (Saturday)
Welcome to today's update. We are covering a groundbreaking AI tool for rural India, rare wildlife sightings in Madhya Pradesh, a "Blood Red" island in Iran, and key banking awareness facts.
1. Governance Tech: SabhaSaar Initiative
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has launched SabhaSaar, an AI-enabled tool set to revolutionize Gram Sabha meetings.
- What it is: A voice-to-text meeting summarization tool.
- Tech Backbone: It is built on Bhashini (the government's AI language translation platform) and uses cloud infrastructure from the India AI Compute Portal.
- Function: It takes video/audio of a meeting, transcribes it, translates it, and generates a summary.
- Goal: To enhance transparency, accountability, and bridge the digital divide in rural governance.
2. Environment: Rare Sighting at Kheoni WLS
The Forest Department has officially recorded the sighting of two Wild Dogs (Dholes) in the Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Location: Madhya Pradesh.
- Habitat: Dry deciduous forests.
- Fauna: Leopards, Sloth bears, Hyenas, and Nilgai.
About the Dhole (Indian Wild Dog):
- Status: Endangered (IUCN Red List).
- Habitat: Dense jungles, steppes, and mountains.
- Behavior: They are social, carnivorous canids also known as the "Whistling Dog."
3. Places in News: Hormuz Island (Rainbow Island)
Iran's Hormuz Island recently grabbed global headlines as its coastlines turned into a surreal blood-red landscape.
- Location: In the Strait of Hormuz, between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
- The Science: The red color is due to a high concentration of Iron Oxide (specifically the mineral Hematite).
- Nickname: "Rainbow Island" due to its colorful soil (red, gold, silver, and white).
- People: The island is home to the Bandari ethnic group.
4. Banking Awareness: Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)
The Finance Ministry has unveiled a new logo for RRBs to create a unified brand identity. Here are the static facts you must know for exams.
- First RRB: Prathama Grameen Bank (2nd Oct 1975).
- Committee: Narasimham Committee (1975).
- Ownership Ratio: Central Govt (50%) : Sponsor Bank (35%) : State Govt (15%).
- PSL Target: 75% (Priority Sector Lending).
- Regulator: RBI (Supervised by NABARD).
Stay updated! Focus on the "Hematite" mineral for Geography and the "50:15:35" ratio for Banking exams.