Daily Current Affairs and GK | 13 December 2025

Topic: Summits/ Conferences/ Meetings

1. Third meeting of India and Malaysia Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter Terrorism and Combating Transnational Crime was held in New Delhi on 10 December 2025.

• Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism) Dr. Vinod Bahade and Malaysia’s Ministry of Home Affairs Under Secretary Mohd. Azlan bin Razali co-chaired the discussions.
• During the meeting, India and Malaysia condemned terrorism in every form.
• Both sides stressed the need for stronger international cooperation to counter global terror threats.
• Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to deepen collaboration in United Nations, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF).
• Delegation from Malaysia will visit National Security Guards (NSG) headquarters on 11 December.
• This visit is to explore avenues for bilateral training and capability enhancement.
• India and Malaysia agreed to hold the next Joint Working Group meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
• India and Malaysia relations:
  • India and Malaysia relations go back to 1957. Malaysia hosts second largest  People of Indian Origin (PIO) community in the world after US.
  • Malaysia also hosts third largest Indian diaspora in the world.
  • India and Malaysia relations were levated to Enhanced Strategic Partnership in November 2015. 

Topic: Science and Technology

2. A pilot project to test Toyota’s Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) has been launched by India.

• Under the project, the vehicle will be tested under real-world Indian conditions. 
• Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi launched the initiative.
• He called it a key milestone in advancing clean transport solutions.
• Under the project, Mirai FCEV was handed over to National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) by Toyota Kirloskar Motor.
• NISE will assess performance of vehicle across different Indian terrains, weather conditions, and traffic environments.
• Mirai indicates growing collaboration between government, research institutions and industry in promoting fuell cell technologies.
• Joshi drove the Mirai to Parliament to showcase hydrogen mobility.
• The second-generation hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, Mirai, has an estimated range of about 650 km.
• It can be refuelled in under five minutes. It generates electricity through a reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. It emits only water vapour.