Raveena Tandon named PETA India Person of the Year

Exam-focused facts from the 10 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Raveena Tandon was named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) 2025 Person of the Year.
She partnered with PETA India to gift a life-sized mechanical elephant to Karnataka’s Thousand Pillars Jain Temple.
Tandon promoted PETA India’s Compassionate Citizen programme to foster empathy in young learners.
She personally rescued a 2-month-old kitten from Mumbai streets and starred in a PETA India campaign against buying animals from breeders or pet stores.
Tandon urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to protect panthers losing habitat to a freight corridor project and called for action after humans strangled a leopard.
She joined PETA India to highlight the suffering of snakes, alligators, and other animals killed for skin and publicly asked Burger King to open a fully vegan location in India or offer vegan Whoppers.