20th August 2025 Current Affairs

 

🚉 Varanasi – India’s First City with Portable Solar Panels

20 August 2025 को Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi में Indian Railways ने देश का पहला removable solar panel system install किया।
👉 System length – 70 metres, panels – 28, power generation – 15 kWp.
इसको जरूरत पड़ने पर हटाया या adjust किया जा सकता है।
साथ ही उसी दिन Sanosara से Dahej तक industrial salt के लिए नया freight logistics route भी खोला गया।

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👩‍💼 Women Officers Lead South-Central Railway

South-Central Railway ने history create की जब 5 key departments को women ने head किया –

• K. Padmaja – Principal Chief Operations Manager

• Ity Pandey – Principal Chief Commercial Manager

• Aroma Singh Thakur – IG-cum-Principal Chief Security Commissioner

• Dr. Nirmala Narasimhan – Principal Chief Medical Director

• T. Hema Suneetha – Principal Financial Advisor

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🧪 Genetically Modified E. coli as Mercury Sensor

Researchers from Imperial College London & Zhejiang University ने E. coli bacteria को engineer करके living biosensor बनाया है।
ये bacteria mercury detect करके उसे electrical signal में convert कर देते हैं, जिसे simple electronic device से read किया जा सकता है।
Aim – cheap, self-powered aur programmable biosensors develop करना for real-time heavy metal detection.

🎯 Rashmika Sahgal Wins Gold – Asian Shooting Championship

20 August 2025 को Shymkent, Kazakhstan में हुए 16th Asian Shooting Championship में Rashmika Sahgal ने Junior Women’s Air Pistol event में Gold Medal जीता।
👉 Score – 241.9 (Han Seunghyun, Korea से 4.3 points आगे)।
साथ ही Manu Bhaker ने Women’s 10m Air Pistol में Bronze Medal जीता (score 219.7)।
Rashmika ने Vanshika Chaudhary & Mohini Singh के साथ मिलकर Team Gold भी हासिल किया।

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🏢 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

UNHCR United Nations की एक specialized agency है जो refugees, displaced communities और stateless people को protect और support करती है।
👉 Established – 1950
👉 Legal Basis – 1951 Refugee Convention & 1967 Protocol
इसका main aim है refugees के rights aur dignity को safeguard करना।

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💂 SBI Loan Scheme for Agniveers & IMPS Charges Update

State Bank of India (SBI) ने 79th Independence Day पर Agniveers ke liye personal loan scheme launch किया।

• Loan up to ₹4 lakh – बिना collateral और zero processing fee.

• Interest Rate – 10.50% (flat), defence personnel के लिए lowest.

• Valid till 30 September 2025.
  👉 Loan tenure – Agnipath scheme duration के बराबर।

साथ ही SBI ने IMPS transaction fees में भी बदलाव किया।

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📮 India Post IT 2.0 – Digital Transformation

India Post ने नया IT 2.0 system (Advanced Postal Technology – APT) launch किया।

• Developed by Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology

• Runs on MeghRaj 2.0 Cloud with BSNL connectivity

• Features: Unified interface, QR-based payments, OTP-based delivery, 10-digit alphanumeric DIGIPIN

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🎓 34 Indian Students – Sakura Science Programme 2025

Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST) के Sakura Science Programme 2025 में 34 Indian students participate कर रहे हैं।

• Started – 2014, India joined in 2016.

• Countries included – India, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia + अन्य Asian nations.
  👉 Aim – Youth exchange in Science & Technology.

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🌱 Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan – Tribal Leadership Movement

19 August 2025 को Ministry of Tribal Affairs ने Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan launch किया।
👉 World’s largest tribal leadership programme.
👉 Target – 20 lakh change leaders in 1 lakh tribal villages.
Core Values – Sewa (Service), Sankalp (Resolve), Samarpan (Dedication).

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🍚 Ending Global Hunger – India’s Role

UN Report 2025 के अनुसार 2024 में 673 million लोग hunger से प्रभावित थे (2023 में 688 million)।
India ने food security reforms के जरिए global hunger fight में बड़ा role play किया।
👉 Report: State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025.
India को pivotal driver माना जा रहा है hunger elimination में।

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💻 Parag Agrawal Launches AI Startup – Parallel Web Systems

Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal ने नया startup Parallel Web Systems शुरू किया।
👉 Mission – AI-focused web infrastructure बनाना।
Parallel की technology से AI agents research, analysis aur automation जैसे tasks humans से faster aur accurate तरीके से कर पाएंगे।

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🌽 Maize Cultivation – Key Facts

• Soil – Well-drained sandy loam to silty loam, alluvial best

• pH – 5.5 to 7.5

• Temperature – 21°C to 32°C

• Rainfall – 50 to 100 cm

• Season – Kharif (June-September)
  
  

  ⚖ Supreme Court on Governor–State Govt Harmony

  20 August 2025 को Supreme Court ने सवाल उठाया कि क्या आज भी Governor aur State Government के बीच वो harmony exist करती है जिसकी उम्मीद Constitution framers ने की थी।
  👉 Observation दिया 5-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai.
  Focus था – दोनों power centres (Governor & State Govt) के बीच consultation और coordination।

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  ⚽ Mohamed Salah – PFA Player of the Year (Record Third Time)

  Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah को PFA Player of the Year award तीसरी बार मिला – ये एक record है।
  👉 Performance – 29 goals, 18 assists, Liverpool को Premier League Title जिताया।
  साथ ही जीते – Golden Boot, Premier League Player of the Season, Playmaker Award.
  Women’s Award – Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal) – 9 goals।

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  🚧 Odisha Capital Region Ring Road Project Approved

  Union Cabinet ने Odisha Capital Region Ring Road (6-lane, access-controlled) project को मंजूरी दी।

• Cost – ₹8,307.74 crore

• Bhubaneswar Bypass बनेगा जिससे Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khordha से heavy traffic divert होगा।
  👉 Aim – Freight efficiency बढ़ाना, logistics cost घटाना, socio-economic growth boost करना।

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📜 Jan Vishwas Bill 2025 – Decriminalisation & Ease of Living

Lok Sabha में introduce किया गया Jan Vishwas Bill 2025.
👉 Target – 355 provisions across 16 Acts, 10 ministries

• 288 provisions – decriminalisation

• 67 provisions – ease of living
  Bill builds on Jan Vishwas Act 2023 (183 provisions decriminalised earlier)।
  Includes changes in NDMC Act 1994 & Motor Vehicles Act 1988.

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🎥 TikTok Partners with Nepal Tourism Board

TikTok + Nepal Tourism Board ने मिलकर नया campaign शुरू किया है।
👉 Aim – Nepal की tourism promotion.

• Creator-led campaign showcasing must-see aur unexplored places.

• Dedicated in-app experience – #VisitNepal (2025 full year campaign).

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🎭 Veteran Actor Achyut Potdar Passes Away at 91

Achyut Potdar, Bollywood aur Marathi films के veteran actor, 91 की age में निधन।
👉 Career – 125+ films – Aakrosh, Ardh Satya, Tezaab, Parinda & iconic role in 3 Idiots (“Arey kehna kya chahte ho”).
Also acted in TV shows – Wagle Ki Duniya, Bharat Ki Khoj.

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📰 Press Sewa Portal Launched

Press Registrar General of India (PRGI) ने Press Sewa Portal launch किया।
👉 Aim – Newspapers & Periodicals registration process को easy, transparent aur fast बनाना।
PIB Hyderabad ने Vartalap session organize किया to guide publishers aur doubts clear करने के लिए।

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🎓 IIM Amendment Bill 2025 Passed in Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha ने Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill 2025 पास किया।
👉 Provision – Assam के Guwahati में नया IIM establish होगा।
👉 Funding – ₹550 crore grant sanctioned।
यह demand North-East region की long-standing मांग थी।

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🎾 Iga Świątek Wins Cincinnati Open 2025

Iga Świątek ने Jasmine Paolini को 7-5, 6-4 से हराकर Cincinnati Open 2025 जीता।
👉 Achievement – First hard-court title since Indian Wells 2024.
👉 Career Tally – 24 career titles, 11 WTA 1000 titles.
अब U.S. Open 2025 में World No. 2 rank के साथ entry लेंगी।

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🪨 Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill 2025

Parliament ने Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Amendment Bill 2025 पास किया।
👉 Key Points –

• Leaseholders अब additional minerals apply कर सकते हैं same lease में।

• National Mineral Exploration Trust बनाया गया exploration aur mine development के लिए।

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👑 Manika Vishwakarma – Miss Universe India 2025

Manika Vishwakarma (Ganganagar, Rajasthan) crowned as Miss Universe India 2025 in Jaipur।
👉 She will represent India at 74th Miss Universe (Thailand).
Past winners – Sushmita Sen (1994), Lara Dutta (2000), Harnaaz Sandhu (2021).

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📸 World Photography Day 2025

19 August को हर साल celebrate होता है World Photography Day – photography की art, science और impact को honour करने के लिए।
👉 Theme 2025 – “My Favorite Photo”
👉 World Photography Week – 12–26 August 2025, hashtag #WorldPhotographyWeek के साथ celebrate किया गया।

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