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16TH JULY TO 31ST JULY, 2025
 Recently which state celebrates sacred ‘Behdeinkhlam  Where is the cleanest city as per ‘Swachh Surekshan
Festival’— Meghalaya 2024-25’ in population category of over 10 lakh—
 About Behdeikhlam Festival : Ahmedabad [2nd Bhopal , 3rd : Lucknow]
It is a vibrant festival celebrated by the ‘Pnar  NOTE :
People’ preliminary in July, to ensure a beautiful This time another ‘Super Swachh League Cities’
hervest and ward off evil spirits. category is created, where Indore ranked first
 Recently India’s second longest cable stayed Bridge followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai.
opens in— Shivamogga, Karnataka. [The bridge  What is the theme of ‘Nelson Mandela International
connects Sagara and Sigandur], stretches 2.44 km.] Day’ observed on 18th July— It’s still in our hands to
 India’s ‘first Aqua Tech Park’, to help local fish farmers combat proverty and inequality.
learn new methods likie biafloe and aquaponics at—  Which is the first Indian state to launch a Tribal
Sonapur, Assam. Genome sequencing project of genetic science into a
 Which state government launches ‘Me Deeds’ NGDRS Tribal Healthcare for healthier, data driven future—
Pilot Project for Land Registration— Himachal Gujarat.
Pradesh.  The ‘Maputo Protocol’ was adopted by which
 Which country launched advanced Communication organization— African Union
Satellite ‘Dror 1’— Israel. About African Union (AU) :
 Which city ranked World’s most affordable Student  Estb. : 9th July, 2002
City 2026 ranking— Delhi.  Members : 55 member states and 9 observer states.
 Recently Union Cabinet approves which schemes to  Chairperson : Joao Lourenco.
makes a significant policy step aimed at Strengthening  Which ministry has launched ADEETIE Scheme to
Agriculture across 100 targeted districts with an annual boost industrial competitiveness, jobs and climate
budget of Rs. 24,000 crore over six years from 2025- action— Ministry of Power.
2026— P. M. Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Nagana 2025-  ADEETIE : Assistance in Deploying Energy
2031. Efficient Technologies in Industries &
 Who honoured with ‘Kalinga Ratna Award’— Establishments.
Dharmendra Pradhan.  ‘Bukkapatna Chinkara Wildlife Sancthary’ recently is
 Who appointed as the new Prime Minsiter of in news. It is located in— Karnataka.
‘Ukraine’— Yuliia Svyrydenko.  ‘Male Mahadeshwana Wildlife Sanctuarty’ and
 About Ukraine : ‘Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary’ located in which
 Capital : Kyiv state— Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
 Currency : Hryvnia  ‘Sharavathi Lion Tailed Macaque Wildlife Sanctuary’
 President : Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently is in news, located in the state of—
Karnataka.
 Which state government has launched a campaign to  Which state cloinched U18 Boys’ Titles at Junior
revive 75 small rivers and tributaries in July 2025— National Rugby 7s Championship 2025— Bihar.
Uttar Pradesh.  Which institute received National Geospatial
 NOTE : Practitioner Award 2025— INCOIS.
The scheme is a part of Amrit Saravar Scheme with  NOTE :
co-operation of Bhaskar Acharya National Institute INCOIS or Indian National Centre for Ocean
for Space Application and Geo Informatics Information Services headquarter at Hyderabad.
(BISAG-N)  Which day is observed as ‘World Chess Day’— 20th
 ‘Bhadrakali Lake’ recently is in news. It is located at July.
which state— Telangana.
 Where is the BIMSTEC Ports Conference 2025 held—
 Which ministry launched the ‘National Plastic Wastge
Vishakhapatnam.
Reporting Portal’— Ministry of Environment &
 Which organization is responsibles for the
Climate Change.
implementation of Carbon Credit Trading Scheme
 The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(CCTS) — Bureau of Energy Efficiency.
launched the Waste Picker Enumeration App’ under
 Which village in Sikkim was recently declared the
which schemd— NAMASTE Scheme.
India’s first digital named village— Yakten.
 About NAMASTE Scheme :
 Which country has become the first in World to launch
NAMASTE or National Action for Mechanized
the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) —
Sanitation Ecosystem was launched in 2023 under
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and India.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.  Which state government has launched the ‘Prerona
 What is the name of India’s first agentic AI system Aasani’ schemes to support ‘Class 10th Students’—
which can manage tasks, make decision and solve Assam.
problem independently— Kwati.  Which institution hosted the ‘Shalyacon 2025’ the 3rd
 NOTE : The AI is developed by Krutrim based on National Conference on ‘Shalya Tantra’— All India
Bengaluru. Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delohi.
 What is ‘Avilist’ that was recently mentioned in news—  ‘Tiwai Island’, which has become a UNESCO World
A unified global checklist of Bird Species. Heritage Site, is located in which country— Sierra
 Which state has emerged as the leading state in India Leone.
for the ‘Scan and Share’ facility under Ayushman  NOTE :
Bharat Mission— Bihar. It is declared at 47th session on UNESCO held at
 Which state was awarded first place in the country for Paris.
achieving the highest wind power capacity in FY 2024-  About Sierra Leone :
25— Karnataka.  Continent : Africa
 What is the IUCN status of Emperor Penguin that was  Capital : Freetown
recently seen in news— Near Threatened.  Currency : Leone
 NOTE : The Emperor Penguin are found in  President : Julius Maada Bio
Antertica.  ‘Cradie of Humankind’ a UNESCO World Heritage
 Where was the ‘National Conference on Agri Stack’
Site is located in which country— South Africa.
held— New Delhi.
 When is ‘World Heritage Week 2024’ was celebrated in
 ‘Pranati Nayak’ won which medal in Women’s Vault at
India— 19th to 25th November.
the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Cahmpionships in
 Which state has introduced the ‘The Prevention of
Jecheon, Korea— Beonze medal.
Offences Against Holy Scriptures Bill’ in July—
 Indian and Singapore Navy conducts bilateral naval
Punjab.
exercise in Singapore name— SIMBEX.
 Which country has passed a bill legalizing Assisted
 NOTE :
Dying— France.
Indian Naval Ships INS Delhi, INS Satpura, INS
Kiltan and INS Shakti took part in this exercise.
 Which international agreement is the Protection of  The National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) is an
interests in Aircraft objects Bill 2025— Cape Town initiative of which Union Ministry— Ministry of
Convention. Rural Development.
 Which city host of ‘Bille Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania
 NOTE :
Group 1 Tennis Tournament’— Pune.
 Where is India’s second longest cable stayed Bridge The Union Ministry of Rural Development has
‘Singandur Bridge’ inaugurated— Karnataka. identified manipulation in digital attendance for
 NOTE : ‘MGNREGs’
It is a 2.44 km long bridge in Shivamoggai, connects  Which state recently celebrates ‘Saaral Vizha 2025’
Sagora and Manakutika named after Goddess festival— Courtallam, Tamil Nadu.
Chowdeshwari.
 NOTE :
 ‘Shinkansen’ is the name of which country’s high
The Saaral Vizha or Saaral Thiruvzha is a vibrant
speed bullet train system— Japan.
 Which state has emerged as the top producer of monsoon festival that celebrates culture, tradition
processed Potatoes in 2024-2026— Gujarat. and community welfare, event featured cultural
 Recently where was the ‘Prachand Shakti’ exercise performance flower exhibition and publics
conducted by Indian Army— Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. competitions.
 Where was the ‘13th International AIDS Society
 What is India’s rank at ‘International Mathematics
Conference (IAS 2025) held— Kigali, Rawanda.
Olympiad’— 7th [the competition held at Sunshine
 About Rawanda :
 Continent : Africa Coast, Australia]
 Capital : Kigali  Who won ‘Japan Open Badminton Chaimpionship
 Currency : Rawanda France 2025’— Shi Yuqi (of China)
 President : Paul Kagame.  What is the name of India’s first indigenous built
 Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the ‘Malaria Vaccine’ developed by ICMR— Ad Falci-Vax
‘National Medical Commission’— De Abhjat Sheth.
 Which state to set up a dedicated ‘Hornbill
 The ‘Indian Trend Fair 2025’ was inaugurated in which
Conservation Centre’ at Anamalai Tiger Reserve—
country— Japan.
 ‘Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan’ (PMVIKAS) Tamil Nadu.
Scheme was launched by which ministry—  Which country to host ‘FIDE Chess World Cup
Ministry of Minority Affairs. 2025’— India.
 NOTE :  Recently V. S. Achutanandan passed away. He was
It is a skill training and woman entrepreneurship former— C. M. of Kerala and Veteran leader of
programme under launched by IIT Kottayam under
CPI(M).
this scheme.
 What is the theme of ‘World Brain Health Day’
 Which country has developed the world’s lightest brain
control dev ice to steer bees— China. observed on 22nd July— Brain Health for All Ages.
 According to new data released by WHO-UNICEF  India’s first ‘Mining Tourism Project’ come up at—
achieved its highest ever childhood immunization Jharkhand.
coverages— South Asia.  Who is the first Indian to win ‘Oscar for Magicians’ at
 About WHO :  About UNICEF :
FISM 2025— Suhani Shah.
 Estb. : 7th Aprtil 1948  Estb. : 11th Dec., 1946
 Which bank adjudged World’s Best Consumer Bank 2025
 H. Q. : Geneva  H. Q. : New York
 Director General :  Executive Director by Global Finance Magazine— State Bank of India.
Tedros Adhanom Catherine Russell  About SBI :
 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Appreciation Day is  Estb. : 1st July 1955 (1921 as Imperial Bank of India)
celebrated on which day— 16th July.  H. Q. : Nariman Point, Mumbai
 Chairman : C. Sreenivasulu Setty.
 Who appointed the new Chairman of IRDAI— Ajay  Which initiative of Kerala was recently recognized by t
Seth. he UNICEF as a global best practices in responsible
 About IRDAI : Education Technology— KITE

 IRDAI : Insurance Regulatory and Development  NOTE :

KITE or Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for
Authority
Education ethically integrates AI in school
 Estb. : 1999
education, gaining national and international
 H. Q. : Hydrabad
attention.
 Responsible Ministry : Ministry of Finance.  ‘Indian Astronomical Observatory’ is recently seen in
 Which state celebrates ‘Adi Thiruvathirai Festival’— news, located at— Ladakh.
Tamil Nadu.  NOTE :
 About Thiruvathirai Festival : It was inaugurated in 2001 and located 4500 meters
A Hindu festival predominantly celebrated in Tamil above sea level.
Nadu and Kerala, dedicated to Lord Shiva and  Where was India’s International Movement to United
Nations Conference 2025 held— Noida.
Godess Parvati, celebrates in December-January.
 What kind of vessel is ‘INS Sanchhayak’ that was
 Recently DRDO successfully tested ULPGM-V3. It is
recently mentioned in news— Hydrographic Survey
a— UAV launched Precision Guided Missile.
Ship.
 NOTE :  Where was the Youth Spiritual Summit 2025
It is a Air-to-Surface missile with a weight of 12.5 organised— Varanasi.
kg and maximum range of 4 km (day) and 2.5 kg  Which state in the host of ‘Indian Open Athletics Meet
(Night) 2025’— Patna, Bihar.
 ‘Poshan /Tracker App’ launched b y which ministry —  ‘Bitra Island’ recently is in news, for security purpose,
located at— Lakshadweep.
Ministry of Woman and Child Development.
 Which state government has launched a milk subsidy
 NOTE :
scheme to support dairy farmers with Rs. 5/liter of
This app was launched on 21st March 2021 to help
milk— Assam.
Anganwadi Centers and Worker.  ‘INVICTUS’ research programme is an initiative of
 Which state has received the highest of grievances on which space organization— European Space Agency.
the Centralized Public Grienence Redress and  NOTE :
Monitoring System Portal in June 2025— Uttar INVICTUS aims to develop hypersonic technologies
Pradesh. for reusable vehicles.
 Which ministry has launched the MCA21 Portal for  Which country has emerged as the global leader in fast
payments, according toe International Monitory Fund—
automating corporate legal process— Ministry of
India.
Corporate Affairs.
 Which country has created an in vitro biotransformation
 ‘SCORES’ portal is launched by which institution—
(ivBT) system that can make sucrose from methanol—
SEBI. China.
 Central adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is a  Which state government has released the ‘Green
statutory body under which ministry— Ministry of Hydrogen Valley Declaration 2025— Andhra Pradesh
Women and Child Development.  Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) jointly
 NOTE : established by which two organizations— FAO &
WHO.
These directions follow the Juvenile Justice Act
 NOTE :
2015 and Adoption Regulations 2022.
It is an international body that develops food
 Which country virtually hosted the 4th BIMSTEC
standards guidelines and codes of practice to protect
Disaster Management Exercise 2025— India.
consumer health.
 Which mobile application won the ‘World Summit on  What is the name of committee constituted by central
the Information Society prizes 2025 Champion Award government to handle major disasters with national
for rural digital governance— Meri Panchayet. infact— National Crisis Management Committee
 Which country is the host of ‘World Test Championship (Chaired by Rajiv Gauba)
Finals’ for 2027, 2029 and 2031— England.  The Ministry of Women and Child Development has
 What is the theme of National Cybersecurity Exerc ise
introduced ‘Palna Scheme’ under which mission—
Bharat NCX 2025— Enhancing the operational
Mission Shakti.
preparedness of India.
 About Palna Scheme :
 What is the name of the scheme recently launched by
Launched in 2022 this scheme is provided daycave
government to develop iconic tourist centres to a global
scale— Special Assistance to States for Capital for children aged 6 month to 6 years, specially for
Investment. working mothers.
 ‘Guryul Ravine Fossil Site’, that was recently seen in  What is the theme of ‘4th edition of World Food India
news, located at— Jammu & Kashmir. 2025’ held at New Delhi— Processing and
 ‘India & Singapore’ joint military exercise ‘Bold Prosparity.
Kurukshetra’ conducts at— Jodhpur, Rajasthan.  Which state has become a national leader in
 Who honoured with ‘G. P. Birla Memorial Award’ for implementing the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled
scientific research— V. Narayanan (Chairman of Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA) — Madhya Pradesh.
ISRO)
 Where was the ‘Gorbea Solar Power Project’
 Who became the first Woman Vice Chancellor of
inaugurated— Bikaner, Rajasthan.
IGNOU— Prof. Uma Kanjilal.
 Which State/UT has announced a hike in cash awards
 Who won ‘PEN Translates Award’ for novel ‘Once
for Olympic medalists under the Mukhyamantri Khel
Elephant Lived Here’ — Geetanjali Shree.
 Who clinched ‘Women’s Badminton Asia Junior Protsahan Yojona— Delhi.
Championship 2025’— Tanvi Sharma & Vennala  Which state government has launched foreign language
Kalagetla. scheme named CM-FLIGHT to boost overseas
 Which day is observed as ‘World Mangrove Day— 26th employment— Assam.
July.  Which state government has established a ‘Kargil
 Which team won ‘Women Euro 2025’ final held at Shaurya Vatika’ to honour soldiers who died in the
Basel, Switzerland— England (defeated Spain) . 1999 Kargil War— Rajasthan.
 Who won ‘Belgium Grand Prix 2025’— Oscar Piastri.  Which country is the host of ‘COP15’ of the Ramsar
 Which organization launched ‘Veer Parivar Sahayata Convention 2025— Zimbabwe.
Yojona’ for justice dignity and legal protection for
 NOTE :
India’s military and paramilitary personnel— National
India adopted Ramsar Convention in 1982 and India
Legal Service Authority.
has at present 91 Ramsar Sites.
 What is the theme of ‘World Hepatitis Day’ observed
on 28th July— Hepatitis : Let’s Break It Down.  The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
 Who won ‘FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025’— change organized the ‘World Wetland Day 2025’ event
Divya Deshmukh. at which Ramsar Site— Parvati Arga, Uttar Pradesh.
 About FIDE : (Federation International des Echecs)  Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)
 Estb. : 1924 is a flagship scheme of which ministry— Ministry of
 H. Q. : Laussanne, Switzerland Minority Affairs.
 President : Arkady Dvorkovich.  Which space organization has launched a twin satellite
 What is the name of India’s first Supersonic Jet Fighter mission called ‘TRACES’ to study Earth’s Magnetic
Aircraft, which is set to replaced in September 2025— Shield— NASA.
MIG 21 Bison.
 About NASA :
 NOTE :
[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]
It was commissioned in IAF in 1963 make by Soviet
 Estb. : 1958
Union company Mikoyan-Gurevich.
 H. Q. : Washington D. C.
 Administrator : Sean Duffy (Acting)
 Which organization has launched Yashoda AI : India’s  Which ministry has launched the revamped ‘Mission
first Artificial Intelligence Literacy Campaign for Rural Vatsalya Portal’ as a unified digital platform for Child
Women— National Commission for Women. protection service— Ministry of Women and Child
 The scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science is an Development.
initiative of which ministry— Minister of Culture.  Where was India’s first Hydrogen-Powered Coach
 What is the rank of India in the ‘Number Safety Index
successfully tested— Chennai.
2025’— 67th [1st : Andoora]
 Where was India’s first off grid 5 megawatt green
 NOTE :
Hydrogen pilot plant commissioned— Gujarat.
It is a user based index that measures safety
 Which city is the host of ‘World Hydrogen Summit
perceptions, crime fear and incidents.
2025’— Rotterdam, Netherlands.
 Who clinched U15 Asian Youth Woman Table Tennis
Championship— Divyanshi Bhowmick.  India and which International Organization jointly

 Which country unveils ‘Gazap’ the World’s most launched research initiatives on Marine Plastic Litter
powerful Non-Nuclear Bomb— Turkey. and Waste to Hydrogen— European Union.
 Whyat is the India’s rank at ‘World University Games’  Which state is the first in India to deploy a Hydrogen
held at Germany— 20th. fuel cell truck for mining logistics— Chhattisgarh.
 The Prime Minister of India presented two BHISHM  ‘Preah Vihear Temple’ that was recently seen in news,
(Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita and Maitri) is a horder dispute between which two countries—
cubes to which country— Maldives. Combodia and Thailand.
 NOTE :  NOTE :
BHISHM cube contains essential medicines, trauma
The Preah Vihar Temple was built during Khmer
care, surgical tools and AI system.
Empire and got UNESCO tag in 2008.
 Which country has declared food emergency to curb
 ‘Tirchendur Subramanya Swamy Temple’ is located in
soaring rice prices— Phillippines.
which state— Tamil Nadu.
 What is the new name of the Employment Linked
 ‘Simhachalan Temple’ is located in which state—
Incentives (ELI) Scheme— P. M. Viksit Bharat
Rozgar Yojana Andhra Pradesh.

 NOTE :  What is the name of the new initiative that integrates

The Scheme is launched in 2025 with a budget of traditional gurukul scholars into modern research
Rs. 99446 crore targets 1.92 crore first time workers, institutions like IITs— Setubandh Vidwan Yojona.
covering jobs from Aug, 2025 to July 2027.,  What is the name of the anti-terror operation by Indian
 Where is the headquarter of United Nations Office on Army to elimination of the Pahalgam attack
Drugs and Crime— Vienna, Austria. mastermind— Operation Mahadev.

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