22 August 2025
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 was recently passed by which House of Parliament?
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Real Money Gaming Ban Bill, 2025
āĻĒাāϏ āĻšāϝ়েāĻে: āϰাāĻ্āϝāϏāĻা, ⧍⧧ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
Passed: Rajya Sabha, 21 August 2025
āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āĻāϏāĻ্āϤি, āĻāĻŖ āĻ āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻ্āώāϤি āϰোāϧে āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦ āĻ āϰ্āĻĨেāϰ āĻেāĻŽিং (RMG) āύিāώিāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϰা
Aim: Ban real money gaming (RMGs) to curb addiction, debt, and social harm
āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻŦ: āĻĄ্āϰিāĻŽā§§ā§§, āĻāĻŽāĻĒিāĻāϞ, āĻĒোāĻাāϰāĻŦাāĻি āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāĻāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽ āĻ্āώāϤিāĻ্āϰāϏ্āϤ; āύাāĻাāϰা, āĻĄেāϞ্āĻা āĻāϰ্āĻĒ-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻোāĻŽ্āĻĒাāύিāϰ āĻļেāϝ়াāϰেāϰ āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ āĻāĻŽেāĻে
Effect: Platforms like Dream11, MPL, PokerBaazi hit; companies like Nazara, Delta Corp lost value
āϏāϰāĻাāϰেāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ: āĻāĻāĻি āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী RMG-āĻে āĻিāĻ āĻĢাāύ্āĻĄ āĻেāϞেāĻ্āĻাāϰিāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϤুāϞāύা āĻāϰেāĻেāύ
Government Stand: IT Minister likened RMG to chit fund scams
āĻŦিāĻāϞ্āĻĒ: āϝুāĻŦāĻ্āϰীāĻĄ়া āĻ āĻ্āϰীāĻĄ়া āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞāϝ়েāϰ āĻ āϧীāύে āĻ-āϏ্āĻĒোāϰ্āĻāϏāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāϰ
Alternative: Promotion of e-sports under Youth Affairs & Sports Ministry
```The Lipulekh Pass, recently in news due to Nepal’s objection, is located at the trijunction of:
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āϞিāĻĒুāϞেāĻ āĻŦিāϤāϰ্āĻ (āĻাāϰāϤ–āύেāĻĒাāϞ–āĻীāύ)
Lipulekh Dispute (India–Nepal–China)
āĻŦিāώāϝ়: āύেāĻĒাāϞ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϤি āĻাāύিāϝ়েāĻে āϝে āĻাāϰāϤ–āĻীāύ āϞিāĻĒুāϞেāĻ āĻĒাāϏে āϏীāĻŽাāύ্āϤ āĻŦাāĻŖিāĻ্āϝ āĻĒুāύāϰাāϝ় āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰেāĻে (āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ), āϝা āϤাāϰা āύেāĻĒাāϞেāϰ āĻূāĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻĻাāĻŦি āĻāϰে।
Issue: Nepal objected to India–China reopening border trade at Lipulekh Pass (Aug 2025), claiming it as Nepali territory.
āύেāĻĒাāϞেāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ: āĻāϰ āϏāϰāĻাāϰি āĻŽাāύāĻিāϤ্āϰ (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ļ) āĻ āύুāϝাāϝ়ী āϞিāĻŽ্āĻĒিāϝ়াāϧুāϰা, āϞিāĻĒুāϞেāĻ āĻ āĻাāϞাāĻĒাāύি āύেāĻĒাāϞেāϰ āĻ ংāĻļ (āĻŽāĻšাāĻাāϞী āύāĻĻীāϰ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦে)।
Nepal’s Stand: Its official map (2020) shows Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh & Kalapani as part of Nepal (east of Mahakali River).
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ: āϞিāĻĒুāϞেāĻেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āϏীāĻŽাāύ্āϤ āĻŦাāĻŖিāĻ্āϝ āĻļুāϰু āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ ⧧⧝ā§Ģā§Ē āϏাāϞে; āĻāϞাāĻা āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻ āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻāϤ (āĻāϤ্āϤāϰাāĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ)।
India’s Stand: Border trade via Lipulekh started in 1954; area belongs to India (Uttarakhand).
āĻĒāĻāĻূāĻŽি:
Background:
ā§§ā§Žā§§ā§Ŧ āϏাāϞেāϰ āϏুāĻৌāϞি āĻুāĻ্āϤি: āύেāĻĒাāϞ āĻাāϞী āύāĻĻীāϰ āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽেāϰ āĻāĻŽি āĻেāĻĄ়ে āĻĻেāϝ়। āĻŦিāϤāϰ্āĻ āĻাāϞী āύāĻĻীāϰ āĻā§āĻĒāϤ্āϤিāϏ্āĻĨāϞ āύিāϝ়ে।
1816 Treaty of Sugauli: Nepal gave up lands west of Kali River. Dispute arises on where the river originates.
āύেāĻĒাāϞ āĻŦāϞāĻে āĻā§āϏ āϞিāĻŽ্āĻĒিāϝ়াāϧুāϰা āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞে → āϤাāĻ āĻāĻ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞ āύেāĻĒাāϞেāϰ।
Nepal says it originates at Limpiyadhura → region belongs to Nepal.
āĻাāϰāϤ āĻŦāϞāĻে āύāĻĻী āĻļুāϰু āĻšāϝ় āϞিāĻĒুāϞেāĻেāϰ āύিāĻে → āϤাāĻ āĻāϞাāĻা āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ (āĻĒিāĻĨোāϰাāĻāĻĄ়, āĻāϤ্āϤāϰাāĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ)।
India says river starts below Lipulekh → region part of India (Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand).
āĻৌāĻļāϞāĻāϤ āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ:
Strategic Importance:
- āĻৈāϞাāĻļ āĻŽাāύāϏ āϏāϰোāĻŦāϰ āϝাāϤ্āϰাāϰ (āĻšিāύ্āĻĻু āϤীāϰ্āĻĨāϝাāϤ্āϰা) āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻĒāĻĨ।
- Route for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra (Hindu pilgrimage).
- āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻাāϰāϤ–āĻীāύ āĻŦাāĻŖিāĻ্āϝ āĻĒāĻĨ।
- Key India–China trade route.
- āĻাāϰāϤ–āύেāĻĒাāϞ–āĻীāύ āϤ্āϰিāϏংāϝোāĻāϏ্āĻĨāϞেāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ → āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻৌāĻļāϞāĻāϤ āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ।
- Location near India–Nepal–China trijunction → high strategic value.
āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি:
Current Situation:
āύেāĻĒাāϞ āĻাāϰāϤীāϝ় āϏāĻĄ়āĻ āύিāϰ্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻ āĻাāϰāϤ–āĻীāύ āĻŦাāĻŖিāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻŦিāϰোāϧিāϤা āĻāϰāĻে।
Nepal opposes Indian road construction & India–China trade there.
āĻাāϰāϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύাāϝ় āϰাāĻি āϤāĻŦে āύেāĻĒাāϞেāϰ āĻĻাāĻŦিāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝাāĻ্āϝাāύ āĻāϰāĻে।
India ready for talks but rejects Nepal’s claims.
What is the name of the employment-linked incentive scheme announced by PM Modi?
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Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY)
āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ: ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ; āĻŦাāĻেāĻ: ~₹ā§§ āϞāĻ্āώ āĻোāĻি
Launch: 15 Aug 2025; Budget: ~₹1 lakh crore
āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ: ⧍ āĻŦāĻāϰে ā§Š.ā§Ģ āĻোāĻি āĻাāĻāϰি; ~ā§§.⧝⧍ āĻোāĻি āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻāϰ্āĻŽী
Goal: 3.5 cr jobs in 2 yrs; ~1.92 cr first-time workers
āĻāϰ্āĻŽāĻাāϰী āϏুāĻŦিāϧা: ₹ā§§ā§Ģ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ (⧍ āĻিāϏ্āϤি @ā§Ŧ āĻ ā§§ā§¨ āĻŽাāϏে) + āĻāϰ্āĻĨিāĻ āϏাāĻ্āώāϰāϤা āĻĒ্āϰāĻļিāĻ্āώāĻŖ
Employees: ₹15,000 (2 instalments @6 & 12 months) + financial literacy
āύিāϝ়োāĻāĻāϰ্āϤা āϏুāĻŦিāϧা: ₹ā§Š,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ/āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻāϰ্āĻŽী/āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŽাāϏে (⧍ āĻŦāĻāϰ; āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύে ā§Ē āĻŦāĻāϰ)
Employers: ₹3,000/employee/month (2 yrs; 4 yrs in manufacturing)
āύিāĻŦāύ্āϧāύ: ā§§ā§Ž āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻĨেāĻে; PM-VBRY āĻĒোāϰ্āĻাāϞ āĻ UMANG (Face Auth) āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে
Regn: Started 18 Aug 2025; via PM-VBRY portal & UMANG (Face Auth)
āĻĒেāĻŽেāύ্āĻ: DBT (āĻāϧাāϰ/PAN āϏংāϝুāĻ্āϤ)
Payment: DBT (Aadhaar/PAN linked)
āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āĻāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻ āĻāϰ্āĻŽāϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি, āϝুāĻŦāĻļāĻ্āϤিāϰ āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤাāϝ়āύ, āĻĻāĻ্āώ āĻāϰ্āĻŽāĻļāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻ āύ
Aim: Boost formal jobs, youth empowerment, skilled workforce
As of August 2025, how many States and Union Territories have implemented the “Anna-Chakra” tool?
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āĻāύ্āύা-āĻāĻ্āϰ āϏাāĻĒ্āϞাāĻ āĻেāĻāύ āĻ āĻĒ্āĻিāĻŽাāĻāĻেāĻļāύ āĻুāϞ (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ)
Anna-Chakra Supply Chain Optimisation Tool (2025)
āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦাāϝ়āύ: āĻĒাāĻŦāϞিāĻ āĻĄিāϏ্āĻ্āϰিāĻŦিāĻāĻļāύ āϏিāϏ্āĻেāĻŽ (PDS)-āĻāϰ āĻ āϧীāύে ā§Šā§§āĻিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে ā§Šā§ĻāĻি āϰাāĻ্āϝ/āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻļাāϏিāϤ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞে (āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāϤীāϤ) āĻাāϞু।
Implemented under: Public Distribution System (PDS) in 30 out of 31 States/UTs (except Manipur).
āĻāύ্āύা-āĻāĻ্āϰ: āĻĄিāĻিāĻাāϞ/āĻ ্āϝাāύাāϞিāĻিāĻ্āϝাāϞ āϏিāϏ্āĻেāĻŽ
Anna-Chakra: Digital/Analytical System
āĻāĻি āĻāĻāĻি āĻĄিāĻিāĻাāϞ/āĻ ্āϝাāύাāϞিāĻিāĻ্āϝাāϞ āϏিāϏ্āĻেāĻŽ, āϝা āĻĒাāĻŦāϞিāĻ āĻĄিāϏ্āĻ্āϰিāĻŦিāĻāĻļāύ āϏিāϏ্āĻেāĻŽ (PDS)-āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে, āϝাāϰ āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ:
It is a digital/analytical system developed for the Public Distribution System (PDS) to:
āϰাāĻ্āϝ/āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻļাāϏিāϤ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻাāĻĻ্āϝāĻļāϏ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāĻšāύেāϰ āϰুāĻ āĻ āĻĒ্āĻিāĻŽাāĻāĻ āĻāϰা।
Optimise food grain transportation routes across States/UTs.
āϞāĻিāϏ্āĻিāĻ্āϏ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻŽাāύো (āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ₹⧍ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻোāĻি āϏাāĻļ্āϰāϝ়)।
Reduce costs in logistics (saving about ₹250 crore annually).
āĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ় āϝাāϤ্āϰা āĻš্āϰাāϏ āĻāϰে CO₂ āύিঃāϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻŽাāύো, āϝা āĻāϞāĻŦাāϝ়ু āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝāĻে āϏāĻŽāϰ্āĻĨāύ āĻāϰে।
Cut CO₂ emissions by minimising unnecessary travel, supporting climate goals.
Where will the 2025 World Boxing Championships be held?
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About England
āϝুāĻ্āϤāϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āĻ āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻāϤ āĻāĻāĻি āĻĻেāĻļ (āϏীāĻŽাāύ্āϤ: āĻāϤ্āϤāϰে āϏ্āĻāĻāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ, āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽে āĻāϝ়েāϞāϏ)।
Country within the United Kingdom (borders: Scotland N, Wales W).
āϰাāĻāϧাāύী āĻ āĻŦৃāĻšāϤ্āϤāĻŽ āĻļāĻšāϰ: āϞāύ্āĻĄāύ।
Capital & largest city: London.
āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝা: āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ā§Ģā§Ŧ.ā§Ģ āĻŽিāϞিāϝ়āύ (⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧧)।
Population: ~56.5 million (2021).
ā§§ā§ĻāĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻে āĻāĻ্āϝāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ; ā§§ā§ā§Ļā§ āϏাāϞে āϏ্āĻāĻāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻāĻীāĻূāϤ (Acts of Union)।
Unified in 10th century; merged with Scotland in 1707 (Acts of Union).
āĻļাāϏāύ: āϝুāĻ্āϤāϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ āϏংāϏāĻĻ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻĒāϰিāĻাāϞিāϤ (āĻোāύāĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āϏ্āĻŦāĻļাāϏিāϤ āϏāϰāĻাāϰ āύেāĻ)।
Governed by UK Parliament (no devolved govt).
āĻূāĻোāϞ: āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāϤ āϏāĻŽāϤāϞāĻূāĻŽি āĻ āύিāĻŽ্āύ āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ়; āύāĻĻী: āϏেāĻাāϰ্āύ (āĻĻীāϰ্āĻāϤāĻŽ), āĻĨেāĻŽāϏ (āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄে āĻĻীāϰ্āĻāϤāĻŽ)।
Geography: Mostly plains & low hills; rivers Severn (longest) & Thames (longest entirely in England).
āĻāϞāĻŦাāϝ়ু: āϏāĻŽāĻাāĻŦাāĻĒāύ্āύ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻāϰীāϝ়।
Climate: Temperate oceanic.
āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻŦ: āĻংāϰেāĻি āĻাāώা, āĻāĻŽāύ āϞ’ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা, āĻ ্āϝাংāϞিāĻাāύ āĻাāϰ্āĻ, āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ āĻŦিāĻĒ্āϞāĻŦেāϰ āĻāύ্āĻŽāĻূāĻŽি।
Global influence: Birthplace of English language, common law, Anglican Church, Industrial Revolution.
āĻļিāĻ্āώা: āĻ āĻ্āϏāĻĢোāϰ্āĻĄ āĻ āĻেāĻŽāĻŦ্āϰিāĻ (āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻীāύāϤāĻŽ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়āĻুāϞিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ)।
Education: Oxford & Cambridge (world’s oldest universities).
The 1200 MW Kalai-II hydroelectric project is located in which state?
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āĻাāϞাāĻ-II āĻāϞāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝুā§ āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒ
Kalai-II Hydroelectric Project
āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ: āĻ āĻ্āĻাāĻ āĻেāϞা, āĻ āϰুāĻŖাāĻāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ (āĻীāύ āϏীāĻŽাāύ্āϤে)।
Location: Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh (bordering China).
āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা: ⧧⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŽেāĻাāĻāϝ়াāĻ (MW)।
Capacity: 1200 MW.
āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύāĻাāϰী āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা: āĻিāĻāĻāĻāĻĄিāϏি āĻāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া āϞিāĻŽিāĻেāĻĄ (THDC India Ltd.)।
Developer: THDC India Ltd.
āĻŦিāύিāϝ়োāĻ: āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ₹ā§Ē,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻোāĻি।
Investment: ~₹4,000 crore.
āϏুāĻŦিāϧাāϏāĻŽূāĻš:
Benefits:
āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŦāĻāϰ ₹ā§Šā§§ā§Ž āĻোāĻি āĻŽূāϞ্āϝেāϰ āĻŦিāύাāĻŽূāϞ্āϝে āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝুā§।
Free power worth ₹318 crore/year.
āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŦāĻāϰ ₹⧍.⧍ āĻোāĻি āϞোāĻাāϞ āĻāϰিāϝ়া āĻĄেāĻেāϞāĻĒāĻŽেāύ্āĻ āĻĢাāύ্āĻĄ (LADF)-āĻ।
₹2.2 crore/year to Local Area Development Fund (LADF).
āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ā§§,ā§ā§Ļā§Ļ āϏāϰাāϏāϰি āĻাāĻāϰি; āϝাāϰ ā§Ģā§Ļ% āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒে āĻ্āώāϤিāĻ্āϰāϏ্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰāĻে।
~1,700 direct jobs; 50% for project-affected families.
āĻĒāĻāĻূāĻŽি: ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ āϏাāϞে āĻĒ্āϰā§াāϤ āĻŽুāĻ্āϝāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āĻাāϞিāĻো āĻĒুāϞেāϰ āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻে āϏāĻŽীāĻ্āώা āĻļুāϰু।
Background: Survey initiated in 2009 by late CM Kalikho Pul.
āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা: āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļāĻāϤ āĻাāĻĄ়āĻĒāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāύāĻļুāύাāύি āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻ āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤ।
Status: Public hearing for environmental clearance held in Aug 2025.
āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āύোāĻ: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϏাāϞে āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰীā§ PSU-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে MoA-āĻāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻĒুāύāϰুāĻ্āĻীāĻŦিāϤ ā§§ā§ŠāĻি āϏ্āĻĨāĻিāϤ āĻāϞāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝুā§ āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻāĻāĻি।
Special Note: Project is among 13 stalled hydro schemes revived in 2024 through MoAs with central PSUs.
The newly inaugurated Aunta–Simaria Bridge by PM Narendra Modi is located over which river?
Notes :
Aunta–Simaria Bridge (2025)
Aunta–Simaria Bridge (2025)
āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āĻāϰেāĻেāύ: āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āύāϰেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻŽোāĻĻি, ⧍⧍ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ, āĻāϝ়া, āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ।
Inaugurated by: PM Narendra Modi on 22 Aug 2025 in Gaya, Bihar.
āϏেāϤুāϰ āĻĻৈāϰ্āĻ্āϝ: ā§§.ā§Žā§Ŧ āĻিāĻŽি, āĻāĻ্āĻা āύāĻĻীāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻŽিāϤ।
Bridge length: 1.86 km, built on River Ganga.
āĻŦ্āϝāϝ়: āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ₹ā§§,ā§Žā§ā§Ļ āĻোāĻি।
Cost: ~₹1,870 crore.
āϏংāϝোāĻ āϏুāĻŦিāϧা: āĻŽোāĻাāĻŽা (āĻĒাāĻāύা āĻেāϞা) āĻāĻŦং āĻŦেāĻুāϏāϰাāĻ-āĻে āĻāύāĻāĻāĻ-ā§Šā§§-āĻāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰে।
Connectivity: Links Mokama (Patna district) with Begusarai on NH-31.
āϏāĻŽাāύ্āϤāϰাāϞ: āĻĒুāϰāύো āϰাāĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āϏেāϤু (āϰেāϞ-āĻাāĻŽ-āϏāĻĄ়āĻ āϏেāϤু), āϝা āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύে āĻাāϰাāĻĒ āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়।
Parallel to: Old Rajendra Setu (rail-cum-road bridge), now in poor condition.
āϏুāĻŦিāϧাāϏāĻŽূāĻš:
Benefits:
āĻাāϰী āϝাāύāĻŦাāĻšāύেāϰ āϝাāϤ্āϰাāĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻিāĻŽি āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻāĻŽাāϝ়।
Cuts travel distance for heavy vehicles by up to 100 km.
āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāϰ āĻāĻ্āĻāϞিāĻ āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻ āĻ āϰ্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিāĻে āϤ্āĻŦāϰাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻāϰে।
Boosts regional development & economic growth, esp. in North Bihar.
āĻিāϤ্āϤিāĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤāϰ āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ: ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§ āϏাāϞে āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āĻŽোāĻĻি।
Foundation laid in: 2017 by PM Modi.
āϏংāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒ: āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āĻāϰāĻ ₹ā§§ā§Š,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻোāĻি āĻাāĻাāϰ āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύāĻŽূāϞāĻ āĻাāĻ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰে āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āĻāϰেāύ।
Associated projects: PM also launched ₹13,000 crore development works in Bihar.
Which bank launched collateral-free loan for Agniveers?
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SBI Collateral-Free ₹4 Lakh Loan Scheme (for Agniveers)
SBI Collateral-Free ₹4 Lakh Loan Scheme (for Agniveers)
āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ: ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ; āĻ āĻ্āύিāĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻ āĻ্āύিāĻŦীāϰāĻĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ
Launch: 15 Aug 2025; for Agniveers under Agnipath programme
āĻāĻŖেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻŖ: āϏāϰ্āĻŦোāĻ্āĻ ₹ā§Ē āϞāĻ্āώ; āĻোāύāĻ āĻাāĻŽাāύāϤ āĻŦা āĻĒ্āϰāϏেāϏিং āĻĢি āύেāĻ
Loan Amount: Up to ₹4 lakh; no collateral or processing fee
āϏুāĻĻেāϰ āĻšাāϰ: ā§§ā§Ļ.ā§Ģ% (āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ্āώা āĻāϰ্āĻŽীāĻĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϏāϰ্āĻŦāύিāĻŽ্āύ); āĻŦৈāϧ ā§Šā§Ļ āϏেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ
Interest Rate: 10.5% (lowest for defence personnel); valid till 30 Sep 2025
āĻĒāϰিāĻļোāϧ: āύāĻŽāύীāϝ়; āĻ āĻ্āύিāĻĒāĻĨ āϏেāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽেā§াāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āϝুāĻ্āϤ
Repayment: Flexible; linked to Agnipath service tenure
āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āĻ āĻ্āύিāĻŦীāϰāĻĻেāϰ āϏেāĻŦা āĻāϞাāĻাāϞীāύ āĻāϰ্āĻĨিāĻ āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύ
Objective: Provide financial support to Agniveers during service
Which two northeastern states are involved in Exercise Samanvay Shakti 2025?
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Exercise Samanvay Shakti 2025 – Assam & Manipur
Exercise Samanvay Shakti 2025 – Assam & Manipur
āĻāϝ়োāĻāύেāϰ āϤাāϰিāĻ: ⧍ā§Ļ–ā§Šā§Ļ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ; āϞāĻāĻĒুāϞি (āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāϏাāĻŽ) āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻāϏাāĻĨে āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰে āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤ
Conducted: 20–30 Aug 2025; held at Laipuli (Upper Assam) and simultaneously in Manipur
āĻ ংāĻļāĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻাāϰীāϰা: āĻাāϰāϤীāϝ় āϏেāύা, āĻাāϰāϤীāϝ় āĻŦিāĻŽাāύāĻŦাāĻšিāύী, āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļাāϏāύ, āĻĒুāϞিāĻļ, āĻোāϝ়েāύ্āĻĻা āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা, NDRF, SDRF, BRO, āϰেāϞāĻāϝ়ে, āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ āĻļিāĻ্āώা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύ, PSUs (OIL, IOCL, Coal India), āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻŽিāĻĄিāϝ়া
Participants: Indian Army, Indian Air Force, state administration, police, intelligence, NDRF, SDRF, BRO, Railways, health & education institutions, PSUs (OIL, IOCL, Coal India), local media
āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻু: āĻĻুāϰ্āϝোāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύা, āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāϏেāĻŦা, āĻļিāĻ্āώা, āĻŦāύ āϏংāϰāĻ্āώāĻŖ, āĻŽাāĻĻāĻāĻĻ্āϰāĻŦ্āϝ āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖ, āϏāĻĄ়āĻ āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা, āϏেāĻ, āĻāύāϏেāĻŦা, āϝুāĻŦ āĻāϰ্āĻŽāϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāύ, āĻেāϞাāϧুāϞা, āĻ āĻŦāĻাāĻ াāĻŽো (āĻ āĻĒাāϰেāĻļāύ āϏāĻĻ্āĻাāĻŦāύা āĻ āϧীāύে)
Focus: Disaster management, healthcare, education, forest conservation, narcotics control, road safety, irrigation, public works, youth employment, sports, infrastructure (under Operation Sadbhavna)
āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āĻŦেāϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ-āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āϏāĻšāϝোāĻিāϤা āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻāϰা, āϏāĻŽāύ্āĻŦāϝ় āĻ SOP āĻāύ্āύāϤ āĻāϰা, āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ়েāϰ āĻāϏ্āĻĨা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি, āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞāĻিāϰ āϏাāϰ্āĻŦিāĻ āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āĻ āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি
Objectives: Strengthen civil–military cooperation, improve coordination & SOPs, build community trust, enhance overall security & development in the region
What is the name of the longest modular bridge ever installed in Nepal, inaugurated in August 2025?
Notes :
Modular Bridges in Nepal with Indian Assistance
Modular Bridges in Nepal with Indian Assistance
āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ: ⧍ā§Ļ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ, āĻোāĻļি āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ, āύেāĻĒাāϞ
Inaugurated: 20 August 2025, Koshi Province, Nepal
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤাāϝ় āύিāϰ্āĻŽিāϤ āĻĻুāĻি āϏেāϤু:
Two bridges built with Indian support:
ā§ā§Ļ āĻŽিāĻাāϰ āĻšেāĻŦা āĻোāϞা āϏেāϤু, āĻĒাঁāĻāĻĨāϰ (āύেāĻĒাāϞেāϰ āĻĻীāϰ্āĻāϤāĻŽ āĻŽāĻĄুāϞাāϰ āϏেāϤু)
70 m Hewa Khola Bridge, Panchthar (longest modular bridge in Nepal)
ā§Ēā§Ž.ā§Ž āĻŽিāĻাāϰ āĻĒুāĻāϝ়া āĻোāϞা āϏেāϤু, āĻāϞাāĻŽ āĻেāϞা
48.8 m Puwa Khola Bridge, Ilam district
āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻ ংāĻļ: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϝাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ ā§§ā§ĻāĻি āĻĒ্āϰিāĻĢ্āϝাāĻŦ্āϰিāĻেāĻেāĻĄ āϏ্āĻিāϞ āĻŦ্āϰিāĻেāϰ āĻ āύুāĻĻাāύ (āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻোāĻি NPR-āĻāϰ āĻŦেāĻļি)
Part of project: India’s grant of 10 prefabricated steel bridges worth over NPR 40 crore after the 2024 floods
āύিāϰ্āĻŽাāĻŖāĻাāϰী: āĻিāĻāϰāĻāϏāĻ (āĻাāϰāϤ); ā§Šā§Ģ āĻāύ āύেāĻĒাāϞি āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ্āϤিāĻŦিāĻĻāĻে āĻŽāĻĄুāϞাāϰ āĻŦ্āϰিāĻ āĻāύāϏ্āĻāϞেāĻļāύেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļিāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻĻেāĻāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়েāĻে
Constructed by: GRSE (India); 35 Nepalese technicians trained in modular bridge installation
āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āϏāĻĄ়āĻ āϝোāĻাāϝোāĻ āĻĒুāύāϰুāĻĻ্āϧাāϰ, āϏীāĻŽাāύ্āϤ-āĻĒাāϰাāĻĒাāϰ āϏāĻšāϝোāĻিāϤা āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāύো āĻāĻŦং āĻ āĻŦāĻাāĻ াāĻŽোāϰ āϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāĻļীāϞāϤা āĻোāϰāĻĻাāϰ āĻāϰা
Aim: Restore road connectivity, boost cross-border cooperation, and strengthen infrastructure resilience
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