24 August 2025
ISRO recently conducted the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) under which mission?
āĻāĻāύāϝাāύ āĻŽিāĻļāύ – āĻĒāϰীāĻ্āώাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻŽূāϞ āĻĒāϝ়েāύ্āĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš
Gaganyaan Mission – Key Points for Exams
IADT-01 (āĻāύ্āĻিāĻ্āϰেāĻেāĻĄ āĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻĄ্āϰāĻĒ āĻেāϏ্āĻ): ⧍ā§Ē āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻাāϞিāϤ āĻšāϝ়, āϝাāϤে āĻĒ্āϝাāϰাāĻļুāĻ-āĻিāϤ্āϤিāĻ āĻĄেāϏেāϞাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻĒāϰীāĻ্āώা āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ় āύিāϰাāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ্āϰু āĻŽāĻĄিāĻāϞ āĻĒুāύāϰুāĻĻ্āϧাāϰেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ।
IADT-01 (Integrated Air Drop Test): Conducted on 24 Aug 2025 to test parachute-based deceleration for safe crew module recovery.
āϝুāĻ্āϤ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāĻুāϞি: āĻāϏāϰো (ISRO), āĻাāϰāϤীāϝ় āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাāĻšিāύী (IAF), āĻĄিāĻāϰāĻĄিāĻ (DRDO), āĻাāϰāϤীāϝ় āύৌāĻŦাāĻšিāύী, āĻোāϏ্āĻ āĻাāϰ্āĻĄ।
Agencies Involved: ISRO, IAF, DRDO, Indian Navy, Coast Guard.
āĻŽাāύāĻŦāĻŦিāĻšীāύ āĻŽিāĻļāύ (G1): āĻĄিāϏেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻ āĻā§āĻ্āώেāĻĒāĻŖ āĻšāĻŦে, āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻāϰāĻŦে āĻিāĻāĻŽāĻŽিāϤ্āϰ (āĻ āϰ্āϧ-āĻŽাāύāĻŦাāĻৃāϤি āϰোāĻŦāĻ)।
Uncrewed Mission (G1): Launch in Dec 2025, will carry Vyommitra (half-humanoid robot).
āϏিāϏ্āĻেāĻŽ āĻĒāϰীāĻ্āώা: āĻŽাāύāĻŦ-āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ āϞāĻ্āĻ āĻেāĻšিāĻāϞ (HLVM3), āĻ্āϰু āĻāϏ্āĻেāĻĒ, āĻĒ্āϰāĻĒাāϞāĻļāύ, āĻ ্āϝাāĻিāĻāύিāĻ্āϏ → ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻŽাāϰ্āĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāύ্āύ āĻšāĻŦে।
System Tests: Human-Rated Launch Vehicle (HLVM3), Crew Escape, propulsion, avionics → to be completed by Mar 2026.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽাāύāĻŦāĻŦাāĻšী āĻŽিāĻļāύ: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧠āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻļুāϰুāϤে āĻĒāϰিāĻāϞ্āĻĒিāϤ।
First Crewed Mission: Planned for early 2027.
Who is the Fijian Prime Minister who commenced his first official visit to India in August 2025?
āĻĢিāĻিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āϏিāĻিāĻেāύি āϰāĻŦুāĻা – āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āϏāĻĢāϰ (⧍ā§Ē–⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ)
Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka – India Visit (Aug 24–26, 2025)
āϏāĻĢāϰেāϰ āĻŽেāϝ়াāĻĻ: ā§Š āĻĻিāύেāϰ āϏāϰāĻাāϰি āϏāĻĢāϰ (⧍ā§Ē–⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ)
Duration: 3-day official visit (24–26 Aug 2025)
āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āĻŦাāĻŖিāĻ্āϝ, āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ, āĻļিāĻ্āώা, āύāĻŦাāϝ়āύāϝোāĻ্āϝ āĻļāĻ্āϤি, āϏাāĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰিāĻ āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āϏāĻšāϝোāĻিāϤা āĻোāϰāĻĻাāϰ āĻāϰা
Purpose: Strengthen cooperation in trade, health, education, renewable energy, maritime security
āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāύিāϧিāĻĻāϞ: āϏ্āϤ্āϰী + āĻĢিāĻিāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āϰাāϤু āĻāĻোāύিāĻ āϞাāϞাāĻŦাāϞাāĻু
Delegation: Spouse + Fiji Health Minister Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu
āĻŽূāϞ āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ াāύāϏāĻŽূāĻš:
Key Events:
āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āύāϰেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻŽোāĻĻিāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻŦৈāĻ āĻ
Meeting with PM Narendra Modi
āϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰāĻĒāϤি āĻĻ্āϰৌāĻĒāĻĻী āĻŽুāϰ্āĻŽুāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏৌāĻāύ্āϝ āϏাāĻ্āώাā§
Courtesy call on President Droupadi Murmu
āĻāĻāϏিāĻĄāĻŦ্āϞিāĻāĻ-āϤে “Ocean of Peace” āĻĨিāĻŽে āĻŦāĻ্āϤৃāϤা
Lecture at ICWA on theme “Ocean of Peace”
āĻĻিāϞ্āϞিāϰ āĻāĻāĻিāĻāĻ āĻāϝ়াāϰāĻĒোāϰ্āĻে āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰীāϝ় āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āϏুāĻাāύ্āϤ āĻŽāĻুāĻŽāĻĻাāϰেāϰ āĻ āĻ্āϝāϰ্āĻĨāύা
Reception: Welcomed by Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar at IGI Airport, Delhi
āĻĢিāĻি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻে (āĻĒāϰীāĻ্āώাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ)
About Fiji (for Exams)
āϰাāĻāϧাāύী: āϏুāĻা
Capital: Suva
āĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰা: āĻĢিāĻিāϝ়াāύ āĻĄāϞাāϰ (FJD)
Currency: Fijian Dollar (FJD)
āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ: āĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻŽāĻšাāϏাāĻāϰ (āĻŽেāϞাāύেāĻļিāϝ়া, āĻāĻļেāύিāϝ়া)
Location: South Pacific Ocean (Melanesia, Oceania)
āϏāϰāĻাāϰি āĻাāώা: āĻংāϰেāĻি, āĻĢিāĻিāϝ়াāύ, āĻĢিāĻি āĻšিāύ্āĻĻি
Official Languages: English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
āϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰāĻĒāϤি: āĻāĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽে āĻাāĻোāύিāĻেāϰে
President: Wiliame Katonivere
āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী: āϏিāĻিāĻেāύি āϰāĻŦুāĻা
Prime Minister: Sitiveni Rabuka
āĻাāϰāϤ–āĻĢিāĻি āϏংāϝোāĻ: āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āĻাāϰāϤীāϝ় āĻŦংāĻļোāĻĻ্āĻূāϤ āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝা (≈ā§Šā§% āĻĢিāĻিāϰ āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝা)
India–Fiji Link: Large Indian-origin diaspora (≈37% of Fiji’s population)
According to PM Modi, India is projected to contribute approximately what percentage to global economic growth in the near future?
India’s Growth Story
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিāϰ āĻāϞ্āĻĒ
Key Announcements (by PM Narendra Modi)
āĻŽূāϞ āĻোāώāĻŖা (āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āύāϰেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻŽোāĻĻী āĻāϰ্āϤৃāĻ)
India will soon contribute 20% to world growth.
āĻাāϰāϤ āĻļীāĻ্āϰāĻ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিāϤে ⧍ā§Ļ% āĻ āĻŦāĻĻাāύ āϰাāĻāĻŦে।
On track to become the 3rd largest economy globally.
āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦে ā§Šā§ āĻŦৃāĻšāϤ্āϤāĻŽ āĻ āϰ্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻšāĻā§াāϰ āĻĒāĻĨে।
GST simplification targeted by Diwali 2025.
⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻĻীāĻĒাāĻŦāϞিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻিāĻāϏāĻি āϏāĻšāĻীāĻāϰāĻŖেāϰ āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ।
First Made-in-India semiconductor chip by end of 2025.
⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻļেāώেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽেāĻ-āĻāύ-āĻāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া āϏেāĻŽিāĻāύ্āĻĄাāĻ্āĻāϰ āĻিāĻĒ।
Boost to R&D in semiconductors, EVs, clean energy, biotech, quantum tech.
āϏেāĻŽিāĻāύ্āĻĄাāĻ্āĻāϰ, āĻāĻি, āĻĒāϰিāĻ্āĻāύ্āύ āĻļāĻ্āϤি, āĻŦাāϝ়োāĻেāĻ, āĻোāϝ়াāύ্āĻাāĻŽ āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ্āϤিāϤে āĻāĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻ āĻāύ্āύā§āύে āĻোāϰ।
Credit given to a decade of reforms & fiscal discipline, strong banking system, and rising domestic investments (SIP boom).
āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻļāĻেāϰ āϏংāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻ āĻāϰ্āĻĨিāĻ āĻļৃāĻ্āĻāϞা, āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻŦ্āϝাংāĻিং āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻāĻŦং āĻŦাāĻĄ়āϤে āĻĨাāĻা āĻĻেāĻļীāϝ় āĻŦিāύিāϝ়োāĻ (āĻāϏāĻāĻāĻĒি āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিāϰ) āĻāύ্āϝ āĻৃāϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻেāĻā§া āĻšā§েāĻে।
Major Earnings / Growth Drivers of India
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻāϝ় / āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিāϰ āĻাāϞāĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš
Services Sector (≈55% of GDP)
āĻĒāϰিāώেāĻŦা āĻাāϤ (≈ā§Ģā§Ģ% āĻিāĻĄিāĻĒি)
IT & IT-enabled services (Infosys, TCS, Wipro exports).
āĻāĻāĻি āĻ āĻāĻāĻি-āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ āĻĒāϰিāώেāĻŦা (āĻāύāĻĢোāϏিāϏ, āĻিāϏিāĻāϏ, āĻāĻāĻĒ্āϰো āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি)।
Finance, healthcare, e-commerce, tourism.
āĻ āϰ্āĻĨāύীāϤি, āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāϏেāĻŦা, āĻ-āĻāĻŽাāϰ্āϏ, āĻĒāϰ্āϝāĻāύ।
Manufacturing & Industry (20–25%)
āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ (⧍ā§Ļ–⧍ā§Ģ%)
Electronics, automobiles, semiconductors, EVs.
āĻāϞেāĻāĻ্āϰāύিāĻ্āϏ, āĻ āĻোāĻŽোāĻŦাāĻāϞ, āϏেāĻŽিāĻāύ্āĻĄাāĻ্āĻāϰ, āĻāĻি।
Pharmaceuticals (India = “Pharmacy of the World”).
āĻĢাāϰ্āĻŽাāϏিāĻāĻিāĻ্āϝাāϞāϏ (āĻাāϰāϤ = “āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻĢাāϰ্āĻŽেāϏি”)।
Defence exports (Tejas jets, BrahMos missiles).
āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ্āώা āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি (āϤেāĻāϏ āĻেāĻ, āĻŦ্āϰāĻš্āĻŽোāϏ āĻ্āώেāĻĒāĻŖাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ)।
Agriculture (≈18%)
āĻৃāώি (≈ā§§ā§Ž%)
Rice, sugar, spices, tea, dairy, marine products.
āĻাāϞ, āĻিāύি, āĻŽāϏāϞা, āĻা, āĻĻুāĻ্āϧāĻাāϤ, āϏাāĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰিāĻ āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ।
Employs >40% population.
āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝাāϰ ā§Ēā§Ļ% āĻāϰ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻāϰ্āĻŽāϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻĻেā§।
Remittances
āϰেāĻŽিāĻ্āϝাāύ্āϏ
~$125 billion (2023) – highest in the world.
~$⧧⧍ā§Ģ āĻŦিāϞিāϝ়āύ (⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š) – āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦে āϏāϰ্āĻŦোāĻ্āĻ।
Mainly from Gulf countries, USA, UK, Canada.
āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāϤ āĻāĻĒāϏাāĻāϰীāϝ় āĻĻেāĻļ, āĻŽাāϰ্āĻিāύ āϝুāĻ্āϤāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰ, āϝুāĻ্āϤāϰাāĻ্āϝ, āĻাāύাāĻĄা āĻĨেāĻে।
Domestic Demand & Investments
āĻĻেāĻļীāϝ় āĻাāĻšিāĻĻা āĻ āĻŦিāύিāϝ়োāĻ
Strong middle-class consumption.
āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻŦিāϤ্āϤ āĻোāĻ।
SIP-led mutual funds and stock market inflows.
āĻāϏāĻāĻāĻĒি-āύিāϰ্āĻāϰ āĻŽিāĻāĻুāϝ়াāϞ āĻĢাāύ্āĻĄ āĻ āĻļেā§াāϰāĻŦাāĻাāϰে āĻŦিāύিāϝ়োāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦাāĻš।
Energy & Renewables
āĻļāĻ্āϤি āĻ āύāĻŦাāϝ়āύāϝোāĻ্āϝ āĻļāĻ্āϤি
Solar, wind, green hydrogen.
āϏৌāϰ, āĻŦাāϝ়ু, āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻšাāĻāĻĄ্āϰোāĻেāύ।
Cuts oil imports, adds export opportunities.
āϤেāϞ āĻāĻŽāĻĻাāύি āĻš্āϰাāϏ, āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύিāϰ āϏুāϝোāĻ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি।
Which Indian cricketer recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket?
Cheteshwar Pujara – Retirement (2025)
āĻেāϤেāĻļ্āĻŦāϰ āĻĒূāĻাāϰা – āĻ āĻŦāϏāϰ (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ)
Announcement:
āĻোāώāĻŖা:
Retired from all forms of Indian cricket on 24 Aug 2025.
⧍ā§Ē āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻ āĻাāϰāϤীāϝ় āĻ্āϰিāĻেāĻেāϰ āϏāĻŦ āϧāϰāύেāϰ āĻĢāϰāĻŽ্āϝাāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻ āĻŦāϏāϰ āĻোāώāĻŖা āĻāϰেāĻেāύ।
Reason:
āĻাāϰāĻŖ:
Not part of the Indian team for a few years; felt it was the right time.
āĻāϝ়েāĻ āĻŦāĻāϰ āϧāϰে āĻাāϤীāϝ় āĻĻāϞে āĻিāϞেāύ āύা; āĻŽāύে āĻāϰেāĻেāύ āĻāĻি āϏāĻ িāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝ়।
Career:
āĻ্āϝাāϰিāϝ়াāϰ:
Tests: 103 matches, 7,195 runs, avg 43.60, 19 centuries.
āĻেāϏ্āĻ: ā§§ā§Ļā§Š āĻŽ্āϝাāĻ, ā§,⧧⧝ā§Ģ āϰাāύ, āĻāĻĄ় ā§Ēā§Š.ā§Ŧā§Ļ, ⧧⧝āĻি āϏেāĻ্āĻুāϰি।
Domestic: 21,301 runs, 66 centuries.
āĻĻেāĻļীāϝ় āĻ্āϰিāĻেāĻ: ⧍⧧,ā§Šā§Ļā§§ āϰাāύ, ā§Ŧā§ŦāĻি āϏেāĻ্āĻুāϰি।
Highlight:
āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻĻিāĻ:
Key role in 2018–19 Australia series win (521 runs, Player of the Series).
⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ž–⧧⧝ āĻ āϏ্āĻ্āϰেāϞিāϝ়া āϏিāϰিāĻ āĻāϝ়ে āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻূāĻŽিāĻা (ā§Ģ⧍⧧ āϰাāύ, āϏিāϰিāĻেāϰ āϏেāϰা āĻেāϞোāϝ়াāĻĄ়)।
Farewell:
āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ়:
Retired without a farewell match (like Dhoni, Sehwag, Yuvraj).
āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ়ী āĻŽ্āϝাāĻ āĻাāĻĄ়াāĻ āĻ āĻŦāϏāϰ āύিāϝ়েāĻেāύ (āϧোāύি, āĻļেāĻšāĻāϝ়াāĻ, āϝুāĻŦāϰাāĻেāϰ āĻŽāϤো)।
Tributes:
āĻļ্āϰāĻĻ্āϧাāĻ্āĻāϞি:
Anil Kumble – “Great ambassador of the sport.”
āĻ āύিāϞ āĻুāĻŽ্āĻŦāϞে – “āĻেāϞাāϧুāϞাāϰ āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āĻĻূāϤ।”
Sachin Tendulkar – “Reassuring to see you at No.3.”
āϏāĻিāύ āϤেāύ্āĻĄুāϞāĻāϰ – “āϤোāĻŽাāĻে ā§Š āύāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰে āĻĻেāĻা āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻ āĻāĻļ্āĻŦāϏ্āϤ āĻāϰেāĻে।”
Sunil Gavaskar – “Take a bow, you made India proud.”
āϏুāύীāϞ āĻাāĻাāϏ্āĻাāϰ – “āύāĻŽāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻāϰো, āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāϰāϤāĻে āĻāϰ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻāϰেāĻো।”
Legacy:
āĻāϤ্āϤāϰাāϧিāĻাāϰ:
Called the “modern-day wall”, successor to Rahul Dravid, known for patience, resilience, and classical Test batting.
“āĻāϧুāύিāĻ āϝুāĻেāϰ āĻĻেāϝ়াāϞ” āύাāĻŽে āĻĒāϰিāĻিāϤ, āϰাāĻšুāϞ āĻĻ্āϰাāĻŦিāĻĄ়েāϰ āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāϏূāϰি, āϧৈāϰ্āϝ, āϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāĻāϤা āĻāĻŦং āĻ্āϞাāϏিāĻ্āϝাāϞ āĻেāϏ্āĻ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻিং-āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāϏিāĻĻ্āϧ।
What strategic initiative does the IADWS support, aimed at building India's multi-layered defense architecture by 2035?
India Tests Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (2025)
āĻাāϰāϤ āĻĒāϰীāĻ্āώা āĻāϰāϞ āĻāύ্āĻিāĻ্āϰেāĻেāĻĄ āĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻĄিāĻĢেāύ্āϏ āĻāĻāĻĒāύ āϏিāϏ্āĻেāĻŽ (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ)
Event:
āĻāĻāύা:
DRDO successfully conducted the maiden flight test of an Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS).
āĻĄিāĻāϰāĻĄিāĻ āϏāĻĢāϞāĻাāĻŦে āĻāύ্āĻিāĻ্āϰেāĻেāĻĄ āĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻĄিāĻĢেāύ্āϏ āĻāĻāĻĒāύ āϏিāϏ্āĻেāĻŽেāϰ (āĻāĻāĻāĻĄিāĻĄāĻŦ্āϞিāĻāĻāϏ) āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻĄ়াāύ āĻĒāϰীāĻ্āώা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāύ্āύ āĻāϰেāĻে।
Date & Place:
āϤাāϰিāĻ āĻ āϏ্āĻĨাāύ:
Odisha coast, August 2025.
āĻāĻĄিāĻļা āĻāĻĒāĻূāϞ, āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ।
System Features:
āϏিāϏ্āĻেāĻŽ āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āĻ্āϝ:
Multi-layered defence shield designed to protect against enemy aircraft, drones, and missiles.
āĻļāϤ্āϰু āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ, āĻĄ্āϰোāύ āĻāĻŦং āĻ্āώেāĻĒāĻŖাāϏ্āϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āϏুāϰāĻ্āώা āĻĻিāϤে āĻŦāĻšুāϏ্āϤāϰীāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ্āώা āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা।
Significance:
āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ:
Boosts India’s indigenous defence capability and strengthens airspace security.
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĻেāĻļীāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ্āώা āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻāϰে āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻাāĻļāϏীāĻŽাāϰ āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āĻāϰāĻ āĻŽāĻāĻŦুāϤ āĻāϰে।
Developer:
āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύāĻাāϰী:
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
āĻĄিāĻĢেāύ্āϏ āϰিāϏাāϰ্āĻ āĻ ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻĄেāĻেāϞāĻĒāĻŽেāύ্āĻ āĻ āϰ্āĻাāύাāĻāĻেāĻļāύ (āĻĄিāĻāϰāĻĄিāĻ)।
Which Indian shooter won gold in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event at the Asian Shooting Championships?
Asian Shooting Championships 2025
āĻāĻļিāϝ়াāύ āĻļুāĻিং āĻ্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻĒিāϝ়āύāĻļিāĻĒ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar –
āĻāĻļ্āĻŦāϰ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāϤাāĻĒ āϏিং āϤোāĻŽাāϰ –
Gold in Men’s 50m Rifle 3P (score 462.5); also won team silver with Chain Singh & Akhil Sheoran.
āĻĒুāϰুāώāĻĻেāϰ ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻŽি āϰাāĻāĻĢেāϞ ā§ŠāĻĒি āĻāĻেāύ্āĻে āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāĻĒāĻĻāĻ (āϏ্āĻোāϰ ā§Ēā§Ŧ⧍.ā§Ģ); āĻেāĻāύ āϏিং āĻ āĻ āĻিāϞ āĻļেāĻāϰাāύেāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻĻāϞāĻāϤ āϰৌāĻĒ্āϝāĻ āĻিāϤেāĻেāύ।
Adriyan Karmakar (Junior) –
āĻāĻĻ্āϰিāϝ়াāύ āĻāϰāĻŽāĻাāϰ (āĻুāύিāϝ়āϰ) –
Gold in Junior 50m Rifle 3P, with a new Asian junior record (463.8).
āĻুāύিāϝ়āϰ ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻŽি āϰাāĻāĻĢেāϞ ā§ŠāĻĒি āĻāĻেāύ্āĻে āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāĻĒāĻĻāĻ, āύāϤুāύ āĻāĻļিāϝ়াāύ āĻুāύিāϝ়āϰ āϰেāĻāϰ্āĻĄ (ā§Ēā§Ŧā§Š.ā§Ž) āϏāĻš।
The study on intermittent fasting and cardiovascular health analyzed data from approximately how many U.S. adults?
Study Links 8-Hour Eating Window to 91% Higher Risk of Heart-Related Death
ā§Ž āĻāĻŖ্āĻাāϰ āĻাāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϏীāĻŽা āĻšৃāĻĻāϰোāĻāĻāύিāϤ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻুঁāĻি ⧝⧧% āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāϝ় – āϏāĻŽীāĻ্āώা
A study of over 20,000 U.S. adults found that those who restricted eating to 8 hours or less per day had a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death compared to those who ate across 12–16 hours daily.
⧍ā§Ļ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ+ āĻŽাāϰ্āĻিāύ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĒ্āϤāĻŦāϝ়āϏ্āĻেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āϏāĻŽীāĻ্āώাāϝ় āĻĻেāĻা āĻেāĻে, āϝাāϰা āĻĻিāύে ā§Ž āĻāĻŖ্āĻা āĻŦা āϤাāϰ āĻāĻŽ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻাāĻŦাāϰ āĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰেāĻেāύ, āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻšৃāĻĻāϰোāĻāĻāύিāϤ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻুঁāĻি ⧧⧍–ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻāĻŖ্āĻা āĻাāĻŦাāϰ āĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻাāϰীāĻĻেāϰ āϤুāϞāύাāϝ় ⧝⧧% āĻŦেāĻļি।
Research was presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention│Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Scientific Sessions 2024.
āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒিāϤ āĻšāϝ় āĻāĻŽেāϰিāĻাāύ āĻšাāϰ্āĻ āĻ ্āϝাāϏোāϏিāϝ়েāĻļāύেāϰ āĻāĻĒিāĻĄেāĻŽিāĻāϞāĻি āĻ ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻĒ্āϰিāĻেāύāĻļāύ│āϞাāĻāĻĢāϏ্āĻাāĻāϞ āĻ ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻাāϰ্āĻĄিāĻāĻŽেāĻাāĻŦāϞিāĻ āϏাāϝ়েāύ্āĻিāĻĢিāĻ āϏেāĻļāύāϏ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē-āĻ।
Data was analyzed from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003–2018, with follow-up until 2019.
āĻĄেāĻা āύেāĻāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়েāĻে āύ্āϝাāĻļāύাāϞ āĻšেāϞāĻĨ āĻ ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āύিāĻāĻ্āϰিāĻļāύ āĻāĻ্āϏাāĻŽিāύেāĻļāύ āϏাāϰ্āĻে (NHANES) ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Š–⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ž āĻĨেāĻে, āϝাāϰ āĻĢāϞো-āĻāĻĒ āĻšāϝ়েāĻে ⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧝ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ।
The analysis showed no evidence that time-restricted eating contributed to longer life expectancy.
āĻŦিāĻļ্āϞেāώāĻŖে āĻĻেāĻা āĻেāĻে āϏāĻŽāϝ়-āϏীāĻŽাāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝাāĻ্āϝাāϏ āĻীāĻŦāύāĻাāϞ āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāϝ় āĻāĻŽāύ āĻোāύো āĻĒ্āϰāĻŽাāĻŖ āύেāĻ।
The link between intermittent fasting (8-hour eating window) and cardiovascular mortality was strongest among people with pre-existing heart disease or cancer.
āĻāύ্āĻাāϰāĻŽিāĻেāύ্āĻ āĻĢাāϏ্āĻিং (ā§Ž āĻāĻŖ্āĻাāϰ āĻাāĻŦাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϏীāĻŽা) āĻāĻŦং āĻšৃāĻĻāϰোāĻāĻāύিāϤ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ āϏāĻŦāĻেāϝ়ে āĻŦেāĻļি āĻĻেāĻা āĻেāĻে āϝাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻে āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āĻšৃāĻĻāϰোāĻ āĻŦা āĻ্āϝাāύ্āϏাāϰ āϰāϝ়েāĻে।
Researchers emphasized that more studies are needed, but advised caution for those adopting strict intermittent fasting diets.
āĻāĻŦেāώāĻāϰা āĻŦāϞেāĻেāύ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāĻāύ, āϤāĻŦে āĻāĻ োāϰ āĻāύ্āĻাāϰāĻŽিāĻেāύ্āĻ āĻĢাāϏ্āĻিং āĻĄাāϝ়েāĻ āĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻাāϰীāĻĻেāϰ āϏāϤāϰ্āĻ āĻĨাāĻাāϰ āĻĒāϰাāĻŽāϰ্āĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻেāύ।
What is the total projected value of all development projects PM Modi will dedicate or initiate during his Gujarat visit?
Hartalika Teej is also known by what name in South India?
Hartalika Teej 2025 – Key Points
āĻšাāϰāϤাāϞিāĻা āϤিāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ – āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦিāώā§āϏāĻŽূāĻš
Date:
āϤাāϰিāĻ:
26 August 2025 (Tuesday)
⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ (āĻŽāĻ্āĻāϞāĻŦাāϰ)
Puja Time:
āĻĒূāĻা āϏāĻŽā§:
05:56 AM – 08:31 AM
āϏāĻাāϞ ā§Ļā§Ģ:ā§Ģā§Ŧ – āϏāĻাāϞ ā§Ļā§Ž:ā§Šā§§
Tithi:
āϤিāĻĨি:
25 Aug 12:34 PM – 26 Aug 01:54 PM
⧍ā§Ģ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ āĻĻুāĻĒুāϰ ⧧⧍:ā§Šā§Ē – ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ āĻĻুāĻĒুāϰ ā§Ļā§§:ā§Ģā§Ē
Significance:
āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ:
Women observe nirjala fast for marital bliss & worship Shiva–Parvati.
āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāϰা āĻĻাāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤ্āϝ āϏুāĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āύিāϰ্āĻāϞা āĻāĻĒāĻŦাāϏ āĻāϰেāύ āĻāĻŦং āĻļিāĻŦ–āĻĒাāϰ্āĻŦāϤীāϰ āĻĒূāĻা āĻāϰেāύ।
Region:
āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞ:
Celebrated in Rajasthan, UP, MP, Bihar, Jharkhand.
āϰাāĻāϏ্āĻĨাāύ, āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ, āĻŽāϧ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ, āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻ āĻাāĻĄ়āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄে āĻĒাāϞিāϤ āĻšā§।
Typhoon Kajiki recently caused destruction in which two countries?
Typhoon Kajiki (Aug 2025)
āĻাāĻāĻĢুāύ āĻাāĻিāĻি (āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ)
Origin:
āĻā§āĻĒāϤ্āϤি:
South China Sea, intensified into a strong typhoon.
āĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖ āĻীāύ āϏাāĻāϰে, āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻাāĻāĻĢুāύে āĻĒāϰিāĻŖāϤ āĻšā§েāĻে।
China (Hainan & Guangdong):
āĻীāύ (āĻšাāĻāύাāύ āĻ āĻুāϝ়াংāĻĄং):
Wind Speed: 162 km/h
āĻŦাā§ুāϰ āĻāϤি: ā§§ā§Ŧ⧍ āĻিāĻŽি/āĻāĻŖ্āĻা
Rainfall: 25–35 cm
āĻŦৃāώ্āĻিāĻĒাāϤ: ⧍ā§Ģ–ā§Šā§Ģ āϏেāĻŽি
Flights, trains suspended; Sanya city shut down
āĻā§াāύ āĻ āĻ্āϰেāύ āĻĒāϰিāώেāĻŦা āϏ্āĻĨāĻিāϤ; āϏাāύ্āϝা āĻļāĻšāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻŦāύ্āϧ
Power outages & flooding reported
āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝুā§ āĻŦিāĻ্āϰাāĻ āĻ āĻŦāύ্āϝাāϰ āĻāĻŦāϰ āĻĒাāĻā§া āĻেāĻে
Vietnam (Central provinces):
āĻিāϝ়েāϤāύাāĻŽ (āĻŽāϧ্āϝাāĻ্āĻāϞীāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļāϏāĻŽূāĻš):
586,000+ people evacuated
ā§Ģ,ā§Žā§Ŧ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ+ āĻŽাāύুāώāĻে āϏāϰিāϝ়ে āύেāĻāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়েāĻে
Sea travel banned, dozens of flights cancelled
āϏāĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰāϝাāϤ্āϰা āύিāώিāĻĻ্āϧ, āĻĄāĻāύāĻাāύেāĻ āĻā§াāύ āĻŦাāϤিāϞ
Schools closed, flood defenses strengthened
āϏ্āĻুāϞ āĻŦāύ্āϧ, āĻŦāύ্āϝা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ্āώা āĻোāϰāĻĻাāϰ āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে
Impact:
āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻŦ:
Severe threat to life & infrastructure across South China Sea, China & Vietnam.
āĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖ āĻীāύ āϏাāĻāϰ, āĻীāύ āĻ āĻিāϝ়েāϤāύাāĻŽ āĻুāĻĄ়ে āĻীāĻŦāύ āĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻাāĻ াāĻŽোāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻŽাāϰাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ āĻšুāĻŽāĻি।
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