25 August 2025
India’s U21 men’s compound archery team defeated which country in the final to win gold at Winnipeg 2025?
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĄাāĻŦāϞ āĻোāϞ্āĻĄ – āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻāϰ্āĻাāϰি āϝুāĻŦ āĻ্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻĒিāϝ়āύāĻļিāĻĒ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
India’s Double Gold – World Archery Youth Championships 2025
āϏ্āĻĨাāύ – āĻāĻāύিāĻĒেāĻ, āĻাāύাāĻĄা (⧧⧝āϤāĻŽ āϏংāϏ্āĻāϰāĻŖ)
Venue – Winnipeg, Canada (19th edition)
U21 āĻĒুāϰুāώ āĻāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻāύ্āĻĄ – āĻুāĻļāϞ āĻĻাāϞাāϞ, āĻ
āĻĒāϰ āĻŽিāĻšিāϰ āύীāϤিāύ, āĻāĻŖেāĻļ āĻŽāĻŖি āϰāϤ্āύāĻŽ āĻĨিāϰুāĻŽুāϰু āĻাāϰ্āĻŽাāύিāĻে ā§¨ā§Šā§Š–ā§¨ā§Šā§Š āĻাāĻā§েāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻļুāĻ-āĻ
āĻĢে āĻĒāϰাāĻিāϤ āĻāϰে
U21 Men’s Compound – Kushal Dalal, Apar Mihir Nitin, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru defeated Germany in a shoot-off after 233–233 tie
U18 āĻĒুāϰুāώ āĻāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻāύ্āĻĄ – āĻŽোāĻšিāϤ āĻĻাāĻāϰ, āϝোāĻেāĻļ āĻোāĻļি, āĻĻেāĻŦাংāĻļ āϏিং āĻĢাāĻāύাāϞে āĻŽাāϰ্āĻিāύ āϝুāĻ্āϤāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰāĻে ⧍⧍ā§Ē–⧍⧍⧍ āϏ্āĻোāϰে āĻĒāϰাāĻিāϤ āĻāϰে
U18 Men’s Compound – Mohit Dagar, Yogesh Joshi, Devansh Singh beat USA 224–222 in final
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ংāĻļāĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖ – ā§Ŧā§ŠāĻি āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ ā§Ģā§ā§Ļ āĻāύ āĻ
্āϝাāĻĨāϞিāĻ
Participation – 570 athletes from 63 nations
āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦāĻŦāϰ্āϤী āϏংāϏ্āĻāϰāĻŖ (⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š, āϞিāĻŽেāϰিāĻ, āĻāϝ়াāϰāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ) – āĻাāϰāϤ ā§ŦāĻি āϏোāύা āĻāĻŦং āĻŽোāĻ ā§§ā§§āĻি āĻĒāĻĻāĻ āύিāϝ়ে āĻļীāϰ্āώে āĻিāϞ
Previous edition (2023, Limerick, Ireland) – India topped with 6 gold and 11 total medals
Who has been appointed as the head coach of Pretoria Capitals for SA20 2026?
āϏৌāϰāĻ āĻাāĻ্āĻুāϞি – āĻĒ্āϰিāĻোāϰিāϝ়া āĻ্āϝাāĻĒিāĻাāϞāϏেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻোāĻ (SA20 2026)
Sourav Ganguly – Pretoria Capitals Head Coach (SA20 2026)
āϏৌāϰāĻ āĻাāĻ্āĻুāϞি āĻĒ্āϰিāĻোāϰিāϝ়া āĻ্āϝাāĻĒিāĻাāϞāϏেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻোāĻ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āύিāϝ়োāĻ āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻেāύ, āĻāĻি āϤাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻোāĻিং āĻূāĻŽিāĻা
Sourav Ganguly appointed head coach of Pretoria Capitals for SA20 2026, his first-ever coaching role
āĻāύাāĻĨāύ āĻ্āϰāĻāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻāϰেāĻেāύ; āĻļāύ āĻĒোāϞāĻāĻে āϏāĻšāĻাāϰী āĻোāĻ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āύিāϝ়োāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়েāĻে
Replaces Jonathan Trott as head coach; Shaun Pollock named assistant coach
āϤাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āĻšāĻŦে ⧝ āϏেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻāϰ āύিāϞাāĻŽে āĻেāϞোāϝ়াāĻĄ় āĻŦাāĻাāĻ
First assignment is player selection at the September 9, 2025 auction
SA20 2026 āĻŽāϰāϏুāĻŽ ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻĄিāϏেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻĨেāĻে ⧍ā§Ģ āĻাāύুāϝ়াāϰি ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻ
āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤ āĻšāĻŦে
SA20 2026 season scheduled between December 26, 2025 and January 25, 2026
Which Indian state launched the ‘Swachh Kurukshetra – Mera Kurukshetra, Mera Abhimaan’ campaign?
āĻšāϰিāϝ়াāύা āĻĒāϰিāĻ্āĻāύ্āύāϤা āĻ āϏৌāύ্āĻĻāϰ্āϝাāϝ়āύ āĻ
āĻিāϝাāύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ – āĻŽূāϞ āĻĒāϝ়েāύ্āĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš
Haryana Cleanliness & Beautification Drive 2025 – Key Points
⧍ā§Ē āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻ āĻŽুāĻ্āϝāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āύাāϝ়াāĻŦ āϏিং āϏাāĻāύি “āϏ্āĻŦāĻ্āĻ āĻুāϰুāĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰ: āĻŽেāϰা āĻুāϰুāĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰ, āĻŽেāϰা āĻ
āĻিāĻŽাāύ” āĻ
āĻিāϝাāύ āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰেāύ।
CM Nayab Singh Saini launched “Swachh Kurukshetra: Mera Kurukshetra, Mera Abhimaan” on 24 August 2025.
ā§§ā§§-āϏāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšেāϰ āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻিāϝাāύ ⧍ā§Ē āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ āĻĨেāĻে ā§ āύāĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻāϞāĻŦে; āϏেāĻŦা āĻĒāĻ্āώāĻāϝ়াāĻĄ়া ā§§ā§ āϏেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ āĻĨেāĻে ⧍ āĻ
āĻ্āĻোāĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻ
āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤ āĻšāĻŦে।
The 11-week campaign will run from 24 August to 7 November 2025, with Seva Pakhwada from 17 September to 2 October 2025.
āĻুāϰুāĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰāĻে “āĻŽিāĻļāύ āϏিāĻি” āĻোāώāĻŖা āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে, āĻāϰ্āĻŖাāϞ, āϰোāĻšāϤāĻ, āĻুāϰāĻাঁāĻ, āĻŽাāύেāϏāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻ
āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻļāĻšāϰেāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে।
Kurukshetra has been declared a “Mission City,” along with Karnal, Rohtak, Gurugram, Manesar, and others.
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āĻিāϝাāύেāϰ āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ: āĻĒāϰিāĻ্āĻāύ্āύāϤা āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ, āĻļāĻšāϰেāϰ āϰ্āϝাāĻ্āĻিং āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি, āĻāύāϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖেāϰ āĻ
ংāĻļāĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻā§āϏাāĻšিāϤ āĻāϰা āĻāĻŦং āĻŽāĻšাāĻাāϰāϤ āĻ āĻীāϤা āĻূāĻŽি āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻুāϰুāĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰেāϰ āϏাংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিāĻ-āĻāϧ্āϝাāϤ্āĻŽিāĻ āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝ āϏংāϰāĻ্āώāĻŖ।
The drive aims to improve cleanliness, enhance city rankings, promote public participation, and preserve Kurukshetra’s cultural-spiritual heritage as the land of Mahabharata and the Gita.
₹ā§Šā§Ē⧍ āĻোāĻি āĻাāĻাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒ āĻ
āύুāĻŽোāĻĻিāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻে; āϰ্āϝাāĻ্āĻিং āϏিāϏ্āĻেāĻŽ, āĻāϰিāĻŽাāύা āĻāĻŦং āϏāĻেāϤāύāϤা āĻাāϰ্āϝāĻ্āϰāĻŽ āĻাāϞু āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে।
Projects worth ₹342 crore have been sanctioned, with a ranking system, penalties, and awareness drives introduced.
āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ় āϏāĻ্āϰিāϝ়āĻাāĻŦে āĻĒāϰ্āϝāĻŦেāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻ āĻ
ংāĻļāĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖে āϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻĨাāĻāĻŦে।
Local communities will be actively involved in monitoring and participation.
Which paramilitary force has launched its first all-women commando unit?
The Duleep Trophy is associated with which sport?
āĻĻুāϞীāĻĒ āĻ্āϰāĻĢি ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ – āĻŽূāϞ āĻĒāϝ়েāύ্āĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš
Duleep Trophy 2025 – Key Points
āϤাāϰিāĻ: ā§¨ā§Ž āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ – ā§§ā§Ģ āϏেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
Dates: August 28 – September 15, 2025
āĻেāύ্āϝু: āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϤ āĻŽ্āϝাāĻ āĻŦেāĻ্āĻাāϞুāϰুāϰ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻŽাāĻ ে; āĻĢাāĻāύাāϞ āĻ
āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤ āĻšāĻŦে BCCI āϏেāύ্āĻাāϰ āĻ
āĻĢ āĻāĻ্āϏেāϞেāύ্āϏে
Venue: All matches in Bengaluru; Final at BCCI Centre of Excellence
āĻĢāϰāĻŽ্āϝাāĻ: āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻোāύāĻিāϤ্āϤিāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϝোāĻিāϤাāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝাāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ (ā§ŦāĻি āĻĻāϞ – āύāϰ্āĻĨ, āϏাāĻāĻĨ, āĻāϏ্āĻ, āĻāϝ়েāϏ্āĻ, āϏেāύ্āĻ্āϰাāϞ, āύāϰ্āĻĨ-āĻāϏ্āĻ)
Format: Return to zonal competition (6 teams – North, South, East, West, Central, North-East)
āϏেāĻŽি-āĻĢাāĻāύাāϞে āϏāϰাāϏāϰি āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦেāĻļাāϧিāĻাāϰ: āϏাāĻāĻĨ āĻোāύ āĻ āĻāϝ়েāϏ্āĻ āĻোāύ
Semi-final Direct Entry: South Zone & West Zone
āĻĢাāĻāύাāϞ: ā§§ā§§–ā§§ā§Ģ āϏেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
Final: September 11–15, 2025
āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻāϝোāĻ্āϝ āĻেāϞোāϝ়াāĻĄ়:
Notable Players:
āĻŽোāĻšাāĻŽ্āĻŽāĻĻ āĻļাāĻŽি āĻāϏ্āĻ āĻোāύে (āĻ
āϧিāύাāϝ়āĻ: āĻāĻļাāύ āĻিāĻļাāύ)
Mohammed Shami in East Zone (Captain: Ishan Kishan)
āϧ্āϰুāĻŦ āĻুāϰেāϞ āϏেāύ্āĻ্āϰাāϞ āĻোāύেāϰ āĻ
āϧিāύাāϝ়āĻ (āĻāϤ্āϤিāĻļāĻāĻĄ়েāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻীāϤ āĻĻেāĻļাāĻ āĻ āĻāϝ়ুāώ āĻĒাāĻŖ্āĻĄে āĻĻāϞে)
Dhruv Jurel to lead Central Zone (with Sanjeet Desai & Ayush Pandey from Chhattisgarh)
āĻļুāĻāĻŽাāύ āĻিāϞ āύāϰ্āĻĨ āĻোāύ āĻ
āϧিāύাāϝ়āĻ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻ
āϏুāϏ্āĻĨāϤাāϰ āĻাāϰāĻŖে āĻļুāϰুāϤে āĻŦাāĻāϰে; āĻ
āύুāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤে āĻ
āĻ্āĻিāϤ āĻুāĻŽাāϰ āύেāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻিāĻ্āĻেāύ
Shubman Gill named North Zone captain but out initially due to illness; Ankit Kumar leads in his absence
āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻāϰোāϝ়া āĻŽৌāϏুāĻŽেāϰ āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύী āĻুāϰ্āύাāĻŽেāύ্āĻ; āĻšোāĻŽ āĻেāϏ্āĻ āϏিāϰিāĻে āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāĻāύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ।
Significance: Curtain-raiser for India’s domestic season; important for selection in home Test series.
Which city’s police imposed a ban on photography, videography, and drones near RSS headquarters?
āύাāĻāĻĒুāϰ āĻĒুāϞিāĻļ – āĻāϰāĻāϏāĻāϏ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰেāϰ āĻাāĻে āύিāώেāϧাāĻ্āĻা
Nagpur Police – Ban near RSS HQ
āύিāώেāϧাāĻ্āĻাāϰ āĻŦিāĻŦāϰāĻŖ: āĻāϰāĻāϏāĻāϏ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰেāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻĢāĻোāĻ্āϰাāĻĢি, āĻিāĻĄিāĻāĻ্āϰাāĻĢি āĻ āĻĄ্āϰোāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰে āύিāώেāϧাāĻ্āĻা āĻাāϰি।
Ban Details: Ban on photography, videography, and drone use near RSS headquarters in Nagpur.
āĻাāϰāĻŖ: āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤাāĻāύিāϤ āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦেāĻ।
Reason: Security concerns.
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āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ: āύাāĻāĻĒুāϰ, āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰ (āĻļীāϤāĻাāϞীāύ āϰাāĻāϧাāύী, āĻāϰāĻāϏāĻāϏ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰ āĻāĻাāύে āĻ
āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ)।
Location: Nagpur, Maharashtra (winter capital, houses RSS HQ).
āϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰীāϝ় āϏ্āĻŦāϝ়ংāϏেāĻŦāĻ āϏংāĻ (RSS):
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS):
āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ া: ⧧⧝⧍ā§Ģ āϏাāϞে āĻে.āĻŦি. āĻšেāĻĄāĻেāĻāϝ়াāϰ āύাāĻāĻĒুāϰে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ া āĻāϰেāύ।
Founded: In 1925 by K.B. Hedgewar in Nagpur.
āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰ: āύাāĻāĻĒুāϰ।
Headquarters: Nagpur.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻৃāϤি: āĻšিāύ্āĻĻু āĻাāϤীāϝ়āϤাāĻŦাāĻĻী, āĻĄাāύāĻĒāύ্āĻĨী, āϏ্āĻŦেāĻ্āĻাāϏেāĻŦāĻ-āĻিāϤ্āϤিāĻ āϏংāĻāĻ āύ।
Nature: Hindu nationalist, right-wing, volunteer-based organisation.
āĻŽূāϞ āϏংāĻāĻ āύ: āϏংāĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ-āĻāϰ āĻŽাāϤৃāϏংāĻāĻ āύ (āĻŦিāĻেāĻĒি, āĻিāĻāĻāĻāĻĒি, āĻāĻŦিāĻিāĻĒি āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি)।
Parent Body: Parent body of Sangh Parivar (BJP, VHP, ABVP, etc.).
āĻাāϰ্āϝāĻ্āϰāĻŽ: āĻļাāĻা, āϏাংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāϰ, āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āϏেāĻŦা, āĻĻুāϰ্āϝোāĻ āϤ্āϰাāĻŖ।
Activities: Shakhas, cultural promotion, social service, disaster relief.
Where will the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) be held in 2025?
Where was the U20 World Wrestling Championships 2025 held?
The Blue Stream natural gas pipeline runs under the Black Sea and connects Russia with which country?
Who won the U18 women’s individual recurve gold medal at the 2025 World Youth Archery Championships in Winnipeg, Canada?
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