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DAILY DOSE 20^th AUG – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS

📰 Current Affairs (Sports, National, International & More)

⚽ Sports

1. 16th Asian Shooting Championship, Shymkent (Kazakhstan)
   • Girish Gupta– Gold, 10m Air Pistol Men’s Youth (Score: 241.3).
   • Dev Pratap (14 yrs)– Silver, same event (Score: 238.6).
   • Kapil Bainsla (Haryana, Palwal)– Gold, Junior Men’s 10m Air Pistol (Score: 243.0).
   • Ilkhombek Obidjonov (Uzbekistan)– Silver (242.4).
   • Jonathan Gavin Antony (India)– Bronze (220.7).
   • Junior Men’s Team(Kapil, Jonathan, Vijay Tomar) – Silver (1723 pts). Gold: South Korea (1734), Bronze: Kazakhstan.
   • Senior Men’s Team(Anmol Jain, Aditya Malra, Saurabh Chaudhary) – Silver (1735 pts).
   • India’s Day-1 Medal Tally: 2 Gold, 3 Silver.
2. Tennis – Cincinnati Open 2025 (Ohio, USA)
   • Carlos Alcaraz– Won title after World No.1 Jannik Sinner retired ill (final lasted 23 min, score 5-0).
   • 22nd career title; 6th title in 2025 (including Monte-Carlo, Rome, Cincinnati Masters + Roland Garros GS).
   • 3rd Spanish player to win after Carlos Moya & Rafael Nadal.

🤝 MoUs / Agreements

• Assam Rifles & IIIT Manipur (18 Aug)signed MoU to promote Drone Technology.
  • Includes Advanced Drone Training & Refresher Course(operations, maintenance, DGCA certification).
  • Assam Rifles – paramilitary force guarding Indo-Myanmar border.

🏛️ National News

1. Infrastructure Approvals:
   • Greenfield Airport at Kota-Bundi (Rajasthan)– ₹1,507 cr.
     • Terminal: 20,000 sq.m., 1000 passengers/hour. Boosts education hub & industry
   • Capital Region Ring Road, Odisha (Bhubaneswar Bypass)– ₹8,307.74 cr.
     • 6-lane, reduces traffic in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khordha.
     • Employment: 74.43 lakh direct, 93.04 lakh indirect person-days.

🌾 Govt. Schemes & Initiatives

• Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan(3–18 Oct 2025).
  • Aim: Direct interaction between farmers & agri-scientists.
  • Focus: Scientific farming, sustainability, new agri-tech adoption.
  • May 2025 edition reached 33 crore farmers.

🌍 Summits / Conferences

• 26th India–Russia Inter-Govt. Commission (20 Aug, Moscow)– Co-chaired by EAM  S. Jaishankar.
  • Focus: Trade, economy, S&T, culture.
  • Addressed India–Russia Business Forum.
  • Visit (19–21 Aug) on invite of Russian Dy PM Denis Manturov.
  • Precursor to possible Putin visit to India.

🏆 Awards & Prizes

1. Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2025
   • Best Film: Homebound(Neeraj Ghaywan).
   • Best Director: Neeraj Ghaywan (Homebound).
   • Excellence in Cinema: Aamir Khan.
   • Best Actor (Male – Film): Abhishek Bachchan (I Want to Talk).
   • Best Actor (Female – Film): Geetha Kailasam (Angammal).
   • Best Indie Film: Angammal.
   • Best Series: Black Warrant(Vikramaditya Motwane).
   • Best Actor (Male – Series): Jaideep Ahlawat (Paatal Lok S2).
   • Best Actor (Female – Series): Nimisha Sajayan (Dabba Cartel).
   • Disruptor Award: Vir Das.
   • Diversity in Cinema: Aditi Rao Hydari.
   • Leadership in Cinema: Arvind Swamy.
   • Best Short Film (India): Kalar Pencils– D.S. Goregaonkar.
   • Best Short Film (Australia): Drifters– David Liu.
2. Miss Universe India 2025
   • Winner: Manika Vishwakarma(Rajasthan, studies Pol. Sci & Economics, Delhi).
   • 1st Runner-up: Tanya Sharma (UP).
   • 2nd Runner-up: Mehak Dhingra (Haryana).
   • Crowned in Jaipur by outgoing Miss Universe India 2024 Rhea Singha.
   • Will represent India at 74th Miss Universe (Nov 2025, Thailand).
   • Past Indian winners: Sushmita Sen (1994), Lara Dutta (2000), Harnaaz Sandhu (2021).

📘 Miscellaneous

• IIM Amendment Bill 2025– Passed in Lok Sabha.
  • New IIM Guwahati (Assam)with ₹550 cr allocation.
  • 22nd IIM in India.
  • First overseas campus: IIM Dubaito start next month.

🌐 International News

• Nepal–TikTok Partnership (2025)
  • Promote Nepal tourismvia creator-led campaign.
  • In-app experience + #VisitNepal hashtag.
  • TikTok ban (Nov 2023) lifted (Aug 2024) after safety assurances.

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