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DAILY DOSE 9^thDEC – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS

What: Two-day economic summit in Hyderabad (8–9 Dec 2025).
Venue: Bharat Future City, Hyderabad.
Highlights: Inaugurated by Governor Jishnu Dev Verma. Participation from WHO, World Bank, ADB, UNICEF.
Key Document: Telangana Rising 2047 vision (aim: $3-trillion economy by 2047).
Expected Investment: MoUs worth nearly ₹3 lakh crore.
Participants: ~150 international delegates from 44 countries, including 40+ from the USA. Sports/film icons like PV Sindhu, Anil Kumble invited.
Objective: Showcase Telangana’s industrial strength, innovation ecosystem, and generate employment.

ISSF World Cup Final 2025 held in Doha, Qatar (4–9 Dec).
Gold: Simranpreet Kaur Brar in women’s 25m pistol (41/50 hits), equalled Junior World Record.
Silver: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar in men’s 50m rifle 3-positions (score: 413.3).
India’s Medal Tally: 2nd place with 5 medals (2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze).

Mission: Watershed PUNARUTTHAN launched in Kohima to revive traditional water bodies & restore degraded land.
Implementation: Community participation + convergence with MGNREGA.
Funding: 14 watershed projects approved under PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojana; ₹140 crore sanctioned.
Achievement: 555 water-harvesting structures renovated, 120 springs restored.
Central Assistance: NE states get 90% central aid (vs. typical 60:40 ratio).

Achievement: First state to achieve 100% digitisation of voter rolls under Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Status: Over 97% voter mapping completed.
Key Dates: Draft roll (16 Dec) → Claims/Objections (16 Dec–15 Jan 2026) → Final roll (14 Feb 2026).

Parties: NMDC (iron ore producer) & IIT Kanpur.
Aim: Strengthen cybersecurity and promote AI/ML integration in mining operations.
Areas: Risk assessment, training, joint research, and proof-of-concept solutions.

Event: Squash World Cup 2025 in Chennai (9–14 Dec) at SDAT Stadium.
Host: India hosts for the 3rd consecutive time.
Participants: 12 nations (incl. India, defending champions Egypt).
India’s Squad: Abhay Singh, Velavan Senthilkumar (Men); Joshna Chinappa, Anahat Singh (Women).

2025 F1 World Champion: Lando Norris (Britain, McLaren) – his first title.
Last Race: Abu Dhabi GP won by Max Verstappen, but Norris secured championship by finishing 3rd.
Recent Champions: 2020–2024: Lewis Hamilton (2020) & Max Verstappen (2021–2024).

Bill: To amend the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act.
Aim: Standardise trust governance, reduce litigation.
Key Provisions: Caps perpetual trustees at 25% of board; tenure trustees for 5 years if term unspecified; allows trusts to invest up to 50% corpus in market-linked securities without Charity Commissioner approval.

Event: 2025 Guwahati Masters (Super 100) in Assam (2–7 Dec).
Men’s Singles Champion: Sanskar Saraswat (India) beat Mithun Manjunath – his first Super 100 title.
Men’s Doubles Champions: Aaron Tai/Kang Khai Xing (Malaysia).

Event: 8th Smart India Hackathon 2025 began (8 Dec).
Nodal Centre: Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute (WeSchool), Mumbai.
Scale: World’s largest open innovation platform; 72,165 ideas submitted; 1,360 teams in finale.
Focus Areas: Space tech, clean energy, cybersecurity, defence, MedTech, robotics, smart education.