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DAILY DOSE 8^thJULY – 2025 CURRENT AFFAIRS

✅ 1. Harvinder Singh won the gold medal in the men’s recurve open category at the Asian Para-Archery Championships in Beijing.

✅ 2. S.R.N. Mehta School won the NASA-NSS Space Design Contest.

Kalaburagi-based S.R.N. Mehta CBSE School has secured the first prize in the 8th grade category of the prestigious NASA Ames Research Center–National Space Society (NSS) Space Settlement Design Contest 2025.
The winning project, titled IRA, was conceptualized and developed by 11 students from the school, showcasing a sustainable space colony design.
The contest witnessed participation from over 4,900 students across 25 countries.
The team was invited to present its project at the International Space Development Conference (ISDC-2025) held in Orlando, Florida, US, from June 19 to 22.

✅ 3. The Modi government is planning to invest Rs 5,000 crore for the development of North-East waterways.

On 7 July, multiple initiatives to boost the waterways and maritime sector in the region were announced by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal.
A release from the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways stated that with an investment of ₹5,000 crore, the central government has undertaken major initiatives in this regard.
Record growth in cargo handling, port capacity, and coastal shipping has been registered by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways over the past eleven years.

✅ 4. Four Amrit Bharat trains and major rail investments were announced by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for Bihar.

Four new Amrit Bharat trains will be introduced on the Patna–Delhi, Darbhanga–Lucknow, Malda–Lucknow, and Saharsa–Amritsar routes as an additional gift from the Prime Minister.
A regular service from Jogbani has been sanctioned to enhance Seemanchal’s links with southern India.
The 53‑km Bhagalpur–Jamalpur third line is set to receive approval along with a budget of ₹1,156 crore.
A budget outlay of more than Rs 2,000 crore will also be approved for the doubling of the 104-km-long Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir-Tilaiya rail section.

Top Indian broadcaster Sanjog Gupta has been appointed as the new chief executive officer by the International Cricket Council.
Gupta will succeed Geoff Allardice, who resigned in January after serving for four years.
A two-decade career in media, entertainment, and sports strategy has earned Gupta wide respect in the industry.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashed a century off 52 balls in the 4th England Under-19 vs. India Under-19 youth ODI at Worcester, breaking the earlier record of scoring a century off 53 balls.
Pakistan’s Kamran Ghulam held this record since 2012, but now it has been broken.
The left-handed batsman’s century included ten fours and seven sixes and is recorded as the fastest century in men’s youth ODIs.
His innings ended at 143 from 78 deliveries, featuring thirteen fours and ten sixes.

✅ 7. Typhoon Danas swept through Taiwan and left two people dead and injured more than 500.

Most of the injuries occurred in the southern part of the island.
Taiwan’s weather bureau warned that wind and rain would likely continue into the night.
By early morning, Danas had weakened into a tropical storm. It moved north into the East China Sea.
Typhoon Danas is known as Typhoon Bising in the Philippines.

✅ 8. NITI Aayog has released the second edition of the North Eastern Region District SDG Index (2023-24).

A total of 85% of districts in the region showed improvement in their overall SDG scores.
All districts in Mizoram, Sikkim, and Tripura have attained Front Runner status.
Hnahthial district in Mizoram achieved the highest SDG score in the region, with a composite score of 81.43.
Three districts from Nagaland ranked among the top 10 performing districts in the region.

✅ 9. Sukanya Sonowal, a student at IIT Guwahati, has been named a Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassador.

She will serve on the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN) for the 2025–2027 term.
CYPAN is a youth-led platform active across 56 Commonwealth nations.
It focuses on promoting peace, mutual respect, and countering violent extremism.

✅ 10. Jennifer Simons has been elected as Suriname’s first female president.

Her election follows a historic coalition formed after a tightly contested vote.
Simons is a medical doctor. She is also a former speaker of Suriname’s parliament.
She will lead the country at a time of expected economic transformation.
Suriname is on the verge of a predicted oil boom.