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AUG 23

1. Who awards the Equator Prize as part of Equator Initiative?

2. When is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples commemorated?

3. What was the 2025 theme for International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples?

4. Which women-led group in India won the Equator Prize. This group through grassroots initiative has transformed rural livelihoods through sustainable agriculture.

5. What is the name of Asia's longest freight train that was launched by East Central Railway and that measures 4.5 km long?

6. The leaders of Armenia and which other country joined President Donald Trump at the White House for a peace summit where they signed an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict recently?

7. Where was the inaugural BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival titled SaptaSur: Seven Nations, One Melody held?

8. Awaza, a national tourist zone on Turkmenistan's Caspian coast, will host the the third UN Conference Landlocked Developing Countries. In which country is Awaza located?

9. Who is the only Indian Author in this years Booker Prize longlist announced last week?

10. Who launched the new Incredible India Digital Platform (IIDP)?

11. Which railway station has become the first in the Kashmir Valley to be equipped for goods transportation?

12. Which Indian state recently reintroduced the critically endangered Asian Giant Tortoise into a community reserve?

13. Which two crops from Ladakh are part of NASA's Crew-11 experiment on the International Space Station (ISS)?

14. Which institution has launched the India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI)?

Answers

1. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

2. August 9

3. Indigenous Peoples and AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures"

4. Bibifathima Swa Sahaya

Sangha (Bibifathima Self Help Group)

5. Rudrastra

6. Azerbaijan

7. New Delhi

8. Turkmenistan

9. Kiran Desai (The Loneliness

of Sonia and Sunny)

10. Ministry of Tourism

11. Anantnag

12. Nagaland

13. Seabuckthorn and Himalayan tartary buckwheat

14. NITI Aayog

1. Who won the FIDE Women's Chess World Cup on July 28, 2025, by defeating Koneru Humpy in the tiebreaks?

2. Name the operation launched by Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Dara region to neutralise three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.

3. Name mission launched, to digitise and preserve over one crore ancient manuscripts.

4. Which mobile app was launched by Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in Hindi and 21 regional languages to help users report suspicious communications and manage mobile security?

5. What is India's Gini Index as of the latest report, making it the 4th most equal country in the world?

6. Which national park conducted India's first-ever Grassland Bird Census using acoustic technology?

7. India's first Hindi-medium MBBS college established at: was established at:

8. Which day day will the Maharashtra government observe as Sustainable Agriculture Day in honour of Dr. MS. Swaminathan's birth anniversary?

9. Which airport is setting up the world's first airport-based green hydrogen plant as part of its green and digital expansion plan?

10. Which state government has recently lifted the 28-year -old ban on heritage sports such as bullock cart races.

dog races, horse races, and pigeon racing?

11. What is the name of Turkey's most powerful non-nuclear bomb unveiled at the IDEF 2025 defence fair in Istanbul? 12. Where was the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025 held?

13. Which platform has Australia decided to include in its under-16 social media ban, reversing an earlier decision to treat it as an educational tool?

14. Name the cloud-based virtual desktop service launched by Reliance Jio that turns any television into a personal computer.

15. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Sansad TV?

16. Who has been appointed as the new Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)?

17. Name the Fast Patrol Vessel launched by India recently. at Vasco da Gama in Goa, designed by Goa Shipyard Limited.

18. Which tribal community in Mewar, Rajasthan, celebrates the 40-day Gavri Festival after Raksha Bandhan?

19. What is the theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2025, celebrated from August 1 to 72

20. Name the first large Al language model developed by 12 Latin American countries under Chile's CENIA?

21. Name the scheme launched by the Ministry of Education to integrate traditional gurukul scholars into IIT research without requiring conventional degrees.

22. Who was appointed as the new head coach of the Indian Senior Men's Football Team?

1. Divya Deshmukh 2. Operation Mahadev

3. Gyan Bharatam Mission

4. Sanchar Saathi

5. 25.5

6. Kaziranga National Park

7. Jabalpur

8. August 7

9. Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL)

10. Punjab

11. Gazap

12. Shanghai

13. YouTube 14. JioPC

15. Utpal Kumar Singh

16. Dr. A Rajarajan

17. Atal

18. Bhil community

19. Prioritise Breastfeeding: Create Sustainable Support Systems

20. Latam-GPT

21. Setubandha Scholar Scheme

22. Khalid Jamil