Sunday, November 9, 2025

CURRENT AFFAIRS-EM-15

 NOV 8


1. Kerala government has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for

implementing PM SHRI scheme in the state. What does PM SHRI stand for?

2. Where is 22nd ASEAN-India Summit being held?

3. When is United Nations Day celebrated annually?

4. The actor who won the Best Filmfare awards for Comic actor in 1970s, passed away recently.

What is his name?

5. India and Brazil agreed to expand the scope of the existing Preferential Trade Agreement

(PTA) between New Delhi and MERCOSUR, with a view to promoting trade and investment

between the Parties. Which countries comprise MERCOSUR

or Common Market of the South?

6. When is World Students' Day celebrated?

7. On whose birth anniversary is World students day celebrated?

8. What is the theme for World Students' Day 2025?

9. When is International Snow Leopard Day celebrated annually?

10. Who recently launched the Unified Market Interface for tokenised finance?

11. When is International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction observed

every year?

12. When is World Standards Day observed every year?

13. What is the name of the initiative launched by the Center to simulate a Gram Sabha in

schools, on the lines of the Model United Nations?

14. Where was the third edition of International Purple Festival 2025 inaugurated?

15. What is the name of the cooperative-driven national ride-hailing initiative recently supported by the National e-Governance Division?

Answers

1. Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India

2. Kuala Lumpur

3. October 24

4. Govardhan Asrani

5. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay

6. October 15th

7. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

8. Empowering Students as

Agents of Innovation and Change

9. October 23

10. RBI

11. October 13

12. 14 October

13. Model Youth Gram Sabha (MYGS)

14. Goa

15. Bharat Taxi


1. Recently, which country officially joined the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) during the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 in Abu Dhabi?

2. Which organization has launched the world's first Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at the MONDIACULT 2025 Conference in Barcelona, Spain?

3. Who became the first Indian to win the IUCN WCPA Kenton Miller Award 2025, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi?

4. Who represented India at the Sharm El-Sheikh Gaza Peace Summit held in Egypt?

5. Which organization released the report titled "India's Blue Economy - Strategy for Harnessing Deep-Sea and Offshore Fisheries," outlining a scientific, sustainable, and inclusive roadmap for developing India's deep-sea and offshore fisheries?

6. Which Japanese city has enacted a local ordinance limiting residents' screen time to two hours a day, becoming one of the first cities globally to encourage reduced smartphone dependence officially?

7. Which Indian space-tech startup has announced the launch of 'Mission Drishti,' the world's first multi-sensor Earth Observation (EO) satellite?

8. Which country has been validated by the WHO as the first in the world to achieve "triple elimination" by stopping mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B?

9. Which mineral has been reclassified entirely as a major mineral, removing its earlier

dual classification as both a major and minor mineral by the Ministry of Mines?

10. 'INDRA 2025,' a joint military exercise, aims to enhance counter-terrorism coordination and operational readiness between India and which other country?

11. At which facility was India's first hydrogen-powered coach successfully trialed?

12. Which city has been recommended by the Commonwealth Sport Executive Board (2025) as the host for the 2030 Centenary Commonwealth Games?

13. In the IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4 (2025) report, under which category were the Western Ghats, Manas National Park, and Sundarbans National Park placed?

14. Which volcano in Indonesia has erupted recently?

15. Name the project launched by the Akola Police in Maharashtra that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics in predictive policing.

16. Name the scheme launched by UIDAI to enhance Aadhaar authentication security and counter deepfakes, spoofing, and biometric fraud.

17. With which regional trade bloc has India agreed to deepen their Preferential Trade Agreement to boost trade and investment?

18. Which organization released the first State of Finance for Forests (SFF) 2025 Report?

19. Which survey, released by the Union Environment Ministry and Wildlife Institute of India (WII), reported 22,446 elephants across India for the period 2021-25?

ANSWERS

1. Armenia

2. UNESCO

3. Dr. Sonali Ghosh

4. Kirti Vardhan Singh

5. NITI Aayog

6. Toyoake

7. GalaxEye

8. Maldives

9. Limestone

10. Russia

11. Integral Coach Factory, Chennai

12. Ahmedabad

13. Significant Concern

category

14. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki

15. Project Trinetra

16. Scheme for Innovation and

Technology Association

with Aadhaar (SITAA)

17. MERCOSUR

18. UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

19. Synchronous All India Elephant Estimation (SAIEE)

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