Daily Current Affairs – 09 July 2025

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Category: Sports Sector – Wushu (Martial Arts) Subject: International Sports Achievements – Rajasthan in Asian Wushu Cup 2025 Rajasthan’s Wushu athletes shined at the Asian Wushu Cup held from 2nd to 7th July 2025 in Jilin, China. Mahak Sharma won the silver medal in the 75 kg weight category. Jahnavi Mehra (56 kg) and Neetika Bansal (65 kg) secured bronze medals. Mahak lost the final bout against a Chinese athlete. Jahnavi and Neetika were defeated in the semi-finals by players...

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Sector: Social Welfare, Child Development & Education Subject: Civic Engagement through Toy Donation, Leadership, and Value Education Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has announced the establishment of the ‘Namo Toy Bank’ in Kota. The initiative is aimed at bringing back smiles to the faces of underprivileged children who are deprived of toys due to lack of resources. The unique aspect of this initiative is that it will be operated by children themselves. Students from schools will collect toys, which will...

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Sector: Art & Culture | Subject: International Art Representation Jaipur-based artist Urmila Gehnolia’s painting “The Symphony of Marine Life” has been selected for the 11th Geoje International Art Festival 2025 in South Korea. The festival will be held from 13 October to 13 December 2025 at the Haegeumgang Theme Museum, South Korea. The central theme of the exhibition is “Blooming Art”. Apart from this, another group art exhibition is also underway in Seoul, South Korea, titled “Interactive for Peace”, where...

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Sector: Sports Subject: National-Level Achievements in Fencing (Mini Junior Category) Rajasthan’s Shahnoor Ali won the gold medal in the Mini Junior (-12) National Fencing Championship held in Nashik, Maharashtra. The championship witnessed participation from girl fencers representing 45 states. Shahnoor clinched first place in the Sabre event by defeating Kerala’s Sarlee Sagar Lagu with a score of 10–7. The bronze medal was won by Guntas Kaur of Punjab, while fourth place went to Vidhi Shama, also from Punjab. This victory...

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The Bihar Cabinet has not only ordered the implementation of only the Bihari domiciled women to access the 35 % reservation in state government jobs but also extended its application to all government jobs at the local, district and provincial level (a policy that was first imposed in 2016). Such a step restricts the utility to local ladies, so as to enlighten the native population of Bihar, establish employment in the region. At the same time, the state has approved...

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The recent visit of Prime minister Narendra Modi of India to Brazil is indicative of a new look into the strategic relations between India and Brazil. Both being two main democracies and emerging economies of the Global South, both nations committed to further collaboration in the spheres of diplomacy, energy, trade, defense and technology. This increasing involvement is marked by the signing of six major agreements among them the target setting of a bilateral trade of $20 billion. Brazil has...