DAILY GK 12-14 JULY 2025
1. 1st Indigenous
Developed Diving Support Vessel ‘INS Nistar’
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Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Indian
defence Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Defence (MoD), delivered
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Nistar, 1st indigenously
designed and built Diving Support Vessel (DSV) to the Indian Navy (IN)
at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (AP).
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INS Nistar is highly specialized and
capable of undertaking Deep Sea Diving and Rescue Operations.
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It is 118 metre (m)-long, 10,000 tonne(t)
vessel, equipped with state-of-the-art diving equipment and has the capability
to undertake deep sea saturation diving up to 300 m depth.
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The ship also features a side diving stage
for undertaking diving operations up to 75 m depth.
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It will also serve as the ‘Mother Ship’
for the Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV), for
rescue and evacuation of personnel, in case of an emergency in a submarine
underwater.
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It is also equipped with various Remotely
Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to undertake divers monitoring and salvage operations
at depths of up to 1,000 m.
2.
F1 BRITISH GP 2025
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Lando Norris (United Kingdom),
Formula One (F1) driver representing McLaren, won the F1 British
Grand Prix (GP) 2025.
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Oscar Piastri (McLaren) finished
2nd.
3.
SUPER UNITED RAPID & BLITZ CROATIA 2025
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Magnus Carlsen of Norway,
the World No.1 chess player, won the Super United Rapid &
Blitz Croatia 2025 tournament held in Zagreb, Croatia.
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This marked his 10th victory in
12 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) rapid and blitz events and his sixth consecutive
tournament win in 2025.
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Wesley So from USA finishing second
overall.
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D Gukesh from India finished third overall.
4.
NEERAJ CHOPRA CLASSIC TOURNAMENT
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Neeraj Chopra won gold with
the best of 86.18 metre (m) in Javelin throw in
the inaugural edition of Neeraj Chopra (NC) Classic 2025,
a World Athletics Gold-level event, held in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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JuliusYego of Kenya won silver
(84.51m) and Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka won
Bronze (84.34m).
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The event marks the first World
Athletics Gold-level javelin meet held in India.
5.
ASIAN PARA ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025
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The 2025 Asian Para Archery
Championships was held in Beijing, China.
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China topped the overall medal
tally with a total of 17 medals (10 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze).
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India secured second
position with 9 medals (3 gold,
3 silver, 3 bronze) followed by Singapore.
6.
FIRST INDIAN TO RUN 100M IN LESS THAN 10.2 SECONDS
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Indian sprinter Animesh Kujur secured
first place in the Men’s 100 metre(m) (Final B) at the Dromia
International Sprints and Relays in Vari, Greece, with a record-setting
time of 10.18 seconds, making him the first Indian
to break the 10.20-second mark.
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He surpassing Gurindervir Singh’s
previous national record.
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In the overall standings, he secured third
place, behind Benjamin Richardson (10.01) of South
Africa and Ali Anwar Al-Balushi (10.12) of Onam.
7.
2ND LEG OF WORLD BOXING CUP 2025
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The 2nd leg of the 2025 World
Boxing Cup was held in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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India won 11
medals (3 Gold, 5 Silver, and 3 Bronze), finished third in the
medal tally.
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Kazakhstan topped the medal tally
with 16 medals in that 8 Gold Medals, followed by Brazil in second
place with 7 medals including 4 Gold.
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The tournament featured participation from
over 400 boxers representing 31 countries, competing across 20 weight
categories.
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Sakshi, won the Gold medal in
the Women’s 54 kilogram (kg) category.
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Jaismine Lamboria, won the Gold
medal in the Women’s 57 kg category.
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Nupur Sheoran won the Gold
medal in the Women’s 80+ kg category.
8.
INDIA BECOMES WORLD’S 4TH LARGEST BIOFUEL CONSUMER IN 2024
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The 74th edition of the Statistical
Review of World Energy (2025), released by the London based Energy
Institute (EI) reported that India became
the world’s fourth-largest biofuel consumer in 2024,
surpassing China for the second consecutive year.
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India’s biofuel consumption rose by 40%
Year-on-Year(Y-o-Y) to 77,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day
(kbbloe/d) in 2024.
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The report highlighted that USA
remained the world’s largest biofuel producer and consumer.
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Following the USA, Brazil and Indonesia
ranked as the next largest consumers.
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The USA, Brazil, and Europe combined
accounted for approximately 75% of total global biofuel consumption.
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India and Indonesia together accounted for
63% of Asia Pacific’s biofuel demand in 2024.
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India continued to lag behind China in production
capacity for the 10th consecutive year in 2024.
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India’s biofuel production rose 27%
Y-o-Y, reaching 70 kbbloe/d, maintaining a 30.4% CAGR since
2014.
9.
NVIDIA BECOMES WORLD’S FIRST COMPANY TO HIT USD 4
TRILLION MARKET VALUE
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USA-based Nvidia Corporation,
a global leader in accelerated computing and artificial intelligence (AI),
became the world’s first publicly traded company to
achieve a market capitalisation of USD 4
trillion.
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With this achievement, Nvidia has
surpassed Microsoft Corporation,
which holds the second position with a market value of USD 3.75 trillion,
while Apple Inc. ranks third with a valuation of USD 3.17
trillion.
10.
WORLD RURAL DEVELOPMENT DAY 2025 – JULY 6
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The day also commemorates the
establishment of Dhaka (Bangladesh) based Centre on Integrated Rural
Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) on
July 6, 1979.
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The WRDD 2025 is focussed on “Rural
Empowerment – Global Impact,”.
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The priority themes of WRDD 2025
include Ending Rural Poverty & Hunger, Climate-Resilient Livelihoods,
Digital & Financial Inclusion, Empowering Women & Youth, and
Infrastructure & Services.
11.
WORLD POPULATION DAY 2025 – JULY 11
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2025 marks the 31st anniversary
of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of
Action.
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The 2025 theme for World Population
Day is “Empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair
and hopeful world”.
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The idea for World Population Day was
inspired by the world population reaching five billion on July 11, 1987,
prompting Dr. K.C. Zachariah, a senior demographer
at the World Bank, to propose commemorating the milestone.
