DAILY GK 8-9 SEPT 2025

 DAILY GK 8-9 SEPT 2025 

1.       JAMAICAN PM

·         Jamaica’s Prime Minister(PM) Andrew Michael Holness, leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), was re-elected for a third consecutive term

·         JLP Secured 34 seats in the House of Representatives and will appoint 13 of 21 senators to the upper chamber.
·         In 2011, Andrew Holness became Jamaica’s youngest PM (at 39)

·         Jamaica -Capital – Kingston



 

2.       PM OF THAILAND

·         AnutinCharnvirakul, leader of Thailand’s Bhumjaithai Party, was elected as Thailand’s 32nd Prime Minister(PM), securing 311 votes in the 493-seat parliament and decisively defeating ChaikasemNitisiri of the Pheu Thai Party.

·         Thailand Capital Bangkok

·         Currency Thai Baht (THB)

 

3.       PRESIDENT OF GUYANA

·         Mohamed Irfaan Ali, current President of Guyana and member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), was re-elected President of Guyana for a second 5 years’ term

·         The PPP won 36 out of 65 National Assembly seats, giving him a renewed mandate to govern the country.

·         He is the first Muslim President of Guyana and the second Muslim head of state in the Americas, following Noor Hassanali of Trinidad and Tobago.

·         In 2023, he was honoured with the PravasiBharatiyaSamman, India’s highest award for individuals of Indian origin.

·         Guyana Capital – Georgetown

 

4.       CHAIRPERSON OF NSE

·         The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) approved the appointment of Injeti Srinivas, retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer (1983 batch, Odisha cadre), as the Chairperson of the Governing Board of National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE).

·         NSE Headquarters– Mumbai

·         Established – 1992

 

5.       FRANCE PM

·         Emmanuel Macron, President of France, appointed Sebastien Lecornu, former Defence Minister, as new Prime Minister (PM), succeeding François Bayrou, who resigned following a failed confidence vote in the National Assembly.

·         At 39, Sebastien Lecornu became the youngest person ever to assume the office of PM in France.

 

6.       NORWAY PM

·         Jonas Gahr Store, the leader of Norway’s ruling Labour Party, has secured a 2nd consecutive term as Prime Minister (PM) of Norway

·         Sylvi Listhaug, candidate of Anti-Immigration Progress Party, finished at 2nd position in elections

·         Norway Capital- Oslo

·         Currency- Norwegian Krone (NOK)

 

7.       15TH VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA

·         Former Governor of Maharashtra Chandrapuram Ponnusamy (C.P.) Radhakrishnan has officially sworn-in as the 15th Vice President (VP) of India, 2nd highest constitutional office in India and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Parliament).

·         The current composition of Electoral College is 781 due to 6 vacant seats in Rajya Sabha and 1 in Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament).

·         As per Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Mody, total 767 out of 781 Member of Parliaments (MPs) casted their votes, registering a total voter turnout of 98.2%.

·         C.P. Radhakrishnan, candidate of National Democratic Alliance (NDA), was elected as the 15th VP of India, securing 452 votes against opposition alliance, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) candidate, former Supreme Court Judge Buchireddy (B.) Sudershan Reddy, who got 300 votes.

 

8.       SEMICON INDIA 2025 

·         PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 4th edition of SEMICON India at Yashobhoomi (India International Convention & Expo Centre) at New Delhi

·         Theme “Building the Next Semiconductor Powerhouse

·         During the event, Union Minister AshwiniVaishnaw, MeitY, Ministry of Railways (MoR), presented “Vikram-32”, India’s first indigenous 32-bit semiconductor microprocessor, to PM Narendra Modi,

·         Formation of the India Deep-Tech Investment Alliance (IDTA) alsoannounced, with an initial funding commitment of USD 1 million.

 

9.       SRS 2023 REPORT

·         The Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (RGI&CCI) which works under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has released the Sample Registration System (SRS) Bulletin 2023

·         According to report for the 1st time, India’s birth and death rates have declined to nearly 50% i.e. to 18.4 and 6.4 in 2023, compared to 36.9 and 14.9 (in 1971), respectively.

·         Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has dropped to record low, from 129 deaths per 1,000 live births (in 1971) to 25 (in 2023).

·         Total Infertility Rate (TFR):  has decreased from 2.0 (in 2022) to 1.9 (in 2023), far below the 5.2 recorded in 1971.

·         India’s average life expectancy for males and females in 2023, was at around 68.5 years and 72.5 years, respectively.

·         The datasets of SRS 2023 revealed that the proportion of the elderly people in India (people above the age of 60), has increased by 0.7% percentage points annually, to 9.7% of the population.

 

10.    BHUTAN PM D VISIT TO INDIA

·         Prime Minister (PM) of Bhutan DashoTsheringTobgay was on an official four-day visit to India marking his second visit to India in 2025 after an earlier trip in February 2025.

·         Adani Power Limited (APL), signed an agreement with Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) of Bhutan, for the establishment of a 570-Megawatt (MW) Wangchhu hydroelectric project in Bhutan.