DAILY GK 14 NOV 2025
1.
MUMBAI RANKED AS ASIA’S HAPPIEST CITY
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The
Time Out, the United Kingdom (UK)-based media and lifestyle organization has
recently published the City Life Index 2025, which
ranks the happiest cities across Asia.
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Mumbai (India) topped Asia’s happiness chart,
with 94% of residents saying the city makes them happy.
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Beijing and Shanghai in
China ranked second and third, with 93% and 92% of
residents reporting being happy.
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Chiang Mai in Thailand
and Hanoi in Vietnam rank in the top 4 and 5.
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Seoul (South Korea),
Singapore, and Tokyo (Japan) ranked lower on the happiness list.
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates (UAE) ranked
the world’s happiest city in 2025.
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The 2nd place
was occupied by Medellin in Colombia, followed by Cape Town in South
Africa (SA).
2.
HOCKEY INDIA CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
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Union
Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Ministry of Youth Affairs
and Sports (MYAS), inaugurated the centenary celebrations of
Indian Hockey at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New
Delhi.
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The
event commemorated 100 years of Indian hockey, marking its first
international appearance in 1925.
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Theme “100
Years of Indian Hockey: India ka Game”.
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Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2025, set to take place from November -
December 10, 2025, in TN.
3.
INDIA’S 91ST CHESS GM
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21-year-old Raahul VS,
from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, became India’s 91st Chess
Grandmaster (GM) after winning the 6th ASEAN
Individual Chess Championship in the Philippines with a
round to spare, crossed the 2500 International Chess Federation (FIDE)
rating required for the title.
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Earned
International Master (IM) title in November
2021 after achieving his 4th and 5th IM norms and crossing the 2400 rating
mark.
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Viswanathan Anand (1988): India’s first Grandmaster, who later
became the country’s first World Chess Champion.
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Koneru Humpy (2002): India’s
first Woman Grandmaster, achieving the title at
just 15 and becoming the youngest female GM in the world at that time.
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Grandmaster Title Conferred By: Fédération Internationale
des Échecs or International Chess Federation (FIDE), the world governing body
of chess.
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The
Grandmaster (GM) title stands as the highest recognition in chess, above
International Master (IM), FIDE Master (FM), and Candidate
Master (CM).
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To earn the full GM title, a player must achieve three GM norms in at
least 27 games and
reach a FIDE rating of 2500 at least once.
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2500 Elo Rating: A
player must achieve a FIDE rating of at least 2500 at
any point in their career, even if the rating later falls below that level.
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International Tournaments: GM
norms must be earned in events featuring players from different countries.
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Tournament Performance Rating (TPR): Each
norm should reflect a performance level of around 2600 or above.
4.
FIRST INDIAN PARA ARCHER IN ABLE-BODIED NATIONAL TEAM
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18-year-old
para-archer Sheetal Devi, from the Union
Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), became the first
Indian para-athlete selected for an able-bodied
national archery team at an event held, at the National Centre of
Excellence, Sonipat (Haryana).
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She will represent
India in the compound women’s team category at the Asia Cup
Archery 2025 (Stage 3), scheduled in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Selection Trials Were Conducted by Sports Authority of India (SAI).
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Top 3 Archers Selected are 1st – Tejal Rajendra Salve
(Maharashtra),2nd – Vaidehi Hirachandra Jadhav (Maharashtra),3rd –
Sheetal Devi (J&K).
5.
UAE TO HOST 2026 ASIAN YOUTH ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP
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The
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Archery Foundation won
the bid to host the 2026 Asian Youth Archery Championship,
which will take place in Khorfakkan, UAE.
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Virendra Sachdeva, President of the Archery Association of India
(AAI), has been elected as an Executive Member of
World Archery Asia (WAA) with the highest number of votes during the election
held during the WAA General Assembly.
6.
2025 KHELO INDIA UNIVERSITY GAMES
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Sports
Authority of India (SAI), in collaboration with the
Rajasthan State Sports Council and the Government of Rajasthan unveiled the Logo,
Mascot, Torch, and Jersey for the 5th
Edition of Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2025.
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The
games are scheduled from 24 November to 5 December 2025, and are
expected to bring together around 7,500 athletes from around 200 universities
across India, competing in 24 sports disciplines.
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Games Canoeing,
Kayaking, Cycling, and Beach Volleyball are newly added in KIUG 2025.
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Logo: The logo features Hawa
Mahal, Ranthambore Fort, Sand dunes,
Windmills, Pink color palette, a tribute to
Jaipur, the “Pink City”.
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Mascots: The mascots for KIUG 2025 are “Khamma” and “Ghani”, which
embody Rajasthan’s spirit and culture.
7.
QUAD NAVAL EXERCISE MALABAR
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The 29th edition
of the multilateral Exercise Malabar (2025) began
at Guam in the Northern Pacific Ocean (NPO),
hosted by the United States of America (USA).
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The nine-day Quad naval
exercise, involve the navies of India, the USA, Japan, and Australia
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The
MALABAR Exercise was initiated in 1992 as a
bilateral naval exercise between India and the USA to
enhance interoperability and strengthen maritime cooperation between the two
navies.
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Japan
became a permanent member in 2015, followed by Australia, which joined
permanently in 2020, transforming MALABAR into a four-nation (Quad)
naval exercise.
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The
28th edition of Exercise Malabar, was held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh (AP).
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The
exercise will be conducted in two phases :the Harbour Phase and the
Sea Phase.
8.
INDO-SRI LANKA “EXERCISE MITRA SAKTHI”
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The 11th edition
of the India–Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise ‘Mitra Shakti’ commenced
at the Foreign Training Node, Belagavi, Karnataka.
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Launched
in 2013, Exercise Mitra Shakti (“Power of
Friendship”) is an annual joint military exercise conducted alternately between
India and Sri Lanka.
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The
10th edition, held in 2024 at the Army Training School in MaduruOya, Sri Lanka.
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Chief
of Air Staff(CoAS)- Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh.
9.
INDIA-VIETNAM MILITARY EXERCISE VINBAX 2025
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The 6th edition
of Vietnam-India Bilateral Army Exercise (VINBAX), a
bilateral military exercise between India and Vietnam, held in Hanoi,
Vietnam.
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The
first edition of VINBAX was held in 2018 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (MP).
10.
‘EXERCISE BRAHMASHIRA’ IN GUJARAT
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The
Indian Army (IA) conducted’ Exercise Brahmashira’ in
the Rann and Creek Sector of Kachchh, Gujarat, as part of
the larger Tri-Services Exercise Trishul to validate integrated
operational capabilities across land, sea, and air.
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The
exercise brought together the IA, Indian Navy (IN), Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian
Coast Guard (ICG), and Border Security Force (BSF).
