DAILY GK 5 DEC 2025
1.
ARUNACHAL PRADESH’S ‘DAO’ AND
YAK CHURPI RECEIVED GI TAG
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Arunachal Pradesh (AR)’s traditional
handcrafted blade ‘Dao’ used
by several tribal communities and Yak Churpi, traditionhighland cheese, secured the
Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
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DAOis made manually by master
artisans using forging methods passed down over generations.
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Yak Churpi is a dairy product (cheese) derived from the milk of the indigenous
Arunachali Yak breed, primarily found in
the West Kameng and Tawang districts of AR.
2.
2025 UN POPULATION AWARD IN INSTITUTIONAL CATEGORY
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) India honored
the International Union for the
Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) for
winning the 2025 United Nations (UN) Population Award under
Institutional Category at a Ceremon
at the 46th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of
Population (IASP) held at the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) in Kolkata, West Bengal.
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The 40áµ—Ê° edition of the UN Population Award recognised IUSSP
for its enduring contributions to global population science, demographic
research, and policy informed by evidence.
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IUSSP is a global
professional association of demographers and population scientists established
in 1928.
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It works to advance
the scientific study of population and promote evidence-based demographic
research worldwide.
3.
WORLD ATHLETICS’ ATHLETES OF YEAR 2025
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Swedish pole vault star and double Olympic
champion Armand “Mondo” Duplantis and American
sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone were named
the World Athletes of the Year in the ‘Men’s ’ and ‘Women’s’ category,
respectively, at the 2025 World Athletic awards ceremony
held in Monaco.
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With this, Duplantis won the Men’s World Athlete
of the Year title for a 3rd time (2020 and
2022) while Levrone won the
Women’s Athlete of the Year title for
2nd time (2022).
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Duplantis
also received the Men’s Field Athlete of the Year award, while McLaughlin‑Levrone was named Women’s
Track Athlete of the Year.
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Edmund Serem (Kenya), a bronze medallist in the
3000 m steeplechase in Tokyo and Zhang Jiale (China), junior
world record holder, won the “Rising
Stars” awards in ‘men’s’ and ‘women’s’ category, respectively.
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Spain’s Maria Perez (Women’s
category) and Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe (Men’s
category) were named as the winners of 2025 out of stadium athletes of the year.
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Michael O’ Connor (from Ireland) has received the 2025
Coaching Achievement Award.
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Kenyan athletics coach Ruth Jepchumba Bundotich won
the 2025 World Athletics Woman of the
Year Award.
4.
GLOBAL TOP 100 CORPORATE STARTUP STARS 2025
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Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited (BPCL), a Maharatna Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), became the only
Indian organisation recognised among the Top
100 Corporate Startup
Stars (CSS) 2025 by the International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC) and Mind the Bridge (MTB) at a ceremony held in Paris, France.
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BPCL’s startup programme ‘Ankur’ and
the BPCL Ankur Fund were honoured for
their significant role in fostering energy-sector entrepreneurship and
supporting innovative startups in India.
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Project Ankur: Launched
in 2016, BPCL’s flagship initiative fosters innovation and supports over 30
startups, promoting cleaner, smarter, and more sustainable energy solutions.
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BPCL Ankur Fund: Offers
strategic equity investments to early-stage startups that align with BPCL’s
long-term priorities.
5.
SULTAN AZLAN SHAH CUP 2025
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The Belgium national men’s field hockey team, defeated the India national
men’s field hockey team, captained by Sanjay Rana, 1‑0 in the final to win
their first‑ever Sultan Azlan Shah Cup at the 31st edition
of the annual men’s invitational international field hockey tournament, held in
Ipoh, Malaysia.
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With this win, Belgium secured the gold medal, while India
earned the silver in the tournament.
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New
Zealand secured the bronze medal with a 6–1 victory
over host Malaysia.
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Participants: Belgium, India, New Zealand,
Malaysia, Canada and South Korea.
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Tom Boon(Belgium) scored 6 goals, becoming the tournament’s leading scorer.
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The tournament began in 1983 as a biennial
contest and became an annual event from 1998.
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The tournament is named after Sultan Azlan Shah,
the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of
Malaysia.
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Australia holds the record
with 10 titles, followed by India with five
and Pakistan with three.
6.
SYED MODI INTERNATIONAL 2025
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The 2025 Syed Modi International, a
Super 300 badminton tournament, was
held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
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Jason Gunawan of
Hong Kong won the men’s singles title,
Japan’s Hina Akechi claimed the women’s singles crown, and
India’s Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly emerged
as the women’s doubles champions.
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The tournament, launched
by Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association (UPBA) in 1991 to honour badminton
player Syed Modi (1982 Commonwealth
Games men’s single Gold medalist), started as a national event and
eventually became part of the global badminton circuit as a BWF Super 300
tournament.
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The total prize purse
for the 2025 tournament was USD 240,000.
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Badminton World Federation (BWF) Headquarters - Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
7.
QATAR GRAND PRIX 2025
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Netherlands’ Max Verstappen, the four-time Formula One (F1)
World Champion driving for Red Bull Racing, won the 2025 Qatar
Grand Prix(GP) held in Lusail,
Qatar.
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Oscar Piastri finished second and Carlos Sainz third.
8.
INDIA MALDIVES MILITARY EXERCISE EKUVERIN 2025
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The Indian Army(IA) and
the Maldives National Defence Force(MNDF) commenced
the 14th edition of the annual bilateral military
exercise ‘EKUVERIN’ at Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala.
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Conducted annually since 2009, EKUVERIN
is a bilateral military exercise held alternately in India and the Maldives.
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Maldives President- Mohamed Muizzu.
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Capital-Male.
9. INDIA-INDONESIA MILITARY
EXERCISE ‘GARUDA SHAKTI 2025’
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The 10th edition of the India–Indonesia Joint Special Forces ‘Exercise
Garuda Shakti’ began at the Special Forces Training School(SFTS)
at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh(HP).
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Garuda Shakti is a bilateral exercise conducted between the
special forces of India (Para Special Forces) and Indonesia. The exercise was
first initiated in 2012.
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The 9th edition of the India-Indonesia joint military
exercise, Garuda Shakti 2024 held in Indonesia.
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Indonesia Capital – Jakarta.
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Currency – Indonesian Rupiah (IDR).
10.
NBBL ROLLS OUT BANKING CONNECT
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NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI),
launched “Banking Connect” aninteroperable net banking platform designed to transform online
merchant payments by eliminating
multiple integrations, enabling biometric authenticationandproviding real-time
Reserve Bank of India(RBI) oversight on fund flows.
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The platform was introduced during the Global Fintech
Festival 2025 in the presence of the RBI Governor.
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Single NBBL-certified
integration connects banks to all payment aggregators (PAs); supports HDFC,
ICICI, SBI, YES, AU SFB, Federal Bank + PayU, PineLabs, Razorpay, Juspay, Zoho.
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No username/password;
biometric/QR payments; mobile-first design; uniform UI across providers;
low-code/no-code merchant onboarding (10-15 days instant).
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Real-time fraud
monitoring, standardised error codes, policy-driven controls; minimises
redirect/timeout drop-offs.
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Settlement Efficiency: Same-day (8 cycles/day) vs monthly; RBI gets instant
transaction visibility (vs weekly/yearly lag) for crypto/gaming oversight.
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Transaction Scale: No caps; supports high-value merchant payments; boosts mobile
banking adoption.
