Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 25, 2025

Answer: c

Current Context : Satish Golcha, a 1992-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre, has been appointed as the 26th Commissioner of Police, Delhi.

• He assumed office on 22 August 2025, succeeding Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh, who served temporarily after the retirement of Sanjay Arora on 31 July 2025.

Answer: b

Current Context : Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir is hosting the first-ever Khelo India Water Games.

ABOUT DAL LAKE

• Location: Eastern part of Srinagar city, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, on the right bank of Jhelum river.
• Area: Covers 18 sq. km; part of a 1 sq. km wetland, including floating gardens.
• Inflow: Fed by the Arrah river.
• Outflow: Flows out through a deep channel called Tel Bal.
• Basins: Divided by causeways into four basins –
  • Gagribal, Lokut Dal, Bod Dal, Nagin
• Significance:
  • Known as the “Jewel of Srinagar” or “Srinagar’s Jewel”.
  • Important for tourism, fisheries, horticulture, and water sports.
  • Houses the famous Shikaras (houseboats) and floating vegetable markets.

Answer: b

Current Context: NATO is considering establishing a logistics base in Sweden after Sweden’s accession as the 32^nd member (2024).

ABOUT NATO

• Nature: A political and military alliance of countries from Europe and North America.
• Founded: April 1949, with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty.
• Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium.
• Membership: 32 members (latest: Sweden, 2024).

OBJECTIVES

• Cold War era: To provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
• Presently: Ensures members protect each other from threats, including cyber, terrorism, and hybrid warfare.

KEY PRINCIPLE

• Article 5: An armed attack against one or more members is considered an attack against all members.
• Invoked only once: after 9/11 terrorist attacks (2001).

Answer: b

Current Context : Kerala has become the first fully digitally literate state in India, marking the successful completion of the first phase of the Digi Kerala Project.

ABOUT DIGI KERALA PROJECT

• Survey Coverage:
  • Covered 5 crore people from 83.46 lakh families.
  • Identified 88 lakh digitally illiterate persons.
  • Trained 87 lakh (99.98%), who cleared digital literacy evaluation.
• Inclusivity:
  • Training included all age groups, even senior citizens (e.g., 104-year-old M.A. Abdullah Moulavi Baqavi from Ernakulam participated).
  • Delivered through local bodies, reflecting Kerala’s decentralised governance
• Purpose: To bridge the digital divide and empower citizens with basic digital skills.

SIGNIFICANCE

• Governance: Enables citizens to access e-governance services (Ayushman Bharat, PM-Kisan, Jan Dhan, etc.) without intermediaries.
• Digital Democracy: Citizens can file grievances, RTI requests, and participate in online civic activities → promotes transparency and accountability.
• Financial Inclusion: Promotes use of digital transactions and benefits for marginalised groups and women.

Answer: b

Current Context : A 7.5 magnitude earthquake recently hit the Drake Passage, triggering a brief tsunami alert.

ABOUT DRAKE PASSAGE

• Location: Between Cape Horn (South America) and South Shetland Islands (Antarctica).
• Width: Narrowest stretch of the Southern Ocean, ~800 km
• Named After: Sir Francis Drake, first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.
• Ocean Link: Connects Southwestern Atlantic Ocean with Southeastern Pacific Ocean.
• Climatic Role: Acts as a transition zone between subpolar Tierra del Fuego and polar Antarctica.
• Navigation: Known as one of the roughest waterways in the world due to collision of cold and warm seawater, eddies, storms, and strong winds.
• History: Important for 19th–20th century trade routes, until Panama Canal reduced dependency.

Answer: b

Current Context : The Government of India launched a 15-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme under SMILE Scheme to empower transgender persons.

ABOUT SMILE SCHEME

• Type: Central Sector Scheme under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
• Sub-Schemes:
  1. Welfare of Transgender Persons.
  2. Welfare of Persons Engaged in Begging.
• Key Features:
  1. Scholarships: For transgender students (Class IX to post-graduation).
  2. Skill Development: Under PM-DAKSH scheme.
  3. Healthcare: Gender-reaffirmation surgeries supported under PM-JAY.
  4. Housing: Garima Greh with food, clothing, medical support, and training.
  5. Transgender Protection Cells in every state for timely redressal of offences.
  6. National Portal & Helpline for grievance support.

Answer: b

Current Context : A rise in HFMD cases has been reported in New Delhi, particularly among children.

ABOUT HFMD

• Nature: Common viral illness, mostly affecting children (can affect adults with weak immunity).
• Cause: Mainly by Coxsackievirus A16.
• Symptoms:
  • Sores in the mouth.
  • Rash on hands and feet.
  • Fever and general weakness.
• Spread: Highly contagious in schools/daycare centres.
• Treatment: No specific treatment; recovery usually in 7–10 days.
• Complications: Rare; can cause viral meningitis in severe cases.
• Not Related To: Foot-and-Mouth disease (affects cattle).

Answer: a

Current Context : India has extended UN-level privileges and immunities to IBCA officials under the UN (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947.

ABOUT IBCA

• Launched: April 2023, during 50 years of Project Tiger.
• Nature: Treaty-based inter-governmental organisation for big cat conservation.
• Coverage: Seven Big Cats – Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Cheetah, Jaguar, Puma.
• Membership: Open to all UN Member States – both range countries (where cats live) and non-range countries(supporters).
• Participants: 95 countries, conservation partners, NGOs, corporates.
• Implementation Agency: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) under MoEFCC.
• Funding: India committed ₹150 crore (2023–2028) for corpus fund, infra, and recurring expenses.
• Members: 12 founding members (including India).
• Objective: Facilitate global collaboration, share expertise, and consolidate conservation efforts.