20th-19th August 2025 || Daily current affairs || Handwritten notes || An Aspirant !

0:00 A very good morning aspirants. Today we will read the current affairs of 19th and 20th August 2025. So quickly take out your paper and pen and start making notes along with the video. Today's first news is that we celebrate World Photography Day every year on 19th August. So that this art of photography can be respected. Plus all those who click photos , who are photographers, they can be inspired or those who want to become one , right? So that they can be inspired and memories can be preserved. So, in a way to honour the photographers. We have been celebrating this day since 2010. Now, this is nothing. Important is the date and the theme of this day. What was the theme this year ? My favourite photo. Right? Let's move ahead.

0:46 See second point. World Humanitarian Day. We celebrate it every year on 19 August. Humanitarian Humanitarian workers means those who work for humanity. We take out time from our day to day life and if any disaster occurs somewhere, we reach there to help. Isn't it? So to honor such workers, this day was announced by the United Nations General Assembly. We have been celebrating this day since 2009. And this year the theme of this day was Strengthening Global Solidarity and Empowering Local Communities. Right? Let's move ahead. Independence Day of Afghanistan. Yesterday we read about Gabin and Indonesia's Independence Day is 17th August. Today we will read about Afghanistan's Independence Day. On 19th August 1919. Afghanistan became independent. With whom? From the Britishers. The Third

1:33 Anglo-Afghan War took place. After which they became independent from the British. If we talk about Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan is like this, right? 108 Km This area also shares boundary with India. Isn't it? If we talk about POK. The rest of Afghanistan is in the Asian continent with its capital at Kabul where the Taliban currently rules. A political movement is a group that currently rules Afghanistan. Let's go ahead. See your fourth point. So ISRO has opened a new lab in a district of Arunachal Pradesh about which we will read. What is ISRO? Indian Space Research Organisation. India's own space agency. So ISRO has innovated the space laboratory. Where? It

2:19 is a remote district of Arunachal Pradesh. There is a matcha there in Shrimi district. Matchuka also has Matchuka Government Higher Secondary School. This lab has been opened there. Now look, ISRO is India's own space agency. So there is ISRO, there is NASA. I have taught you all this in static GK. No, if you have not seen the videos yet then go to my YouTube channel. Go to the playlists section. By going there you can see the playlist of static GK hand written notes. Ok? So this laboratory has been inaugurated by Pasang Dojes Sona, the Education Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. This laboratory has been named Pasang Wongjuk Sona ISRO Space Laboratory. This has been opened in collaboration. has been established. In between whom? Between ISRO and Muskaan Foundation. So that

3:06 a curiosity can be created in children. Innovative ideas can be inculcated in them. Scientific thinking can be brought into them. For this, this initiative has been taken by ISRO and Muskaan Foundation. Ok? So the first page is complete. If you have any doubt, you can ask in the comment section. If you like the video please like it. And now let's go straight to our next page. Today's Fifth Point Ishq Ship. It is a ship which has been recently handed over to the Indian Navy. Meaning the commission has been made. Now, he will start providing his services. So the question is, is this a love ship ? First of all, GRSC Kolkata and L&T have built it together. What is GRS? Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineerings Limited. What is LAT?

3:52 Larson & Tabo. Both of them together have built this Ikshik ship. Contracts were signed for four large survey vessels. JRSC Kolkata will make four of these between LAT and Indian Navy. So the first, second and third have been given now. Only one survives. The first such ship was IAS Sandhyayak. The second was the IAS directory. Third IAS exam. The names are a little difficult but if you read them again and again you will remember them. So this is the third such ship out of four ships that has been delivered or handed over to the Indian Navy for its services. Now we said that contracts were signed for four large survey vessels. So what are these survey vessels? Well, from the name itself I get an idea that some survey will be done, is n't it? These are such ships which are designed to

4:40 collect data on marine environment, marine environment is related to water, so hydrographic service, water-related service, what is where, how much water is there, layers, oceanographic research, research has to be done in the oceans, is there any mineral present anywhere, seismic exploration, seismic means exploring beneath the earth, so these survey vessels were made to do all these works, okay? Let's go ahead and look at our sixth point. India's first hydrogen powered train will operate. See, this train has not started working yet. This is the first train in India that will run on hydrogen. Isn't it? So, I saw my services. It will operate on Jind Sonipat route in Haryana. 89 Km Its route will be of . How many horsepower is the engine? 1200. It

5:25 has a 1020 horsepower engine. Its maximum speed can be 110 km. The R&P passenger capacity is around 2600. Ok? So now this is India's first hydrogen powered train that will start its operation soon. It is not in working mode right now but it is important to check it out. At the seventh point comes the Ombudsman. What is Ombertsmann? Is there a Lokpal? Here we call it Lokpal, whereas outside it is called Oberstman. So who has been appointed as the ombudsman of Bihar Cricket Association, By Supreme Court, Nageshwar Rao? What is the work of Lokpal, if there are complaints, if any interrogation has to be done on any person, then the work related to that comes under Lokpal, Lokayukta. We will read about these in detail, we will go ahead when it is okay, let's

6:12 move ahead, look at our 8th point, look at the 97 Himalayan peaks, there are a lot of big peaks in Nepal, Mount Everest, which is the highest peak in the world, is in Nepal. Annapurna forest of the famous peak Mount Makalu, Manaslu all these are in Nepal. So what has Nepal done now? Free climbing has been offered on 97 Himalayan peaks to all the climbers so that tourism can be promoted in such areas which are not yet known. Those who have not received recognition for the next 2 years. It is located in Karnali and Sundarbans Province. Now do you understand what is happening? There are very popular peaks in Nepal like Mount Everest and Annapurna. There is a lot of traffic on these. People are climbing a lot. But there are some

6:58 peaks where no one is climbing. So what happens is that Nepal has offered free climbing on 97 such Himalayan peaks so that tourism can also increase there. Those peaks also received recognition and a name for the next two years. Ok ? I want to promote adventure tourism in less known and under developed mountain ranges so that the overdependence of Nepal on the popular peaks and famous peaks can be reduced. Ok? Let's move ahead. Ninth Point: Check out yours. The Cabinet has approved a project in Shaymi district of Arunachal Pradesh. It is a project worth Rs 8146 crore. What is the name of the project ? Tato Two Hydrographic Project,

7:45 by the way, how many crores were given, how many kilowatts, such a question does not arise, the question that may arise is that recently the cabinet has approved the Tato Two Hydrographic Project, so where is it located, in which state has it got the approval, Arunachal Pradesh is in Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh is in the North East, there is no confusion in the Southern region, new students who have been studying already get to know it well once because they keep on looking at the map, then they get the understanding, okay, so with this the second page also gets completed. If you have any doubt, you can ask in the comment section. If you like the video, please like it. Along with this, if you all wish, you can also purchase GS hand written notes. In which you will get all the PDFs of History, Polity, Geography, Economics, Current Affairs, Art and Culture, Physics, Chemistry, Bio.

8:30 I have given the purchase link in the description box. You can follow me on Instagram if you want. You can join on Telegram account. You can follow on Facebook. You will find the links in the description box. Right? So let's go to our last page. Today's 10th Point Fresh Apricots from Kargil Ladakh have been introduced to Saudi Arabia for the first time. During India's 79th Independence Day in Riyadh. Look, the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia celebrated Indian Independence Day 79 there. So India also got fresh apricots from here, which we call peach in our language, so I too might call it differently at your place. So these fresh apricots are sent from Kargil Ladakh to Riyadh. This

9:16 news is ours. That's it. The scientific name of apricot written here is Prunus armeniaca. Right? Next point comes Hurricane Erin. First Atlantic Hurricane of 2025 The first hurricane to hit the Atlantic Ocean in 2025 will be Hurricane Erin and it has intensified into a very dangerous category. It has become a category five storm. It may be possible that it may decrease. Maybe it could go one level above this. But at present it has reached category five storm. Ok? So the question arises, what is Hurricane Erin? So now you should know about the first hurricane of 2025 in the Atlantic Ocean. Right? Next comes some days which we missed. So now let us look at the days. Goodwill Day. We celebrate this day also on 20th August.

10:03 Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary falls on this day. Who was Rajiv Gandhi? Son of Indira Gandhi. Former Prime Minister of India. Six Prime Ministers of India. His tenure was from 1984 to 1991. And youngest Indian Prime Minister at the age of 40 years. Look, when we see Prime Ministers growing in Indian politics, then who was the youngest there? We all who read the list see who was the oldest. Ok? So you can see it from there also. Currently, on the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi ji, we celebrate Goodwill Day. Right? Next comes World Mosquitos Day. Mosquito Day. We celebrate on 20th August. This is not a national level day. It is a global level day. World Mosquito Day. So that awareness can be created about the diseases that

10:49 spread due to these mosquitoes like malaria , dengue, Zika virus, what all dangers can happen due to them. Ok? Now the main important thing is why do we celebrate this day ? Because on August 20, 1897, Sir Ronald Ross discovered female Anopheles mosquitoes which spread malaria. So to commemorate this discovery, we celebrate World Mosquito Day. The theme is important. What was this year's theme? Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria for a More Equitable World. We read many times that this country was declared malaria free, this country was declared dengue free. Meaning, these diseases were completely removed from there. Ok? Today's last point is Indian Akshay Urja Day or Indian Akshay Urja Day.

11:36 We also celebrate this on 20th August so that the significance of renewable energy sources can be highlighted. Renewable energy sources are solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy. What is their significance? To highlight this we celebrate Indian Renewable Energy Day on 20th August every year. The word Akshay in Sanskrit means eternal instructible which cannot be destroyed. Isn't it? So there is solar energy, there is wind energy. These are such energy sources which cannot be exhausted. Right? Now look, we have been celebrating this day since 2004. This is an Indian i.e. national level day which is celebrated by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Ok? So with this our today's current affairs are completed. If you like the video, please

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