# 2025

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### 🏛 **NATIONAL AFFAIRS (राष्ट्रिय समसामयिक)**

#### 1. **Economic Status of Nepal (First Quarter FY 2082/83)**

* **Inflation (CPI):** 7.7% (year-on-year)
* **Foreign Exchange Reserves:** NPR 2295.59 billion (USD 17.94 billion) – enough for 16.9 months of imports
* **Current Account Balance:** NPR 337.50 billion surplus
* **Remittances:** Increased by 33.4% in NPR terms, 22.7% in USD terms
* **Exports:** Increased by 6.8%
* **Imports:** Increased by 19.8%
* **Government Expenditure:** NPR 364.59 billion
* **Government Revenue:** NPR 249.09 billion
* **Wholesale Inflation:** Increased by 12.2%
* **Bank Deposits:** Increased by 3.0%
* **Private Sector Credit:** Increased by 1.5%
* **Average Interest Rates:** Interbank 2.5%, Treasury Bills 2.91%, Bank Deposits 6.5%, Loans 9.0%

#### 2. **National AI Centre Establishment**

* **Date:** Kartik 24, 2082
* **Ministry:** Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
* **Policy:** *National Artificial Intelligence Policy, 2082* approved on Shrawan 26, 2082

#### 3. **Key Appointments**

* **Surenlabh Karna** appointed as Chief of Madhesh Province (Kartik 25, 2082)
* **AIG Dan Bahadur Karki** appointed as Inspector General of Nepal Police (33rd IG)
* **Saroj Yadav** appointed as Chief Minister of Madhesh Province

#### 4. **Global Hunger Index 2025**

* **Rank:** 72nd
* **Score:** 14.5
* **Category:** Moderate hunger
* **Statistics:**
  * 5.3% population undernourished
  * 26% children under 5 stunted
  * 2.6% child mortality under 5 years

#### 5. **Lalitpur Recognized as UNESCO City of Music**

* **Date:** Kartik 15, 2082
* **Announced on:** World Cities Day (Oct 31, 2025)
* **Previous recognition:** Declared as 35th *City of Arts* in Mangsir 2075

#### 6. **Zen–Z Movement Martyrs**

* **Date:** Kartik 17, 2082
* **Number of Martyrs:** 45
* **Movement Dates:** Bhadra 23–24, 2082
* **Demands:** Social media regulation, anti-corruption, good governance
* **Key Events:**
  * 18 youths killed on Bhadra 23
  * PM resigned on Bhadra 24
  * Arson at Singha Durbar, Parliament, President’s House
  * *Hami Nepal* NGO led the protests
  * Sujila Karki appointed as PM (first woman PM and former Chief Justice)

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### 🌍 **INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय समसामयिक)**

#### 1. **COP 30 Climate Conference**

* **Date:** Nov 10–21, 2025
* **Venue:** Belém, Brazil
* **Purpose:** UNFCCC conference to limit global warming to 1.5°C

#### 2. **47th ASEAN Summit 2025**

* **Date:** Oct 26–28, 2025
* **Venue:** Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* **Theme:** *Inclusivity and Sustainability*
* **Key Outcomes:**
  * Timor-Leste admitted as 11th member
  * ASEAN Prize 2025 awarded to *Union Youth Federations of Cambodia*
  * Donald Trump attended as guest
  * Next host: Philippines
* **ASEAN Facts:**
  * Founded: Aug 8, 1967
  * Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia
  * Motto: *One Vision, One Identity, One Community*

#### 3. **Youngest Mayor of New York City**

* **Name:** Johann Mandani
* **Elected:** Nov 4, 2025
* **Takes office:** Jan 1, 2026
* **Party:** Democratic
* **Firsts:** Youngest mayor since 1992, first Muslim and South Asian mayor of NYC

#### 4. **Second World Summit for Social Development**

* **Date:** Nov 4–6, 2025
* **Venue:** Doha, Qatar
* **Host:** United Nations
* **Nepal’s Representative:** President Ram Chandra Paudel
* **Theme:** Addressing inequality, demographic changes, and tech impact

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### ⚽ **SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS (खेलकुद समसामयिक)**

#### 1. **Nepal Premier League (NPL) Season 2**

* **Dates:** Mangsir 1–27, 2082
* **Venue:** TU Cricket Ground
* **Teams:** 8
* **Format:** T20
* **Organizer:** CAN
* **Defending Champion:** Janakpur Bolts
* **Champions:** **Lumbini Lions** won their **first NPL title**, defeating Sudurpaschim Royals in the final by **6 wickets**. ↳
* **Final Match:** Sudurpaschim Royals were bowled out for **85**, and Lumbini Lions chased it down in **9 overs** in a dominant performance. ↳
* **Player of the Series:** **Ruben Trumpelmann** (Lumbini Lions). ↳
* **Top Performers:**\
  • **Most Runs:** Adam Rossington — 323 runs.\
  • **Most Wickets:** Sandeep Lamichhane, Sher Malla, and Abinash Bohara — each with 17 wickets.

#### 2. **Hong Kong Sixes Cricket**

* **Winner:** Pakistan
* **Runner-up:** Kuwait
* **Nepal’s Top Performers:**
  * Most Wickets: Risad Khan (8 wickets)
  * Most Runs: Sandip Jora (176 runs)

#### 3. **Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship**

* **Runner-up:** Nepal
* **Winner:** Kyrgyzstan
* **Final Score:** 3–2
* **Venue:** Sri Lanka

#### 4. **Sharad Vesawkar Retires**

* **Date:** Kartik 23, 2082
* **Career Highlights:**
  * Debuted for Nepal U-15 in 2002
  * First T20 World Cup qualification for Nepal in 2014
  * Played in Nepal’s first T20 World Cup

#### 5. **Women’s ODI World Cup 2025**

* **Winner:** India (first time)
* **Runner-up:** South Africa
* **Final:** India won by 52 runs
* **Previous Winner:** Australia (2022)

#### 6. **10th National Games**

* **Decision Date:** Kartik 24, 2082
* **Scheduled:** Falgun 1–7, 2082
* **Host:** Karnali Province

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### 📅 **IMPORTANT DAYS & THEMES (दिवस र नाराहरु)**

| Day                | Date (2025) | Theme                          |
| ------------------ | ----------- | ------------------------------ |
| World Diabetes Day | Nov 14      | *Diabetes across life stages*  |
| World Cities Day   | Oct 31      | *People-Centred Smart Cities*  |
| UN Day             | Oct 24      | *Building Our Future Together* |

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### 📚 **LITERATURE, AWARDS & HONORS (साहित्य, पुरस्कार र सम्मान)**

#### 1. **Mrs. Nepal World 2025**

* **Winner:** Raksha Pant (Butwal)
* **Date:** Kartik 25, 2082
* **Will represent Nepal in** *Mrs. World 2026* in USA

#### 2. **Recent Nepali Books & Authors**

* *Mrit Sagar Dekhi Sagarmatha Samma* – Pushkar Shah
* *Gyanika* – Dadi Sapkota
* *The Burden of Breath* – Anushka Silwal
* *Bhagna Premashala* – Khagendra Giri
* *Neelo Prem* – Purushottam Bajgai
* *Shesh Prashna* – Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay (Bengali)
* *Mathiko Aadesh Chha* – Ravindra Mishra
* *Madhyako Ujyalo* – Bhupin Khadka
* …and many more listed in the PDF.

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