Daily Current Affairs and GK | 9 December 2025

Topic: Summits/ Conferences/ Meetings

1. Rising Global Summit 2025 is being hosted by Telangana in Hyderabad.

• The two-day summit started from 8 December 2025 at the Bharat Future City in Hyderabad.
• Governor Jishnu Dev Verma formally inaugurated the event.
• Global leaders, industry heads and subject experts will attend 27 sessions on sectors such as energy, IT, healthcare, and startups.
• Major organisations, including the WHO, World Bank, ADB, and UNICEF, are taking part in the summit.
• Telangana Rising 2047 vision document will be released by Telangana, with aims for a three-trillion-dollar economy by 2047.
• For the summit, Sports icons like P.V. Sindhu and Anil Kumble and prominent film personalities are invited.
• During the summit, investment MoUs worth nearly 3 lakh crore rupees are expected to be signed.
• The summit is an economic conclave to show Telangana’s industrial strengths and highlight its innovation ecosystem.
• The summit seeks to generate large-scale employment opportunities for the youth.
• Nearly 150 international delegates have confirmed participation.
• These delegates come from 44 countries and include more than 40 representatives from United States.
• Special tourism trips arranged for delegates by the tourism department include visits to Buddhavanam near Nagarjuna Sagar, the world’s largest Buddhist heritage theme park.

Topic: Sports

2. Simranpreet Kaur Brar won the gold in women’s 25m pistol at the ISSF World Cup Final 2025.

• ISSF World Cup Final 2025 took place in Doha, Qatar. She scored 41 hits out of 50 shots.
• Her performance brought her to same level as of Junior World Record of Paris Olympics Champion Yang Ji-In of South Korea.
• In the men’s 50m rifle 3-positions event, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won the silver medal.
• He achieved total score of 413.3. He finished only 0.9 points behind Czechia’s Jiri Privratsky.
• Jiri Privratsky won gold medal with a score of 414.2 in the final organised under the ISSF’s new 40-shot format.
• Olympic champion Liu Yukun of China won the bronze medal.
• India currently occupies second place on the medal tally.
• Indian players won five medals so far. These include two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal.
• ISSF World Cup Final 2025 is being held in Doha, Qatar from 4-9 December. It includes rifle, pistol, and shotgun events.
• ISSF World Cup is an annual event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation.