Current Affairs: November 28, 2025

I. Rajasthan's First Demo Garden

• Rajasthan's first demo garden with 3000 plants is being built in Jodhpur.
• Cost: ₹6 crore.
• Jodhpur hosted the Rajasthan International Film Festival and Rajasthan Folk Film Festival.
• On August 15, 2025, a state-level program at Meherangarh Fort, Jodhpur, featured a presentation based on "Operation Sindoor."
• Best Sarpanch Award at the August 15, 2025 state-level program: Divyansh M. Bhardwaj from Tonk.
• Jodhpur Railway Station is India's first Platinum Railway Station, utilizing over 75% solar energy for consumption.

II. Piplantri Village Film at IFFI Goa

• The film "Piplantri: A Tale of Eco-Feminism," based on Rajasthan's Piplantri village, has been selected for its World Premiere at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.
• Director: Suraj Kumar.
• Piplantri village (Rajsamand) is known for planting 111 trees on the birth of every girl child, an initiative started by former Sarpanch Padma Shri Shyam Sundar Paliwal. This initiative has transformed a drought-affected and mining-ravaged area into a green zone, reducing local temperatures and improving groundwater.
• Other notable villages in Rajasthan:
  • Kabra village (Rajsamand): Associated with Olympic representative Bhavna Jat (Punia).
  • Kachhbali village (Rajsamand): Rajasthan's first village to implement alcohol prohibition through voting.
  • Menar village (Udaipur) and Kichan village (Phalodi): Included as Ramsar Sites on June 4, 2025.
  • Devmali village (Beawar): Awarded "Best Tourism Village."

III. International Handball Federation Youth Women's Trophy

• Priyanka Poonia, a player from Rajasthan, participated in the Indian women's handball team at the Under-17 International Handball Federation Youth Women Tournament held in Thailand.
• The Indian team won a silver medal in the tournament.
• Priyanka Poonia is from Bhandu village, Jodhpur.
• Other related athletes:
  • Narthi Mewara: Handball player, part of the Indian Handball team in a Tashkent tournament (previously featured in a 2025 exam).
  • Krishna Poonia (Churu): Discuss Throw athlete, former President of Rajasthan State Sports Council, won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games (14th Commonwealth Games in New Delhi).
  • Pooja Bishnoi (Jodhpur): Athletics (long-distance runner).
  • Divyakriti Singh (Jaipur): Equestrian Dressage player, ranked first in Asia.

IV. Ambedkar DBT Voucher Yojana

• Nodal Agency: Social Justice and Empowerment Department (सामाजिक न्याय एवं अधिकारिता विभाग).
• Start Date: 2021-22.
• Objective: To provide financial assistance for residential facilities to regular students of government colleges pursuing undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses.
• Beneficiaries: SC, ST, OBC, EWS, MBC, and minority students from economically weaker sections (family income less than ₹1.20 lakh per annum).
• Assistance: ₹2000 per month, provided for 10 months each year, for a maximum of 5 years.
• Application Deadline: December 31 (current year).

V. Laadli Media Award 2025

• The Laadli Media Award 2025 ceremony was held in Mumbai on November 19, 2025.
• Awardees from Rajasthan:
  • Kavita Swami (Nagaur, Dainik Bhaskar): Awarded for reporting on gender sensitivity.
  • Chetna Dwivedi (Kota, Dainik Bhaskar): Awarded for investigative reporting on the issue of daughters being sold due to debt in the Kota region.

VI. Recent Current Affairs Snippets

• Vande Mataram Gallery: Recently prepared in the Vidhan Sabha Bhawan, Jaipur.
• Guinness World Record: Rinku Kumawat registered his name by creating a 1mm small spoon from sandalwood.
• PI School Olympics: To be organized jointly by Patrika in Education and Rajasthan State Sports Council at Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur.
• State-level Sub-national Pulse Polio Campaign: Launched on November 23, 2025.
• Farmer Baturam Gurjar (Karauli): Transformed barren land into fertile land for horticulture.