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INDIA?
-MAY 2025
 ANGOLA IRAN
visits INDIA visits INDIA
Angolan President Joao Manuel . Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed
Goncalves Lourenco visited New Angolan President
Abbas Araghchi JoaoNew
visited Manuel
Delhi.
Delhi. ⚬ President=Masoud
Goncalves Lourenco visited New
Pezeshkian
⚬ Currency=Angolan Kwanza ⚬ Currency = Iranian Rial (IRR)
Delhi.
(AOA) ⚬ Currency
⚬ Capital ==Tehran
Angolan Kwanza
⚬ Capital = Luanda (AOA)
⚬ Capital = Luanda
Visited abroad Netherlands
⚬ Prime Minister = Dick Schoof
⚬ King = King Willem-Alexander

INDIA‘S ⚬ Currency = Euro (€, EUR)

⚬ Capital = Amsterdam

Visit to abroad Germany

⚬ Chancellor = Friedrich Merz
⚬ President = Frank-Walter Steinmeier
⚬ Currency = Euro (€)
⚬ Capital = Berlin
SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN
(Finance Minister)
Dr. S. JAISHANKAR Denmark
⚬ Prime Minister = Mette Frederiksen
(External Affairs Minister) ⚬ Head of State (King) = King Frederik X
VISITED : MILAN, ITALY
⚬ Currency = Danish Krone (DKK)
Italy VISITED : ⚬ Capital = Copenhagen
⚬ President = Sergio Mattarella NETHERLANDS,
⚬ Prime Minister = Giorgia Meloni GERMANY,
⚬ Currency = Euro (€, EUR) DENMARK
⚬ Capital = Rome
Visited abroad
Netherlands
⚬ Prime Minister = Dick Schoof
⚬ King = King Willem-Alexander
⚬ Currency = Euro (€, EUR)
⚬ Capital = Amsterdam

Germany
⚬ Chancellor = Friedrich Merz
⚬ President = Frank-Walter Steinmeier
⚬ Currency = Euro (€)
⚬ Capital = Berlin
SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN
(Finance Minister)
Denmark
Dr. S. JAISHANKAR ⚬ Prime Minister = Mette Frederiksen
VISITED : MILAN, ITALY (External Affairs Minister) ⚬ Head of State (King) = King Frederik X
⚬ Currency = Danish Krone (DKK)
Italy VISITED : ⚬ Capital = Copenhagen
⚬ President = Sergio Mattarella NETHERLANDS,
⚬ Prime Minister = Giorgia Meloni GERMANY,
⚬ Currency = Euro (€, EUR) DENMARK
⚬ Capital = Rome
NATIONAL
NEWS
NATIONAL NEWS

1. PM Modi inaugurates the first WAVES 2025 in Mumbai.

⚬ WAVES = World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit
NATIONAL NEWS

2. PM Modi inaugurated the Vizhinjam International Seaport, elevating Kerala's

global maritime significance.
-It is India’s first deep water dedicated transshipment port and semi-automated
facility.
NATIONAL NEWS

3. PM Modi inaugurated DRDO’s Navdurga Testing Range in Nagayalanka,

Andhra Pradesh.
⚬ It is India's 3rd missile testing range.
⚬ India has two functional missile testing ranges at Chandipur and Wheeler'
Islands near the coast of Odisha.
4. India targets 9 sites across Pakistan and POK under Operation Sindoor.
⚬ Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh played a
significant role.
⚬ Pakistan launched a military campaign, “Operation Bunyan Marsoos”
against India.
5. India hosted the 12th edition of the Global Space Exploration
Conference (GLEX 2025) in New Delhi.
⚬ Theme = “Reaching New Worlds: A Space Exploration
Renaissance”
6. Northeast India’s first geothermal production well has been
drilled in Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh.
⚬ CM = Pema Khandu
7. India is developing its first interstate cheetah conservation
corridor, connecting Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
⚬ Mukundra Hills tiger Reserve (Rajasthan) established = 1955
⚬ Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary (MP) established = 1974
⚬ Kuno National Park (MP) established = 1981
8. PM Modi launched the D9 – 9000 HP electric locomotive, a
powerful new freight engine, from Indian Railways' advanced
Dahod factory in Gujarat.
9. India's Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) launched Operation Hawk as a 10. India took the helm of the Asian
special anti-cybercrime initiative. Productivity Organization (APO) as
⚬ Aim = to identify and prosecute Chair for the 2025–26 term during the
individuals involved in online child 67th Governing Body Meeting in
sexual exploitation with
Jakarta.
international digital footprints.
⚬ Led by Shri Amardeep Singh
Others CBI initiatives-
Bhatia
⚬ Operation CARBON (2021)
⚬ Operation Megh Chakra (2022)
STATE
NEWS
 Haryana Bihar Kerala

1.The Haryana 2. Bihar’s Chief 3. The Kerala government

government has Minister Nitish Kumar launched an initiative
introduced the “Pandit launched the “Mahila called 'Jyothi' to support
Lakhmi Chand Kalakar Samvad” campaign to the education of children
Samajik Samman of migrant workers.
educate women about
⚬ CM = Pinarayi Vijayan
Yojana”. government schemes.
⚬ Aim =support senior
artists and art scholars
financially
 Karnataka Uttar Pradesh
4. “Sanchar Kaveri Scheme" initiative 5. The Uttar Pradesh Government, in
launched by the Karnataka collaboration with Indian Railways,
government to supply clean drinking launched India's first Vistadome
water using GPS-tracked tankers in jungle safari train.
Bengaluru. ⚬ This initiative will connect the
⚬ The government also launched Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary
"Sarala Cauvery," a new scheme with the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.
enabling urban poor and middle- ⚬ This plan is part of the “One
class families to pay for new water Destination, Three Forests” theme
connections through convenient by the Eco Tourism Board of Uttar
installments. Pradesh.
 Mizoram Telangana
6. Mizoram has become the 7. Telangana Chief Minister
first fully literate state in Revanth Reddy launched the
India, achieving a remarkable Indira Soura Giri Jala Vikasam
literacy rate of 98.2%. scheme.
According to the 2011 Census ⚬ Aim = To empower tribal
of India, Mizoram recorded a farmers by providing them
literacy rate of 91.33%. with free solar electricity
pumps (5-7.5 horsepower) for
irrigation.
8. The DEVi Buses were flagged off by Delhi Chief
Minister Rekha Gupta.
DEVi = Delhi Electric Vehicle Interconnector

9. The Delhi Legislative Assembly has become the first

in the country to be fully powered by solar energy.
⚬ Lieutenant Governor = V.K. Saxena
10. The Delhi Police introduced a transformative
programme 'Nayi Disha' aimed at bringing school
dropouts back into the fold of education.
⚬ The Delhi government also announced the
establishment of 60 'CM Shri Schools' in Delhi.
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS
1.Angola signed the International Solar
Alliance (ISA) Framework Agreement
and became its 123rd member.

ISA was jointly launched by India and

France on November 30, 2015 during
1COP21.
2. Italy hosted the 58th Annual Meeting
of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
in Milan.

● Foundation = 1966
● HQ = Manila, Philippines
 3.The 20th session of the United Nations
Forum on Forests (UNFF) was held at United
Nations Headquarters in New York.

# As per the State Forest Report 2023, India's forest and tree cover grew consistently, now 25.17% of
its geographical area.

# The Indian delegation to UNFF20 was led by Shri Sushil Kumar Awasthi.
 5. India and Honduras deepen bilateral
4. The 10th International Trade
ties with the inauguration of Honduran
Fair in Nepal, held at Bhrikuti
Embassy in New Delhi.
Mandap in Kathmandu

Theme = "Nepali Goods Exhibition, # President = Xiomara Castro

Prosperous Nepal Construction." # Currency = Honduran Lempira (HNL)
# Capital = Tegucigalpa
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Awards
2025-
# Men's Player of the Year-
Subhasish Bose

# Women's Player of the Year-

Soumya Guguloth

# Men's Goalkeeper of the

Year- Vishal Kaith

# Women's Goalkeeper of the Year-

Elangbam Panthoi Chanu
2. Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela
Hungria won the World Food Prize
2025 for her groundbreaking research
on biological nitrogen fixation.

# The World Food Prize was founded by Dr.

Norman E. Borlaug (1986).
 3. The 58th Jnanpith Award 2023,
India's highest literary honour, was
conferred on Gulzar and
Rambhadracharya by President
Droupadi Murmu.

# 59th Jnanpith Award for

2024 was given to Vinod
Kumar Shukla.

# The first recipient of the

Jnanpith Award = G. Sankara
Kurup (1965)
4. The Book Heart Lamp written by
Banu Mushtaq, won International
Booker Prize 2025 .

# The Booker Prize 2024 winner =

Samantha Harvey for her novel "Orbital"

#
5. Bhuwan Ribhu was awarded the
World Jurist Association's Medal of
Honour during the World Law
Congress 2025 in the Dominican
Republic.
● HQ = Washington DC, USA
1 . India's sprinters set a new 4x100m national
record at 38.69s at the National Relay Carnival
2025 in Chandigarh

# Team = Gurindervir
Singh, Animesh Kujur,
Manikanta Hoblidar and
Amlan Borgohain
 2. Khelo India Youth Games
● Host = Bihar 2025-
● Theme Song = खेल के रंग, बिहार के सगं
● Mascot = Gajsimha
2. Khelo India Youth Games
2025-
 3. Kalinga Super Cup Football 4. China won the BWF
Tournament 2025- Sudirman Cup for the fourth
consecutive time.
● Champions = Goa (2nd title)
○ Runner-up = Jamshedpur ● Runner up = South Korea
● India rank = 11
● Best goalkeeper = Albino Gomes (India)
● Founded = 1989
● Best player = Borja Herrera (Spain)
● Other Badminton Cup = Uber Cup, Sudirman
Cup, BWF World Championships, Syed Modi
International (India), India Open
 5. India Wins 7 Medals at
Archery World Cup 2025 Stage
2 in Shanghai, China.

# 7 = 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze

#Madhura Dhamangaonkar won her

first individual world cup gold
6. The Indian women cricket team won the Tri nation series 2025
in Sri lanka beating Sri lankan team in the final.

● Player of the Final- Smriti Mandhana

● Player of the Series - Sneh Rana for 15
wickets in the series.
 7. Tamil Nadu's L. R. Srihari 8. Pankaj Advani won the 2025
became India's latest and 86th CCI Billiards Classic title,
Grandmaster. defeating Dhruv Sitwala in
the final.

● 1st Grandmaster= Viswanathan Anand (1988)

● 83rd Grandmaster = Aditya Samant (2023) ●Pankaj Advani also won the Asian Snooker
● 84th Grandmaster = R. Vaishali (2023) Championship 2025.
● 85th Grandmaster = P. Shyaamnikhil (2024)
 9. Star Indian Javelin Thrower 10. Indian Grandmaster R
Neeraj Chopra finished second at Praggnanandhaa won the
the 2025 Doha Diamond League Superbet Chess Classic in
Men's Javelin Throw. Bucharest, Romania.

● Throw = 90.23 m
● First position = Germany’s Julian
Weber (91.06 m)
11. Barcelona secured a 28th La 12. Union Sports Minister Mansukh
Liga title after beating Espanyol Mandaviya inaugurated the first-ever
2-0 at the RCDE Stadium. Khelo India Beach Games at Ghoghla
Beach in the Union territory of Diu.

The Spanish football club Real Madrid

crowned the La Liga 2023-24 season.
 Khelo India Beach Game
● Mascot = Pearl 2025-
● Medal Tally-
○ 1st = Manipur (5 Gold, 6 Silver, 3 Bronze)
○ 2nd = Maharashtra
○ 3rd = Nagaland
 13. Carlos Alcaraz won the 14. India beat Bangladesh to lift
2025 Italian Open, Defeating the SAFF U19 Championship
world No 1 Jannik Sinner on 2025 title.
his home turf in Rome.

# SAFF = South Asian Football Federation

# Established = 1997
# Jasmine Paolini (Italy) won Women's
# Members = India, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Singles by defeating Coco Gauff.
Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
# HQ = Dhaka, Bangladesh
15. Tottenham Hotspur clinched 16. Neeraj Chopra finished second at
the UEFA Europa League title the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial
over Manchester United in 2025 athletics meet in Chorzow,
Poland.
Bilbao.

Key Goal Scorer = Brennan Johnson

17. Kush Maini becomes the first 18. India's Kidambi Srikanth came
Indian to win a Formula 2 race at in second place at the Malaysia
Monaco Grand Prix. Masters badminton tournament,
losing to China's World No. 4, Li
Shi Feng, in the final.

● Team = Dams Lucas Oil ● Women's Singles = Wang Zhi Yi

● F1 Monaco Grand Prix = Lando Norris (China)
19. Arsenal (England) defeated
the formidable FC Barcelona
(Spain) in the UEFA Women's
Champions League.

● Host = Lisbon
 20. ISSF Junior World Cup
Host = Germany 2025-
Medal Tally-
○ 1st = India (11 Medal- 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze)
○ 2nd = China
○ 3rd = Italy

●Indian shooter Tejaswani claimed the gold in the

women's 25m pistol.

●Indian shooter Kanak Budhwar Iclinched the gold

in the women's 10-metre air pistol.

●Indian shooter Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar

clinched gold In the women's 10 metre air rifle event
21. India's Gulveer Singh clinched the 22. Para Athlete Mahendra Gurjar Set a
gold medal in the Men's 10,000- World Record in F42 Javelin at Para
metre race at the Asian Athletics Athletics Grand Prix.
Championships.
● Throw = 61.17 m

● Gulveer Singh is the Indian national

record holder in the men's 3000m, 5000m
and 10000m.
1. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost 2. Justice Surya Kant was
was elected as the 267th Pope of appointed as the Executive
the Roman Catholic Church. Chairman of NALSA.

● He chose the papal name Leo XIV, becoming ●NALSA = National Legal Services Authority
the first American-born pontiff in history.

● Following the death of Pope Francis.

3. The President appointed Dr Ajay 4. Neeraj Chopra was honored with
Kumar as Chairman of Union Public the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel rank
Service Commission (UPSC). in the Territorial Army.
5. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has been 6. Shubman Gill was named Test
appointed as a Distinguished captain of Indian Men’s Cricket
Professor at the National Law Team.
University (NLU) Delhi.

●He served as the 50th Chief Justice

of India (CJI).
● Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced
their retirement from Test cricket.
7. Ram Mohan was appointed as 8. Karnataka appointed Anil Kumble as
the new Director of MPEDA. the brand ambassador for its Forest
Department and Wildlife Conservation
Programme, aiming to boost
environmental awareness and preserve
nature.

●MPEDA = Marine Products Export

Development Authority

HQ = Kochi, Kerala
 1. The DRDO conducted its first successful flight trial of a
Stratospheric Airship Platform in Madhya Pradesh.

● DRDO = Defence Research and

Development Organisation.

○ Motto = बलस्य मूलं विज्ञानम्

○ Foundation = 1958
 2. The Indian Navy showcased its capabilities and fosters international
cooperation at maritime defence expo IMDEX Asia.

IMDEX Asia = International

Maritime Defence Exhibition (Asia)

○ Host = Singapore
○ INS Kiltan, an indigenously designed
ASW Corvette, participated in IMDEX Asia.

MSME defence expo = Micro, Small, and

Medium Enterprises defence expo
3. Rajnath Singh inaugurated BrahMos superSonic missile
production unit at the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial
Corridor in Lucknow.

● BrahMos missile is primarily a

surface-to-surface missile.
 4. Operation Keller, a counter-terrorism
mission launched by the Indian Army in the
Keller forest area of Shopian district in
Jammu and Kashmir.
 5. Bhargavastra (India's first 6. The Army conducted a
affordable micro-missile air defence comprehensive integrated field
system) developed by Solar Defence training exercise named 'Teesta
and Aerospace Limited (SDAL). Prahar' at the Teesta field firing
range.

● HQ of SDAL = Nagpur Teesta field firing range = West Bengal

7. The Indian Navy inducted INSV Kaundinya, a traditional stitched sail
ship modeled on 5th-century Ajanta cave art.

● located = Aurangabad district, Maharashtra

 1 . Indian Navy and DRDO successfully 2. Canada revealed a new Cambrian sea
test-fired the indigenous Multi-Influence creature named Mosura fentoni.
Ground Mine (MIGM), boosting India's
undersea warfare.

● MIGM is developed by the Naval ● Found in the Burgess Shale

Science and Technological
Laboratory under DRDO.
 1. The Government of India 2. International Labour Day = 1 May
designated September 23 as the
annual Ayurveda Day.

● 23rd September = Coincides with the ● Theme = to educate women about

autumnal equinox, a day when day and night
government schemes
are nearly equal.
 3. World Tuna Day = 2 May 4. World Press Freedom Day = 3
May

● Theme = Reporting in the Brave New

● Theme = Our Ocean, Our Tuna, World – The Impact of Artificial
Our Future Intelligence on Press Freedom and the
Media
 5. World Laughter Day = 4 May 6. World Asthma Day = 6 May

● Theme = Laugh for Health, Peace, ● Theme = Make Inhaled

and Happiness Treatments Accessible for ALL
 7. World Red Cross Day = 8 May 8. National Technology Day = 11 May

● Theme = Keeping Humanity Alive ● Theme = YANTRA – Yugantar for

Advancing New Technology, Research
& Acceleration
9. International Nurses Day = 12 May 10. International Family Day = 15 May

● Them = Our Nurses. Our Future. Caring ● Theme = Family-Oriented Policies for
for nurses strengthens economies Sustainable Development: Towards the Second
World Summit for Social Development
 11. International Day of 12. World Telecommunication
Light = 16 May Day = 17 May

● Theme = Light, Innovation, Society # Theme = Gender Equality in Digital

Transformation
13. International Museum Day 14. National Anti Terrorism Day =
= 18 May 21 May

● Theme = The Future of Museums in

Rapidly Changing Communities
 15. International Day for 16. World Turtle Day = 23 May
Biological Diversity = 22 May

● Theme = Harmony with Nature and ● Theme = Ancient creatures with

Sustainable Development modern challenges
 17. World Football 18. World Hunger Day
Day = 25 May = 28 May

● Theme = Together, we are

stronger
● Theme = Sowing Resilience
 19. World No Tobacco Day = 31 May

● Theme = Bright products, Dark intentions, Unmasking the

Appeal
1. Arun Singhal and Devendra Kumar Sharma authored
the book "Ramanujan: Journey of a Great
Mathematician."
2. Anandiben Patel's autobiographical book titled "चनु ौवियााँ मझ
ु े पसदं हैं" released by the
chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar.

● Governor of Uttar Pradesh = Anandiben Patel

3. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya’s autobiography 'Janta Ki Kahani – Meri
Atmakatha' was launched by Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
1. India ranked 151st out of 180 2. India ranked 130th out of
countries in the World Press 193 countries in the Human
Freedom Index 2025. Development Report 2025.

Other countries- ● Iceland - 1

● Sri Lanka- 139
● China- 78
● Bangladesh- 149
● Pakistan - 158
● Myanmar- 150
● Afghanistan- 175 ● Pakistan- 168
● China- 178 ● Afghanistan- 181
3. India and the United Kingdom 4. Geeta Samota became the first
concluded a landmark Free Trade CISF personnel to conquer the
Agreement (FTA) after long talks world's largest peak, Mount
between both countries. Everest.

# UK Prime Minister = Keir Starmer ● Chhonzin Angmo became the first

visually impaired Indian woman to
scale Mount Everest.
5. The National Commission for 6. India's economy surpassed Japan's,
Women (NCW) launched the making it the fourth-largest economy in
Yashoda AI: Your AI Sakhi the world with a Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) at market price of $4.187 trillion.
Abhiyan.

● NCW chairperson = Vijaya

Kishore Rahatkar
List of Top economies-

● United States - $30.51 trillion GDP.

● China - $19.23 trillion
● Germany - $4.74 trillion
● India - $4.19 trillion
● Japan - $4.19 trillion
7. Kami Rita Sherpa (Nepal) 8. Baba Sivanand (Yoga Guru)
made history by conquering passed away.
Mount Everest for a record-
breaking 31st time.

●Padma Shri = 2022 (the oldest man to

have received the Padma Shri award)
9. K. V. Rabiya (Social Worker) 10. Malur Ramasamy Srinivasan
passed away. (Nuclear Scientist) passed away.

● Padma Shri = 1984

● Padma Shri = 2022
● Padma Bhushan = 1990
● Padma Vibhushan = 2015