CURRENT AFFAIRS

JUNE 2025
VISITS IN
 PARAGUAY

President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña visited

India.
• Currency = Paraguayan Guarani
• Capital = Asuncion
1. The Ministry of AYUSH introduced the Ayush Suraksha Portal to tackle
misleading advertisements and negative side effects related to AYUSH drugs.
• Union Ayush Minister = Shri Prataprao Jadhav
• AYUSH = Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy
• Ayushman Card Provides cashless, paperless healthcare up to ₹5 lakh/
family/year for secondary/tertiary hospitalization at empanelled
public/private hospitals nationwide.
 United kingdom
• Foreign secretary of the UK, David Lammy visited
India.
• PM = Sir Keir Starmer
• Monarch(Head of the State) = King Charles III
• Currency = Pound Sterling (£,GBP)
• Capital = London
VISITS ABROAD
VISITED ABROAD

• President= Zoran Milanovic

• PM= Andrej Plenkovic
• PM = Mark Carney
• Currency = Canadian Dollar
• Currency = Euro €
• Capital = Ottawa
• Capital =Zagreb

• President= Nikos
Christodoulides
• Currency = Euro €
• Capital = Nicosia

PM Shri Narendra Modi

NATIONAL
AFFAIRS
2. Union Minority Affairs Minister launched UMEED Central Portal, a centralized digital platform for real-time
uploading, verification, and monitoring of Waqf properties.
• UMEED = Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development
• Union Minister for Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs = Shri Kiren Rijiju
3. PM Narendra Modi launched the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0' campaign in New Delhi.
• PM Modi planted a peepal tree at Buddha Jayanti Park in New Delhi on World
Environment Day.
• The first World Environment Day was observed worldwide = 5 June 1973
4. Union Home Minister Amit Shah
launched the Indian Languages Section,
known as Bharatiya Bhasha Anubhag
(BBA), in New Delhi to encourage the use
of regional languages.
• Communication with Regional states
such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka
is mainly carried out in English.
5. India's Foreign Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar, led the fourth meeting of
India-Central Asian dialogue in New Delhi.

• Foreign Ministers of the five Central Asian Republics- Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan attended the
meeting.
6. The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala
Sitaraman presided over the 29th meeting of the Financial Stability and
Development Council (FSDC) in Mumbai.
7. New Delhi hosted the first International Big Cat Alliance
(IBCA) Assembly for global big cat conservation, envisioned
by PM Modi.
• Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change,
Shri Bhupender Yadav presided over the meeting.
• IBCA is a global alliance initiated by India in March 2024.
• Seven Big Cats Covered under IBCA= Tiger, Lion, Leopard,
Snow Leopard, Cheetah, Jaguar, Puma
8. The Government of India launched the DhartiAaba Janbhagidari Abhiyan, a massive nationwide
benefit saturation campaign.
• This initiative spans over 549 tribal dominated districts and 207 particularly vulnerable tribal
groups (PVTG) districts, covering more than one lakh villages and habitations.
• Objective: Ensure benefit saturation through doorstep delivery of government schemes like
Aadhaar, Ayushman Bharat, PM-Kisan, Jan Dhan, pensions, and more
• Part of: Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh, honoring tribal heritage and the legacy of Bhagwan Birsa Munda
9. A new joint pilot initiative, NAVYA, is being launched by the Government of India to provide
skills training to adolescent girls, aligning with the Viksit Bharat@2047 Vision.
• NAVYA = Nurturing Aspirations through Vocational Training for Young Adolescent Girls
• It's a joint initiative by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and the Ministry
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).

NAVYA
STATE
Affairs
1. Goa became India’s second fully literate state
under the ULLAS - Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram
(New India Literacy Programme).
● ULLAS = Understanding of Lifelong Learning for
All in Society
● Mizoram was declared the first fully literate state
in India.
● Ladakh was the first fully literate Union Territory
in India.
● Full functional literacy aim = by 2030
2. The Telangana government has declared a key
tiger corridor as the Kumram Bheem Conservation
Reserve under Section 36(A) of the Wildlife
Protection Act, 1972.
● The KBC Reserve covers 1,492.88 sq. km within
Telangana's Kumram Bheem Asifabad district,
encompassing its Asifabad and Kagaznagar divisions.
3. The Himachal Pradesh government started a new program
called the 'Rajiv Gandhi Van Samvardhan Yojana' in Hamirpur.
● Aim = To increase the forest cover and get the community
more involved in protecting their forests.
● CM = Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
● Governor = Shiv Pratap Shukla
4. Khichan (Phalodi district) and Menar (Udaipur district) wetlands in
Rajasthan were added to the list of Ramsar sites.

• The total number of Indian wetlands as Ramsar sites = 91

• India joined the Ramsar Convention = Feb 1, 1982
• First wetland sites in India = Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan) and
Chilika Lake (Odisha) (1981)
• Largest Ramsar site = Sunderban (West Bengal)
• Smallest Ramsar = Renuka (Himachal Pradesh)
• The Ramsar Convention was adopted on February 2, 1971, in the city
of Ramsar, Iran.
5. Tamil Nadu declared Dhanushkodi in Ramanathapuram district as a
Greater Flamingo Sanctuary.
• Aim : to protect the migratory wetland birds and preserve the unique
ecosystems of the area, including mangroves, mudflats, and marshes.
• Flamingo festival = Andhra Pradesh
6. Bengaluru has been declared India's
"Leopard Capital".

• A study revealed it has the highest number

of free-ranging leopards in a major Indian city,
surpassing Mumbai.
• The Holematthi Nature Foundation (HNF)
declared an estimated 80-85 leopards living in
the forests and shrublands surrounding
Bengaluru.
7. Puducherry embraced the National e-Vidhan Application
(NeVA), becoming the 29th legislature to digitize its law-
making process.

•Nagaland Legislative Assembly became India's first state

assembly to implement the National e-Vidhan Application in
March 2022.
 9. The University of Delhi launched its
JAIHIND scheme, targeting remote ST
students to enhance their digital literacy
and CUET exam preparedness.
● JAIHIND = Janajati Immersive Holistic
8. Holambi Kalan in Delhi will be the site Intervention for Novel Development
of India's first e-waste recycling park,
aiming to process 51,000 tonnes of
electronic waste each year.
● It will cover all 106 categories of e-waste
listed under the E-Waste Management
Rules, 2022.
10. Tripura declared the third fully literate state
under the ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saksharta
Karyakram.

● India's 1st fully literate state = Mizoram

● India’s 2nd fully literate state = Goa
Census 2011-
● Overall Literacy Rate : 74.04%
● Male Literacy Rate : 82.14%
● Female Literacy Rate : 65.46%
● Highest Literacy : Kerala (94%)
● Lowest Literacy : Bihar (61.80%)
11. Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL)
launched India's first pioneering off-grid green
hydrogen plant in Kutch, Gujarat.

• It marks India's first-ever off-grid 5 MW

green hydrogen pilot plant.
INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS
 TAJIKISTAN

1. Tajikistan hosted the First High-Level

International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation
in its capital, Dushanbe.

• Collaboration with UNESCO and the World

Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
• The Minister of State for Environment, Forest and
Climate Change = Shri Kirtivardhan Singh
• The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and
Climate Change = Shri Bhupender Yadav.
 ITALY
2. Italy's Mount Etna erupted explosively.
● Mount Etna has been designated a World Heritage Site since 2013.
● It is the highest active volcano in Europe.
 ISRAEL / IRAN

4. “Operation Rising Lion" a significant military operation launched by Israel against

Iran.
● “Operation True Promise" launched by Iran against Israel.
● India launches Operation Sindhu to evacuate its nationals from Iran.
● The United States had conducted strikes under operation midnight hammer on
three nuclear sites (Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan) with GBU-57 bombs in Iran.
 FRANCE
5. The third addition of the UN Ocean Conference 2025 (UNOC3) held in Nice, France.

● Adopted the declaration “Our Ocean, Our Future: United for Urgent Action”.
● China and South Korea will co-host the 4th UN Ocean Conference 2028.
○ Operation Ganga - was launched in 2022 to bring home Indian students from Ukraine
after the Russia-Ukraine war broke out.
 Pakistan
6. Pakistan nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize 2026 for 'pivotal
leadership' in truce with India.

Nobel Peace Prize winners from India:

● Mother Teresa (1979)
● Kailash Satyarthi (2014)
 ROMANIA

7. ConvEx-3 (2025), the world's largest and most complex international nuclear
emergency exercise, was led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and
hosted by Romania.

● ConvEx-3 aims to test and strengthen global readiness for severe cross-border
nuclear emergencies.
● IAEA Headquarters = Vienna, Austria.
● Director General = Rafael Mariano Grossi
1. Rapper Raja Kumari became the first musician of
Indian descent to receive an American Music
Award (AMA).

● She won the AMA for her song "Renegade (We

Never Run)" from Arcane: League of Legends
Season 2.
2. Opal Suchata, Miss Thailand, was crowned Miss World
2025 held at the Hitex Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad,
Telangana.
• Miss World 2024 = Krystyna Pyszkowa (Czech Republic)
• First Miss World winner = Kiki Håkansson (Sweden)

Indian Miss World winners-

1. Reita Faria (1966)
2. Aishwarya Rai (1994)
3. Diana Hayden (1997)
4. Yukta Mookhey (1999)
5. Priyanka Chopra (2000)
6. Manushi Chhillar (2017)
4. Kumar Mangalam Birla, the boss of the Aditya Birla Group,
got a special "Global Leadership Award" in Washington D.C.

• Mr. Birla was honored alongside two other prominent

global business leaders-
• Arvind Krishna, Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM
• Toshiaki Higashihara, Executive Chairman of Hitachi, Ltd.

4. India's President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, honored 15

nurses by conferring the National Florence Nightingale
Awards for 2025.

• Established in 1973 by the Ministry of Health and Family

Welfare, the National Florence Nightingale Award recognizes
nurses for their exceptional service.
• Nightingale of India = Sarojini Naidu (Mahatma Gandhi
bestowed this title)
5. David Beckham received Knighthood on King
Charles III’s birthday.
● David Beckham is an iconic English former
professional footballer.

6. Acharya Prashant was honored with the "Most Impactful

Environmentalist" award by the Green Society of India.

● He is recognized for his nationwide "Operation 2030,"

which educates youth on UN climate targets.
● World Environment Day = 05 June
7. Rohini Gram Panchayat in Dhule, Maharashtra,
has been awarded the Gold Award at the
National e-Governance Awards 2025.

• Recognized for exceptional digital governance,

providing extensive online citizen services in
tribal areas.
8. Renowned writer Sarah Joseph has been
conferred with the 2024 Mathrubhumi Literary
Award in Kozhikode, Kerala.

• Mathrubhumi Literary Award instituted = 2001

9. Classical dancer Dr. Sonal Mansingh received the 2023 Srimanta
Sankaradeva Award from Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya.
• The awardee is also honoured with the traditional Assamese bell-metal
‘Xorai’ (a tray).
• The Srimanta Sankaradeva Award instituted =1986

• Founder of the Sattriya dance form = Srimanta Sankaradeva.

• He was the fountainhead of the Ankiya naat, a form of one-act play.
• He staged a dance drama Cihna Yatra (the first open-air theatrical performances in
the world).

• Sonal Mansingh is related to Odissi and Bharatanatyam.

Sonal Mansingh’s Award-
• Padma Vibhushan - 2003
• Padma Bhushan - 1992
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award - 1987
10. PM Narendra Modi received the highest
civilian award of Cyprus 'The Grand Cross of the
Order of Makarios III.'

• President Nikos Christodoulides of Cyprus

conferred the award in a ceremony at the
Presidential Palace in Nicosia.

11. The Hindu was named "Champion of Digital

Media Awards South Asia 2025," securing an
impressive 10 awards across various categories at
the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards South Asia.

• Organized by the World Association of News

Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
12. Desi Oon won the Jury Award for Best
Commissioned Film at the Annecy International
Animation Festival 2025.

• Director = Suresh Eriyat

• The Film was crowned Best Film at the World 13. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) received the
Audio, Video and Entertainment Summit -WAVES Digital Payments Award 2024-25 from the
2025 which was held in Mumbai. Ministry of Finance for its outstanding
contribution to digital payments and financial
inclusion.

IPPB-
• MD & CEO = Shri R. Viswesvaran
• Launched = September 1, 2018
1. Asian Athletics Championship 2025-
• Host = Gumi, South Korea

Medal Tally :
• 1st = China (19 gold, 9 silver, and 4 bronze)
• 2nd = India (8 gold, 10 silver, and 6 bronze)
• Notable athletics=
• Gulveer Singh won double gold in the Men's 5000m and 10,000m.
• Avinash Sable clinched gold in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase.
• Jyothi Yarraji retained her title in the Women's 100m hurdles.
• Pooja Singh won gold in the Women's High Jump, becoming India's
youngest Asian Champion at 18 years old.
• Nandini Agasara secured gold in the Heptathlon.
• Sachin Yadav won silver in the Men's Javelin Throw, competing against
Pakistan's Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem.
• Animesh Kujur broke the national record in the Men's 200m to win bronze.
• Servin Sebastian won the first medal for India by winning the bronze medal
in the men's 20km race walk.
 3. F1 star Oscar Piastri
(Australian) claimed his fifth
victory of the 2025 season by
winning the Spanish Grand Prix
in Barcelona.

● Oscar Piastri drives for

Mclaren company.

2. The French football Club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won

the UEFA Champion league title for the first time with a
record score 5-0 after demolishing Inter Milan.

• Spanish football club Real Madrid has won it a

maximum of 15 times.
• Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)-
• Established = 15 June 1954 Headquarters = Nyon,
Switzerland
• President = Aleksander Čeferin

OSCAR PIASTRI
4. Ulaanbaatar Open 2025-
• Host = Mongolia
• Medal Tally-
• 1st = Mongolia (7 Gold, 10 Silver, 12 Bronze)
• 2nd = India (6 Gold, 7 Silver, 8 Bronze)

Indian Gold Medalists-

• Reetika Hooda (Women’s 76kg),
• Antim Panghal (Women’s 53kg),
• Neha Sharma (Women’s 57kg),
• Muskan Nandal (Women’s 59kg),
• Harshita Mor (Women’s 72kg), and
• Anil Mor (Men’s 55kg Greco-Roman).
5. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have
named the India-England Test series the
Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

BCCI-
● Established = 1928
● President = Roger Binny
● HQ = Mumbai 6. Magnus Carlsen won the Norway Chess
2025 tournament, securing his seventh
title in the event.
● India’s D Gukesh secured the 3rd place.
● The women's event was won by
Ukrainian Grandmaster Anna Muzychuk.
7. The French Open 2025-

• Coco Gauff (USA) defeated Aryna Sabalenka in

the women's singles.
• Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) defeated Jannik Sinner
(Italy) in men’s singles.
• A tennis tournament that was played on
outdoor clay courts.
8. The 2025 Taiwan Athletics Open in Taipei concluded
with India leading the medal count, having amassed 16
medals, including 12 golds.

Notable Players-
• Annu Rani (Women's Javelin Throw),
• Rohit Yadav (Men's Javelin Throw),
• Jyothi Yarraji (Women's 100m Hurdles),
• Tejas Shirse (Men's 110m Hurdles),
• Abdulla Aboobacker (Men's Triple Jump)
9. Anahat Singh (squash) won the Women's
Challenger Player of the Season and the Women's
Young Player of the Season award at the 2025 PSA
Awards.

• PSA = Professional Squash Association

• HQ = Leeds, England

10. IIHF Women's Asia Cup 2025-

• Held = Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

• Winner = Philippines (their first ever title)
• Runner-up = Iran
• Third Place = India (Bronze medal for the Indian
Women's Ice Hockey Team)
• IIHF Women's Asia Championship 2025 winner =
Japan
11. The Indonesia Open 2025 (a BWF Super 1000
badminton tournament)-

• Men's Singles = Anders Antonsen (Denmark)

• Women's Singles = An Se-young (South Korea)
• She made history by becoming the first woman to win
three Super 1000 tournaments in a calendar year.
• Men's Doubles = Kim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae (South
Korea)
• Women's Doubles = Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (China)
• Mixed Doubles = Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue
(France)
12. South Africa won the ICC World Test Championship 2025
(WTC25) title at Lord's.
• South Africa claimed their first-ever ICC trophy by
defeating defending champions Australia.
13. International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup/Rifle 2025-
● Held = Munich, Germany
● Medal tally-
○ 1st = China (4 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze)
○ 2nd = Norway
○ 3rd = India (2 Gold, 2 Bronze)
● Gold medal-
○ Suruchi Singh- women’s 10m air pistol event.
○ Arya Borse/Arjun Babuta- 10m air rifle mixed team
● ISSF-
○ Established = 1907
○ Headquarters = Munich, Germany
○ President = Luciano Rossi (Italy)
14. Mercedes driver George Russell secured his first victory of the season at Canadian
Grand Prix 2025.

Grand Prix-
● Japanese Grand Prix = Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
● Bahrain Grand Prix = Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
● Saudi Arabian Grand Prix = Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
● Miami Grand Prix = Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
● Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix = Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
● Monaco Grand Prix = Lando Norris (McLaren)
● Spanish Grand Prix = Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
15. Hockey India Master Cup 2015-
● Host = Chennai
● Hockey Association of Odisha and Hockey Unit of
Tamil Nadu won the women's and men's titles.
● In the final, Hockey Association of Odisha defeated
Hockey Punjab.
● Hockey India-
○ Headquarters - New Delhi
○ President -Dilip Kumar Tirkey
17. Neeraj Chopra won the Gold medal in 18. Neeraj Chopra won the Gold medal in the
the men's javelin throw event at the Paris men's javelin throw event at the Ostrava
Diamond League 2025. Golden Spike 2025 in the Czech Republic.

• Neeraj Chopra's first attempt of 88.16m • He secured the win with a best throw of
was sufficient to secure the win and 85.29m, achieved on his third attempt.
keep Julian Weber's (Germany)
challenge at bay.
• South Africa’s Douw Smit claimed silver
with a personal best of 84.12m, while
Grenada’s Anderson Peters took bronze.
19. Jasprit Bumrah became the first Asian bowler to reach 150
Test wickets in SENA Countries.

● SENA countries = South Africa, England, New Zealand, and

Australia
20. The Archery Asia Cup in 2025 (Leg 2)-
● Host = Singapore
● India won nine medals (2 golds, 6 silvers, and 1
bronze).

Gold Medalists:
● Kushal Dalal - This was his second consecutive Asia
Cup gold.
● Tejal Salve - In an all-Indian final against Shanmukhi
Naga Sai Budde.
● The Archery Asia Cup in 2025 (Leg 1) was held in
Bangkok, Thailand
21. Asian Para Badminton Championships 2025-
• Host = Thailand
• India won 27 medals (4 golds, 10 silvers, and
13 bronze).

Notable Indian Gold Medalists:

• Nitesh Kumar (Men's Singles SL3, Mixed
Doubles SL3-SU5 with Thulasimathi
Murugesan, and Men's Doubles SL3-SL4 with
Sukant Kadam - making him a triple gold
medalist)
• Manisha Ramadass (Women's Singles SU5)
22. India unveiled Logo and mascot for the 12th World Para Athletics
Championships 2025 in New Delhi.

• Venue = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

• Mascot Name = Viraaj, a young elephant with a blade prosthesis
• Kangana Ranaut is the event's brand ambassador.
• President of the Paralympic Committee of India = Devendra
Jhajharia
APPOINTMENTS
 2. Ashwani Lohani appointed Director
of Prime Ministers Museum and Library.

• PMML is situated in New Delhi.

• Originally in 1966 as NMML (Nehru
Memorial Museum and Library)
renamed PMML in August 2023.

1. Former German foreign minister

Annalena Baerbock was elected President
of the UN General Assembly's 80th
session.

• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (from India) was

the first woman to be elected President
of the UN General Assembly (8th session,
1953).
• UN General Assembly HQ = New York
City
 4. Virender Kanwar became president
of Volleyball Federation of India (VFI).

• Formed = 1951
• HQ = Chennai, Tamil Nadu

3. S Mahendra Dev appointed as the new

Chairman of the Economic Advisory
Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).

• The Economic Advisory Council to the

Prime Minister is a non-constitutional,
non-permanent body set up to advise
the PM.
5. MS Dhoni, a great Indian cricketer, has
been added to the ICC Hall of Fame for
2025, putting him among the country's
legendary players.

• Men’s = Sunil Gavaskar (2009), Bishan

Singh Bedi (2009), Kapil Dev (2010), Anil
Kumble (2015), Rahul Dravid (2018), Sachin
Tendulkar (2019), Vinoo Mankad (2021),
Virender Sehwag (2023), MS Dhoni (2025)
• Women’s = Diana Edulji (2023), Neetu
David (2024)
6. Actress Katrina Kaif has been appointed as the global brand
ambassador for Maldives tourism.

Recent Appointments (2025)-

• Kangana Ranaut = Appointed as the Brand Ambassador for

the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships
• MS Dhoni = Dettol (as "captain cool")
• Kartik Aaryan = for Skechers in India
• Manushi Chhillar = brand ambassador for Wella Professionals
in the Indian market
• Shahid Kapoor = Welcomed by Vogue Eyewear as a new
brand ambassador in India
• Ayushmann Khurrana = brand ambassador for the 25th
edition of FICCI Frames
 8. Meta appointed Arun Srinivas as
Managing Director and Head for Meta
in India.

Meta-
7. Lieutenant Commander Yashasvi • Headquarters = California, United
Solanki, has been appointed as the States
first female Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to • CEO =Mark Zuckerberg (also
the President of India, Droupadi founder)

Murmu.
 10. Professor M. Satish Kumar has
been appointed as the first Dean of
Queen's University Belfast's (QUB)
new campus in Gujarat
International Finance Tec-City
9. Anantha Chandrakasan (GIFT City) India.
Became First Indian-Born
Provost of Massachusetts • GIFT City = India’s first smart

Institute of Technology (MIT). financial hub

11. Sivasubramanian Ramann has been

appointed as the new Chairperson of
PFRDA.
• PFRDA = Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority
• PFRDA is a statutory regulatory body in
India set up under the PFRDA Act 2014.
 2. Dassault Aviation and Tata Advanced
Systems entered into agreements for in-
1. The government has granted Miniratna country manufacturing of Rafale fuselages,
Category-I status to 3 specific Defence Public strengthening India's aerospace sector.
Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), giving them
greater autonomy.

• Munitions India Limited (MIL)

• Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited
(AVNL)
• India Optel Limited (IOL)
3. India will develop its first underwater museum and
artificial coral reef at the site of the decommissioned
warship INS Guldar.

• INS Guldar, an 83-meter-long Kumbhir-class

landing ship, was commissioned in 1985 and
decommissioned in 2024.
4. Special Forces units from the Indian Air Force and the United States Air
Force completed their first-ever joint exercise, 'Tiger Claw,' at the Garud
Regimental Training Centre.

• Joint military exercises between India and the U.S.- Yudh Abhyas, Vajra
Prahar, Cope India, Malabar, Tiger Triumph, Red Flag
 6. India-France joint military exercise
‘Shakti 2025’ started in France.
• VARUNA (Navy) = This is a bilateral
naval exercise between the Indian
Navy and the French Navy.
• GARUDA (Air Force) = This is a
bilateral air exercise between the
Indian Air Force (IAF) and the French
Air and Space Force (FASF).

5. An Indian Army contingent (Kumaon

Regiment) participated in the
Multinational Military Exercise KHAAN
QUEST.
• Held = Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 7. The Indian Navy launched its inaugural Anti-Submarine Warfare
Shallow Water Craft, INS Arnala, into service at Visakhapatnam's
Naval Dockyard.
• It has been designed and constructed by Garden Reach
Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.
• Attended by CDS = General Anil Chauhan

8. The Indian Navy is all set to commission its latest stealth multi-
role frigate, INS Tamal, on 01 July 2025, at Kaliningrad, Russia.
• INS Tamal is the last warship to be inducted by the Indian Navy
from a foreign source.
• It is the eighth in the series of Krivak class frigates.
 SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
1. Honda made a significant leap
into space technology with a
successful test of its experimental
reusable rocket.

• The experimental rocket is 6.3

meters in length, 85 cm in
diameter, and has a dry weight
of 900 kg.
2. HAL won a ₹511 crore technology transfer deal
from ISRO to produce and operate Small Satellite
Launch Vehicles (SSLVs).
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
• Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) = Dr. D.
K. Sunil
• HAL has assured the Indian Air Force that at
least six Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk-
1A jets will be delivered by March 2026.
• HQ = Bengaluru, Karnataka
3. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became the
second Indian to travel in space.

• He launched to the International Space Station

(ISS) as part of the Axiom 4 mission aboard a
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, propelled by a
Falcon 9 rocket.
• The first Indian citizen to travel to space was
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma in 1984,
aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 mission
4. Jahnavi Dangeti, from Andhra Pradesh, has
been selected as an astronaut candidate
(ASCAN) for a future space mission in 2029.

• She became India's youngest astronaut

selected for 2029 space mission.
• This mission is associated with the U.S.-
based private space research agency,
Titan Space Industries (TSI), and is slated
to go to the Titan Orbital Port Space
Station.
 BOOKS
The autobiography "Janata ki L A U N C H E D R E C E N T LY

kahani-Meri aatmkatha" was

launched by vice president
Jagdeep Dhankar

Other important Books-

Pope Francis - "Hope"

Shashi Tharoor - "Constitution: A Short

History"

Anandiben Patel -" चुनौतिय ां मुझे पसांद हैं"

 President Dropadi murmu was
presented with the first copy of
2nd volume of the books " Wings
to our Hopes" & "Aashaon ki
Udaan"

The books were officially

released by defence minister
Rajnath Singh
 2. Siamese Fireback has for the first time been
sighted in Ranikhet forest of Uttarakhand.

Scientific Name- Lophura Diardi

The National Bird of Thailand - Siamese Fireback

1- India India has been elected to the United

Nations economic and social council (ECOSOC) for
2026 and 2028 term.

ECOSOC is a principal human body responsible

for coordinating international economic social
and development efforts.
 GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX
2025
• India's Rank : 131st
• Released by: World Economic Forum
• Rankings Top 3: Iceland, Finland, Norway
• Neighbouring countries:
• Bangladesh (24)
• Nepal (125)
• Sri Lanka (130)
3. Air India Boeing 787-8 dreamliner operating • Pakistan (148)
flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick
Airport crash shortly after take-off.

• The aircraft carrying 230 passengers and 12

crew members.
• Vijay Rupani the former chief minister of
Gujarat also passed away due to the crash.
 6. The UN General Assembly declared 2026 as the
International Year of the Woman Farmer.

• UN declares for 2025-

• INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF COOPERATIVES

• International Year of Glaciers' Preservation
• International Year of Peace and Trust
• International Year of Quantum Science and
Technology

5. Smriti Mandhana has reclaimed the

Number 1 spot in the ICC Women's ODI
Batting Rankings.

• Captain of Indian women cricket team

= Harmanpreet Kaur
 PM Modi attended the G7 meeting in Canada.

• First summit meeting - 1975 (France)

• Member countries = Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United
States.
• PM Narendra Modi attended the Outreach session on “ Energy Security”.

Met with-
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
• President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
• President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa
• President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
• President of the European Commission, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen
• Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba
• Prime Minister of Italy, Ms. Giorgia Meloni
• President of France, Emmanuel Macron
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer
• President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Jae-myung
• Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanes
 9. Google has opened its first Safety Engineering
Centre (GSEC) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region in
Hyderabad.

• The centre will function as a comprehensive

cybersecurity and artificial intelligence
research hub, with particular emphasis on
combating online frauds using AI.
• It is only Google's fourth such global facility.
8. India ranks 71st in Energy Transition Index
2025.

• The index is released by World Economic

Forum (WEF) in collaboration with Accenture.
• Top = Sweden (1st), Finland (2nd), Denmark
(3rd)
 11. PM Modi flagged off Bihar's first made-in-
state locomotive export to the African nation of
Guinea.

• The locomotives have been manufactured at

the Marhowrah Diesel Locomotive Plant in
10. QS World University Rankings 2026-
Bihar's Saran district.
• India saw significant improvement in the QS
2026 World University Rankings, with a record
54 institutions, becoming the fourth most
represented country globally.
• 1st = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) (USA)
• 2nd = Imperial College London (UK)
• 3rd = Stanford University (USA)
• IIT Delhi = 123rd
• IIT Bombay =129th
• IIT Madras = 180th
12. India ranks 99th out of 167 countries on the 2025
sustainable development goals (SDG) Index with a score
of 67.

• Finland, Sweden and Denmark secured 1st, 2nd and

3rd rank respectively.
• The index is released by the UN sustainable
development solutions network.
• The SDGs were adopted in 2015 with the aim of
ensuring no one is left behind in global development
by 2030.
THANKOO!