Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (Jun 22nd to 30th Jun 2025)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Jun 22nd to 30th Jun 2025. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBIClerk 2025 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• Olympic Day Run or International Olympic Day is celebrated on June 23 all around the world.
• The United Nations Public Service Day is celebrated on June 23 of every year to celebrate the value and virtue of public service to the community; highlight the contribution of public service in the development process; recognize the work of public servants, and encourage young people to pursue careers in the public sector.
• International Widow’s Day is observed all over the universe each year on the 23rd of June to draw attention to widows’ voices and experiences and galvanize the exceptional support they need.
• World Humanist Day is celebrated every year on 21 June and we’ve been celebrating it since the 1980s.
• World Rainforest Day is observed every year on June 22 to emphasize the importance of rainforests and the urgent need to protect and conserve them.
• The International Day of Women in Diplomacy (IDWD), established by UNGA Resolution A/RES/76/269 in 2022, is observed every June 24 to recognize women’s vital contributions to diplomacy and advocate for gender equality in foreign policy, peace processes, and global governance.
• Every year on 25th June, World Vitiligo Day is observedwith the aim of increasing the effort for vitiligo healthcare and education and raising awareness of the social stigma and mental challenges faced by those affected by vitiligo.
• Every year on June 26th, the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is commemorated to raise awareness about the impact and negative consequences that drugs have on society.
• The International Day of Deafblindness is observed annually on June 27 to raise awareness and advocate for the rights of individuals living with deafblindness — a unique dual disability involving both hearing and visual impairments.

• Observed annually on 29th June, the International Day of the Tropics celebrates the unique richness and global significance of tropical regions.
• On June 30^th, World Asteroid Day 2025 is observed as an awareness program among the public all over the world.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL & STATE NEWS

• Karnataka Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, approved a 5% hike in housing reservation for religious minorities, raising the quota from 10% to 15% in both urban and rural state-funded housing schemes.
• Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, led by Minister Annpurna Devi, launched the Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub, a digital platform designed to support gender-responsive budgeting across central and state ministries.
• Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) introduced Pratibha Setu, a digital platform designed to connect non-recommended but qualified UPSC candidates with potential employers from both government and private sectors.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 105 development projects in Odishavalued at over ₹18,600 crore during his visit to Bhubaneswar.
• Uttar Pradeshhas established itself as the frontrunner in digital public procurement by completing transactions worth ₹65,227.68 crore through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform between FY 2020–21 and FY 2024–25.
• The Indian government is set to institutionalizeIndian Standard Time (IST) as the sole legal time reference nationwide through the upcoming Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2025.
• The Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga(MDNIY) unveiled ‘Yoga Bandhan,’ a flagship global initiative under the Ministry of Ayush, uniting yoga experts from 15 countries to promote international collaboration and wellness through yoga.
• India has joinedthe elite group of six global facilities authorised to securely store Rinderpest Virus–Containing Material (RVCM), with the ICAR–National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, now recognised as a Category A Rinderpest Holding Facility (RHF) by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
• Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadavannounced, the establishment of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for human-wildlife conflict management at WII–SACON.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modiinaugurated and laid foundations for railway projects worth ₹2,750 crore in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, including the 73-km Sonepur–Purunakatak line that brings Boudh district onto the national rail network for the first time.
• Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath inaugurated the 91.35-km-long Gorakhpur Link Expressway in Azamgarh.
• In alignment with the Viksit Bharat@2047vision, the Government of India has launched NAVYA (Nurturing Aspirations through Vocational Training for Young Adolescent Girls), in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)has announced that it will conduct the first-ever nationwide Household Income Survey in 2026, guided by a Technical Expert Group (TEG) chaired by Surjit Bhalla, former IMF Executive Director.
• In a major welfare initiative, Indian Railwayshas introduced a scheme offering ₹1 crore accident compensation to its employees, without requiring any insurance premium.
• India is set for a major state-led infrastructure expansion in FY26, with Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnatakaprojected to contribute nearly 50% of the ₹10.2 lakh crore capital outlay.
• The Assam government, led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, announced that the transgender communitywill be classified as Other Backward Class (OBC), and Anganwadi workers will receive 50% reservation in supervisory positions under the Women and Child Development Department.
• The announcement was made, at a ceremony in Agartala, attended by Chief Minister Prof. (Dr.) Manik Sahaand senior officials from the Ministry of Education.
• India marked a major urban development milestone as the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)completed 10 years on June 25, 2025.
• The Madhya PradeshSchool Education Department has directed that, from 1 July 2025, all teachers in government schools must record their attendance online via the ‘Humare Shikshak’ platform—integrated with the Education 3.0 portal—with non-compliance triggering leave deductions.
• NITI Aayogreleased the third edition of its quarterly insights series, Future Front, titled “India’s Data Imperative: The Pivot Towards Quality.”
• The Government of India has launched the Dharti Aaba Janbhagidari Abhiyan (DAJA), a historic tribal welfare campaign running from 15 June to 15 July 2025, aiming to reach over 5 crore tribal citizensacross 1 lakh+ villages.
• East Coast Railwayhas unveiled the ‘ECoR Yatra’ mobile app—available on the Google Play Store—to assist pilgrims travelling to Puri between June 25 and July 7, 2025.
• The Government of Andhra Pradeshhas launched ‘Vidya Shakti’, a digital remedial education initiative aimed at helping academically weak students in government schools.
• Biharwill establish its first-ever nuclear power plant using Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology, announced by Union Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
• Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar inaugurated a57 km-long six-lane bridge over the Ganges River, linking Patna with Raghopur, the constituency of opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav.
• Kerala has officially renamedthe Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kannur district as the Aralam Butterfly Sanctuary, making it the first forest area in India exclusively dedicated to butterflies.
• Starting in the 2026–27 academic year, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)will allow Class 10 students to sit for their board examinations twice a year, with an optional second session for score improvement in up to three academic subjects.
• Andhra Pradeshwill host the nation’s first Quantum Computing Valley in Amaravati, set to open by January 2026, as part of the National Quantum Mission.
• The Indian Conservation Conference (ICCON) 2025will be held from 25–27 June 2025 at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
• Union Home Minister Amit Shahlaunched “The Emergency Diaries”, a book documenting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s underground activism as a young RSS Pracharak during India’s 21-month Emergency (June 1975–March 1977), based on first-hand anecdotes and archival material.
• The National e-Governance Division (NeGD)under MeitY inaugurated a 2-day AI in Governance workshop at IIT Delhi’s Department of Management Studies from June 26–27 2025 to equip 59 central- and state-level officers with practical knowledge for deploying artificial intelligence in public service delivery.
• The Union Environment Ministry’s 21st steering-committee meeting in Dehradun,chaired by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, confirmed significant progress under Project Elephant, including the completion of Phase I of the synchronized elephant census in Northeast India and new initiatives to curb elephant-train collisions and expand species-recovery efforts.
• NITI Aayog unveiled the third edition of its Future Front insights series titled “India’s Data Imperative: The Pivot Towards Quality”, in New Delhi.
• India celebrated ‘Udyami Bharat – MSME Day’on June 27, 2025, with the theme “Enhancing the Role of MSMEs as Drivers of Sustainable Growth and Innovation.”
• India has successfully secured the bid to hostthe 2029 World Police & Fire Games (WPFG), which will be held across Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, and Ekta Nagar in Gujarat.
• In a significant move integrating infrastructure and conservation, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has developed India’s first dedicated animal overpass corridor along a 12 km stretch of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, passing through the buffer zone of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.
• The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the establishment of the CIP–South Asia Regional Center (CSARC) at Singna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
• India has achieved a new milestone in horticultural trade with the first-ever export of rose-scented litchis from Pathankot, Punjab, to Doha, Qatar, marking a major step in premium fruit exports.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will observe its 19th Statistics Day on 29 June 2025, commemorating Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis’s birth anniversary.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• China, Pakistan, and Bangladeshhave agreed to advance cooperation based on principles of good-neighbourliness, equality, and mutual trust.
• The US Senatepassed the GENIUS Act Bill with a vote of 68–30, representing a significant boost for stablecoins—which are reserve-backed cryptocurrencies.
• IFFCO(Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative) is setting up its first overseas nano-fertiliser plant in Brazil, four years after launching nano urea in India.
• Oman plans to introduce personal income tax starting from 2028, becoming the first among the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations to do so.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)and Romania will launch the world’s largest and most complex international nuclear emergency exercise, ConvEx-3 (2025), on June 24, 2025.
• India declined to endorse the joint statement at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting held in Qingdao, China due to concerns over terrorism language.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING , FINANCE& BUSINESS

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB) approved loans totaling $1.5 billion to support Bangladesh’s banking sector reforms, climate change initiatives, and other projects.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed Priority Sector Lending (PSL) norms for Small Finance Banks (SFBs) starting the financial year 2025-26.
• The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) plans to lend about ₹10,000 crore in FY26 under its Green Lending Facility.
• According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2025, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into India remained unchanged at $28 billion in 2024, despite an 11% decline in global FDI flows.
• Indian equity markets advanced on June 20,2025 supported by gains in heavyweight stocks and optimism over the RBI’s revised project finance guidelines.
• The world’s largest 65 banks committed $869 billion in 2024 to companies in the fossil fuels sector, up from $707 billion in 2023.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹29.6 lakh on Fino Payments Bank Limited.
• Net direct tax collection for April-June 2025 stood at ₹4.59 lakh crore, which is 1.39% lower than the same period last fiscal (₹4.65 lakh crore in 2024).
• Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has launched State-wise health insurance policies with premiums customized according to each State’s specific healthcare dynamics.
• India’s core sector growth slowed to a nine-month low of 0.7% in May 2025, down from 1% in April, based on provisional data.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is developing a Digital Payment Intelligence Platform (DPIP) as a part of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) to combat rising digital payment frauds.
• Indian funds parked in Swiss banks surged to a three-year high of 54 billion Swiss francs (₹37,600 crore) in 2024, according to the Swiss National Bank (SNB).
• According to central government data, India’s coffee exports have increased by about 125% over the last 11 years, reaching $1.8 billion.
• The Income Tax Department has granted exemption from Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) for 17 types of payments to seven business categories operating in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).
• RazorpayX, the business banking platform of Razorpay, has launched RazorpayX Corporate Cards in partnership with Mastercard, RBL Bank, and YES Bank.
• The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will launch NACH 3.0 in the first week of July 2025 to enable faster and more secure bank transactions under the National Automated Clearing House (NACH)
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its final framework for project finance loans, covering income recognition, asset classification, and provisioning (IRACP) norms for banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs).
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has launched the ‘SEBI Check’ tool to validate UPI handles and registered bank accounts to ensure secure payments by investors.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the quarterly House Price Index (HPI) for Q4: 2024-25, using transaction-level data from registration authorities in 10 major cities.
• India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) is a 100% Government of India-owned entity under the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, was conferred the Digital Payments Award 2024-25 by the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, recognizing its outstanding contribution to expanding digital payments and financial inclusion in India.
• India’s total outstanding NRI deposits rose 8.4% in March 2025, continuing momentum from 9.4% growth in March 2024, despite rupee depreciation in late FY25.
• The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has increased the auto-settlement limit for advance claims from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh.
• Galaxy Health Insurance has launched a new health insurance product called Galaxy Marvel to cater to the evolving needs of today’s health-conscious society.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will conduct a 7-day Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on June 27, 2025.
• S&P Global has raised its forecast for India’s economic growth in FY26 (fiscal year ending March 31, 2026) to 6.5%, up from the earlier estimate of 6.3%.
• The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key indicator for measuring retail inflation in India, is set for a major revamp by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
• India’s private sector output grew at its fastest pace in 14 months in June, driven by increases in new business intakes and international sales.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will extend market timings for the call money market by two hours, making the revised hours 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, effective July 1, 2025.
• State Bank of India (SBI) announced a strategic partnership with FPSB India to integrate the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification into its employee learning framework.
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has imposed a ₹1 crore penalty on Edelweiss Life Insurance Company for violation of corporate governance norms.
• Private sector Indian companies with a net worth above ₹500 crore and a long-term credit rating of A and above can be designated as Renewable Energy Implementing Agencies (REIAs).
• SMFCL (Sagarmala Maritime Finance Corporation Limited) is India’s first sector-specific Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) in the maritime sector, registered with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on June 19, 2025.
• Equitas Small Finance Bank and Edelweiss Life Insurance have entered into a bancassurance partnership to offer life insurance solutions to the bank’s customers.
• Gross Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into India surged to $8.8 billion in April 2025, up from $5.9 billion in March 2025 and $7.2 billion in April 2024.
• Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, released the fifth edition of the National Time Release Study (NTRS) during the CBIC Conclave in New Delhi.

• Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, chaired a high-level review meeting on the performance of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) in New Delhi.
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) imposed a penalty of ₹25 lakh on BSE Limited for multiple violations.
• Star Health and Allied Insurance Company has entered into a strategic partnership with Medi Assist.
• To prevent malpractices and impersonation in entrance exams, the Ministry of Finance has announced the use of Aadhaar authentication by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for candidate verification.
• Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) announced the listing of its ₹25 crore municipal bond on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Shri Sivasubramanian Ramann assumed charge as Chairperson of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on 20th June 2025.
• Kirsty Coventry became the first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
• The government has cancelled the appointment of Pankaj Dwivedi as Executive Director (ED) of the state-owned Union Bank of India.
• UGRO Capital, a leading DataTech NBFC focused on MSME lending, has promoted Anuj Pandey as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
• South Korea appointed its first civilian defence minister in 64 years, Ahn Gyu-back, marking a significant shift in military oversight.

• Lieutenant General Dinesh Singh Rana, Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command, has taken over as the 23rd Colonel of the Regiment of Garhwal Rifles.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION & MERGER

• OLA Group’s AI arm, Krutrim, acquired the AI platform BharatSah’Ai’yak from technology consultancy firm Samagra for an undisclosed amount.
• Zou Jiayi, former Vice Finance Minister of China, was appointed as the next President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI)has approved the combination involving the acquisition of Aakash Educational Services Limited (Target) by:
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI)has approved the proposed combination involving acquisition in:

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS & AUTHOR

• Drawing from family archives, field research, and deep anthropological insight, Chowra Makaremi’s upcoming book “Woman! Life! Freedom!”offers an intimate and political retelling of the 2022 Iranian protests ignited by Mahsa Amini’s death in morality-police custody.
• Renowned Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan has unveiled his autobiography titled “The One: Cricket, My Life and More”, offering a deeply personal and emotional account of his journey.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS & HONOURS

• India’s animation industry achieved a landmark victory as Desi Oon, directed by acclaimed animator Suresh Eriyat, won the Jury Prize for Best Commissioned Film at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Festival 2025.
• Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed-to-be-University (KIIT-DU)has achieved a historic milestone by making its first-ever entry into the QS World University Rankings 2026—emerging as the top-ranked private university in Odisha and securing the 9th position among private higher education institutions in India.
• Former Indian leg-spinner  V. V. Kumar was celebrated on his 90th birthday with the release of a book titled Celebrating V.V. Kumar @ 90.
• The Kerala Sahitya Akademi has declared the 2024 literary award recipients, recognizing excellence across genres in Malayalam literature.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING & REPORTS

• A recent BrokerChooser report shows India at 13th place worldwide for per-capita monthly Google searches on investments, with 2,629 searches per million.
• In a significant achievement for sustainable development, India has entered the top 100 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index for the first time, securing the 99th rank out of 193 countries in the 2025 edition of the UN Sustainable Development Report, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and led by economist Jeffrey Sachs.
• The Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), assesses the state of peace in 163 countries, covering 99.7% of the global population. In its 19th edition, the index highlights a continuing decline in global peace, but India has shown slight improvement, moving up to Rank 115.
• The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), in its State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report released in June 2025, revealed that Asia is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, with 2024 emerging as the region’s hottest year ever.
• The Tata Group has made history by becoming the first Indian brand to surpass a $30 billion valuation, reaching $31.6 billion with a 10% year-on-year growth, as per the Brand Finance India 100 Report 2025.

• The Global Liveability Index 2025, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), assessed 173 cities worldwide on factors such as stability, healthcare, education, infrastructure, culture, and environment.
• Kerala has emerged as the best-performing state in the Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) cycle 2020–2025 conducted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARY

• Noted environmentalist, wildlife expert, and Padma Shri awardee Maruti Chitampalli, also known as ‘Aranya Rishi’, passed away at the age of 93 in Solapur, Maharashtra due to age-related ailments.
• Former India cricketer Dilip Doshi passed away at the age of 77 due to cardiac arrest in London.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has won a ₹511-crore Transfer of Technology (ToT) deal from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to build, operate, and commercialise Small Satellite Launch Vehicles (SSLVs).
• On June 18, 2025, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced the soft launch of Quantum 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) at its Ameerpet Exchange, Hyderabad.
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing for the SpaDeX-2 (Space Docking Experiment-2) mission to dock two satellites in an elliptical orbit.
• Bharti Space Limited, a subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises, will invest €31.4 million (₹312.8 crore) in the French satellite operator Eutelsat.
• Google launched AI Mode in India, integrated into the Google Search experience, accessible via Labs sign-up.
• Japan’s military has conducted its first-ever missile test on Japanese territory, marking a significant shift in its defence posture.
• Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian astronaut in over 40 years to go to space, marking a historic milestone.

• Axiom Space, after successfully launching Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), signed an agreement with Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace to explore collaboration in space exploration and access to low-Earth orbit (LEO).
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is assisting the Coffee Board of India to quantify the carbon footprint of coffee and assess its carbon sequestration potential.
• Google unveiled its AI-first restructuring strategy named AI Matryoshka at the I/O Developers Conference 2025.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: PERSON IN NEWS

• Jahnavi Dangeti, a 23-year-old from Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, will become the first Indian astronaut on the Titans Space mission scheduled for 2029.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPS& PORTALS

• Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi launched the Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub, a web portal serving as a digital repository of all information related to gender budgeting processes.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The French armed forces signed a contract worth €1 billion to reserve capacity on Eutelsat’s low-Earth orbit OneWeb constellation.
• The Indian Navy will commission its latest stealth multi-role frigate, INS Tamal, on July 1, 2025, at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will lead the Indian delegation to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Qingdao, China on June 25–26, 2025.
• The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has equipped the Indian Army with weapons systems worth ₹1,981.90 crore through the Emergency Procurement-6 (EP-6) route to boost operational readiness for counter-terrorism (CT) operations.
• Iran launched its most significant missile strike of 2025 on Israel under Operation “True Promise 3”, targeting Ben Gurion Airport, biological research centers, and military command hubs in retaliation for recent US and Israeli strikes on Iranian soil.
• ‘Adamya’, the first Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) under the eight FPV project at Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), was inducted into the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on June 26, 2025, in Goa.

• Induction ceremony of the fifth 25T Bollard Pull (BP) Tug Ojas was held on 27 June 2025 at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.
• The Indian Army’s Postal Service Corps, in collaboration with the Department of Posts, launched Meghdoot Millennium — a secure and real-time postal software designed specifically for defense personnel.
• The Indian Army has launched its first FM radio station named ‘Panchshul Pulse’ in Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra made a remarkable comeback by winning the 2025 Paris Diamond League with a massive throw of 88.16 metres on his very first attempt.
• India’s premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah achieved a historic feat during the Second Test at Headingley, Leeds, by recording his 150th Test wicket across SENA countries—South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia.
• India marked 100 days to the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships by launching the event’s official logo and mascot in New Delhi.
• World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz captured his second Queen’s Club Championship, defeating Czech rising star Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2.
• Oklahoma City Thunder captured their first NBA championship since moving from Seattle in 2008, defeating the Indiana Pacers 103–91 in a thrilling Game 7 at the Paycom Center, Oklahoma City.
• In the June 2025 Headingley Test against England, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant delivered a match-defining performance, scoring 134 in the first innings and 118 in the second, becoming only the second keeper ever to hit centuries in both innings of a Test match.
• Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, a key forward and two-time Olympic bronze medalist, has announced his retirement from international hockey following India’s 4–3 win over Belgium in the FIH Pro League.
• Indian cricketer Rinku Singh is set to begin a new chapter in public service by joining the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Department as a District Basic Education Officer (BSA).
• Neeraj Chopra continued his red-hot 2025 season by winning the men’s javelin title at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet (Czech Republic), registering a best throw of 85.29 m under the mentorship of coach Jan Železný—his second international victory within six days.
• The All India Chess Federation (AICF) has launched the Top National Players Stipend Scheme (TNPSS), to provide structured financial support to promising chess players aged Under-7 to Under-19.
• The International Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced a stop clock regulation for the 2025–27 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle to enhance the pace of play.

• Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa won the UzChess Cup Masters 2025 in Tashkent, marking his third major classical title of the year and propelling him to a career-best live rating of 2778.3 (World No. 4)—surpassing compatriots D. Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi.

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