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FIRST-IN-NEWS ………………………………………………………………….14

BANKING AFFAIRS ………………………………………………………………….25

LAUNCHES ………………………………………………………………….41

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APPOINTMENTS ………………………………………………………………….78

AWARDS ………………………………………………………………….87

INDEX AND RANKING ………………………………………………………………….98

DEFENCE ………………………………………………………………….102

SCI AND TECH ………………………………………………………………….109

SPORTS ………………………………………………………………….110

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July Monthly Current Affairs 2025

NATIONAL AFFAIRS
CENTRAL GOVT.
Union Cabinet Approves National Sports Policy 2025 – “Khelo Bharat Niti” to Make India a Top-5 Sporting
Nation by 2047
Approved National Sports Policy (NSP) replaces aims Grassroots to Olympics (India
Union Cabinet National Sports Policy 2001
2025 – Khelo Bharat Niti aims to host 2036 Olympics)

5 pillars of NSP 2025

Pillar No. Pillar Name Key Highlights

1⃣ Excellence on the Global Stage Talent identification from grassroots to elite | Training of athletes, coaches & officials | Use of sports
science, medicine, & technology

2⃣ Sports for Economic Development Boosts sports tourism & event hosting | Promotes sports manufacturing & startups | Encourages
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Public Private Partnership (PPPs) & private funding

3⃣ Sports for Social Development Inclusive sports: women, tribal groups, EWS, PwDs | Focused outreach for marginalized groups

4⃣ Sports as a People’s Movement Mass participation & fitness campaigns | Launch of fitness indices for schools, colleges, workplaces
| Universal access to sports facilities

5⃣ Integration with Education Aligns with National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 | Sports in curriculum | Training for PE teachers &
awareness in schools

🎯 Goal: Make 󰏝 India a top-5 sporting nation by 2047

Union Cabinet Approves ₹99,446 Crore Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to Generate 3.5 Crore Jobs
approved Budget aims to generate over 3.5 crore new
Union Cabinet Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme ₹99,446 crore employment opportunities
as part of the Union Budget 2024–25 2-Year Budget (Aug 2025–Jul 2027)
(part of ₹2 lakh crore youth employment package)
between
divided into
August 1, 2025,
and July 31, 2027
Part A, focusing on Part B, aimed at incentivising
first-time employees employers for job creation.

🌟 What is the ELI Scheme?

The ELI scheme is a 2-year job creation plan launched by the government to help youth get formal jobs (meaning jobs that
come with salary, PF, and other benefits) and to encourage companies to hire more people.

- It’s part of a broader ₹ 2 lakh crore, two‑year “jobs, skilling, and youth development” package, targeting about
4.1 crore youth

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About Part-A & Part-B in details:

Part Focus Main Features

Part A First-Time Employees (earning up to ✅ Who qualifies: EPFO-registered employees in their first formal job, earning up to ₹1 lakh/month
₹1 lakh/month) ✅ One-month Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) wage (up to ₹15,000) given in 2 instalments:
• 1st after 6 months of service
• 2nd after 12 months + financial literacy course
✅ Part of the incentive saved in a fixed deposit/saving account
✅ Will benefit 1.92 crore new employees

Part B Employers (Job Providers) - for ✅ Who qualifies: EPFO-registered establishments hiring additional employees:
salaries up to ₹1 lakh ● Minimum 2 new hires if the firm has <50 employees.
● Minimum 5 new hires if the firm has ≥50 employees
✅ Incentive for each new job created (for salaries up to ₹1 lakh):
● Wage ≤ ₹10,000 → ₹1,000/month.
● ₹10,001–₹20,000 → ₹2,000/month.
● ₹20,001–₹1 lakh → ₹3,000/month
✅ Duration: 2 years for most sectors. | Extended to 4 years for eligible manufacturing units
✅ Jobs must be continued for at least 6 months
✅ Jobs expected created: ~2.6 crore additional positions

💳 Mode of Payments:

Beneficiary How Payment is Made

First-Time Employees DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) via Aadhaar (ABPS)

Employers Direct transfer to PAN-linked Bank Accounts

*Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)

President Murmu Nominates Four Eminent Personalities to Rajya Sabha Under Article 80
President Droupadi Murmu Nominates purpose To bring expert voices in law, diplomacy,
4 Members to Rajya Sabha
(under Article 80(1)(a)) education, and social service.
Nominated Members
& Their Fields

🧑 Name 👤 Field / Role

Ujjwal Nikam Renowned Public Prosecutor, known for handling high-profile cases

C. Sadanandan Master Social Worker & Teacher, focus on youth empowerment

Harsh Vardhan Shringla Former Foreign Secretary, key G20 diplomat

Dr. Meenakshi Jain Historian & Academic, expert in political science & literature

📜 About Constitutional Provision: Article 80(1)(a)

● 🏛 President can nominate up to 12 members to Rajya Sabha.
● 🧠 Experts from: Art, Literature, Science, Social Service

󰏝 President's Rule in Manipur Extended till Feb 2026

As per
Union Home Minister announced extended by 6 months till constitution Rule requires Parliament approval
President's Rule in Manipur
Amit Shah 13 Feb 2026 every 6 months, max limit: 3 years
under

Extension under Article 356 of Indian Constitution

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📌 Reason:
⚠ Continued social unrest and absence of environment for free & fair elections

🕊 Background:
➡ Ethnic violence broke out between Meitei & Kuki-Zo groups in May 2023
➡ Former CM N. Biren Singh resigned; rule imposed from 13 Feb 2025

󰳌 Current Admin: Governor Ajay Kumar Balla in charge

National Cooperative Policy 2025 – launched by Amit Shah

Union Home and
Cooperation Minister
launched replacing earlier framework
National Cooperative Policy 2025 in New Delhi
Amit Shah introduced in 2002
Policy review every 10 years

theme aim

Sahkar Se Samriddhi" – 20-year (2025–2045) roadmap to boost

Prosperity through Cooperation cooperatives with focus on inclusivity,
transparency, tech adoption & village-level
growth.

📌 6 Pillars of the Policy:

1. Strengthen foundational systems

2. Promote vibrancy in existing cooperatives
3. Prepare for future (tech adoption & innovation)
4. Enhance inclusivity & outreach
5. Expand into new sectors
6. Engage youth & build capacity

🎯 Key Targets:

● 📊 Triple cooperative contribution to GDP by 2034

● 🏡 Establish 1 cooperative society per village
● 👥 Bring 50 crore citizens into active participation
● 🏢 Set up 2 lakh Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) by 2026
● 💻 Fully computerise PACS & introduce cluster monitoring
● India has 8.4 lakh+ cooperative societies, target: 30% increase

🏘 Model Cooperative Villages & Other Initiatives:

● 5 villages per tehsil as cooperative hubs

● Supported by State Cooperative Banks & NABARD.

● Sahkar Taxi: Cooperative-owned taxi service

● NCEL: National Cooperative Exports Limited for global trade
● Tribhuvan Sahkari University: To train cooperative sector manpower

👥 Policy Drafting Committee Highlights:

👤 Chairperson: Suresh Prabhu | 🧾 Members: 40
💬 Consulted RBI, NABARD, experts, stakeholders
📊 17 Meetings | 750 Suggestions for National Cooperative Policy 2025

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Union Cabinet Approves ₹24,000 Cr PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana to Boost Agriculture in 100 Districts
approved the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Outlay ₹24,000 crore for 6 yrs focus Transformation of 100
Union Cabinet
Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) (From FY 2025-26) agri-districts through
saturation-based
Objective convergence of 36
Central schemes from
11 Ministries
🎯 5 Core Objectives:
inspiration
1. 📈 Enhance agricultural productivity
from NITI Aayog's Aspirational District
2. 🌱 Promote crop diversification & sustainability
Programme (ADP)
3. 🧺 Boost post-harvest storage (Panchayat & Block level) Objective: Rapid development of 112 most
4. 🚰 Improve irrigation infrastructure underdeveloped districts across India
5. 💳 Widen access to agri-credit (short- & long-term)

📍 District Selection Criteria of 100 districts: 🏛 3-tier Governance Structure of Implementation

One team led by One team led by

● Low productivity
Union Ministers Secretaries & officials
● Low cropping intensity
● Low credit disbursement
● At least 1 district per State/UT National level
● Based on Net Cropped Area (NCA) & Operational
Holdings (OH)
State level: Steering Groups
📘 Note:
NCA = Total land sown once in a year (even if multiple
District level: Implementation Committees
crops grown)

CNOs (Central Nodal Officers) for field visits & monitoring

📊 Planning & Monitoring:

● Committees at: District, State, and National levels
● Each district will form a District Dhan Dhaanya Samiti Comprising officials and progressive farmers | Prepare
District Agriculture Plan
● Goals: Promote natural/organic farming | Ensure water & soil conservation | Achieve self-sufficiency in
agriculture.
● Beneficiaries: Expected to cover around 1.7 crore Farmer, focusing on small and marginal farmers.

📈 Progress Tracking:
● Monitored using 117 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
● Tracked monthly via a dedicated dashboard

🧠 Institutional Support

● NITI Aayog: Strategic guidance, monitoring dashboards, reviews

● Agri Universities: Technical knowledge partners per district

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Govt Launches ₹1,000 Cr ADEETIE Scheme to Boost Energy Efficiency in MSMEs Across 60 Industrial Clusters

Union Minister Manohar Lal launched

ADEETIE scheme (Assistance in with duration FY2025-26 to
Deploying Energy Efficient Technologies Budget: ₹1,000 cr FY2027-28 (3 years)
Khattar, MoP + MoHUA in Industries & Establishments)

Implementing Agency

Ministry of Power (MoP) + Ministry of

Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under MoP Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)

🎯 Objective: To help MSMEs adopt energy-efficient technologies by providing financial & technical support.

🔧 Key Components:

Component Allocation Purpose

✅ Interest Subvention ₹875 Cr Reduce loan interest: 5% for Micro & Small, 3% for Medium Enterprises

✅ Investment Grade Energy Audit ₹50 Cr Identify energy-saving opportunities

(IGEA) Support

✅ Technical Support (via BEE) ₹75 Cr Help in project report, tech selection & monitoring

🧵 Phases of Implementation:
● Phase 1: 60 Industrial Clusters across 14 energy-intensive sectors
(Brass, Bricks, Ceramics, Chemicals, Fishery, Food Processing, Forging, Foundry, Glass, Leather, Paper, Pharma,
Steel Re-rolling, Textiles)
● Phase 2: Expansion to 100 more industrial clusters

🌐 Other Initiatives Launched: ADEETIE Portal (adeetie.beeindia.gov.in) & Scheme Brochure to streamline the
financing process for eligible beneficiaries.

Union Minister Inaugurates Youth Spiritual Summit in Varanasi

Under
Mansukh Mandaviya Inaugurates theme "Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat"
(Union Minister – MoYAS & Youth Spiritual Summit in Varanasi
MoL&E)
(Drug-Free Youth for a Developed India)
Summit Highlights

4 Plenary Sessions:
- Psychological & societal effects of addiction
- Disrupting drug trafficking networks
- Grassroots outreach strategies *Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports(MYAS);
- Role of spiritual/cultural orgs in rehab & prevention Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoL&E)

📜 Kashi Declaration: (Outcome of the session)

● 📌 National consensus to treat addiction as a public health & social challenge

● 📅 Roadmap: Strategic 5-year plan till 2030 under MYAS
● 󰰁 Joint National Committee (JNC): Govt + spiritual leaders + psychologists + youth
● 🌐 Launch of digital platform for helplines & rehab support

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Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya Chairs 196th ESIC Meeting in Shimla; Launches SPREE & Amnesty Schemes, Approves
AYUSH Policy and Charitable Hospital Pilot
Union Minister Dr.
Chaired 196th Employees' State Insurance venue focus Social security, healthcare
Mansukh Mandaviya, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Corporation (ESIC) Meeting services, voluntary compliance
MoL&E & MYAS
Major Announcements

🔢 Initiative 🎯 Objective 📅 Timeline 📌 Key Features

1⃣ Scheme to Promote Widen Employees' State 1 July – 31 December 2025 SPREE Scheme (Re-Launched)
Registration of Insurance (ESI) coverage
across India Why: To get more companies and workers officially registered
Employers/ Employees under ESI
(SPREE) Re-Launched What It Does:
1. Companies can register without being fined
2. Helps more workers get benefits like medical care,
sick leave, etc.

2⃣ Amnesty Scheme Reduce litigation & promote 1 October 2025 – 30 Amnesty Scheme 2025
2025 voluntary compliance September 2026
Why: To reduce court cases between employers and ESIC
What It Does:
1. Companies that didn’t pay ESI dues earlier can settle
now without heavy punishment
2. It’s like giving a second chance to follow the rules

3⃣ Simplified Damages Ease compliance & reduce Effective from 27 June 2025 Simplified Damages Rule
Framework employer burden (ESIC Meeting)
Why: To reduce the penalty burden on companies
What Changed: 1.New fine: 1% per month
2. Old fine: 25% per year
Now the penalty is easier to understand and fairer

4⃣ Revised AYUSH Promote preventive & Approved in 196th ESIC AYUSH Policy in ESI Hospitals
Policy – 2023 holistic healthcare Meeting
Why: To include traditional Indian medicine and wellness
practices
What It Means: 1.ESI hospitals will now offer Ayurveda, Yoga,
Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy
2. Yoga therapists and Panchakarma staff will be hired too
3. Focus on preventive healthcare (staying healthy before
falling sick)

5⃣ Pilot Project with Enhance ESI healthcare Pilot launch in selected Charitable Hospitals as Partners (Pilot Project)
Charitable Hospitals access in remote regions districts
Why: To provide ESI medical services in remote and rural
areas
What It Means: 1. ESIC will tie up with charity hospitals in
some districts
2. These hospitals will offer full ESI benefits to workers
3. If successful, it will expand to more areas

6⃣ Amendment in Rajiv Provide relief & flexibility to Approved in 196th ESIC Change in Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana
affected workers post-job loss Meeting
Gandhi Shramik Kalyan
Why: To help workers who lose their jobs
Yojana (RGSKY) What Changed: 1.Earlier: Workers had to apply for help within
12 months
2. Now: If they miss the deadline, the DG of ESIC can still
approve their request
3. Helps those who had genuine reasons for delay

Why These Announcements Matter for India:

1. Almost 45% of India’s workers are in the informal sector (unregistered).

2. These schemes help bring more workers under legal protection and healthcare.
3. It also builds trust between the government and private employers.

*Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoL&E)

& Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS)

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Small Savings Scheme Interest Rates Unchanged for Q2 FY 2025-26: Ministry of Finance

Scheme based on Small Saving Schemes (Q2 FY 2025-26 from 1 Jul to 30 Sep 2025)
Investment Interest
Scheme Tenure Limit(Min-Max)
Tax Benefits Key Features
Rate

Public Provident 15 years, which Rs 500-Rs 7.1%,Compoun Tax-free interest, Long-term

Fund (PPF) extended in 1.5Lakh per FY ded annually Section 80C:Deduct investment, safe
blocks of 5 years upto 1.5 lakh and secure, partial
withdrawals allowed
after 7 years

National 5 years Rs 1000-No limit 7.7%,Fixed Section 80C,save upto Fixed-income, safe
Savings (multiple of Rs 100) 1.5 lakh per FY investment, interest
Certificate(NSC) is taxable

Post Office No fixed tenure Rs 500-No Limit 4%,Variable Interest up to ₹10,000 is Similar to regular
Savings tax-free savings account,
Account minimum balance
required

Senior Citizen 5 years Rs 1000- RS30 8.2%,quarterly Section 80C, save upto Designed for senior
Savings Scheme (extendable by 3 Lakh (multiple of Rs interest 1.5 lakh per FY citizens (>60),
years) 1000) quarterly interest
(SCSS)
payout

Sukanya Until girl turns 21 Rs 250-Rs 1.5lakh 8.2% Tax-free interest, For girl child, high
Samriddhi Section 80C interest rate, partial
Yojana (SSY) withdrawal for
education/marriage

Post Office 5 years Rs 1000-Rs 9 lakh 7.4%,Fixed Interest is taxable

Provides regular
Monthly Income (Individual) & Rs
monthly income,
Scheme (MIS) 15 Lakh (Joint
safe investment
account)

Kisan Vikas 115 months (9 Rs1000- No Limit 7.5%,doubles Interest is taxable A savings
years and 7 investment in instrument doubling
Patra (KVP)
months) 115 months the investment
amount

Mahila Samman 2 years Rs1000-Rs 2Lakh 7.5% per Interest is non-taxable A special savings
Saving annum scheme for
Certificate women

Savings Deposit 1 year Minimum: ₹100, 4.0% p.a. No direct tax benefit - Account can be
Maximum: No Limit opened at any post
office or bank.
- Interest is paid
quarterly.

Sanchar Mitra Scheme 2025 – Digital Ambassadors for Telecom Awareness

Department of launched to engage student volunteers as Digital

Telecommunications nationwide Sanchar Mitra Scheme Ambassadors (Sanchar Mitras) to:
(DoT) First Outreach Session ● Promote telecom awareness
● Improve digital literacy
● Venue: BSNL Bhawan, Guwahati, Assam ● Bridge gap between citizens & India’s
● Organised by: Assam LSA (Licensed Service Area), DoT telecom ecosystem
● Chairperson: Sunita Chandra, Advisor, Office of DG, DoT
● 🎓 Participants: Reps from 18 institutes including IITs, NITs, and IIITs

Key Highlights

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Element Details

👥 Volunteers Students from telecom, CS, cybersecurity, electronics, etc.

📢 Role Promote awareness on digital safety, cyber frauds, EMF radiation, responsible mobile use

🧱 3 Core Pillars Connect, Educate, Innovate

🎓 Training Conducted By National Communications Academy – Technology (NCA-T) and DoT Media Wing

Post Offices to Accept UPI Payments Nationwide – by August 2025

Department of Posts announced Will begin
all post office counters across India UPI-enabled QR code payments
Under MoC Under IT 2.0 System Upgrade
Pilot Tested In
by
Mysore & Bagalkot (Karnataka)
August 2025

🎯 Objectives & Significance:

● 💡 Promote cashless transactions in rural & semi-urban areas

● 🧾 Enhance transparency & efficiency
● 󰔧 Empower citizens through digital access
● 🔐 Reduce cash-handling risks

*Ministry of Communications (MoC)

Ministry of Power Issues Guidelines for Private REIAs

Ministry of Power issues Guidelines for Private Renewable Energy purpose To allow private Indian companies to be
(MoP) Implementing Agencies (REIAs) designated as REIAs to accelerate RE project
Existing Public REIAs
(PSUs) implementation under

1. NTPC Ltd – National Thermal Power Corporation the Tariff-Based Competitive

Limited, New Delhi Bidding (TBCB) framework.
2. SECI – Solar Energy Corporation of India, New Delhi
3. SJVN Ltd – Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, Shimla,
Himachal Pradesh
4. NHPC Ltd – National Hydroelectric Power
Corporation Limited, Faridabad, Haryana

🔆 Renewable Energy Implementing Agencies (REIAs) New Rule: Key Highlights

🏢 Eligibility for Designation:

● Must be an Indian company registered under the Companies Act, 2013.
● Must hold a Category-I electricity trading license from Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)
● Net worth: More than ₹500 crore (excluding revaluation reserves).
● Credit Rating: Long-term rating of A or above.
● Board approval required for applying as REIA.

⏳ Tenure: Designation valid for 5 years, subject to earlier termination by the Central Government.

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MoRTH Mandates ABS & Helmets for Two-Wheelers from Jan 1, 2026
Ministry of Road mandated on all two-wheelers , Currently ABS is compulsory only for models
installation of Anti-lock
Transport and regardless of engine above 125cc, while those below use
Braking Systems (ABS) capacity a Combined Braking System (CBS)
Highways (MoRTH)
(AIS-151)
manufactured impact
2 BIS-certified helmets at the time
of purchase by the manufacturer
on or after Jan 1, 2026 Price hike of ~₹2,000 expected for
Earlier: Only 1 helmet was mandatory
entry-level (<125cc) two-wheelers
(IS 4151:2015)

📊 Road Safety Stats:

● ⚠ 44.5% of road accidents in 2022 involved two-wheelers
● 🚑 Head injuries = major cause of deaths among riders

🛡 Why ABS is Important:

● 🚫 Prevents wheel lock & skidding during sudden braking
● 🔁 Modulates brake pressure automatically
● 🧠 Enhances rider control, stability & reduces crash risk by 35–45%
● ☔ Especially useful on wet/slippery roads

*Bureau of Indian Standard

*Automotive Industry Standard

🚛 India’s First Incentive Scheme for Electric Trucks

as a
launched part of
Ministry of Heavy Industries (MoHI) India’s first-ever Electric Truck Incentive Scheme PM E-DRIVE initiative

Key Highlights

Feature Details

Incentive Budget ₹500 crore out of ₹10,900 crore PM E-DRIVE

🚚 Total E-Trucks Supported 5,600 trucks

💰 Max Incentive per Truck ₹9.6 lakh (based on Gross Vehicle Weight-GVW) | N2: GVW > 3.5 to ≤ 12 tonnes |
N3: GVW > 12 to ≤ 55 tonnes (Incentives for N3 only apply to the tractor (puller) in
articulated vehicles).

🧾 Mode of Incentive Upfront discount to buyer, reimbursed to Original Equipment Manufacturers-OEMs

(First-Come, First-Served)

📍 Special Allocation 1,100 trucks for Delhi (₹100 crore)

🔧 Warranty Requirement 🔋 Battery: 5 yrs / 5 lakh km | 🚛 Vehicle/Motor: 5 yrs / 2.5 lakh km

🔁 Condition Scrapping of old diesel trucks is mandatory

🏗 Target Sectors Steel, Cement, Logistics, Ports

Note: 󰠻 SAIL (Steel Authority of India Ltd) committed to procuring 150 e-trucks in 2 years & ensuring 15% of hired
vehicles are electric.
About PM E-DRIVE: PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement
- Launch Date: The scheme was notified via Gazette notification S.O. 4259 (E) on September 29, 2024, and became
effective from October 1, 2024.
- Objective: It's a flagship initiative by the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MoHI) to accelerate the adoption of Electric
Vehicles (EVs) across India.

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MoA&FW Adds 7 New Products to e-NAM; Total Tradable Commodities Now 238
Ministry of Agriculture & added under Electronic National Agriculture
seven new agricultural products
Farmers' Welfare (MoA&FW) Market (e-NAM) platform
are With this addition

🌾 Newly Added Products (7) Total Commodities

Now Tradable: 238
1. Sugarcane
2. Marcha Rice (aromatic, Bihar)
3. Katarni Rice (premium, Bihar)
4. Jardalu Mango (GI-tagged, Bihar)
5. Shahi Litchi (GI-tagged, Bihar)
6. Magahi Paan (Bihar)
7. Banarasi Paan (Uttar Pradesh)

📏 Quality Grading & Parameters: Developed by: Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI)
🔁 Revised Quality Parameters for Existing Commodities: Water Chestnut Flour, Baby Corn, Dragon Fruit, Magahi
Paan (also newly added as tradable)
About e-NAM (Electronic National Agriculture Market), launched in 2016, is a pan-India digital trading platform. It links
existing APMC mandis to form a unified national market, enabling online bidding, real-time price discovery, quality-based
transparent auctions, and swift payments to boost market efficiency and farmer income.

CELEBRATION
Celebrate Celebrated by Key Notes

100 Years of Jain Leader Ministry of Culture (MoC) + PM Modi Inaugurates Centenary Celebrations of
Acharya Vidyanand Ji Bhagwan Mahaveer Ahimsa Jain Leader Acharya Vidyanand Ji Maharaj
🗓 Centenary Year: June 28, 2025 – April 22,
Maharaj Bharti Trust (New Delhi) 2026

🔑 Event Highlights:
● 👑 PM Modi conferred with the title
“Dharma Chakravarti” by the Jain
community for his dedication to Indian
culture, spirituality & public service.
● 📖 Biographical volume on Acharya
Vidyanand Ji Maharaj released —
highlighting his renunciatory journey,
reformist role, and literary contributions.
● 💰📮 Commemorative Rs.100 Coin &
Postage Stamp released by PM Modi
● 🎉 Celebration marks 38th anniversary of
him being conferred the title “Acharya”.

50 years of Department Union Minister Amit Shah 🏛 Golden Jubilee Celebration – Department of
of Official Language (Ministry of Home Affairs) Official Language (DoL)
🎉 Occasion: 50 Years of DoL (1975–2025)
(DoL) 👤 Chief Guest: Union Minister Amit Shah
(Ministry of Home Affairs)

📚 "Hindi Shabdsindhu", A dynamic Hindi

vocabulary repository

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Celebrate Celebrated by Key Notes

60 Years of India PM Modi & 󰏝🤝󰐍 India–Maldives Relations: 60 Years Celebration

Maldives Relations President Muizzu (established in 1965).

󰐍 🚢 Stamp Design:
● Urugu (󰏝 Kerala) – traditional Indian wooden boat
● Vadhu Dhoni (󰐍 Maldives) – reef fishing boat
🏛 Inauguration – Dhoshimeyna Building
● New Defence Ministry HQ in Malé
● Funded by India, reflects growing defence & security
cooperation.
🎁 Maldivian Gesture: Maldives gifted PM Modi a "Haiykolhu",
symbol of hospitality & respect.

Aadi Thiruvathirai Ministry of 󰏝 PM Modi at Aadi Thiruvathirai Festival in TN 🛕🚢

Festival in Tamil Nadu Culture (MoC) 📍 Location: Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple, Ariyalur,
(TN) Tamil Nadu

👑 Celebrated:
● Birth anniversary of Emperor Rajendra Chola-I
● 🗺 1000th year of his Maritime Expedition to
Southeast Asia
● 🛕 Start of temple restoration (UNESCO WHS)

🪙 Commemorative Coin Released:

● 💰 Rs. 1000 Silver Coin (4th in Indian history)
● 🪔 Made of 99.9% silver | 44mm diameter | 40g weight
| 200 serrations
● 🦁 Obverse: Ashoka Lion Capital, ₹1000, “Satyameva
Jayate”
● 🚢 Reverse: Rajendra Chola’s Naval Expedition
🔖 Designed by: R. Komagan (Chairman, Gangaikonda
Cholapuram Dev. Council)

166th Income Tax Day Ministry of Finance 💰 166th Income Tax Day Celebrated – MoF Unveils Mascot
"Madhukar"
󰠀 Chief Guest: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
🎉 Occasion: 166th Income Tax Day, organised by Central
Board of Direct Tax (CBDT)
🔹 New Mascot Launched: 🐝 “Madhukar” for Income Tax
Dept
🖌 Mascot Competition Winners from MyGov Portal also
felicitated.

125th Birth Anniversary of Department of 📬 ₹5 Stamp & ₹ 125 coin Released to Honour Syama
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Posts (DoP), Prasad Mookerjee’s 125th Birth Anniversary
(Founder of Bharatiya Jana Ministry of 📍 Venue: Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi
Sangh (precursor to BJP)) Communications 🎨 Stamp Designer: Smt. Nenu Gupta

About ₹125 Commemorative Coin:

● Material: 99.9% pure silver | Weight: 40 grams |
Diameter: 44 mm
● Obverse: Lion Capital + "Satyameva Jayate" + ₹125
● Reverse: Dr. Mookerjee’s portrait + Years: 1901–2026

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OLD VS NEW
Old Name New Name Key Notes

Aralam Wildlife Aralam Butterfly Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary Renamed as Aralam Butterfly
Sanctuary Sanctuary Sanctuary
📍 Location: Kannur, Kerala
(Less Important) 📅 Announced by: Kerala State Wildlife Board – 2025
🛡 Significance: India’s 1st protected forest dedicated
exclusively to butterflies

Bengaluru City Dr. Manmohan Singh 🏛 Karnataka Cabinet Renames Bengaluru City University to
University (BCU) City University 'Dr. Manmohan Singh City University'
📍 Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

🔹 Key Approvals:
✅ Bengaluru City University (BCU) renamed to
→ "Dr. Manmohan Singh City University"
🔹 In honour of former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh, who passed away
on December 26, 2024.
🔹 First university in India to be named after Dr. Singh.
🏞 Bengaluru Rural District renamed to Bengaluru North
🏙 Bagepalli Taluk renamed to Baghyanagara

National Institute of Savitribai Phule National 🏛 GoI Renames NIPCCD as Savitribai Phule National
Public Cooperation and Institute of Women and Institute of Women and Child Development (SPNIWCD)
Child Development Child Development
(NIPCCD) (SPNIWCD) 🔹 Why: To honour Savitribai Phule, a 19th-century
educationist and reformer
🔹 Announced by: Union Minister Annpurna Devi (Ministry of
Women and Child Development)
🔹 Legal Basis: Under Sections 12 & 12A of Societies
Registration Act, 1860

Carnac Bridge, Sindoor Bridge 🚧 Mumbai’s Carnac Bridge Renamed to

Mumbai ‘Sindoor Bridge’ after Operation Sindoor
Originally built in 1868 but was
demolished in 2022 after being
declared unsafe.
🔁 Why Renamed?
● Named in honour of Operation Sindoor, India’s
military operation against terror sites in Pakistan
(May 2025).
● 󰏅 Also aimed to remove colonial legacy of
British Governor James Rivett-Carnac (Governor
of Bombay: 1839–1841).

OTHERS

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India Screens 6 Crore People Under National Sickle Cell Anemia Elimination Mission

Ministry of Health and announced National Sickle Cell Anemia screen 6 crore people for Sickle target 7 crore screenings
Family Welfare (MoHFW) Elimination Mission Cell Disease (SCD) by 2047
Out of these
individuals

🧪 2.15 lakh diagnosed with SCD

🔬 16.7 lakh identified as carriers
📇 2.6 crore health cards distributed

🚨 States with High SCD Cases: Odisha | Chhattisgarh | Madhya Pradesh | Maharashtra | Gujarat

📍 States Exceeding Screening Targets(7 cr): Madhya Pradesh | Gujarat | Rajasthan | Telangana | Karnataka | Uttarakhand.

🧫 Technology Used: Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Kits – Fast, reliable, and confirmatory results.

🛑 Mission Goal: Eliminate Sickle Cell Disease by 2047, especially among tribal & vulnerable populations

🦄 Jumbotail Becomes India’s 5th Unicorn of 2025 with $120 Million Series D Funding Led by SC Ventures
No. Unicorn HQ Latest Amount Lead Investor(s) Sector Key Highlights
(2025) Location Funding Raised
Round

1⃣ Netradyne Bengaluru Series C $100 SoftBank Vision Fund AI-based Fleet AI for driver & fleet safety; major
million 2 Management growth in logistics & transport

2⃣ Juspay Bengaluru Series D $60 million SoftBank, Wellington Fintech & Payment Builds payment infrastructure;
Mgmt Solutions partners with Amazon, PhonePe

3⃣ Porter Bengaluru Series E $150 Tiger Global, Logistics & Intra-city logistics for SMEs and
million Vitruvian Partners Hyperlocal Delivery customers; tech-based freight
platform

4⃣ Drools Pet Raipur Series C $60 million L Catterton Pet Food & India’s leading pet food brand;
Food Nutrition expanding to global markets

5⃣ Jumbotail Bengaluru Series D $120 SC Ventures B2B Grocery Acquired Solv India; serves 5+
million (Standard Chartered), E-commerce lakh kiranas & MSMEs across
Artal Asia 400+ cities

ASI Declares Lungphun Ropui in Mizoram as Monument of National Importance(MNI) – 2nd Menhir Site After Vangchhia
Declared
Archaeological Survey Declares Ancient Monuments and
as Monument of National under
of India (ASI) under Lungphun Ropui Archaeological Sites and Remains
Lianpui village, Champhai Importance (MNI)
Ministry of Culture Act, 1958 (AMASR Act)
district, Mizoram

Imp. Info

● 2nd menhir site in Mizoram to get MNI status (after

Vangchhia/Kawtchhuah Ropui)
● Village named after Lusei chief Lianpuia (18th century)
● ASI to upgrade site with fencing, restrooms, paths, etc.

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- Top 3 states by MNI count (as of Dec 2024): Uttar Pradesh – 743 | Karnataka – 506 | Tamil Nadu – 412

INVESTMENTS
Investor Recipient Amount For/Notes

Interorient Indian Shipping ₹10,000 cr 󰏝🚢 Cyprus Firms to Invest ₹10,000 Cr in

Navigation Co Ltd & Sector Indian Shipping Sector
Danship & Partners 💰 FDI Amount: ₹10,000 crore(Largest-ever FDI
in Indian shipping since 2005)
Ltd (Cyprus-based
shipping firms)
📌 Key Highlights:
● 󰏝 Ships to be registered under Indian
flag
● 🔄 Keeps freight income within Indian
economy

FIRST-IN-NEWS
CENTRAL GOVT.
First-in-News Launched/Developed by Key Notes

India’s 1st National Dr. Jitendra Singh 🧬 India Launches First National Biobank at CSIR-IGIB to
Biobank (MoS, Science & Technology) Boost Precision Medicine and Genetic Research

● Location: CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative

Biology (IGIB), New Delhi.
● Significance: India’s first longitudinal health
database to boost precision medicine & research.

🔬 What is the National Biobank?

● A long-term health data project under Phenome India
● Inspired by UK Biobank, customized for India’s diverse
population.

👥 What It Does?
Collects genomic, clinical & lifestyle data from 10,000
www.mappingaffairs.com individuals. * Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

India’s First Weather NCDEX + IMD 🌦 NCDEX & IMD Join Hands to Launch India’s First
Derivatives Weather Derivatives

🤝 MoU Between:
● NCDEX – National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange
Ltd. (Mumbai)
● IMD – India Meteorological Department (New Delhi)
🎯 Purpose: Launch of India’s first weather derivatives to
manage climate-related risks in agriculture & allied sectors

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India’s 1st All-Women Coal India Ltd (CIL) & 🏥 CIL Opens India’s 1st All-Women Operated Dispensary
Operated Dispensary South Eastern Coalfields named “Vasant Vihar Dispensary” at SECL HQ, Bilaspur,
Ltd (SECL) Chhattisgarh (Coal Mine)

󰟻 About Vasant Vihar Dispensary:

● India’s 1st fully women-operated dispensary

● Staffed by 14-member all-women team: doctors,

nurses, pharmacists & support staff

India’s 1st AI-Based Ministry of Road 🚦 India’s 1st AI-Based Road Safety Pilot Project in UP
Road Safety Pilot Transport & Highways
🛣 Initiative by: MoRTH granted No Objection Certificate (NoC)
Project (MoRTH)
to UP Govt for India's 1st AI-led road safety pilot
📍 Pilot Location: Lucknow – Hazratganj, Parivartan Chowk,
Shaheed Path
🎯 Goal: Reduce accidents, Real-time traffic decision-making

🤝 Implementing Agencies: Indian Telephone Industries (ITI)

Limited (PSU) + mLogica (Global tech firm) | Pilot Duration: 6
weeks
💰 Budget: ₹10 Cr (Allocated in UP Budget 2025–26)
🔍 Tech Model: AI-ITMS (AI-based Intelligent Traffic Management
System)

India’s 1st Maritime Sarbananda Sonowal, ⚓ India’s 1st Maritime Sector NBFC – SMFCL Launched
Sector NBFC - SMFCL Union Minister of Ports,
Shipping & Waterways 🏢 Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL):
(MoPSW) ● ✅ India’s 1st NBFC in the maritime sector
● 🏛 Registered with RBI as NBFC
● 🔄 Formerly: Sagarmala Development Company
Limited
● 🎯 Aim: Bridge finance gaps & support maritime infra
under Amrit Kaal Vision 2047
● 🏅 Status: Mini Ratna, Category-I, CPSE
● 🌊 To catalyse growth in ports, shipping, & waterways

💡 Key Digital Initiatives Launched:

1. 🌐 SAGAR SETU – Unified digital platform
2. 💻 Digital Centre of Excellence (DCoE) – In
collaboration with C-DAC
www.mappingaffairs.com 3. 📊 DRISHTI Framework – Real-time monitoring system

Sonali Mishra Appointments Committee 󰠖 Sonali Mishra Appointed First Woman Director General
Appointed First Woman of the Cabinet (DG) of Railway Protection Force (RPF)
DG of RPF, ADG
(Selection), MP Police 👤 About Sonali Mishra: Currently: ADG (Selection), MP
Police | Former roles in BSF: First woman commander at
India-Pakistan border (Punjab) – 2021

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C-FLOOD: India’s 1st Union Jal Shakti Minister 🌊 C-FLOOD: India’s 1st Unified Flood Forecasting Platform
Unified Flood C.R. Patil
Forecasting Platform 🔧 Developed by:
● C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing)
● CWC (Central Water Commission)
● NRSC (National Remote Sensing Centre)

📡 Under: National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)

🎯 Objective: To provide 2-day advance flood forecasts (up to

village level) and help authorities take timely action to prevent
loss of life and property.

📍 Coverage (Phase-1) Mahanadi River | Godavari River |

Tapi River (📈 More rivers to be added soon)

India’s 1st Hydrogen- Indian Railway 🚆 India’s 1st Hydrogen-Powered Train Coach Tested by
Powered Train Coach Indian Railways
📍 Test Location: Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, Tamil
Nadu
🔬 Coach Type: Driving Power Car (DPC)
🏗 Manufactured by: Integral Coach Factory (ICF) (under
Indian Railways)

⚙ Power: 1,200 HP (Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology)

♻ Emissions: Only Water Vapor + Heat = Eco-Friendly

🌿 Hydrogen for Heritage Initiative:

🚂 Goal: 35 Hydrogen Trains for Heritage & Hilly Routes
💰 Cost per Train: ₹80 Cr
🛣 Infra Cost per Route: ₹70 Cr

🧪 Pilot Project:
🧭 Route: Jind–Sonipat (Northern Railway Zone)
🔧 Retrofit: DEMU with hydrogen fuel cell
💵 Pilot Cost: ₹111.83 Cr

World’s First India 🧠 India Launches World’s First Traditional Knowledge

Traditional Digital Library (TKDL)
Knowledge Digital 🌐 Purpose: To protect and promote India’s traditional medicine
using digital and AI tools.
Library (TKDL)

🔍 What is TKDL?
● 📚 It is an online library of India’s ancient medicine
systems.
● 🧪 Covers Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa, and
Homoeopathy.
● 🤖 Uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to: Organize and
digitize old texts. | Make the knowledge easy to access. |
Support new research and development of medicines.

● 🚫 Helps stop the misuse or patenting of India’s

traditional remedies by others.

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1st Malaria Vaccine Indian Council of 🦟 ICMR Invites EoI for Commercial Production of India's
– AdFalciVax Medical Research 1st Malaria Vaccine – AdFalciVax

(ICMR) 💉 Vaccine Name: AdFalciVax- India’s first indigenous

recombinant chimeric multi-stage malaria vaccine

Developed by:
- ICMR–Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC)
- ICMR–National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR)
- In collaboration with Department of Biotechnology
(DBT)–National Institute of Immunology (NII)
🔬 Key Highlights:
1. Targets Two Stages of Plasmodium falciparum:
○ 🏥 Pre-erythrocytic (Liver) Stage
○ 🦟 Sexual (Mosquito Transmission) Stage
2. Recombinant Chimeric Design: Developed using
Lactococcus lactis (a food-grade bacteria)
○ Combines multiple antigens to boost immune
response
📢 ICMR has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) for:
● Technology Transfer (ToT)
● Commercial-scale manufacturing of AdFalciVax

1st Indian Institute of Ministry of Information 🎬 Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (MIB) & Maharashtra
Creative Technology and Broadcasting CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the 1st IICT campus at
(IICT) Campus NFDC Complex, Mumbai
💰 ₹400 Cr allocated by GoI for IICT development.

🔹 Also inaugurated: Bharat Pavilion at Gulshan Mahal, in

National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC)

STATE GOVT.
First-in-News Launched/Developed by Key Notes

1st State to Grant Maharashtra Govt. 🐄 Maharashtra: 1st State to Grant Agricultural Status to
Agricultural Status Livestock & Poultry Farming 🐓

to Livestock & 🔹 Maharashtra becomes India’s 1st state to recognize

livestock & poultry farming (dairy, goat, pig, poultry) as
Poultry Farming
agriculture.
🔹 Aims to benefit 76.41 lakh rural families, boosting income
by ₹7,700 crore.
🔹 Farmers can now avail:
● 🏦 4% interest subsidy on project loans via Kisan
Credit Card (KCC), under rules similar to Panjabrao
Deshmukh Interest Subsidy.
● 🧾 Lower local taxes via Gram Panchayat’s power to
apply agricultural tax rates on such farms.

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India’s 1st Aqua Assam Govt. 🐟 Assam CM Inaugurates India’s 1st Aqua Tech Park to
Tech Park Boost Fisheries | 📍 Location: Bagibari, Sonapur, Assam
✅ India’s First Dedicated Water Technology Park for
fisheries.
🎯 Objective: Promote modern aquaculture, increase fish
production, and boost aquaculture-based livelihoods under
Atmanirbhar Assam initiative.

🤝 Collaborating Entities: Kolong-Kopili (NGO, Assam) |

NABARD | ICAR – CIFA (Central Institute of Freshwater
Aquaculture) | Assam Department of Fisheries.

First Police Station Kerala 🚔 Arthunkal Police Station Becomes First in India to Get
in India to Get ISO ISO Certification from BIS | 📍 Location: Arthunkal,
Certification Alappuzha district, Kerala

✅Awarded By: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

✅ Certification: ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System)
| This means it follows high-quality standards in providing
police services.
🏗 Part of a Bigger Project: This is part of the “Modernised
Cherthala Police” programme, led by ASP Harish Jain, aimed
www.mappingaffairs.com at improving police systems and services.

India 1st FaceAuth Department of Digital 🏛 Himachal Pradesh: India’s 1st State to Launch Aadhaar-
for Ration Technologies and Based Face Authentication for Ration Distribution
Distribution Governance (DDTG), Govt.
of Himachal Pradesh
✅ Facial Authentication via Aadhaar (FaceAuth):

- First-of-its-kind real-time face verification using a mobile

app on Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers' smartphones.

India 1st Municipal Administration & 🦟 Andhra Pradesh to Launch AI-Based SMoSS for
AI-Integrated Urban Development Mosquito Control
mosquito control (MA&UD) Department,
system Government of Andhra
Pradesh 🔍 Purpose: Monitor & control vector-borne diseases like
malaria, dengue, chikungunya

📍 Coverage: 66 locations across 6 Municipal Corporations:

Visakhapatnam (16), Vijayawada (28), Nellore (7), Kurnool (6),
Rajamahendravaram (5), and Kakinada (4)

🧠 What is SMoSS (Smart Mosquito Surveillance System)?

➡ India’s 1st large-scale AI-integrated mosquito control

system
➡ Uses AI, IoT, smart sensors, heat maps, mosquito traps,
& drones

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First-in-News Launched/Developed by Key Notes

India’s 1st QR-Based Indore Municipal 🏠 Indore: India’s 1st QR-Based Digital House Address
Digital House Address Corporation (IMC) System
System 📍 Initiated by: Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC)
👣 Pilot Location: Ward 82, Sudama Nagar
🛰 Backed by: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Dept.
󰏝 Aligned with: Smart Cities Mission & Digital India

🔑 Key Features:
● 🏷 QR-coded digital plates for every house
● 📍 GPS-linked for precise location identification
● 🔗 Integrated with Digipin (Digital Postal Index Number)
● 📱 Mobile scan access to civic services (tax, grievance, utilities)
● 📊 Real-time data for governance and planning

India’s First Green Data CM Yogi Adityanath & ☀ India’s First Green Data Centre (30 MW) Launched in
Centre MoS (IC) Dr. Jitendra Ghaziabad (UP)
Singh (Ministry of Science 📍 Sahibabad, Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)
& Technology)
🏗 Project Overview:
🏢 Project Name: CEL–ESDS Green Data Centre
- 💰 Investment: ₹1,000 crore
- 🏭 Partners:CEL (Central Electronics Ltd – PSU under
www.mappingaffairs.com MoS&T) | ESDS Software Solution Ltd (Nashik, Maharashtra)

Tamil Nadu: India’s ICMR–National Institute of 🧪 Tamil Nadu is the first state in India to use a predictive
First Predictive TB Epidemiology (NIE), model to identify TB patients at high risk of death — right at
Chennai the time of diagnosis.
Death Model
(Under Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare) 🎯 Goal: Save lives by early hospital admission of seriously ill
TB patients.
🔧 How?
Through TB SeWA (Severe TB Web Application), under the
Tamil Nadu – Kasanoi Erappilla Thittam (TN-KET) program.

Puducherry: First Puducherry 🩺 Puducherry became the first Union Territory to include
UT to Link TB Tuberculosis (TB) screening in the Family Adoption
Programme (FAP).
Screening with FAP
📚 FAP is a part of medical education (CBME) mandated by
National Medical Commission (NMC) in 2022.

🏥 Support By:
● Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Puducherry
● State TB Cell, Puducherry

India’s First Systematic Research Wing, 🌿UK Govt. launched India’s First Systematic Plant
Plant Reintroduction Uttarakhand Forest Reintroduction Programme
Programme Department
🧬 Objective: Restore 14 Critically Endangered Plant
Species to their natural ecosystems
🗺 Region: Western Himalayas
☔ Timing: Monsoon Season – for optimal growth
📚 Aligned with: IUCN Red List

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India’s 1st Hornbill Dept of Environment, 🦜 India’s 1st Hornbill Conservation CoE – Tamil Nadu
Conservation Center Climate Change &
of Excellence (CoE) Forests, Govt of Tamil of 📍 Location: Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Coimbatore
Nadu 💰 Funding: ₹1 Cr via Endangered Species
Conservation Corpus Fund
🏢 Implemented by: Dept of Environment, Climate
Change & Forests, GoTN
🐦 Focus on 4 Species (Western Ghats): Great Hornbill,
Malabar Grey Hornbill, Malabar Pied Hornbill, Indian Grey
Hornbill

INTERNATIONAL
First-in-News Launched/Developed by Key Notes

NASA’s first human NASA 🚀 Alyssa Carson(Age 24): Youngest Astronaut-in-Training

mission to Mars for NASA Mars Mission

󰥡 Name: Alyssa Carson | 🌍 From: Hammond, Louisiana, USA

🎯 Goal: Join NASA’s first human mission to Mars (early
2030s).

🌟 Achievements & Milestones: ✅ Youngest astronaut-

in-training aiming to walk on Mars
🌐 Only person to attend all NASA space camps worldwide:
󰑔 USA | 󰎟 Canada | 󰑍 Turkey

Nvidia Becomes 1st 💹 Nvidia Becomes 1st Company to Hit USD 4 Trillion
Company to Hit USD Market Cap
4 Trillion Market Cap 🏆 First-ever publicly traded company to reach a market cap
of USD 4 trillion

📊 Global Rankings (Market Cap):

–
1. 🥇 Nvidia – USD 4 trillion
2. 🥈 Microsoft – USD 3.75 trillion
3. 🥉 Apple – USD 3.17 trillion
💡 Why this matters? Nvidia leads in AI chip technology (like
H100 and B200 GPUs) used in AI models such as ChatGPT,
Gemini, Claude, etc.

Suriname: First World Health 🦟 Suriname: First Amazon Nation to be Certified

Amazon Nation to be Organization (WHO), Malaria-Free by WHO
Certified Malaria-Free Geneva, Switzerland
📍 Country: Suriname (South America)
🌳 Region Milestone: First country in the Amazon region to
achieve malaria-free status
🏅 Malaria-Free Certification Criteria: No indigenous malaria
transmission for 3 consecutive years
🧮 Total Now Certified: 46 countries + 1 territory
www.mappingaffairs.com

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1st African Country World Health Botswana Achieves WHO Gold Tier Status for Eliminating
to Achieve WHO Organization (WHO) Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

Gold Tier Status

🏢 Recognized By:
● World Health Organization (WHO) – Geneva,
Switzerland
● Under the Triple Elimination Initiative in partnership
with:
○ UNAIDS – Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS
○ UNICEF – United Nations International
Children’s Emergency Fund (New York, USA)

🥇 Historic Achievement:
● Botswana becomes the first African country and first
high-burden HIV country globally to achieve WHO's
Gold Tier status for eliminating vertical
(mother-to-child) transmission of HIV as a public
health issue.

🏆 Background:
● In 2021, Botswana was the first country in the world to
achieve WHO’s Silver Tier status for progress towards
eliminating vertical HIV transmission.

India’s 1st Equine World Organisation 🐎 India’s 1st Equine Disease-Free Compartment (EDFC)
Disease-Free for Animal Health Recognised by WOAH
📍 Location: Remount Veterinary Corps (RVC) Centre &
Compartment (WOAH) – Paris, France
College, Meerut Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh
(EDFC)
🎯 Purpose: To enable international movement of Indian
sport horses for competitions and trade, adhering to global
biosecurity norms.

✅ Disease-Free Certification for: Equine Infectious Anemia

Equine Influenza | Equine Piroplasmosis | Glanders | Surra
🐴 What is EDFC?
● A safe and clean space for horses
● Built with strict rules to keep horses free from
diseases

World's 1st Malaria Novartis AG, Swiss 🍼 Novartis Gets Approval for World's 1st Malaria Drug for
Drug for Newborns multinational pharmaceutical, Newborns
Basel, Switzerland 🏢 Approved by: Swissmedic (Switzerland's Medical Regulator)
💊 Medicine Name: Coartem Baby (also called Riamet Baby)
👶 Target Group: Newborns and infants under 4.5 kg

🤝 Developed by Novartis + Medicines for Malaria Venture

(MMV)
🌍 Manufacturing and distribution to begin in Africa

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First-in-News Launched/Developed by Key Notes

Teghbir Singh (from Punjab) Kabardino-Balkarian Teghbir Singh Becomes Youngest to Climb Mt. Elbrus
Becomes Youngest to Republic, Russia (Europe’s Highest Peak-5,642 m) at Age: 6 years, 9 months
Climb Mt. Elbrus (New World Record)

📍 Location: Mt. Elbrus, Russia

📜 Certificate Issued By: Mountaineering, Rock Climbing and
Sports Tourism Federation of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia
🏆 Record Broken: Surpassed Wagah Kushagra (Maharashtra) –
previous record holder (age 7 yrs, 3 months in 2024)

Adani Green Energy 1st Adani Green Energy 🌞 Adani Green Energy Crosses 15,000 MW RE Capacity
Crosses 15,000 MW Limited (AGEL), 📍 Location of Projects: Khavda, Gujarat
Renewable Energy (RE) Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
Capacity 📌 Key Highlights: Commissioned: 1,011.5 MW in Khavda |
🌐 Total Capacity: 15,539.9 MegaWatts-MW (15.5 GW)
(First Indian RE company to cross 15,000 MW operational
capacity)

India’s 1st Locally MiPhi MiPhi Launches India’s 1st Locally Designed & Made
Designed Solid Semiconductors Pvt. Enterprise SSDs

State Drive (SSD) Ltd. (Micromax ✅ India's First: MiPhi becomes the 1st Indian company to
Informatics (India) + design & manufacture enterprise-grade SSDs (Solid State
Phison Technology Drives)
(Taiwan)

India’s 1st Private Ananth Technologies 🚀 ATL to Launch India’s 1st Private satellite Broadband
satellite communication Limited (ATL), communication Service via Geostationary Satellite Orbit
Service Hyderabad (Telangana) (GEO) Satellite

📅 Service Rollout: From 2028

🛰 Approved By: IN-SPACe, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

🛰 About the Project:

● India’s 1st Private Satellite Communication Service
● Uses indigenously-built Geostationary (GEO) satellite
● Initial investment: ₹3,000 crore
● Competing with Starlink (Elon Musk), Amazon Kuiper
(Jeff Bezos), Eutelsat-OneWeb

📡 Satellite Specs: Weight: 4 tonnes | Orbit: GEO – 35,000 km

above Earth | Speed: Max 100 Gbps data capacity | Coverage:
www.mappingaffairs.com Pan-India with just one satellite

󰐮 Russia Becomes 1st Russian Ministry of - Taliban removed from Russia’s list of banned organis-
Country to Officially Foreign Affairs ations.
Recognise Taliban - Russia accepted credentials of Gul Hassan Hassan,
Government (Afghanistan) Taliban-appointed ambassador.

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World’s Oldest 󰝊 Fauja Singh, World’s Oldest Marathon Runner, Passes

Marathon Runner, Away at 114
Passes Away 📍Place: Beas Pind, Jalandhar, Punjab
📅 Birth: April 1, 1911 | 🕊 Death: July 2025
📛 Nickname: Turbaned Tornado

🏅 Career Highlights:

● 󰝊 Started marathon career at age 89 in 2000 (1st

– marathon: London, UK – time: 6h 54m)
● ⏱ Personal Best: 5h 40m 4s in 2003 (Toronto
Waterfront Marathon, Canada)
● 💯 First centenarian (100 yrs) to complete a marathon
(2011 – Toronto, 8h 11m)
● 🔥 Torchbearer – London 2012 Olympics
● 📘 Biography: Turbaned Tornado (Released: 2011)
👟 Retirement: Officially retired in 2013 after a 10 km race in
Hong Kong

First Foreign University of 󰏝🎓 First Foreign University Campus in India – University

University Campus in Southampton (UoS), of Southampton (UoS), Gurugram
India Gurugram
📅 Inaugurated: 16 July 2025
👤 By: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan &
Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini
📍 Location: International Tech Park, Gurugram, Haryana
🏫 University: UK-based University of Southampton (UoS)

📌 Key Highlights:

● ✅ First fully foreign university campus to open in

India under UGC (FHEI Campus) Regulations, 2023.
● 🎓 Academic Session Begins: August 2025
● 🌐 Courses follow UK academic standards.

*Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India (FHEI)

World's First Italian Institute of 🧠 iRonCub3 – World's First Jet-Powered Flying Humanoid
Jet-Powered Flying Technology IIT, Robot (Italy)
Humanoid Robot Genoa (Italy)
🤖 Purpose: Designed to walk and fly, assisting in search and
rescue operations in disaster-hit or inaccessible areas.

📅 Project Duration: 2 years

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First-in-News Launched/Developed by Key Notes

India’s 1st Tribal Gujarat Biotechnology 🧬 India’s 1st Tribal Genome Sequencing Project -Genetic
Genome Sequencing Research Centre (GBRC) Database to tackle inherited diseases among tribal
Project Communities

🎯 Objectives:
Project Name: “Creation ● Sequence 2,000 tribal genomes from 20+ tribal
of Reference Genome
communities across 17 districts
Database for Tribal
● Detect genetic markers for diseases:
Population in Gujarat”
○ Sickle Cell Anaemia 🩸
○ Thalassemia
○ Cancer
● Build a tribal-specific genome database
● Enable personalised medicine & early diagnosis

🔬 Key Features: Involves sample collection, data analysis,

and genetic interpretation managed by GBRC

Key Points: 1. 50% female participation mandated

2. Only healthy individuals aged 18+ with no visible
blood disorders will participate
3.Genetic trios (child + both parents) sampled per tribe for
www.mappingaffairs.com hereditary tracing

1st State to Grant Maharashtra Govt. 🐄 Maharashtra: 1st State to Grant Agricultural Status to
Agricultural Status Livestock & Poultry Farming 🐓

to Livestock & 🔹 Maharashtra becomes India’s 1st state to recognize

livestock & poultry farming (dairy, goat, pig, poultry) as
Poultry Farming
agriculture.
🔹 Aims to benefit 76.41 lakh rural families, boosting income
by ₹7,700 crore.
🔹 Farmers can now avail:
● 🏦 4% interest subsidy on project loans via Kisan
Credit Card (KCC), under rules similar to Panjabrao
Deshmukh Interest Subsidy.
● 🧾 Lower local taxes via Gram Panchayat’s power to
apply agricultural tax rates on such farms.

India’s First Wooden SSP Bhupinder Singh India’s First Wooden Gurdwara, named “Sri Nanak Niwas”
Gurdwara in Punjab Sidhu, builder (Size: 40 ft x 40 ft) Inaugurated in Fazilka, Punjab
(Less Important)
📍 Location: Fazilka Police Lines, Punjab
🪵 Material: Finnish Deodhar wood (weather & pest resistant)
⏱ Construction Time: Only 3 months

- Designed by Iqbal Singh, Ludhiana-based carpenter

with global experience
- Architectural features: ventilated domes, aligned
www.mappingaffairs.com beams, north-south airflow design

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First-in-News Launched/Developed by Key Notes

India’s 1st Private TEMA India Pvt Ltd 󰏝🔬 India’s 1st Private DHW Test Facility Commissioned in
DHW Test Facility in Gujarat | 🏭 Location: Vapi, Gujarat
⚛ Purpose: Upgrading Depleted Heavy Water (DHW) to
Gujarat boost nuclear energy efficiency

🛠 Tech Transfer: Facility built under BARC’s Technology

Transfer + NPCIL’s Purchase Order
🔧 Use: Critical for Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors
(PHWRs)

BANKING AFFAIRS
RBI-IN-NEWS
RBI Directs Banks to Integrate DoT’s Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) System
Reserve Bank directed all Scheduled Commercial Banks, Small Finance to integrate the Financial Fraud
of India (RBI) Banks, Payments Banks, and Co-operative Banks Risk Indicator (FRI) system
a real-time mobile number-
Now based risk detection system

developed by
Banks Fraud Detection Classifies mobile numbers
into medium, high, or very high fraud risk Department of Telecommunications
(DoT)- Digital Intelligence Platform (DIP)
Input Sources for Risk Classification

I4C’s NCRP (National Cybercrime DoT’s Chakshu platform Intelligence from banks, *Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
Reporting Portal) -Sanchar Saathi NBFCs, and UPI entities Application Programming Interface (API)

🔧 How It Works:

● Enables real-time API-based integration with banks’ systems

● Banks can: Decline high-risk transactions | Issue alerts or warnings
Delay processing for flagged numbers
● Linked with Mobile Number Revocation List (MNRL)
(disconnected/suspected fraud numbers)

✅ Early Adopters:
● HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, PNB, India Post Payments Bank, PhonePe, Paytm, etc.

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RBI Issues AePS ATO Guidelines Under PSS Act to Strengthen Customer Due Diligence

Reserve Bank issued final guidelines to regulate the effective under Payment and Settlement
January 1, 2026
of India (RBI) onboarding and monitoring of ATOs Systems (PSS) Act, 2007

Who is an AePS Touchpoint Operator (ATO)?

AePS is
operated by National Payments
ATO = Aadhaar-enabled Touchpoint Operator
Corporation of India (NPCI)
➡ Onboarded by acquiring banks
➡ Authenticates via Aadhaar + Biometrics/OTP

Due Diligence & Re-KYC Rule:

YES Adopt existing KYC
Acquiring Bank
Check: Has the ATO already
wants to onboard
done KYC as BC/sub-agent?
ATO
(in line with the CDD or KYC norms outlined Do fresh KYC (as per RBI
in RBI's 'Master Direction – KYC, 2016) NO
Master Direction 2016)

Has ATO been inactive for 6 Monitor activity regularly

ATO begins operations
months (no transactions)? through transaction systems
(An ATO can work with only one bank)

YES NO

*Aadhaar Enabled Payment

While the ATO is working: System (AePS) Touchpoint
● Bank must monitor their activity regularly. Operators (ATOs)
Re-KYC required before Continue operations
● Set limits on how much money the ATO can *Customer Due Diligence (CDD)
ATO can resume work
handle, depending on risk level. *Know Your Customer (KYC)
*Business Correspondent (BC)

About AePS, AePS Touchpoint, ATO:

1. AePS: A banking service platform that uses Aadhaar number and biometric/OTP authentication for basic
transactions like withdrawal, balance check, etc. Operated by NPCI.
2. Acquiring Bank: The bank that appoints and manages AePS operators, ensuring their compliance and
monitoring.
3. AePS Touchpoint: A device/terminal set up by the acquiring bank to conduct AePS transactions.
4. AePS Touchpoint Operator (ATO): A Business Correspondent or sub-agent who operates the AePS
touchpoint to serve customers.

RBI bars prepayment penalty on floating rate micro, small business loans from 1 Jan 2026
Bans on Applies to effective
RBI Prepayment Penalty Floating Rate Loans for MSEs Banks & NBFC Jan 1, 2026
About Prepayment About Floating
Penalty rate

Prepayment means repaying your What is Floating Rate? Interest rate 🛑 Already Exempt (No prepayment fees
loan (either partially or fully) before changes with market conditions
the scheduled due date. up to ₹50 lakh):
💼 Loan Types Covered: Term loans, cash
credit, overdrafts ● Small Finance Banks (SFBs)
➤ No fee if borrower notifies in advance ● Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)
and closes on due date ● Tier-3 Urban Cooperative Banks
● State & Central Cooperative Banks
● NBFCs in the Middle Layer

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RBI Keeps Interest Rate Unchanged at 8.05% for Floating Rate Savings Bonds – Jul to Dec 2025
announced interest rate on Floating Rate Savings remains from
RBI unchanged at 8.05% July 1 to December 31, 2025
Bonds, 2020 (Taxable) [FRSB 2020 (T)]
💰 Payable on: January 1, 2026

Target How Rate Is Calculated?

Retail investors seeking safe &

🧮 Linked to National Savings Certificate (NSC)
predictable income rate
- 📌 NSC Rate: 7.70%
- ➕ FRSB adds 0.35% ⇒ 7.70 + 0.35 =
8.05%
🔄 Revised every 6 months

🔐 Investment Details: ⏳ Tenure: 7 years | 💸 Min. Investment: ₹1,000 | ❌ No upper limit | 🚫 No premature withdrawal
(general rule)
󰘩 Senior Citizen Benefit (Special Case): ✅ Early exit allowed after specific lock-in period | Penalty: 50% of interest due
for the last 6 months | Lock-in Period based on age : 60–70 yrs: 6 yrs lock-in | 70–80 yrs: 5 yrs | 80+ yrs: 4 yrs

RBI to Auction ₹25,000 Crore in Government Bonds on July 11 via e-Kuber Platform
Reserve Scheduled
announced via
for
Bank of India a government bond auction worth ₹25,000 cr July 11, 2025 e-Kuber platform
(RBI) (Settlement Date:
auction will consist of two types July 14, 2025)

Type Maturity Amount

- Interest Payout: Every 6 months
New Bond (Govt Securities(GS) July 14, 2032 ₹11,000 Cr - Minimum Investment: ₹10,000 (in
multiples of ₹10,000)
Re-issue (7.09% GS) November 25, 2074 ₹14,000 Cr

🔁 Re-Issue = Previously issued bond with same interest rate & maturity date.
➕ Extra Subscription Option: Up to ₹2,000 crore for each bond (if demand is high)

👥 Participation
● Open to banks, mutual funds, institutions, and retail investors
● 💻 Retail Investors can invest via Retail Direct Portal
● 🧾 5% reserved for small investors/institutions

About Dated Securities: Dated Securities: Long-term govt bonds with fixed interest & maturity date

₹2000 Notes Still in Circulation: RBI Update

Update
Reserve Bank announced date
Total ₹2000 Notes Circulated (as of May 19, 2023): ₹3.56 lakh crore July 1, 2025
of India (RBI)

Returned so far: 98.29% Still with Public (as of July 1,

✅ Legal Tender Status 2025): ₹6,099 crore (~1.71%)

● Yes, ₹2000 notes are still valid for transactions

● But ❌ not being printed or reissued

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RBI Allows Use of Gold & Silver as Voluntary Collateral for Agriculture & MSME Loans (RBI Circular: RBI/2025-26/66)
issued as collateral for loans in the agriculture
RBI new guidelines allowing the voluntary pledge of gold and silver
and MSME sectors

Who can follow these rules? Voluntary Use of Gold/Silver as Collateral Pledge is the act of
● Scheduled Commercial Banks ● Borrowers can choose to pledge offering movable assets
(SCBs) (like gold or silver) as
gold/silver for agriculture or MSME
● Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) security for a loan, where
loans. the borrower transfers
● Small Finance Banks (SFBs) ● This pledge is optional, not possession (not
● State & District Co-operative mandatory. ownership) to the lender
Banks Banks can still give collateral-free until the loan is repaid.
loans even if gold/silver is pledged
voluntarily.
● Collateral-free rule doesn't apply to
RRBs & Co-operative Banks for
MSMEs.

Collateral-Free Loan Limits: Loan-to-Value (LTV) Caps for Gold/Silver Loans

Sector Limit Loan Size Max LTV

MSMEs & Prime Minister ₹ 10 lakh (Banks may Up to ₹2.5 lakh 85%
Employment Generation optionally extend up to
Programme (PMEGP) ₹ 25 lakh under internal ₹2.5 – ₹5 lakh 80%
Policies)
Above ₹5 lakh 75%
Agriculture & Allied ₹2 lakh (raised from
₹1.6 lakh in Dec 2024) What is LTV? LTV (Loan-to-Value ratio) is the
percentage of the loan amount compared to the value of
the asset pledged as collateral.

Example:
If you pledge gold worth ₹1,00,000 and get a loan of
*Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) ₹85,000, the LTV is 85%.

NSDL Payments Bank Added to RBI’s Second Schedule

Benefits
NSDL Payments Bank, Added to RBI’s Second Schedule under Gained - Access to RBI refinancing and
Part of National Securities Sec 42(6)(a) of the RBI Act, 1934
Depository Ltd liquidity support
now - Membership in clearinghouses
- Borrowing eligibility at RBI’s bank
NSDL Payment Bank has become rate
NSDL Scheduled Bank -Enhanced credibility and trust in
the banking ecosystem

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What Does This Mean?

Benefit Description

✅ Access to RBI borrowing Can borrow funds at the bank rate

facilities

✅ Liquidity support Eligible for RBI’s refinance or liquidity windows

✅ Clearinghouse Membership Can participate in payment and settlement systems

✅ Enhanced credibility Gains public trust and investor confidence

✅ Statutory facilities Can maintain cash reserve ratio (CRR) and statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) directly
with RBI

✅ Eligibility of a Scheduled Bank (Under Second Schedule of RBI Act, 1934)

To be included in the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934, a bank must fulfill the following eligibility
conditions:

📌 1. Paid-up Capital and Reserves: The bank must have a minimum paid-up capital and reserves of ₹5 lakh or more.
📌 2. Not Conducting Affairs Detrimental to Depositors: The bank’s operations must not harm the interests of depositors.
📌 3. RBI's Satisfaction: The RBI must be satisfied with the bank’s financial position and governance, and it should be capable of
fulfilling obligations arising from its business.
📌 4. Application by the Bank: The bank must apply in writing to the Reserve Bank for inclusion in the Second Schedule.

All Government Payments Above ₹75 Crore to Be Routed Through RBI’s e-Kuber From July 16
mandated exceeding through
Govt of India all central government payments ₹75 crore must be processed RBI e-Kuber system
(earlier threshold: ₹500 crore)
About
e-Kuber
🔹 Purpose: - RBI’s Core Banking Solution (CBS)
✅ Faster payment reconciliation (within 24 hours) platform
✅ Real-time tracking of large government payments - Settles government transactions,
interbank payments, and auctions
✅ Improved transparency, accuracy, and efficiency - Enhances digital public finance and
accountability
🔹 Future Plan:
🔸 Threshold may be lowered to ₹50 crore in phases
🔸 For some payments, current threshold is already ₹100 crore

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Financial Stability Report 2025 (June 2025) - RBI

released Purpose Assessment of risks to India’s
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Biannual Financial Stability Report 2025 financial stability
Biannual (June & December)

Prepared by Published by

Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability Published by: Financial Stability Unit (FSU)
and Development Council (FSDC)

Financial Stability Report

󰏝 Indian Economy – Key Highlights 🏢 NBFC Sector

📈 GDP Growth Projection (FY26): 6.5% 🏦 Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) ⚠ Stressed Assets: ↑ to 5.9% (Mar
(same as FY25) 2025) from 3.9% (Sep 2024)
📉 Inflation (CPI): 2.8% in May 2025 (6-year ✂ Write-offs:
📉 Gross NPA: 2.3% (Mar 2025) – Multi-decade low
low) - 🏢 Upper-layer NBFCs: ↑ to
📉 Net NPA: 0.5%
– On track to meet 4% target 72.9%
🧪 Stress Test Projections (Mar 2027):
💰 Forex Reserves: USD 697.9 bn (covers - 🏢 Middle-layer NBFCs: ↑ to
- 🟢 Baseline GNPA: 2.5%
11+ months of imports) 38.7%
- 🔴 Adverse 1: 5.6% | 🔴 Adverse 2: 5.3%
🧱 Growth Driver: Domestic demand–led, - 🔁 Combined: 46.4%
🧾 Sector-wise GNPA: Agriculture: 6.1% (highest) |
insulated from global shocks 👥 Personal Loans (< ₹50K): 84.3% by
Personal Loans: 1.2% | Public Sector Bank Credit
NBFCs/HFCs/Fintechs
Card GNPA: 14.3% | Private VBs: 2.1%
👤 Top 100 borrowers: None classified as NPA

Loan Write-offs

✂ Loan Write-offs
*CPI – Consumer Price Index
● 💼 SCBs Write-off to GNPA Ratio: GNPA – Gross Non-Performing Asset
31.8% (FY25) NNPA – Net Non-Performing Asset
CRAR – Capital to Risk-weighted
● 🏦 Private Banks: 81.9% (in Assets Ratio
unsecured retail segment) CET1 – Common Equity Tier 1
HFC – Housing Finance Company
● 🏛 Public Sector Banks (PSBs): PVB – Private Sector Bank
10.9% (slightly down) DPD – Days Past Due

📊 Systemic Risk Survey (SRS) – Market Perception

● 🔍 Confidence in Financial System:

○ ✅ 92% of respondents reported high/unchanged confidence
● 📈 Top Risks Identified: Geopolitical tensions | Capital outflows | Global trade slowdown | Persistent global public
debt risk

🏛 About Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC)

● 🏗 Formed: 2010 (non-statutory apex body)

● 󰠀 Chairperson: Union Finance Minister
● 👥 Members:
○ RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, PFRDA (FMC merged with SEBI)
○ Finance Secretary & senior officials

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PENALTY
Institute/Company Penalty by Amount For

HDFC Bank RBI ₹4.88 lakh Both penalties were imposed under Section 47A
of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

RBI cited non-compliance with specific

directions, including:
● Foreign Exchange Management Act
Shriram Finance ₹2.70 lakh (FEMA) provisions for HDFC Bank
- Violation of foreign investment rules while
giving a term loan
● Master Direction on Digital Lending for
Shriram Finance
- Violation of digital lending norms
(non-compliant loan repayment routing)

Hyderabad District RBI ₹1 lakh 🏦 RBI Fines 4 Co-Operative Banks for Rule
Cooperative Central Violations
Bank (HDCCB) 🔍 Reason: Non-compliance with RBI norms under
the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
Karimnagar District ₹1 lakh
Cooperative Central 🏛 Banks Penalized:
Bank (KDCCB) 1. HDCCB + KDCCB - Violation: Gave loans
violating Section 20 read with Section 56
Chittoor Co-operative ₹1 lakh 2. CCTB - Issue: Didn't follow KYC & exposure
Town Bank (CCTB) norms for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs)
3. KCB - Violation: Breached Sections 47A(1)(c),
Karnataka ₹1 lakh 46(4)(i), and 56 of BR Act
Co-operative Bank
(KCB), Bengaluru

SEBI-IN-NEWS
SEBI Launches ‘VCF Settlement Scheme 2025’ for Venture Capital Funds with Expired Liquidation Periods –
Effective July 21
introduced whose liquidation periods have ended
SEBI a settlement scheme for Venture Capital Funds (VCFs)
but are not yet wound up
(Effective from July 21, 2025)
Scheme Details

Launch & Validity: Purpose: Helps VCFs settle SEBI actions where: Applicable to VCFs that:

-Starts: July 21, 2025 - Fund tenure has expired. - Have expired schemes.
-Ends: January 19, 2026 - Schemes are not fully wound up. - Hold unliquidated assets.
- They still hold unliquidated investments. - Have migrated under AIF rules.
- They have migrated to AIF regime.
*Alternative Investment Funds (AIF)

🧠 Simple Words: SEBI made a special rule to help old Venture Capital Funds finish their work and close properly by paying a
fixed fee.

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Why Was This Scheme Needed?

In the past, some Venture Capital Funds (VCFs) — a type of investment fund — couldn’t finish selling off their investments
in time and didn’t close properly.

🔸 These funds were supposed to close (liquidate) when their time was over.
🔸 But many still had investments left and didn’t close.
🔸 SEBI had already replaced old VCF rules with new AIF (Alternative Investment Fund) rules in 2012.

How Much Will They Have to Pay?

● ₹25,000 + GST as a non-refundable application fee
● A base settlement amount:
○ ₹1,00,000 if the delay is up to 1 year
○ ₹50,000 extra for each extra year of delay
● More amount (₹1–6 lakh) depending on the size of remaining investments
📌 Note: This cost must be paid by the investment manager or sponsor — not by the investors.

Extra Time Given: SEBI is giving 1 more year to these funds to sell everything and close their business properly.

Flowchart: VCF Lifecycle & SEBI Settlement Scheme 2025

Venture Capital Funds

Fund Life Ends
→ 🎯 Aim: Invest in Early-Stage Fundraising & Investment
→ 🛑 Fund duration expires
Startups → 💼 Raise funds from HNIs
→ 💰 Expected: Return money to investors
→ 📋 Register under SEBI (VCF → 🚀 Invest in Startups
Reg., 1996) → ❌ But money not returned due to
→ 📆 Fund has fixed life (e.g., 10–12 years)
→ ✅ SEBI Approval Required to unliquidated assets
Raise Funds from HNI Investor

Regulatory Action by SEBI

After Jan Issue: Delay in Winding Up

SEBI may initiate enforcement 19,2026 SEBI VCF Settlement Scheme 2025 → ⚠ Fund not wound up
proceedings such as: -Second Change to Settlement → ⛔ Missed liquidation deadline
🧾 Adjudication under the SEBI Act → 🔄 Didn’t migrate to AIF
💸 Monetary Penalties
Period: July 21, 2025 - Jan 19, 2026
❌ Bar on Sponsors/Managers from
launching future funds
🛑 Show-cause notices, inspections,
or prosecution for violations
*HNI-High Net Worth Individual

📢 SEBI & NSE Launch “Samuhik Prativedan Manch” – Unified Compliance Platform for Stockbrokers
introduced Samuhik Prativedan effective to
SEBI and NSE August 1, 2025 streamline compliance for stockbrokers
Manch, a new unified platform
purpose
Old vs New
To simplify and centralize compliance
Aspect Before – Old Compliance After – Samuhik reporting for stockbrokers, reducing
System Prativedan Manch duplication and cost.

Report Brokers submitted identical Submit only once via a

Submission reports to each exchange unified portal
separately

Duplication High duplication — same data No duplication – one report

of Work submitted multiple times serves all relevant
exchanges

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1. 🧾 Phase-wise Rollout:
○ Phase 1 (Aug 1, 2025): Includes 40 compliance reports
○ Future phases will add more documents & cover all brokers, including commodity brokers

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)

NABARD AND IRDAI

NABARD Key Launches on 44th Foundation Day – July 12, 2025 (Est. 12 july 1982)
celebrate Under Theme
Nabard 44th Foundation Day – July 12, 2025 Promoting Innovation & Inclusion in Rural India
Major Initiatives
Launched

Initiatives Details

RuralTech CoLab A digital platform to co-create and test rural tech solutions with startups, research bodies,
and developers.
🔹 Focus: Agriculture, rural finance & development
🔹 Access to NABARD's field network: SHGs, FPOs, NGOs, Coop. Banks

NIVARAN – 24x7 Digital portal for rural cooperative banks to handle customer complaints.
Grievance Redressal 🔹 Integrated with CPGRAMS (govt grievance portal)
System 🔹 Aligned with RBI’s standards

GRIP GRIP (Graduated Rural Income Generation Programme) : Livelihood scheme for
ultra-poor households
🔹 Support via returnable grants & skill-building

🎧 Radio Jingle Initiative Spreading awareness on savings, loans & insurance via All India Radio & community radios

‘Green Roots’ Showcased NABARD’s journey in climate-resilient farming & sustainability

Documentary

Other Launches NABARD Sub-office in Leh, Ladakh | NABARD WhatsApp Channel (Official)

📚 Key Publications Released:

● RIDF@30: Highlights 30 years of Rural Infra Development Fund (RIDF)

● Grameen Bharat Mahotsav: Coffee table book on Jan 2025 event at Bharat Mandapam
● Beyond Numbers 2025: Impact report on NABARD’s work in credit, climate, and digital inclusion

IRDAI Panel Says – No Merging of Insurance Companies with Other Companies

received recommending insurance companies should not be allowed to
IRDAI a report from a special committee
merge with companies from non-insurance sectors
Report submitted
by Panel

🔹Constituted in Feb 2025

- 7 members to examine amendments to the Insurance Act, 1938
󰳖 Panel Head: Dinesh Kumar Khara (Chairman, SBI)

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❓ Why Not Allow Merging?

Because it can cause problems like:

● 🎭 Moral hazard – Companies might take risky decisions thinking someone else will bear the loss.
● ⚖ Conflict of interest – The company may work in a way that benefits itself but hurts customers.
● 🛡 Risk to policyholders – People who buy insurance might not be properly protected.
● 🧱 Weakens the insurance sector – It can make the whole insurance system less stable.

🔹 Additional Step: IRDAI also set up panels with its whole-time members to adjudicate violations by insurers and
intermediaries.

RealLife Impact: Could block deals like Max Financial–Max Life merger

LICENCE
Bank/Institute Approved as Key Notes

Xflow, fintech based Online Payment 🌐 Xflow Gets RBI Nod to Operate as Cross-Border
Bengaluru Aggregator – Cross Payment Aggregator
Border (PA-CB) by RBI 🏦 Approved by: RBI – In-Principle Authorization (IPA)
💳 License Type: Online Payment Aggregator – Cross
Border (PA-CB)
🔄 Coverage: Both Export & Import transactions
AI Launch: FX AI Analyst = India’s 1st AI-powered forex
insights tool

Religare Finvest Ltd Withdraws CAP by 🔹 RBI Withdraws Corrective Action Plan (CAP) on Religare
(RFL) RBI Finvest Ltd (RFL)
📅 Imposed: Jan 18, 2018 | 🏢 Subsidiary of Religare
Enterprises Ltd (REL)
🔍 Reason: Fund misappropriation & losses (₹2,270 Cr till Mar
2022)
💸 Recovery:
✅ One-time settlement with 16 lenders (Mar 2023)
✅ Repaid over ₹9,000 Cr
🆗 CAP withdrawn but RFL must follow prudential norms
👥 Update: Burman family now holds 25.16% stake & became
REL promoters (2025)

EximPe (Fintech, Payment Aggregator (PA) 🏦EximPe got in-principle approval from the RBI to work as a
based in Bengaluru, for Cross-Border Export & Payment Aggregator (PA) for Cross-Border Export & Import
Karnataka) Import (E&I) by RBI (E&I) by RBI
✅ Under: Payment and Settlement Systems (PSS) Act,
2007

🤝 Others with In-Principle PA-CB Approval: Skydo,

BriskPe, PayPal, Wise
✅ Companies with Full RBI PA-CB License: Cashfree
Payments(1st startup to get the PA‑CB licence (2024)), Adyen
India , Amazon Pay India, BillDesk, Pay10, Worldline ePayments
India

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Instifi , Panaji (Goa) - Payment Aggregator 🏦 Instifi Becomes RBI-Approved Payment Aggregator
based Fintech by RBI 📍 Location: Panaji, Goa

✅ What Happened?
Goa-based fintech startup Instifi received final approval from
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a licensed
Payment Aggregator (PA) under the Payments and
Settlement Systems Act, 2007.

- First & only Goa-based company to receive

RBI’s PA license.

Multi Commodity Renews MCXCCL as ✅ SEBI Renews Recognition of MCXCCL as Clearing

Exchange Clearing Clearing Corp. by Corporation
📍 Period: July 31, 2025 – July 30, 2028
Corporation Ltd. SEBI
(MCXCCL) 🧾 Conditions:
Must comply with SEBI norms on:
🔹 Risk Management
🔹 Capital Adequacy
🔹 Corporate Governance

🔄 Role of MCXCCL: Handles clearing & settlement of

commodity derivatives traded on MCX
🏦 Other Major Clearing Corporations in India:
🏛 ICCL – Indian Clearing Corporation Ltd
📊 NSCCL – National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd
🏙 MCCIL – Metropolitan Clearing Corporation of India Ltd
🌐 IICC – India International Clearing Corporation (IFSC) Ltd
🌍 NICCL – NSE IFSC Clearing Corporation Ltd
💼 CCIL – Clearing Corporation of India Ltd

Aurum PropTech Small and Medium Real 🏢 Aurum PropTech Gets SEBI Nod for India’s 1st Listed
Estate Investment Trust SM-REIT
(SM-REIT) by SEBI 📄 Trust Name: AMSA SM REIT Investment Trust (AMSA)

🏢 What is SM-REIT?
SM-REIT is a new SEBI-regulated investment structure
that enables retail investors to acquire fractional ownership
in rent-yielding commercial assets (like office spaces, retail
outlets)

🔑 Key Highlights:
● 󰏝 India’s 1st listed Small & Medium REIT (SM-REIT)
platform
● 🏬 Focus on completed, income-generating assets
only
● 📉 Units will be listed on stock exchanges for liquidity
and transparency

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MobiKwik Securities Stockbroker & 📜 SEBI Approves MobiKwik Securities as Stockbroker &
Broking Private Clearing Member Clearing Member
Limited (MSBPL) By SEBI
✅ What’s Approved?
● Certificate of Registration (CoR) granted under SEBI
(Stock Brokers) Regulations, 1992
● Valid indefinitely (no expiry date)

🔑About Stockbroker & Clearing Member:

○ Stockbroker – buy/sell securities
○ Clearing Member – settle trades

The Wealth Company Mutual Fund Business 💰 The Wealth Company Gets SEBI Nod to Launch Mutual
Asset Management by SEBI Fund Business
Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
📛 Will operate as: The Wealth Company Mutual Fund (MF)
🆕 Youngest AMC to enter India’s ₹74.41 trillion MF industry
(Pantomath Group)
🎯 Focus on expanding investment access to Tier 3 cities and
beyond.

Mashreq Set up an IFSC Banking 🏦 Mashreq Becomes 1st UAE Bank to Get IBU Nod in GIFT
Unit (IBU) by IFSCA City

📍 Location: GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

🛡 Approved By: IFSCA (International Financial Services
Centres Authority)
📃 Approval: Received In-Principle Approval (IPA) to set up
an IFSC Banking Unit (IBU)
💱 Services Offered: Foreign currency loans | Trade finance
Treasury & risk management solutions

Karwar Urban Cancelled by RBI 🔻 RBI Cancels Licence of The Karwar Urban Co-op Bank
Co-op Bank (UCB) (UCB) | 📍 Karwar, Karnataka
❌ Reason: Inadequate capital & no viable earning prospects
📜 Violated: Sec 11(1), 22(3)(d) & 56 – Banking Regulation Act,
1949

💰 Depositor Safety: Deposit Insurance and Credit

Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) to pay up to ₹5 Lakh per
depositor

LOANS
Loan Issued by Amount For Key Notes

Asian Development ₹975.26 Crore Tripura for 🏭 ADB Grants ₹975.26 Crore Loan to
Bank (ADB) Industrial Tripura for Industrial Infrastructure
Infrastructure
🔹 Purpose: Boost industrial infrastructure
across 9 industrial areas to revamp Tripura’s
manufacturing ecosystem, enhance global
competitiveness, and promote inclusive
growth.

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INVESTMENTS
Investor Recipient Amount For/Notes

Green Climate Asian Development USD 200 🌱 GCF Approves $200 Million for Clean Energy
Fund (GCF), World’s Bank (ADB), Manila, million (~ in India
Philippines ₹17,070 crore) ✅ Purpose: To support clean energy projects in
largest climate finance
India
body
📍 Location: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
📍 Based in: Incheon, 💼 Lead Partner: Asian Development Bank
South Korea (ADB) – via its India Green Finance Facility
(IGFF)

🏦 About India Green Finance Facility (IGFF)

● First ADB-GCF collaboration in India
● ADB will provide Lines of Credit (LoC) to
Indian Development Financial Institutions
(DFIs)
● DFIs will fund clean energy projects in
partnership with the private sector
● Includes a $65 million risk-sharing facility to
help small developers, especially for biogas
projects

Asian Infrastructure IIFL Home Finance USD 100 🏠 AIIB Commits USD 100 Million to IIFL Home
Investment Bank Ltd. (IIFLHF), million Finance
(AIIB), Beijing, China Gurugram, Haryana (~Rs. 830 crore) 🔹 Purpose: Boost affordable housing finance
for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and
Low-Income Groups (LIG) in India

🔑 Key Highlights:
● ✅ First-ever partnership between AIIB and
IIFLHF
● 💡 Supports both demand-side (home buyers)
and supply-side (developers) of housing
● 🌱 20% funds for green-certified housing.
● 5-year loan with 1.5-year principal
moratorium and a coupon rate of
~8.58%, with repayment in 3.5 years

International Finance IndiGrid Trust, India’s ₹460 crore IFC Commits ₹460 Cr to IndiGrid for India’s
Corporation (IFC) – 1st listed power InvIT (~USD 55 Largest 180 MW BESS Project
Private sector arm of million) 📍 Location: Sanand, Gujarat at Gujarat Energy
World Bank Group Transmission Corporation (GETCO) Substation

🏗 Project: Set up of 180 MegaWatt (MW)

Standalone Battery Energy Storage System
(BESS).
📆 Target Completion: February 2026

💰 Funding Structure:
💸 Total Commitment: ₹460 crore (~USD 55
million)
- 💼 IFC: USD 38.5 million
- 🌍 Clean Technology Fund (CTF) under
Climate Investment Funds (CIF): USD
16.5 million
🧾 Via: Listed Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs)

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International Finance Motilal Oswal Alternates, USD 60 💼 IFC Invests USD 60 Million in Motilal Oswal
Corporation (IFC) – Mumbai, Maharashtra Million (≈ Rs Alternates' 5th Private Equity (PE) Fund
Private sector arm of 516 crore)
World Bank Group 🏢 Fund Manager: Motilal Oswal Alternates,
Mumbai, Maharashtra
🔷 Fund Name: India Business Excellence Fund V
🎯 Fund Target: USD 750 million (💚 +USD 150
million green-shoe option)

🎯 Target Companies: 12–16 high-growth

mid-market firms focused on Tier-2/3 cities &
low-income states

Adani Airports Mumbai International USD 1 billion ✈ AAHL Raises USD 1 Billion for Mumbai
Holdings Ltd (AAHL) – Airport Ltd (MIAL) – International Airport
subsidiary of Adani project beneficiary
Enterprises Total Finance: 💵 USD 1 billion
- 💵 USD 750 million IG-rated notes (maturing
Apollo Global July 2029) – for refinancing
Management – lead - 💵 USD 250 million – additional funding
investor provision
Note: India’s 1st Investment-Grade (BBB-/Stable)
private bond issuance in airport infrastructure

Asian Infrastructure Aditya Birla Capital ₹1,301 Crore 🌱 AIIB Invests ₹1,301 Crore in Aditya Birla
Investment Bank, Ltd (ABCL) – NBFC Capital for Green Projects
Beijing, China (Mumbai)
🏷 Type: Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs)
💵 Amount: ₹1,301.25 crore
📅 Tenure: 3 years (Privately placed)

GDP PREDICTIONS
Govt/Finance Institute India’s For Key Notes
GDP
Growth

ICRA (Gurugram, 6.2% FY26 ICRA Retains India's FY26 GDP Forecast at 6.2%
Haryana)
📉 Inflation (CPI) Projection FY26: ICRA: 3.5%
🌾 Agriculture Gross Value Added (GVA) Projections: Q1 FY26:
~4.5% | Full FY26: 3.5–4.0%

CRISIL (Credit Rating 6.5% FY26 CRISIL Revises 󰏝 India’s FY26 GDP Growth Forecast to
Information Services of 6.5%
India Limited)
🔼 Growth Drivers:
1. 🌧 Above-Normal Monsoon (106% of long-period
average (LPA)) – as per IMD → Boosts agriculture
output & rural demand
2. 💰 RBI Rate Cuts – 100 bps cut so far; more expected
→ Stimulates domestic demand

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GDP
Growth

Asian Development Bank 6.7% FY26 📊 ADB Asian Development Outlook (ADO) – July 2025
(ADB), Manila, Philippines 📘 Report Title: "Slower Growth Amid Tariffs and Uncertainty"

󰏝 India – Key Forecasts:

● 🔻 GDP Growth (FY25): 6.5% (⚠ revised down from
6.7%)
● 📈 GDP Growth (FY26): 6.7% (lower than previous
6.8%)
● 💸 Inflation (2025): 3.8% (revised down from 4.3%)

⚠ Reason for Downgrade(In India): 󰑔 US baseline tariffs,

Policy uncertainty
🌏 Regional Forecasts – Developing Asia: Growth (2025): 4.7%,
Growth (2026): 4.6%, Inflation (2025): 2.0%, (2026: 2.1%)

India Ratings and 6.3% FY 26 󰏝📉 Ind-Ra Lowers India’s FY26 GDP Growth Forecast to
Research (Ind-Ra) 6.3%
🔹 Revised Estimate: 6.3% for FY26 (↓ by 30 bps) | Previous
Estimate: 6.6% (Dec 2024)
🌬 Reason: Global uncertainty due to USA's tariff hikes.
💹📉 Inflation & Consumption:
● Retail inflation forecast cut to 3% (from 4.3%)
● June 2025 CPI: 2.1% 📉 (Below RBI’s 4% target 🎯)

International Monetary 6.4% FY26 🌐 IMF’s World Economic Outlook – Global Economy:
Fund (IMF) Tenuous Resilience amid Persistent Uncertainty

󰏝 India’s GDP Growth Projections

● 📈 India will grow faster than expected!
● IMF now expects India’s GDP to grow at 6.4% in both:
○ 2025-26 (FY26)
○ 2026-27 (FY27)
(Earlier, it was 6.2% and 6.3% respectively)
✅ India remains the fastest-growing major economy in the
world!
🆚 However, this is slightly lower than the Reserve Bank of
India’s forecast, which is 6.5% for FY26.
📅 IMF’s Forecast Based on Calendar Year: CY 2025: 6.7%,
CY 2026: 6.4%
🌍 Global GDP will grow by: 3.0% in CY 2025, 3.1% in CY
2026

OTHERS
SBI to Solarize 40 Lakh Homes by FY27 announced during SBI 70th Anniversary, July 1, 2025
Install Goal Support India’s Net Zero 2070
State Bank of India (SBI) rooftop solar panels on 4 million homes by 2026–27 commitment under Paris Agreement

Focus

Clean energy access in

rural & semi-urban areas

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🔑 Key Highlights of SBI@70:

🔑 Key Highlights of SBI@70 Details

🌞 Solar Rooftop Mission Power 40 lakh households with clean energyMajor step toward climate-friendly banking

🚜 Agricultural Lending (FY25) ₹3.5+ lakh crore disbursedHighest in IndiaSupports: Agri-Infra, FPOs, Cooperatives

💚Corporate Social Responsibility ₹610.8 crore spent on:🏥 Healthcare🎓 Education🌱 Environment🏡 Rural development in 94 Aspirational
(CSR) Impact Districts

🌳 Environmental Action 🌿 Planted 9 lakh trees in the Cauvery Basin

󰳐 Social Inclusion Scholarships and support to underprivileged students and persons with disabilities

🏢 Centre of Excellence in Project Focus areas:🔋 Renewable energy🚗 E-mobility💾 Data centres💧 Green hydrogen🏙 Smart
Finance (Planned) infrastructure♻ Decarbonisation🎯 Envisioned as an “Asset of National Importance”

*VRRR – Variable Rate Reverse Repo

CRR – Cash Reserve Ratio
Public Sector Banks to Raise ₹45,000 Cr via QIP in FY26
decided by selling shares of government-
Indian government to raise ₹45,000 crore in the financial year 2025–26
owned banks
Which Banks
via Are Involved?

QIP – Qualified Institutional Placement 🏦 SBI (State Bank of India) – Already

approved ₹25,000 crore for this.
● Other Banks:UCO Bank, Bank of
means Maharashtra, Central Bank of India, Punjab &
Sind Bank, Indian Overseas Bank

● QIP means selling shares directly to big investors (like mutual funds, insurance companies, etc.).
● 📈 This helps banks raise money quickly without selling shares to the general public.

🔁 What Else?
1. The government also wants to fully sell its stake in IDBI Bank by October 2025.
2. It has set a goal to raise ₹47,000 crore in total from selling shares and using public assets.
Note: In the Union Budget 2025–26, the Government of India set a disinvestment target of ₹50,000 crore.

Bank Liquidity Surplus Crosses ₹4 Trillion (Highest in 2+ Years)

recorded marking the highest level in over
India’s banking system a significant liquidity surplus of ₹4.04 trillion
two years (since May 2022)
Reason

🏦 CRR Cut = More Lending Power 💰 RBI’s record ₹2.69 trillion surplus 🔁 VRRR Auction – Strong Bank Participation
Absorb
transfer (May 2025)
🔻 CRR reduced by: 0.50% (50 basis point) 🏛 Increased government spending 🛠 Tool: 7-day Variable Rate Reverse Repo
💸 Extra liquidity injected: ₹1.16 trillion (VRRR)
🎯 Impact: 📝 Bids Received: ₹1.7 trillion
● Boosts loan availability ✔ Accepted: ₹1 trillion @ 5.47% cut-off rate
● Likely reduces interest rates 💡 Purpose: To absorb excess liquidity
● Supports credit growth in coming temporarily
months

About CRR & VRRR: 1. The Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is the percentage of total deposits that banks must keep with the RBI.
2. The Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) is a tool used by RBI to absorb excess liquidity.

🧠 Key Takeaway:
More liquidity = Easier loans + Stronger credit flow for growth 🚀

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LAUNCHES
BANKING AND INSURANCE
Govt/Finance Launches For/Notes
Institute

State Bank of India Global Trade Finance SBI Opens Global Trade Finance Centres in Kolkata &
(SBI) Centres in Kolkata & Hyderabad
Hyderabad
- Objective: To boost import-export services using cutting-
edge technologies and enhance the global trade ecosystem.

🔑Key Features: Over 800 trained personnel dedicated to

trade finance operations. | Supports domestic &
international trade (inland + cross-border).

IndusInd Bank INDIE for Business, IndusInd Bank Launches 'INDIE for Business' - A one-stop
Digital Platform for MSMEs digital banking platform tailored for MSMEs

🔹 Objective: Empower 60+ million MSMEs & double MSME

revenue in 3 years
🔹 Offers a unified interface for: 💸 Payments | 💳 Loans | 💰
Collections | 📊 Account Insights

Federal Bank Biometric 🛡 Federal Bank Launches India’s 1st Biometric

Authentication for Authentication for E-com Card Transactions
🤝 Partners: M2P & MinkasuPay
E-com Card
Transactions 🔹 What: First-ever biometric-based authentication for credit &
debit card payments on e-commerce platforms
🔹 How: Fingerprint/Face ID replaces traditional OTP (One
Time Password)
🔹 Speed: Reduces transaction time from ⏱ 30–60s ➡ 3–4s

🔹 Enrollment Process:
✅ One-time consent at checkout (e.g. amazon.com)
✅ Future payments via phone biometrics
🔹 Backup: Falls back to OTP if biometrics fail
🔹 Regulatory: Fully compliant with RBI’s Two-Factor
Authentication (TFA) norms

Kotak Mahindra KMB IndiGo Credit ✈ Kotak Mahindra Bank & IndiGo Relaunch Co-Branded
Bank (KMB) + Card Credit Cards
IndiGo 🔁 Program: Relaunched under IndiGo’s new loyalty program
"BluChip Rewards"
💳 Card Variants & Key Features
1. IndiGo Kotak Credit Card: For moderate spenders
- 💰 Earn 30,000+ BluChips/year on ₹6 lakh spend
2. IndiGo Kotak Premium Credit Card: For frequent
flyers
- 💰 Earn 70,000+ BluChips/year on ₹12 lakh spend

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Slice UPI Credit Card + Slice Launches UPI Credit Card & India’s First UPI-Powered
India 1st UPI- Branch Branch

📍 Location: Koramangala, Bengaluru (Karnataka)

🏢 Company: Slice (Garagepreneurs Internet Pvt Ltd) – Now
operates as a full-fledged bank after merger with North-East
SFB (Oct 2024)

What is First UPI-Branch? First UPI-powered branch;

supports digital onboarding, cash deposit & withdrawal
www.mappingaffairs.com via UPI

Karur Vysya Bank Kshema Kisan Sathi KVB & Kshema General Insurance Launch 'Kshema Kisan
(KVB) – Karur, Tamil Sathi'
Nadu + Kshema General
Insurance Ltd – 🎯 Purpose: Rural-focused dual-benefit insurance scheme |
Hyderabad, Telangana Aims to support farmers & rural families with financial
protection + economic self-reliance

1. Distribution: KVB to distribute via rural & semi-urban

branches
2. Claim Processing: Kshema Insurance to use satellite
www.mappingaffairs.com imaging & real-time data analytics for faster claims

PayPal(󰑔) + NPCI PayPal World 🌐 PayPal Partners with NPCI to Launch ‘PayPal World’
International (Connecting World with Local Cross-Border Payments Platform
Payment System)
Payments Limited 🌎 About 'PayPal World':
(NIPL)
✅ Partnerships in Phase-1: NIPL (India) – Operator of UPI |
󰎙 Mercado Pago – Brazil | 󰎩 Tenpay Global (Weixin Pay) –
China | 💸 Venmo – PayPal subsidiary (USA)

*National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)

KredX + Canara MSME Digital Trade 🤝 KredX & Canara Bank Partner for MSME Digital Trade
Bank Finance Finance via DTX
🎯 Goal: Bridge ₹30 Lakh Crore credit gap in MSME sector

🔹 Platform Used: DTX (Domestic Trade Exchange) –

RBI-licensed TReDS platform by KredX
🔹 Financiers: 50+ registered financiers

📜 Additional MoU: KredX also signed an MoU with Ministry

of MSME for Udyam Registration
Integration: KredX platform ↔ Udyam Registration Database

Asia Index Pvt Ltd BSE Insurance Index 📊 Asia Index Launches BSE Insurance Index (Insurance-
(a wholly-owned BSE sector stocks in BSE 1000 )
subsidiary) ● 🔄 Rebalancing: Semi-annually (June & December)
● 🚫 Stock Weight Cap: 25%
💼 Uses of the Index:Basis for:Exchange Traded Funds
(ETFs) | Index Funds

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Life Insurance of Nav Jeevan Shree (Plan 🛡 LIC Launches Two New Insurance Plans + Critical Illness
India 912) Rider

✅ New Non-Linked, Non-Participating Individual Plans:

1. Nav Jeevan Shree (Plan 912)
🔹 Regular premium plan
🔹 Combines savings + life cover
🔹 Designed for people with long-term goals (dreams,
responsibilities, security)

Nav Jeevan Shree – 2. Nav Jeevan Shree – Single Premium (Plan 911)
Single Premium (Plan 🔹 One-time premium payment
911) 🔹 Builds corpus + provides life insurance

💉 New Health Rider:

● Critical Illness Health Rider
🔸 A non-linked individual health rider
🔸 Can be added to eligible base plans
🔸 Provides financial support upon diagnosis of
pre-specified critical illnesse

📌 Common Eligibility (For Both Plans):

Criteria Details

Min. Age at Entry 30 days (completed)

Max. Age at Entry 60 years

Min. Age at Maturity 18 years (completed)

Max. Age at Maturity 75 years

Life Insurance Bima Sakhi yojana 🤝 LIC Signs MoU with DoRD to Promote Bima Sakhi Yojana
Corporation of India in Rural Areas
(LIC) + Department of Who is a Bima Sakhi? 󰠊
Rural Development ● A trained woman from an SHG (Self-Help Group)
(DoRD) ● Functions like a rural LIC agent

󰠊 About Bima Sakhi Yojana:

🔹 Target Group: Women aged 18–70 years
🔹 Eligibility: Minimum qualification – Class 10 pass
🔹 Objective: Empower rural women through income
opportunities | Promote life insurance awareness and
penetration in rural areas | Aligned with Deendayal Antyodaya
Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM)
🎯 Key Features:
1⃣ Training + Stipend: 󰠅 Women will receive training + financial
support for 3 years
2⃣ Monthly Stipend Structure: 🏅 1st Year: ₹7,000/month | 🥈
2nd Year: ₹6,000/month | 🥉 3rd Year: ₹5,000/month
3⃣ Insurance Target: Each Bima Sakhi must insure 2 individuals
per month = 24 per year
www.mappingaffairs.com 💰 Earn commission for every policy sold

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PhonePe + SBI Cards PhonePe SBI Card 🆕 PhonePe & SBI Cards Launch Co-Branded Credit Cards
(subsidiary of SBI) PURPLE
✅ Networks: RuPay (Link to UPI) | VISA
PhonePe SBI Card
SELECT BLACK (Premium) 🎯 Objective: Broaden formal credit access with rewards for
everyday spends.

📝 How to Apply: Integrated in PhonePe App – seamless

application process.

Equitas Small 1.Foreign Currency 💵 1. Foreign Currency Non-Resident (FCNR)(B) Deposit

Finance Bank (ESFB) Non-Resident (FCNR)(B) Account
Deposit Account 🔹 A type of Fixed Deposit (FD) where NRIs can save their
earnings in foreign currency (USD) in India.
2.Equitas Explorer 🔹 Benefits: Attractive interest rates, Tax-free interest income
Savings Account in India

🚢 2. Equitas Explorer Savings Account

🧭 Tailored for NRIs & Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)
working in: Foreign shipping companies, Merchant Navy, Oil rigs
🔹 Available in two variants: NRE (Non-Resident External) |
NRO (Non-Resident Ordinary)

Groww Mutual Fund 1. Groww BSE Power ⚡ Groww Launches India's 1st Power Sector ETF & FoF
(MF) ETF
1⃣ Groww BSE Power Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)
🔹 Invests directly in BSE Power Index constituents
2.Groww BSE Power
🔹 For investors seeking long-term capital growth via power
ETF FoF (Fund of sector equities | Target Investors: Direct equity ETF buyers
Fund)
2⃣ Groww BSE Power ETF FoF (Fund of Fund)
🔹 Invests in units of the above ETF
🔹 Ideal for mutual fund investors preferring indirect exposure
| Target Investors: Mutual fund investors preferring FoF

󰞴 Fund Managers: Nikhil Satam, Aakash Chauhan, Shashi

Kumar | 💰 Minimum Investment: ₹500 | 🚫 Exit Load: Nil.

About ETF VS ETF FoF:

👉 ETF buys shares of power companies directly.
👉 ETF FoF buys units of the ETF, not company shares — like investing in a
basket that already holds those shares.

NPCI International 13 more Indian banks 🌏 UPI(India)-PayNow(Singapore) Link Expanded

Payments into the Unified Payment 🏦 13 More Indian Banks joined UPI-PayNow
Limited(NIPL) Interface (UPI)-PayNow 👉 Total Indian Banks Now: 19

🔁 About UPI-PayNow Linkage:

󰏝🤝󰐵 A joint initiative by RBI & Monetary Authority of
Singapore (MAS)
📲 Allows real-time cross-border money transfers between
www.mappingaffairs.com bank accounts in India & Singapore

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Computer Age CAMSPay Payment 💳 CAMS Launches CAMSPay Payment Gateway for
Management Gateway Business Insights
Services (CAMS)
🤝 Tech Partner: Mylapay
🏦 Bank Identification Number (BIN) Sponsor Bank: Ratnakar
Bank Limited (RBL)
✅ Accredited by: Mastercard, VISA, RuPay

🚀 Key Features:
● ⚡ Supports 5,000+ Transactions Per Second (TPS)
● 📊 Real-time analytics & dashboards for business
insights.

Taiwan’s CTBC IFSC Banking Unit 🏦 CTBC Bank (Taiwan) has proposed to the International
Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to set up an
Bank (IBU) at GIFT City IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) at GIFT City.

🔹 It will become the 2nd Taiwanese bank at GIFT City, after

Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank.

💱 What is an IBU?
An IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) is a branch of a domestic or
foreign bank operating only in foreign currencies at an IFSC
like GIFT City.
📌 First IBU at GIFT City: Yes Bank in 2015

CENTRAL GOVT.
Govt/Finance Launches For/Notes
Institute

President of India First private university 󰏝 President Murmu Inaugurates New Facilities at Mahayogi

in Gorakhpur and Gorakhnath University, Gorakhpur (U.P.)

Purvanchal region. 📍 Location: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

🏫 Key Facilities Inaugurated: Auditorium | Academic Block

Panchkarma Kendra (Ayurveda) | Foundation stone laid for
Girls’ Hostel

🔑 Holistic Medical Education: New 1800-bed hospital by

Shri Gorakhnath Medical College (Allopathy & Ayurveda) is
underway.

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PM Modi Gyan Bharatam 📻 124th Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi launches ‘Gyan Bharatam
Mission (GBM) Mission (GBM)’

🗓 Announced in: 124th episode of Mann Ki Baat

🎯 Initiative: Gyan Bharatam Mission (GBM) – digitisation of
ancient manuscripts

📚 Mission Highlights:
● 🔍 Objective: Survey, digitise & conserve 1 crore+
manuscripts across India
● 🏛 Sources: Museums, Libraries, Academic Institutions,
Private Collectors
● 🗂 Post-digitisation: Creation of National Digital
Repository (NDR)
📖 Global access to India’s traditional knowledge for
students & teachers

💰 Financials:
● 📆 Scheme Period: 2024–2031 (as Central Sector
Scheme – CSS)
● 💸 Total Outlay: ₹482.85 crore
mappingaffairs.com ● 📈 Budget Boost (2025–26): ₹3.5 crore ➜ ₹60 crore

National Legal Veer Parivaar Sahayata ⚖ NALSA Launches Veer Parivaar Sahayata Yojana 2025 to
Services Authority Yojana 2025 Empowering Defence Families with Legal Aid
(NALSA)
🏢 By: NALSA + J&K High Court + J&K Legal Services Authority
󰥕 Launched By: Justice Surya Kant (Judge, SC & Exec.
Chairman, NALSA)

🎯 Objective: Support defence & paramilitary personnel and

their families in resolving legal issues like land disputes,
service matters & matrimonial issues — especially in remote
regions like J&K and North East Region (NER).

🔑 3 Core Pillars:
1. 🏢 Legal Clinics at Zilla, Rajya & Kendriya Sainik
Boards
2. 󰥕 Dedicated Staff: Nodal Officers, Legal Aid Counsels
& Paralegals (incl. ex-servicemen)
3. 💻 Digital Support: Online Mediation & e-Lok Adalats

🧭 Key Highlights:
● ⚖ Fulfils Article 39A: Ensures equal justice for jawans
& families
● Tribute to Armed Forces: “As they protect our freedom,
we protect their dignity.”

mappingaffairs.com 🔖 Motto: Access to Justice for All

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Ministry of Social New Helpline number 🧼 MoS B.L. Verma, MSJE Launches Helpline 14473 &
Justice & for Waste Pickers AR/VR Training Under NAMASTE Scheme for Sanitation
Workers
Empowerment
(MSJE) 📞 Helpline Launched:
● 14473: New helpline number for waste pickers
● Aim: To offer support and assistance under the
NAMASTE scheme
󰰣󰰢 Support Given to Workers:
● Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits and
Ayushman Health Cards were distributed to:
○ Sewer & Septic Tank Workers (SSWs)
○ Waste picker
🧹 About NAMASTE Scheme:
● Full Form: National Action for Mechanized Sanitation
Ecosystem.
● Goal: End unsafe manual cleaning of sewers/septic
tanks | Protect the lives and dignity of sanitation workers
● Launched: August 2022
● Implemented by: National Safai Karamcharis Finance
and Development Corporation (NSKFDC)
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● Budget: ₹349.73 crore (for FY24 to FY26)

Minister of DSCI Advanced 🛡 Union Minister Piyush Goyal Inaugurates DSCI Advanced
Commerce & Cyber Skill Centre, Cyber Skill Centre – Mumbai
🔹 Location: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Model
Industry Mumbai
Career Centre (MCC), Kandivali, Mumbai, Maharashtra
🔹 Established by: Data Security Council of India (DSCI)

🎯 Key Highlights:
1. 󰠁 Training Capacity: ~1,000 candidates per year
under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY),
with focus on women empowerment
2. 🔁 Cyber Range: Real-world Red Team vs Blue Team
simulation for cyber warfare training
3. 📚 Courses Offered: Ethical Hacking, SOC Operations,
Threat Hunting, Incident Response, and more
4. 🚀 First Batch: 28 young women engineering grads
enrolled in ‘Cyber Vaahini’ (joint DSCI-Kyndryl initiative)

🔹 Supported by: Kyndryl Foundation (USA), Mastek

Foundation, Onward Technologies, KSMT Foundation, AZA
Fashion

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Ministry of Minority Skill Training & Women 🛠 Skill Training & Women Entrepreneurship Project –
Affairs (MoMA) Entrepreneurship Project Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Kottayam,
- IIIT,kottayam, Kerala Kerala

🔹 Launched under Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan

(PM-VIKAS) Scheme
🔹 Focused on Skill Training and Women Entrepreneurship
Development for Minority Communities
🔹 Beneficiaries: Total 450 candidates from minority
communities (Kerala) - 150 IoT Training and 300 women
🔹 MoU Signed between MoMA and IIIT Kottayam for project
implementation

● 💰 Training Cost: Fully funded by Ministry of Minority

Affairs (MoMA)
● 🏫 Implementing Agency: IIIT Kottayam

🧵 About PM-VIKAS (Launched 2022): A Central Sector

Scheme (CSS) by MoMA for holistic development of minority
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Dr. Jitendra Singh National Standards for 🏛 NSCSTI 2.0 Launched for Civil Service Training Institutes
(MoS, Ministry of Civil Service Training 🛠 Developed by: Capacity Building Commission (CBC)
Personnel, Public Institutes (NSCSTI 2.0) under MoPP&P
Grievances &
🔹 What is NSCSTI 2.0?
Pensions – MoPP&P)
A revised framework to set standards for Civil Services
Training Institutes (CSTIs) – making them modern, inclusive,
and aligned with PM’s Viksit Bharat vision.

✨ Key Features:

● 󰳓 Applicable to CSTIs across Central, State & Urban

www.mappingaffairs.com Local Bodies (ULB) levels.

Directorate General Trade Connect 🧵 DGFT Showcases 'Trade Connect' at 71st India
of Foreign Trade e-Platform International Garment Fair (IIGF) & 16th Toy Biz Expo

(DGFT)
💡 What is Trade Connect?
A digital platform to support exporters, especially MSMEs, with
international trade-related info and services.

🧰 Key Features of Trade Connect:

1. 🧾 Easy access to trade information – Tariffs, certifications,
global buyers, trade events, eCommerce, etc.
2. 📃 Certificate of Origin (CoO) – Single-window for issuing
preferential & non-preferential CoOs electronically.

3. 🌐 Simplified layout – Designed for MSMEs and small

www.mappingaffairs.com exporters to navigate global trade requirements easily.

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Ministry of 1.Kalaa Setu Challenge 🤖 MIB Launches ‘Kalaa Setu’ AI Challenge via WaveX
Information & 🚀 Platform: WaveX Startup Accelerator (under WAVES
Broadcasting (MIB) 2. Bhasha Setu initiative)
Challenge
🔗Kalaa Setu – Real-Time Language Tech for Bharat:
🔍 Goal: Promote multilingual AI tools to auto-convert
text ➡ video/audio/graphics for last-mile info delivery
in Indian languages.

🎯 Focus Sectors:
󰠊 Farmers – Regional weather alerts
󰠈 Students – Academic updates
👵 Senior Citizens – Healthcare schemes

📌 Challenge Highlights: Invite top Indian AI start-ups | Build

real-time, scalable tools

🔗Bhasha Setu Challenge:

🧠 Focus: Develop real-time language translation tools for
multilingual governance & outreach
🧠 Tools for: Translation across Indian languages |
www.mappingaffairs.com Transliteration | Emotion-sensitive voice generation

Dharmendra Pradhan Agritech Innovation 🌾 Agritech Innovation Hub Inaugurated in Meerut, UP

– Union Minister for Hub 🏛 Venue: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture &
Education Technology (SVPUAT), Meerut

🤖 What is Agritech? Agritech = Use of modern tech in

Jayant Chaudhary – agriculture
MoS for Education & Skill
🤝 Aim: Connect farmers, startups, researchers, FPOs, & KVKs
Development
🤖 Function as Centre of Excellence: IIT Ropar’s
Contribution
● 🏛 Lead partner under Union Budget-funded AI in
Agriculture Project
● 🧠 Expertise from Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Lab
● 💸 ₹75 lakh committed funding
● 📄 MoU signed between IIT Ropar & SVPUAT.

󰳓 Training for: Farmers | FPOs (Farmer Producer

Organisations) | KVKs (Krishi Vigyan Kendras)
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T-Hub, Hyderabad 2nd Cohort of AIC 🚀 T-Hub Launches 2nd Cohort of AIC T-Hub Spacetech
T-Hub Spacetech Accelerator (Orbit Programme)
🤝 Under: Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) T-Hub Spacetech
Accelerator
Accelerator
(Orbit Programme) 🎯 Cohort Size: 17 Startups
💰 Funding Goal: ₹3 crore+
📄 IP Target: 10+ new Intellectual Property assets

✅ Provide: Expert mentorship | Strategic industry & investor

connections | Access to infrastructure & resources

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Department of Portal for Disability 💻 DEPwD Launches New Portal for Disability Welfare
Empowerment of Welfare Schemes Schemes
Persons with 🌐 New Portal Launched For:
Disabilities (DEPwD) 1. 󰳡 Deendayal Divyangjan Rehabilitation Scheme
(DDRS)
2. 🏥 District Disability Rehabilitation Centres (DDRC)
Scheme

🔁 Replaces: Old e-Anudaan Portal → grants-msje.gov.in

✅ New Portal: https://grants.depwd.gov.in

ℹ About DDRS:
● 🎯 Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)
● 󰳓 Supports voluntary organizations working in
education & rehab of PwDs
● 📆 Launched in 1999, revised and renamed in 2003
● Focus: Establish district-level centres for
comprehensive services to PwDs (diagnosis,
www.mappingaffairs.com therapy, aids, vocational training, etc.)

Indian Army Operation SHIVA Operation SHIVA 2025 – Indian Army’s Security Mission for
2025 Amarnath Yatra
📍 Region: Jammu & Kashmir

🎯 Objective: Ensure safe & smooth conduct of Shri

Amarnath Yatra 2025

🔐 Key Security Features: 8,500+ troops deployed on North &

South routes
🏥 Medical & Infrastructure Support: 150+ medical staff |
100-bed hospital
⚠ Why This Matters: Rising threats from Pakistan-backed
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Ministry of Road, Sigandur Bridge– 🚧 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari (MoRTH) inaugurated the
Transport and India’s 2nd Longest Sigandur Bridge in Shivmogga district, Karnataka.

Highways (MoRTH) Cable-Styled Bridge

🏗 Key Highlights
● Bridge Type:
○ India’s 2nd longest & Karnataka 1st cable-
styled bridge
○ 8th extra-dosed cable-stayed cum-cantilever
bridge in India (approved by MoRTH)
● Design: Extradosed balanced-cantilever cable-
stayed
● Location: Across Sharavathi backwaters in Sagara
Taluk, connecting Ambaragodlu and Kalasavalli
Length: 2.25 km
Width: 16 m ● Cost: ₹472 crore (~USD 54.88 million)

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H.D. Kumaraswamy, MSTC Office (Mini 🏢 MSTC Limited – New Delhi Office Inauguration
Union Minister of Ministry Ratna, Category-I, 📍 Location: Narojinagar, World Trade Center (WTC), New
of Steel (MoS) & Ministry Schedule-B CPSE) under Delhi
of Heavy Industries Ministry of Steel
(MoHI) ✅ It helps other government departments and PSUs (like
railways, defence, etc.) with buying, selling, and auctioning
things like:
● Scrap items (old machines, vehicles)
● Surplus goods
● Raw materials

It is a key player in e-auction, e-procurement, and scrap

www.mappingaffairs.com disposal.

Upkaran E-Portal The Upkaran E-Portal is a new online platform End-to-end

(Upkaran means "equipment" or digital platform launched by MSTC.
"machinery" in Hindi.) ✅ It is made to help government offices do three things
easily:
1. List their old or extra equipment and machines
2. Transfer them to another department if useful
3. Sell or scrap them if no longer needed
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Pankaj Chaudhary, Trade Facilitation 󰏝 Trade Facilitation Conference 2025

Union Minister of State, Conference 2025, New 🏛 Venue: C. Subramaniam Auditorium, Pusa Campus, New
Ministry of Finance Delhi Delhi | 🎯 Theme: “Scientific Excellence for Seamless Trade”
(MoF)
👥 Organised by:
● Central Revenues Control Laboratory (CRCL)
● Under Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
(CBIC)

🔍 Key Objectives:
● ⏱ Reduce testing time to expedite customs clearance
● 🧪 Modernise lab infrastructure for international trade
standards
🎬 During the Event, Documentary Released: “Science at the
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Border: The Story of Indian Customs Laboratories”

Indian Institute of North-East (NE) 🌐 North-East (NE) Conclave 2025

Corporate Affairs Conclave 2025 📍 Venue: IIM Shillong Campus, Umsawli, Meghalaya

(IICA) under MoCA

🧭 Objective: Strengthen the startup & entrepreneurial
ecosystem in the North-East (NE) region.
🎯 Theme: "From Ideation to Incorporation"
🧱 Foundation Stone Laid: For Indian Institute of Corporate
Affairs (IICA’s) 1st regional campus at Umsawli, Shillong by
FM Nirmala Sitharaman.

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*Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MoCA)

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Ministry of Health & Campaign on Snack 🥗 Health Ministry’s Snack Nutrition Awareness Campaign
📍 Pilot Location: AIIMS Nagpur, Maharashtra
Family Welfare Nutrition
(MoHFW) 🎯 Objective: To raise awareness about the nutritional
content (sugar, fat, oils) in common Indian snacks and promote
healthier food habits to combat lifestyle diseases.

📊 Posters near food stalls show:

○ Sugar, fat, trans fat content in snacks like
samosas, jalebis, biscuits
○ Health warnings for diabetes, obesity, heart
disease
🏢 Workplace Guidelines:
The Health Ministry advised all government offices to:
1. Display health messages on stationery/publications
www.mappingaffairs.com 2. Offer healthy food options (e.g. fruits, low-fat snacks)

Ministry of Mines Aspirational District 🏗 Aspirational DMF Programme – Launched by Ministry of

(MoM) Mineral Foundation Mines (MoM) at National DMF Workshop, New Delhi

(DMF) Programme
🎯 Aim: To align DMF initiatives with:
Guidelines - ✅ Aspirational District Programme (ADP)
- ✅ Aspirational Block Programme (ABP)
...for targeted development in mining-affected areas.

📌 Key Highlights:

Initiative Details

Coffee Table Book 2.0 Showcases transformative DMF-funded

projects

DMF Exhibition @ Handloom Features products/enterprises funded by

Haat DMF

Top State in DMF Collection Odisha – ₹31,324 Cr collected

Top Minerals in Odisha Iron ore, coal, bauxite, chromite

Indian Institute of BHARAT Study on IISc Bengaluru Launches ‘BHARAT Study’ on Healthy Aging
Healthy Aging 📚 Under: Longevity India Programme
Science (IISc),
Bengaluru 🔍 What is BHARAT?
BHARAT stands for: Biomarkers of Healthy Aging, Resilience,
Adversity, and Transitions
● It is India’s first large-scale study to build a national
baseline database on ageing.
● Aims to define normal health parameters for Indians to
track healthy ageing.

🧠 Led by: Prof. D.K. Saini, Department of Developmental

Biology and Genetics, IISc
- Support: Backed by the Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) Centre for Advanced Research in
www.mappingaffairs.com Aging (CAR) at IISc

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Startup Policy #100DesiDeepTechs SPF launched #100DesiDeepTechs Initiative.

Forum (SPF) Initiative.
🤝 In collaboration with:
● Startup India – Department for Promotion of Industry
and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
● Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(MeitY) Startup Hub
● IIT Madras
💡 Objective: To identify and support India’s top 100
deep-tech startups and shape enabling policies for the
deep-tech ecosystem.
💰 Govt Support: ₹10,000 crore allocated under the Fund of
Funds (FoF) scheme to promote deep-tech startups.
- Focus: Build strong policy support, mentorship, & network
access

📝 Key Details:
● 📅 Applications Open Till: August 17, 2025
● 🌐 Eligibility: Startups from across India
● 🎓 Selection by: IIT Madras
● ⚖ Policy Whitepaper by: Ikigai Law (Knowledge Partner)
● 🧩 Programme Management by: Kaio (Consulting Firm)
● 📘 Whitepaper Launch at: Deeptech Baithak – Gathering of
www.mappingaffairs.com founders, investors, policymakers

Union Minister Amit Poona Hospital and 󰳋 Aims to benefit ~6,000 medical students from Pune &
Shah Research Centre (PHRC) Western Maharashtra
Health City Project,Pune
● 🏗 Project size: 14 acres, with a built-up area of 1.4
million sq ft
● 🎯 Focus on medical services, education, and
research

Jairaj Sports & 👥 Built by: Poona Gujarati Bandhu Samaj

Convention Centre ● 📏 Area: ~2.5 lakh sq ft
(JSCC), Pune ● 💰 Cost: ₹300 crores
● 📚 Features: Public library with 5,000 books

Statue of Bajirao Unveiled at: National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla,

Peshwa-I, Pune Pune
● 📏 Height: 13.5 ft | ⚖ Weight: ~4,000 kg

● 🎁 Donated by: Thorale Bajirao Peshwa Pratishthan

Railway Minister RailOne App (Super App) 🚆 RailOne App – One-Stop Railway Service Platform
Ashwini Vaishnaw (earlier SwaRail App) | Developed by Centre for railway
information system

🔍 What is RailOne? RailOne is a mobile app developed by

Indian Railways to offer all passenger and freight-related
services on one platform, replacing the need for multiple apps.

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Department of Research 🔬 Dept. of Science and Tech Approved RDI Scheme to

Science & Development and boost private R&D
Technology (DST) Innovation (RDI) 🎯 Aim: Boost India's private sector R&D and innovation
Scheme ecosystem
💰 Corpus: ₹1 Lakh Crore (approx. ₹99,771 cr)
👥 Fund Custodian: Anusandhan National Research
Foundation (ANRF), New Delhi

🎯 Objectives:
1. 💼 Promote private sector investment in R&D in
sunrise & strategic sectors
2. ⚙ Finance high Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
projects
3. 🛠 Support acquisition of critical technologies for
national security & self-reliance
4. 🚀 Facilitate creation of a Deep-Tech Fund of Funds

🏦 Funding Mechanism: Tier-1: ₹1 Lakh Crore provided to

ANRF as a 50-year Interest-free loan from the government. |
ANRF establishes a Special Purpose Fund (SPF) to manage
Corpus
Tier 2: SPF disburses to second-level Fund Managers
(Banks,NBFC, Venture Capital (VCs)).
Flow of Funding: Govt - ANRF - Banks - Venture Capital - Startup.
🔑 Significance: Addresses funding gaps in private sector
R&D.

Department of Sugamya Bharat App 📱 Sugamya Bharat App Revamped to Enhance accessibility
Empowerment of Revamped for Divyangjan & elderly citizens
Persons with
Disabilities (DEPwD), 🆕 Key Features: AI-powered chatbot for real-time support |
MoSJE Notifications on accessibility schemes & circulars | Geo-tagged
photo uploads to report barriers | Info on government schemes
for PwDs

🏗 Aligns With: Accessible India Campaign (launched in Dec

*Ministry of Social Justice & 2015)
Empowerment (MoSJE)
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Ministry of Statistics GoIStats App MoSPI Launches GoIStats App – Statistics Day 2025 (June
and Programme 29, 2025)
Implementation
📍 Developer: National Sample Survey Office (NSO)
(MoSPI)
🎯 Purpose & Aim:
● ✅ Real-time access to official government statistics
● ✅ Promote data transparency, literacy, and citizen
engagement
● ✅ Supports Digital India & Viksit Bharat@2047 vision

🔍 Bridges data access gaps for citizens, researchers, and

www.mappingaffairs.com policymakers

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Pralhad Joshi, 5 GWh BESS Facility Union Minister Pralhad Joshi Inaugurates 5 GWh Battery
Minister of New & Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Facility
Renewable Energy
(MNRE) 🔹 Location: Bidadi Industrial Area, Bengaluru, Karnataka
🔹 Developed by: Lineage Power Pvt. Ltd.
🔹 Goal: Support India’s 500 GW non-fossil target by 2030

💰 Financial Support: ₹5,400 crore new Viability Gap Funding

www.mappingaffairs.com (VGF) for 30 GWh battery storage | BESS helps store surplus
renewable energy (like solar/wind)

Ministry of Model Rules for Felling 🌳 Centre Unveils Model Rules to Boost Agroforestry
Environment, Forest of Trees in Agricultural
& Climate Change Lands 🔹 🎯 Goal: Ease tree felling norms, promote agroforestry, and
boost rural income
(MoEFCC)
🔑 Key Features:
● 🧾 Model Rules: Simplify permission for cutting trees
on agricultural land
● 🌐 NTMS Portal: National Timber Management System
to register plantations with: 📍 Geo-tagged data | 🗂
Land proof & KML files | 🌲 Species/plantation info
● 🏢 Verification: Empanelled agencies + oversight by
Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs)
www.mappingaffairs.com ● 󰳎 Focus: Farmers can plant and harvest timber with
ease

Ministry of COP-33 Cell 󰏝 India Sets Up COP-33 Cell to Host United Nation (UN)
Environment, Climate Summit in 2028 🌍
Forest and Climate 󰞴 Headed by: Joint Secretary Ved Prakash Mishra
Change (MoEFCC) 📍 Event: 33rd Conference of the Parties (COP-33) to UNFCCC
📅 Proposed Year: 2028 | Last Hosted: COP-8 in 2002, New
Delhi
🔹 COP-33 Cell Details:
● 👥 Team: 11 members (directors, consultants, staff)

● 󰳖 Purpose: Handle logistics & planning for COP-33

🌐 Support: Endorsed by BRICS; proposed at COP-28
by PM Modi

Ministry of SAKSHAM-3000 SAKSHAM-3000: India’s High-Capacity Router-Switch

Communications Launched at C-DOT Campus, New Delhi
🏛 Developed by: Centre for Development of Telematics
(MoC)
(C-DOT) under Department of Telecommunications (DoT),
MoC
🎯 Purpose: Advanced Data Centre Switch cum Router for
next-gen digital infra

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Ministry of Skill National Steering 🛠 MSDE Sets Up NSC to Oversee ITI Upgradation & CoEs
Development & Committee & Center of
Excellence (CoE) 👤 NSC Head: Rajit Punhani (Secretary, MSDE)
Entrepreneurship
🎯 Purpose:
(MSDE) - Upgrade 1,000 Govt. Industrial Training Institutes
(ITIs) to future-ready institutes
- Set up 5 National Centres of Excellence (CoEs)
🏗 Model: Hub-and-spoke
🎯 Target: Skill 20 lakh+ youth in 5 years

🛠 NSC Responsibilities:
📌 Frame guidelines & policy direction
💰 Reallocate funds as needed

Ministry of Heavy Automotive Mission 🚗 AMP 2047: India’s Roadmap to Global Automotive
Industries (MHI) Plan (AMP) 2047 Leadership
🔹 Vision: Support ‘Viksit Bharat @2047’ 󰏝

🔍 About AMP 2047:

✅ Builds on AMP 2026 achievements
✅ Targets set for 2030, 2037, and 2047
✅ Goals: India as global auto hub | Increase share in global
automotive trade | 12% contribution to GDP | 65 million jobs

Indian Railways Pilot-Test of Direct 🛤 Indian Railways: Pilot-Test of DDEI System (July 2025)
Drive Electronic
Interlocking (DDEI) 🚆 What?
System Indian Railways successfully pilot-tested the Direct Drive
Electronic Interlocking (DDEI) system at:
● Dinanagar (J&K)
● Tajpur (Madhya Pradesh)

🎯 Aim: To prevent accidents by eliminating human errors in

signalling.
🧪 Result: Advanced signalling tech to enhance rail safety and
reduce costs.
Old System

Union Home Minister Turmeric Board HQ, 🌿 Turmeric Board HQ Inaugurated in Nizamabad,
Amit Shah, Ministry Telangana Telangana
🔹 Funding: ₹200 crore allocated
of Home Affairs
🔹 Vision: Boost turmeric exports to $1 billion by 2030

🎯 Objectives: Ensure remunerative prices to farmers |

Promote branding, packaging & marketing | Facilitate R&D to
improve quality

Note: 1. India is the largest producer and exporter of turmeric

globally.
2. Telangana, especially Nizamabad, is known as the “Turmeric
City” of India due to its large production base.

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Department of Nationwide Testing of 📢 Nationwide Testing of Real-Time Disaster Alert System

Telecommunication Real-Time Disaster via Mobile Phones
+ National Disaster Alert System
Management 󰞴 By: DoT (Ministry of Communications) + NDMA (Ministry of
Authority Home Affairs)
🏢 Tech Developed By: Centre for Development of Telematics
(C-DOT), Bengaluru (Karnataka)

📲 Key Features of the Cell Broadcast (CB) Alert System:

● Technology: Cell Broadcast (CB) – sends real-time
alerts to all mobile phones in a geographic area (vs.
individual SMS).
● Protocol Used: Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) — as
per International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
standards. | CAP is a Standard Format used to send
emergency alert to multiple systems at once.
www.mappingaffairs.com ● Use Cases: Earthquakes, tsunamis, lightning, industrial
hazards, etc.

Ministry of Coal (in RECLAIM Framework for 🛠 RECLAIM Framework for Mine Closure (󰏝 First-of-its-
collaboration with Coal Mine Closure Kind in India for people-centric coal mine closure)
Controller Organisation &
Heartfulness Institute) 🔤 Full Form: 🎯 Objective: To ensure a just, inclusive, and locally relevant
RECLAIM = Repurposing, transition in mining regions post-closure, with a focus on
Engagement, Community, sustainability, ecological restoration, and community
Livelihoods, Assets, Inclusivity, empowerment.
Mine-closure OR
Reach out, Envision, 🌱 What is RECLAIM? RECLAIM is a new plan started by the
Co-design, Localise, Act, Ministry of Coal to help communities when coal mines are
Integrate, Maintain
closed. The aim is to use closed mine areas in a better way
and make sure people living nearby are not left behind.

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Delhi Transport Saheli Smart Card 🚌 Delhi Launches ‘Saheli Smart Card’ for Free Bus Travel
Corporation (DTC)
🎯 Replaces: Old Pink Ticket system (Reason for Replace:
Fake pink tickets led to misuse of funds)
👥 Eligibility: Only for Delhi-based women & transgender
persons with: Valid Delhi address proof | Aadhaar card

www.mappingaffairs.com 💡 Based on National Common Mobility Card (NCMC)

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Uttar Pradesh Govt. Two Pilgrimage 🚩 UP Govt Launches Two New Pilgrimage Assistance
Assistance Scheme Schemes | Admin Partner: UP Govt. + IRCTC

󰩔 1. Baudh Teerth Darshan Yojana

🔹 For: Buddhist & Hindu residents of Uttar Pradesh
🔹 Focus: Priority to Buddhist monks (Preference to EWS)
🔹 Purpose: Assistance for pilgrimage to Buddhist sites
across India
🔹 Assistance: Minimum ₹10,000 per pilgrim

🛕 2. Panch Takht Yatra Yojana

🔹 For: Sikh devotees of UP (Preference to EWS)
🔹 Purpose: Pilgrimage to the Five Takht Sahib Sites -Shri
Anandpur Sahib (Punjab) | Shri Akal Takht Sahib (Amritsar, Punjab) | Shri
Damdama Sahib (Talwandi Sabo, Punjab) | Shri Takht Sachkhand Shri Hazur
Sahib (Nanded, Maharashtra) | Shri Harmandir Ji Sahib (Patna Sahib, Bihar)
www.mappingaffairs.com 🔹 Assistance: Minimum ₹10,000 per pilgrim

Madhya Pradesh Mukhyamantri 🐄 Mukhyamantri Vrindavan Gram Yojana – MP

Govt. Vrindavan Gram Yojana
● Aim: Transform one village per assembly constituency
into a model “Vrindavan Gram” by promoting holistic
rural development and self-reliance
● Administered by: Panchayat and Rural Development
Department (PRDD), MP

🏡 Key Features of the Scheme:

● Selection Criteria: 1 village per district | Minimum
population of 2,000 | At least 500 cattle
● Funding: ₹100 crore ( from state budget and CSR
funds)

Yakten Village, India’s First Digital 🏔 India’s First Digital Nomad Village – Yakten Village,
Sikkim Nomad Village Pakyong District, Sikkim | 📌 Project Name: "Nomad Sikkim"

🎯 Objective: To offer a work-friendly, high-speed internet

environment in a scenic Himalayan setting, supporting remote
workers while boosting rural income via homestays.
✅ Focuses on homestays, local jobs, tourism
🤝 Implemented by: Pakyong District Administration | NGO
Sarvahitey works on internet access and social inclusion +
www.mappingaffairs.com Asian Development Bank

Himachal Pradesh My Deed Project 🏡 Himachal Pradesh CM Launches ‘My Deed’ to Digitize
Govt. Land Records

🎯 Aim: Simplify and digitize land registration → 1-visit

registration system
🏛 Under: National Generic Document Registration System
(NGDRS)
www.mappingaffairs.com

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Bihar Govt. CM-PRATIGYA Scheme 󰳐 Bihar Launches ₹40.69 crore CM-PRATIGYA Scheme for
Youth Empowerment (2025-26)
📜 Full Form: Chief Minister – Promotion of Readiness,
Awareness and Technical Insights for Guiding Youth
Advancement

🎯 Objective: Empower youth (ages 18-28) via skill

development & internship opportunities
👥 Target & Timeline: Period: 2025–26 to 2030–31

Monthly Stipend: ₹4,000 for 12th-pass trainees | ₹5,000 for

www.mappingaffairs.com ITI/diploma holders | ₹6,000 for graduates/ postgraduates

Rajasthan Govt. Pandit Deendayal 🏡 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Garibi Mukt Gaon Yojana –
Upadhyay Garibi Mukt Rajasthan
Gaon Yojana ● Objective: Eliminate rural poverty and empower BPL
families
● Phase 1 Coverage: 5,000 villages
● Allocated Budget: ₹1,300 crore
Support Instruments: ₹1 lakh aid per family; ₹21k incentive;
₹15k working capital for SHG-linked women

Haryana Govt. Jungle Safari in Aravali 🌳 Asia’s Largest Jungle Safari to Come Up in Haryana’s
Hills Aravalli Hills (10,000 acres)

www.mappingaffairs.com Purpose: Boost eco-tourism, wildlife conservation, and local

employment | Overall completion targeted by 2027
🛠 Joint Development by:
🔹 Forest & Environment Department, Haryana
🔹 Tourism Department, Haryana

Nagaland University Host Incubation Centre 🚀 Nagaland University to Host Incubation Centre under
under NER Startup North East Region (NER) Startup Scheme
Scheme
🔹 Nagaland University selected to host 1 of 4 Incubation
Centres in North Eastern Region (NER)
🔹 Under GoI initiative: "Establish, Develop, and Manage EDCs
& Incubation Centres in Educational Institutes of NER"

🛠 Implementing & Sponsoring Bodies:

● 󰞴 Sponsored by: North Eastern Council (NEC) –
Meghalaya
● 🏢 Implemented by: Indian Institute of
Entrepreneurship (IIE) – Guwahati, Assam
● 󰳖 Ministry: Ministry of Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship (MSDE)
💸 Incentive: Top 50 incubatees eligible for seed funding up
to ₹5 lakh each

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Odisha ODISHA TEX 2025 🧵 ODISHA TEX 2025 – Eastern India’s Largest Textile Event
📍 Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha
👤 Inaugurated by: CM Mohan Charan Majhi
🤝 Organised by: Odisha Govt + Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)

🔑 Highlights: Launch of 2 modern Textile & Footwear Parks

(Plug & Play Infra)

💸 Employment Subsidy Boost:

● 👨 Male workers: ₹5,000 ➡ ₹6,000/month
● 👩 Female workers: ₹6,000 ➡ ₹7,000/month
(Under Odisha Technical Textile & Apparel Policy 2022)

Maharashtra Govt. Hedging Desk 🌾 Maharashtra CM Launches 'Hedging Desk' in Pune for
Farmers
(Farmer can lock in fair
🔧 Under: Balasaheb Thackeray Agribusiness and Rural
prices ahead of harvest)
Transformation (SMART) Project
🤝 In Collaboration With:
● NCDEX (National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange)
● NICR (Institute of Commodity Markets and Research)

🎯 Objective: To help farmers avoid losses by hedging against

price volatility in the commodity futures market, ensuring
minimum selling prices and income stability. |

Targets training for over 3,000 farmers from Farmer Producer

Organisation.

🌾 Initial Focus Crops: Cotton | Turmeric | Maize (More crops

to be added later)

INTERNATIONAL
Govt/Finance Launches For/Notes
Institute

UAE-India CEPA UAE-India CEPA 🤝 UAE-India CEPA Start-up Series 2025

Council (UICC) + Start-up Series 2025 📍 Venue: St Regis Mumbai, Maharashtra
Embassy of the UAE
in India 🎯 Objective: To boost cross-border innovation, market
access, and collaboration between Indian start-ups and the
UAE innovation ecosystem.
www.mappingaffairs.com
📌 Launch Event: First event of the "Start-up Sundowner"
series. | “Start-up Sundowner” is a new pitch series
🤝 During the event, MoU Signed: Between UICC and SINE
(Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) – IIT Bombay’s
tech incubator to identify high-potential start-ups for UAE
market integration.
Note: Flagship Pitch Event (Upcoming) at New Delhi

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Asian Development UHC PEERS Network ADB Launches UHC PEERS Network to Strengthen Health
Systems in Asia-Pacific
Bank (ADB), Manila,
📍 Event: INSPIRE Health Systems Forum
Philippines

🩺 What is UHC PEERS?

🔹 Full Form: Universal Health Coverage Practitioners and

Experts Knowledge Exchange and Resources
🔹 A regional peer-learning platform to promote Universal
Health Coverage (UHC) across Asia-Pacific.

🎯 Purpose & Focus Areas: To bridge gaps in UHC in

Asia-Pacific—more than 1 billion people still lack basic health
services, and millions face financial distress due to medical costs

🔹 Support: Will complement the existing UHC Knowledge

Hub in Tokyo, Japan
About INSPIRE Health Forum (July 7–11, 2025):

● Theme: Inclusive, Sustainable, Prosperous, and

www.mappingaffairs.com Resilient (INSPIRE) Health Systems

Ghana Climate-Resilient 🌾 Ghana Launches Climate-Resilient Wheat Initiative with

Wheat Initiative India

🤝 Collaboration Between: 󰏉 Ghana | 󰏉 Arima Farms |

CSIR-CRI
● 🏛 Supported by: Indian High Commission
www.mappingaffairs.com 🌾 Key Components: Launch of ‘Wheat Pride 999’, developed
by India’s Greenpride
🎯 Objectives: Reduce India’s wheat import dependence
(currently over USD 400 million annually)
*Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute
(CSIR-CRI)

OTHERS

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Bharat Sanchar Quantum 5G Fixed BSNL Launches India’s 1st Indigenous Quantum 5G Fixed
Nigam Limited Wireless Access (FWA) Wireless Access (FWA) Service
(BSNL) Service
🏢 By: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
📍 Location: Ameerpet Exchange, Hyderabad, Telangana
👤 Inaugurated by: A. Robert J. Ravi, CMD of BSNL & MTNL
🏛 Ministry: Ministry of Communications (MoC)

Platform: BSNL's Direct-to-Device (D2D)

IIT Roorkee AI Model (MoScNet) to 🧠 IIT Roorkee Develops World's First AI Model to
Transliterate Modi Script Transliterate Modi Script ( (used in old Marathi texts) to
to Devanagari Devanagari (used in Marathi, Hindi, Sanskrit, Nepali, etc.)

🔤 What Is Transliteration?
Transliteration is changing letters from one script to another,
keeping the original pronunciation as close as possible.
Example: "नमस्ते" (Devanagari) to "namaste" (Roman script).

📜 About the Modi Script: Used in medieval times to write the

Marathi language.

💡 How the AI Model Works: The model was trained using

2,000+ images (named MoDeTrans) of Modi script with their
Devanagari translations. | Target: 40 million remaining Scripts

United Nations Nationally Determined ❄UNEP launched NDC Cooling Guidelines 2025
Environment Contribution (NDC)
Programme (UNEP), Cooling Guidelines 2025 📍 Event: UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) session in Bonn,
Nairobi, Kenya Germany (June 16–26, 2025)

🎯 Objective: To integrate cooling solutions into climate

action plans (NDCs) for both adaptation and mitigation,
targeting GHG emission cuts from the cooling sector.

🧊 Key Highlights: Current Data, Cooling = 7% of global GHG

emissions
| Aim: Reduce by 60% by 2050

United Nations (UN) UN80 Initiative 🌐 UN80 Initiative – UN Reform Drive for 80th Anniversary

● Led by: UN Secretary-General António Guterres

● Purpose: To reform and modernize the UN system
before its 80th anniversary in 2025

👥 UN80 Task Force: Chair: Guy Ryder, Under-Secretary-

General for Policy

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Laraware Pvt Ltd Nxtbanking, Fintech 🏦 Laraware Launches India’s 1st Fully AI-Driven Fintech
(Developer) Platform Platform – ‘Nxtbanking’

What It Is: India’s first fully AI-native, end-to-end fintech stack

that integrates intelligence, compliance, and payments in one
platform
🔹 Nature: Fully AI-powered fintech software platform
🔹 Purpose: To revolutionise digital financial services in India

Mizoram Govt. Mizo Diaspora Cell 🌐 Mizoram Launches 'Mizo Diaspora Hub' to Connect
Global Mizo Community

🖥 Portal Name: Mizo Diaspora Hub Portal under Chief

Minister's Office (CMO) + LushAItech Pvt. Ltd.

🔑 Key Features:

1. 🌍 Connects Mizos worldwide – both across India

and abroad
2. 🤝 Strengthens coordination between Mizo welfare
associations
3. 🆘 Support for Mizos abroad – especially in
emergencies

China World's Lightest 🐝 China Develops World's Lightest Mind-Controller

Mind-Controller ‘Cyborg ‘Cyborg Bee’
Bee’
📍 Developed by: Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), 󰎩
🧠 Device: ‘Cyborg Bee’ – World’s lightest brain control device
(Only 74 mg) - Emits electric signals to simulate sensory
illusions
󰞲 Led by: Prof. Zhao Jieliang
📘 Published in: Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering

🎯 Control Mechanism: Connects to brain via 3 fine needle

Hockey India 15th Hockey India 🏑 15th Hockey India Congress – Key Highlights
Congress 📍 Venue: Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
📅 Occasion: Celebrating 100 years of Indian Hockey (Est.
1925, Gwalior, MP)

🥳 Nationwide Festival of Hockey (🗓 7 Nov 2025): 1,000

Matches across all districts – one men's & one women's
match each

💰 Financial Grants Announced

● ₹ 70 lakh each for Senior Men & Women National
Championships
● ₹ 30 lakh each for Junior & Sub-Junior (Men/Women)
Championships
● ₹ 25 lakh per state for district/state-level competitions

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National Aeronautics TRACERS 🚀 NASA Launches TRACERS Mission to Study Earth's

and Space Magnetosphere
Administration
🔍 Mission: TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp
(NASA)
Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites).

📊 Objective: Study magnetic reconnection and how Earth’s

magnetosphere protects against solar wind
󰞲 Lead Scientist: David Miles, University of Iowa
🛰 Composition: Twin satellites | Formation: Flying 10 seconds
apart
🚀 Launch Vehicle: SpaceX's Falcon 9
🏗 Satellite Designer: Boeing (formerly Millennium Space
Systems)
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L&T Energy Green Green Hydrogen Plant 󰏝 India’s Largest Green Hydrogen Plant – Panipat
Tech Ltd (subsidiary – Panipat 📍 Location: IOCL’s Panipat Refinery, Haryana
of Larsen & Toubro) 📆 Commissioning Target: December 2027
🧭 Mission Aligned With: National Green Hydrogen Mission
(NGHM)

🎯 Objective: Decarbonize Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL’s)

refining operations
🔑 Key Highlights:
● ⚗ Capacity: 10,000 tonnes/year green hydrogen
● ⏳ Duration: Supply for 25 years
● ⚡ Powered by: 100% Renewable Energy (24×7)
● 🔧 Manufactured by: L&T Electrolysers Ltd, Hazira
(Gujarat)

Israel Dror-1 Communication 🛰 Israel Launches Dror-1 Communication Satellite

Satellite
Launched from: Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
Launch Vehicle: 🚀 Falcon 9 (by SpaceX)

Objective: Strengthen Israel’s self-reliant and secure satellite

communications
● Service Duration: Until 2040
● Investment: 💰 USD 200 million (since 2018)

● Developed by: 󰏛 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) +

Israeli Space Agency

CELEBRATION

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Celebrate Celebrated by Key Notes

Mango Festival – July Nagaland 🥭 Nagaland’s 1st Mango Festival – July 19, 2025
19, 2025 📍 Location: Longmatra village, Kiphire district, Nagaland
󰞾 Organized by:
● District Administration of Kiphire
● Department of Horticulture, Nagaland

🎯 Aim: To promote agriculture, rural entrepreneurship &

market access for mango farmers.

👥 Participants: Farmers from 13 mango-growing villages

🎤 Chief Guest: Kiusumew Yimchunger – Advisor for Home
Guard, Civil Defence, Relief & Rehabilitation

🌱 Key Highlights: Promotion of cluster farming, organic

branding, and market connectivity.
📌 Other Agri-Festivals in Nagaland: Potato Festival |
www.mappingaffairs.com Garlic Festival

INTERNATIONAL
17th BRICS Summit Concludes in Rio with Focus on Global South, Welcomes Indonesia
took part held in theme Strengthening Global South Cooperation for a
PM Modi 17th Brics Summit Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance
Chaired by

President Luiz Inácio

Lula da Silva of Brazil

🧩 Major Highlights & Outcomes:

✅ Membership & Expansion

● Indonesia joined as full BRICS member (1st from Southeast Asia).
● 11 new BRICS partner countries added:
Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Nigeria, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Uganda, Uzbekistan.

📜 Rio de Janeiro Declaration (31 points | 126 commitments):

● Reforms in global governance institutions.
● Focus on peace, inclusive development, sovereignty, and multipolar world order.
● BRICS 3 Pillars of Cooperation: Political & Security | Economic & Financial | Cultural & People-to-People

󰟾 BRICS CCI Women Empowerment (WE) vertical launched:

● WE WISE = Women in Innovation, Science and Entrepreneurship
● Launched during BRICS Women Business Alliance (WBA) Plenary in Rio

󰏝 India’s Key Role:

1. India to host BRICS 2026 – theme to revolve around Building, Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation,
Sustainability.
2. India’s bid to host COP 33 (UNFCCC) in 2028 received full BRICS support.

Upcoming BRICS Summit:

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Year Host Country Key Focus / Theme (Tentative)

2026 India Building Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation & Sustainability (BRICS 2026
theme)

2027 Russia Geopolitical cooperation, trade settlement in local currencies

2028 China Green development, South-South cooperation, Digital governance

Trinidad & Tobago Becomes 1st Caribbean Country to Join UPI Network for Indian Travellers

Trinidad and Tobago enable India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services for Indian tourists

and
🌐 UPI Now Accepted In 8 Countries:
officially became the first Caribbean
are 1. 󰍿 United Arab Emirates
country and eighth in the world
(UAE)
2. 󰐵 Singapore
3. 󰏃 France
4. 󰎛 Bhutan
5. 󰐙 Nepal
6. 󰏶 Sri Lanka
7. 󰐌 Mauritius
Managed by: NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) 8. 󰑎 Trinidad & Tobago ✅ (New
addition)
India Rejoins Unicode Consortium as Supporting Member with Voting Rights
Rejoins as
India Unicode Consortium Supporting Member with Voting Rights

What is Unicode Consortium?

It’s a global non-profit that sets standards for text and emoji
encoding across digital platforms (like phones, websites, software).

󰏝 India's Unicode Membership Highlights:

● ✅ Rejoined as a Supporting Member under Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).

● 🌍 India is one of only 2 governments worldwide (with the USA) to have voting rights in Unicode.
● 🗳 India now gets ½ vote in the Unicode Technical Committee (UTC).
● 💰 Pays an annual fee of USD 20,000 (~₹17 lakh).
● 🎯 Supports India's Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) mission to promote Indian
scripts digitally.

🔡 Other Indian Unicode Members: Tamil Virtual Academy (Chennai, TN) – also a Supporting Member.

Colombia & Uzbekistan Join New Development Bank (NDB)

New Members Added:
NDB President Announced at 10th Annual Meeting of occasion Ahead of 17th BRICS
Dilma Rousseff 󰎪 Colombia NDB Board of Governors Summit
& 󰑖 Uzbekistan

(Total Members Now: 11)

🌍 Current Member Countries (11):

Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Bangladesh, UAE, Egypt, Algeria, Colombia, Uzbekistan

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Salkhan Fossils Park (Sonbhadra, UP) Added to UNESCO Tentative List

Added to About List
Salkhan Fossils Park (Sonbhadra, UP) UNESCO Tentative List 🏆 UNESCO Tentative List Status:
Salkhan village, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh
✅ First step toward becoming a
UNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 India now has 63 sites on the

Tentative List

🔍 About Salkhan Fossils Park:

📏 Area: ~25 hectares

🧬 Fossils Type: Stromatolites (formed by ancient cyanobacteria - blue-green algae)
📅 Age: ~1.4 billion years old (Mesoproterozoic Era: 1.6–1.0 billion years ago)
🪨 Geology: Found in Bhander limestone (part of Kaimur range, Vindhyan Supergroup – one of the oldest preserved rock
formations)

*United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

UNESCO WHC Removes 3 African Sites from ‘Danger List’

Removes 3 African sites removed from during 47th Session of the World
World Heritage Committee (WHC)
List of World Heritage in Danger Heritage Committee (WHC)
Venue: UNESCO HQ, Paris, France
Sites Removed &
Restoration Actions Taken

🌳 Rainforests of the Atsinanana – . 🏛 Abu Mena – Egypt 🏘 Old Town of Ghadamès – Libya
Madagascar
🗓 Inscribed: 1979 | Danger Listed: 2001 🗓 Inscribed: 1986 | Danger Listed: 2016
🗓 Inscribed: 2007 | Danger Listed: 2010 ❌ Threat: Rising groundwater damaging ❌ Threats: Armed conflict, wildfires, flooding
❌ Threats: Illegal logging, rosewood structures ✅ Actions Taken: Rebuilt traditional houses |
trafficking, lemur habitat loss ✅ Actions Taken: Solar-powered drainage Repaired water pipelines | Introduced
✅ Actions Taken: Over 60% forest cover system | Full conservation plan in 2024 disaster risk management & skill-building
restored | Reduced poaching & illegal logging | programs
SMART patrol systems

🏆 Significance of Delisting:

● 🔓 Sites now eligible for increased UNESCO technical & financial support
*Spatial Monitoring and Reporting
● 🌐 Global Outstanding Value (OUV) restored Tool (SMART)

Khmer Rouge Sites in Cambodia Added to UNESCO World Heritage List

listed to the during 47th session of the World Heritage

UNESCO 3 Khmer Rouge-era sites in Cambodia World Heritage List Committee held in Paris, France
Sites Recognized

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21), Phnom Penh M-13 Prison, Kampong Chhnang Province Choeung Ek Killing Fields, near Phnom Penh
➤ A former school turned into a torture prison; over ➤ A secret Khmer Rouge detention center ➤ Mass execution and burial site; globally
15,000 died. before 1975. known from The Killing Fields film.

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🕊 Purpose:
To honor victims, preserve memory, and educate future generations about Cambodia’s tragic history under the Khmer
Rouge (1975–1979).

📜 Significance:
● First modern conflict sites from Cambodia to be listed.
● Adds to Cambodia’s existing ancient sites: Angkor, Preah Vihear, Sambo Prei Kuk, Koh Ker.

India’s Maratha Forts Added to UNESCO World Heritage List

added to the during 47th session of the World Heritage
UNESCO India’s Maratha Military Landscapes World Heritage List Committee held in Paris, France

About Landscapes
🏯 List of 12 Forts Included
🏞 What Are the Maratha Military Landscapes?
About 12 11 in Maharashtra + 1 in Tamil Nadu
Forts
A group of 12 forts showcasing strategic military
1. Salher Fort
architecture of the Maratha Empire (17th–19th century),
2. Shivneri Fort
designed for defense across hills, coasts & plains.
3. Lohgad Fort
4. Khanderi Fort
5. Raigad Fort
🌟 Why It Was Recognized 6. Rajgad Fort
7. Pratapgad Fort
● ⚔ Military ingenuity of Marathas 8. Suvarnadurg Fort
● 🛡 Use of terrain, strong fortifications, water management 9. Panhala Fort
● 🏞 Landscape-sensitive architecture 10. Vijay Durg
🏛 Symbol of resistance, unity & planning—especially under 11. Sindhudurg Fort
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 12. Gingee Fort (Tamil Nadu)

󰑔 USA to Exit UNESCO Again (Effective Dec 31, 2026)

announced history Rejoin:July 2023 (under Joe Biden)
President Donald Trump 3rd Exit by USA from UNESCO after 1984 & 2017 → Exit Announced: Jan 2025

📌 Reasons for Exit:

❌ Ideological conflict: USA disagrees with

programs like
🔹 Gender-based policies (e.g. “Transforming
MENtalities”)
🔹 LGBTQ+ inclusion
🔹 SDG agendas (climate change, gender
equality, cultural diversity)

🌍 Impact: Loss of ~8% UNESCO budget | Loss of voting rights

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󰎒 Bulgaria to Join Eurozone – From Jan 1, 2026

European Union (EU) gave to adopt the euro as its from
their final approval for Bulgaria Jan 1, 2026
finance ministers Old Currency: Bulgarian Lev (BGN) official currency

Making it

21st member of the eurozone

Note:€1 = 1.95583 lev
🎯 Significance: First new entrant after Croatia (2023)

󰐺 Senegal Eliminates Trachoma – WHO Validated

becomes to
Senegal the 25th country globally and 9th in Africa eliminate Trachoma as a public health problem

validated by

World Health Organisation (WHO).

📌 What is Trachoma?

🔹 A bacterial eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis

🔹 Can lead to blindness – affects ~1.9 million people globally
🔹 Spread through direct contact, poor hygiene, and flies

🎯 WHO Validation Criteria:

✅ Trachiasis (advanced stage) in adults: < 0.2%

✅ Active trachoma in children (1–9 yrs): < 5%
✅ No mass antibiotic campaigns for ≥2 years
✅ Strong case management system in place

WHIF Joins BRICS+ Manufacturing Working Group

World Health Innovation Forum India’s leadership in medtech and
join BRICS+ Manufacturing Working Group show
(WHIF), located at Andhra Pradesh promotes Visakhapatnam as a global
— a platform for industrial cooperation health innovation hub
MedTech Zone (AMTZ)

● 🤝 WHIF will lead:

○ Joint R&D collaborations across BRICS+ nations
○ Access to Indian testing & manufacturing facilities
○ Localization of medical tech ecosystems in partner countries

MOU AND COLLAB

BANKING AND INSURANCE

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1st Organisation + 2nd Organisation Purpose/Key Notes

AU Small Finance Life Insurance of 🤝 AU Small Finance Bank Partners with LIC for Life
Bank India (LIC) Insurance Distribution

📝 What Happened?
AU Small Finance Bank (AU SFB) signed a strategic
bancassurance partnership with Life Insurance Corporation
of India (LIC) to offer LIC's life insurance products via AU SFB
branches.

Jio Financial Allianz Group – via its 🤝 JFSL + Allianz = 50:50 Reinsurance Joint Venture (JV)
Services Ltd (JFSL) – 100% owned subsidiary
a subsidiary of Reliance Allianz Europe B.V. 🎯 Objective: To create a domestic reinsurance JV (50:50)
Industries Ltd (RIL) that boosts risk management and strengthens India’s
insurance ecosystem, aligned with 󰏝 ‘Insurance for All
2047’ vision.
🌐 Combines Allianz’s global reinsurance expertise with
JFSL’s domestic reach & digital tech strength.

Standard Chartered CCIL-International 🏦 CCIL IFSC–Standard Chartered Bank USD Settlement

Bank (SCB) Financial Services Agreement

Centre Limited(CCIL 📍 Location: GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

IFSC)
🤝 Parties Involved:
● Provider (Settlement Bank):
🔹 Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) – via its
International Banking Unit (IBU)
● Recipient (Infrastructure Platform):
🔹 CCIL IFSC Limited – subsidiary of Clearing
Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL)

🔑 Purpose: To enable real-time USD settlements via CCIL

IFSC's Foreign Exchange Settlement System (FCSS) in GIFT
City.

✅ Benefits: Faster settlement of USD transactions.

CENTRAL GOVT.
1st Organisation + 2nd Organisation Purpose/Key Notes

Ministry of Youth Digital India 󰏝 MY Bharat (Mera Yuva Bharat) 2.0 Launched –
Affairs & Sports Corporation (DIC), Empowering India’s Youth with AI, WhatsApp

(MYAS) under MeitY 📲 About MY Bharat:

Launched on 31 Oct 2023 by Dept. of Youth Affairs (DoYA), it's
a platform to engage & mobilize youth.
- Aim: Build a digital-first youth engagement platform for
volunteering, skilling, and nation-building.

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India Post MapmyIndia (formerly MapmyIndia has partnered with India Post to launch DIGIPIN
(Department of Posts) C.E. InfoSystems Pvt Ltd) — India’s first digital addressing system integrated into the
Mappls app.

📍 What it does: Generates unique 10-character

alphanumeric digital addresses

● Platform: DIGIPIN (Digital Postal Index Number)

● Accuracy: Covers a 3.8m x 3.8m grid — enabling
hyper-local pinpointing

🧪 Tech Developers:
● 󰞵 IIT Hyderabad – Core algorithm design
● 🛰 National Remote Sensing Centre-NRSC (ISRO) –
Satellite mapping integration

What is DIGIPIN? DIGIPIN stands for Digital Postal Index

Number — an open-source, grid-based, geo‑coded addressing
system. Developed by India Post in collaboration with IIT
Hyderabad and ISRO’s NRSC

Department of Association of Mutual 📄 DoP–AMFI MoU for Mutual Funds (MF) KYC
Posts (DoP), Ministry Funds in India (AMFI) Simplification
of Communications
🧾 Objective: Streamline KYC verification for MF investors via
DoP’s 1.64 lakh post offices

🎯 Purpose: Boost MF access in rural & semi-urban India by

easing investor onboarding through DoP’s outreach and AMFI’s
coordination with KRAs (KYC Registration Agencies).
📑 MoU valid for 1 year from July 2025, renewable

- 🏤 Postal staff will help investors with: Filling KYC

forms, Verifying documents, Forwarding docs to Asset
Management Companies (AMCs)

- The pilot will likely start in tier-2 and tier-3 cities to assess
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rural traction.

Department of NPCI International 🤝 DoP + NIPL signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to

Posts (DoP) Payments Ltd (NIPL) enable UPI–UPU-IP Integration for inward remittances to
India

➡ Create secure, affordable, real-time remittance system for

Indian diaspora using:
🔹 UPI (Unified Payments Interface)
🔹 UPU-IP (Universal Postal Union-Interconnection Platform)

🌐 Aims to internationalize UPI across 192 UPU member

nations
✅ Builds on UPI’s global push in 󰏃 France, 󰍿 UAE, 󰎛
Bhutan, 󰐙 Nepal, 󰐌 Mauritius, 󰏶 Sri Lanka, 󰐵 Singapore,
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Ministry of Centre for Research 🛡 MeitY & BITS Pilani to Train Professionals in
Electronics and Excellence in National Cybersecurity at Hyderabad
Information Security (CRENS), 🎯 Purpose: To train professionals from Government
Technology (MeitY) Hyderabad under BITS
departments, PSUs (Public Sector Units), Private companies
Pilani
in cybersecurity skills through a short-term course.

📚 Program Details:
● 📍 Conducted by: BITS Pilani (Hyderabad Campus)
● 🧠 Technology Partner: Rapifuzz Pvt. Ltd.
● 🔒 Guided by: CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency
Response Team), under MeitY
● 🕒 Duration: 8 Weeks

🎓 Certification: Participants who complete the course will get

a Professional Development Certificate in Cybersecurity
jointly issued by CERT-In & BITS Pilani.

Indian Railways DFCCIL (Dedicated 🚄 Indian Railways to Use AI-Based MVIS System for Train
Freight Corridor Safety
Corporation of India 🛠 What is MVIS?
Ltd) – A PSU under MVIS = Machine Vision-Based Inspection System
Ministry of Railways It uses AI + Machine Learning to check train parts while trains
are moving.

🔍 How It Works:
● Cameras are installed along railway tracks.
● These capture high-resolution images of a train’s
under-gear (bottom parts).
● The system can detect problems like loose, missing, or
hanging parts.
● It then sends real-time alerts to railway staff.

www.mappingaffairs.co ⚙ Deployment Details: DFCCIL will set up 4 MVIS units

m
Central Electricity IIT Roorkee 🤝 CEA & IIT Roorkee Sign MoU to Boost Power Sector
Authority (CEA) R&D

🎯 Purpose: To boost research, innovation & capacity

building in India’s power and energy sector – with a vision to
meet India’s Net-Zero target by 2070.
🧠 Capacity Building
- Technical training for CEA personnel
- Online learning via IIT Roorkee modules

Services Export Internet and Mobile 🤝 SEPC & IAMAI Sign MoU to Boost India’s Digital
Services Exports
Promotion Council Association of India 📍 Location: New Delhi, India
(SEPC) – under (IAMAI) 📌 Key Objectives: Enhance global market access for Indian
Ministry of Commerce & digital service exporters.
Industry (MoC&I) ● Promote digital verticals: AdTech, FinTech, HealthTech,
SaaS, Digital Entertainment, Edutech, Agri-Tech, and
Cross-border E-commerce.

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Ministry of Tribal Coal India Ltd (CIL – 🤝 MoTA & CIL Join Hands to Boost Tribal Education in
Affairs (MoTA) Maharatna CPSE, under Chhattisgarh
Ministry of Coal) 🎯 Goal: Enhance education quality for tribal students in
Chhattisgarh

🏫 Under this strategic collaboration, 68 Eklavya Model

Residential Schools (EMRSs) to be supported under CIL’s
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
󰠈 28,000+ tribal students to benefit

💰 CIL Sanctions ₹10 Cr for: Setting up computer labs | 1,200

sanitary napkin vending machines & incinerators for hygiene
| Student mentorship | Residential entrepreneurial boot camps at
IIT/IIM/NIT 🚀

🔧 Implementing Agency: National Scheduled Tribes Finance

& Development Corporation (NSTFDC)

National Urban Institute of Internal 🏦 NUCFDC–IIA India MoU to Strengthen Governance in

Cooperative Finance Auditors India (IIA) UCBs
and Development
🔐 Purpose of the MoU: To enhance governance and
Corporation Ltd.
internal audit standards in Urban Cooperative Banks
(NUCFDC)
(UCBs).

🎯 Key Highlights:
✅ Strategic Focus: Adoption of international audit standard,
Improving professional capabilities of internal auditors &
senior management
✅ Role of IIA India: Support UCBs in building robust
governance frameworks
✅ Role of NUCFDC: Facilitate UCBs in adopting strong
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National Education United Nations NESTS & UNICEF India launched TALASH – a unique
Society for Tribal International Children’s nationwide initiative for tribal youth studying in EMRSs
Students (NESTS) Emergency Fund
(UNICEF)) India 📘 What is TALASH?
TALASH = Tribal Aptitude, Life Skills and Self-Esteem Hub
🔹 India’s 1st national platform for tribal student development

🏫 Target Group: 1.38+ lakh tribal students in Eklavya Model

Residential Schools (EMRSs) across 28 States & 8 UTs. | Full
rollout across all EMRSs planned by end of 2025

🔑 Goal: To empower tribal youth by guiding them to explore

their strengths ("Talash" = search) and build resilience, skills,
and career readiness.
📊 Key Features: Each student receives a Career Card with
tailored career suggestions

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Tamil Nadu (TN) Hyundai Motor India ⚙ TN Govt, Hyundai & IIT Madras 🤝 Launch Hyundai
Govt + IIT Madras Ltd (HMIL) HTWO (H2:Hydrogen) Innovation Centre
📍 Location: IIT Madras Satellite Campus, Thaiyur, near
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

🌱 Objective: Promote indigenous hydrogen production &

build refuelling infrastructure for hydrogen-powered vehicles
in TN 🚗💨🔋

🔹 Project Name: Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre

🔹 Purpose:
– Develop Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tech
– Enable Green Hydrogen R&D in India
– Establish refuelling corridor: Chennai → Trichy →
Kanyakumari

💰 Funding & Investment:

– 💸 ₹100 Crore committed by HMIL (Total Cost: 180 Cr)
– Routed via Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF) under
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Maharashtra Govt. Krishi Samruddhi 🌾 Maharashtra Launches ‘Krishi Samruddhi’ Scheme to

Scheme Empower Farmers
💰 Budget: ₹25,000 crore over 5 years
🛠 Implementing Agency: Maharashtra Agriculture
Department

🔑 Key Features of ‘Krishi Samruddhi’:

✅ 󰞾 Farmer Empowerment: Financial support for:
Technology adoption, Soil health, Water-use efficiency,
Post-harvest value addition
✅ 🌱 Sustainable Farming Practices, Infrastructure
Development, Crop Diversification

Govt. of Digital India 📑 Puducherry Signs MoU with BHASHINI for Multilingual
Puducherry BHASHINI Division Digital Governance
(DIBD), MeitY
🎯 Objective: To integrate BHASHINI’s language technology
into Puducherry e-governance system, enabling citizen
services in native languages like Tamil, Malayalam, and
Telugu.

📝 Also Signed By: Govt. of Bihar – To preserve linguistic

heritage & improve access to historical records

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India Govt. United Kingdom (UK) 󰏝🤝󰏅 India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade
Govt. Agreement (CETA) Signed to Boost Trade & Investment

📍 Location: Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK

🖊 Signed by: Piyush Goyal (India) & Jonathan Reynolds (UK)
👥 In presence of: PM Modi 󰏝 & PM Keir Starmer 󰏅

💹 Goal: Double bilateral trade from $56B (2025) to $112B by

2030

🛃 Tariff Reductions:
🔸 India’s Commitments: 99% of UK exports ( whisky, cars,
med devices) = zero-duty access
🔸 UK’s Commitments: Reduce tariffs on 90% of lines, 85% =
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India Govt. Iceland, Liechtenstein, 🤝 India–EFTA TEPA Fully Ratified after 16 yrs (since 2008)
Norway & Switzerland
📍 Switzerland completed ratification of the Trade and
Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) between 󰏝 &
EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway & Switzerland) | India’s
1st Foreign Trade Agreement (FTA) with a European bloc
🗓 In Force: Expected October 2025
💵 EFTA to invest $100 Billion in 󰏝 over 15 years

India UAE 󰏝🤝󰍿 India & UAE to Collaborate on Green Steel &
Premium Aluminium

🛠 Context: High-level talks held under the 󰏝–󰍿

Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to
boost cooperation in green steel and high-grade aluminium.

🌍 Global Presence of Indian CPSEs

▪ SAIL,National Mineral Development Corporation - NMDC
(Hyderabad), and Metallurgical & Engineering
Consultants-MECON (Ranchi) set up international offices in
Dubai

United Arab Emirates Atal Incubation Centre 󰏝󰍿 UAE-India CEPA Council 🤝 AIC-BHU MoU to Boost
(UAE)-India Mahatma Mahamana Startup Ecosystem | 📍 Where: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Comprehensive Foundation for Innovation
Economic Partnership and Entrepreneurship, 🎯 Aim: Strengthen India–UAE startup & innovation
Agreement (CEPA) Institute of Management, collaboration, especially in Tier-2 & Tier-3 cities
Council (UICC) Banaras Hindu University 🧩 MoU enables institutional linkages, knowledge sharing,
(AIC-MFIE-IM-BHU), and market access for 110+ incubated startups at AIC-BHU
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (UP)
🚀 UAE-India Start-Up Series to provide: Fast-track UAE
licensing, Mentorship, Investor network access, Incubation
support in UAE

OTHERS

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National Institute for Jai Vakeel Foundation NIEPID & Jai Vakeel Foundation Partnership Signed MoU to
Empowerment of (JVF), Mumbai implement DISHA Curriculum for Children with Intellectual
Persons with Disabilities (CwID)
Intellectual Disabilities 🎯 Aim: Develop a uniform, structured education system for
(Divyangjan) (NIEPID) CwID across India
✅ Backed by: DISHA Abhiyan (certified by NIEPID in 2019)

🧩 Key Features: Assessment Checklist for Individualized

Education Plans (IEP), Multisensory Curriculum, Digital
Portal, Teacher Training Ecosystem
🌍 Supports: United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) (SDG 4 – Quality Education, SDG 10 – Reduced
Inequalities).

Purpose of DISHA: Offers a nationwide standardized model

for delivering education to children with intellectual disabilities. (a
person has difficulty learning, understanding things that others their can
do easily)

- The program is expected to train over 5,000 teachers in phase

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Madras Export Centre for Development 🤝 MEPZ SEZ & C-DAC (Pune) Join Hands for IT Skill
Processing Zone of Advanced Development
Special Economic Computing (C-DAC), 🎯 Objectives: Establish IT Skill Development Centre @
Zone (MEPZ SEZ), under Ministry of MEPZ SEZ
under the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) 🎓 Target Region: TN, Andaman, Puducherry (TAP)
Commerce and Industry
(MoCI)

Uttar Pradesh Relief United Nations UP Govt 🤝 UNDP – Strengthening Disaster Management in
Commissioner’s Development Uttar Pradesh
Office Programme (UNDP)
India 🔹 Aim: Enhance institutional capacity & develop a multi-tier
disaster management system
📍 Coverage: All 75 districts of UP; collaboration with 15
state departments
📑 Key Initiatives: ₹19.99 Cr budget over 3 years, Risk &
vulnerability assessment in 20 cities, Urban disaster
management plans

Karexpert (Reliance Telecom Egypt, Egypt Telecom Egypt signed an MoU with 󰏝 Karexpert
Jio-backed),India Technologies (Reliance Jio-backed) to launch a National
Digital Healthcare Platform.

🔹 Key Features: Hosted on Egypt’s secure national cloud

(ensures data sovereignty)

Vikram Sarabhai Space National Institute of 🌊 ISRO’s VSSC & NIOT Join Hands to Build Deep-Sea
Centre (VSSC) under Ocean Technology (NIOT) Submersible 'MATSYA-6000' under Samudrayaan Project
ISRO under Ministry of Earth
Sciences (MoES) 🚢 Project: Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV) named MATSYA-6000
🔹 🌊 Depth: Can withstand 600 bar pressure, -3°C temperature
🔹 󰥗 Crew: 3-member deep-sea mission

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BEML Limited, a Hindustan Shipyard BEML Ltd. (MoD CPSE) signed an MoU with Hindustan
Schedule 'A' Central Ltd. (HSL) Shipyard Ltd. (HSL) to co-develop next-gen marine
PSU Under MoD engineering systems under the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.

🛠 BEML: Lead agency for design & structural optimization

🏗 HSL: Drive indigenisation using BEML’s production power

🔹 Significance: Enhances India’s marine infra capabilities to

global standards through joint innovation & indigenous
manufacturing.

Reliance Defence Coastal Mechanics 󰏝🤝󰑔 Reliance Defence & US Firm Tie-Up for India’s 1st
Limited (RDL), Company, Inc. (US Private Military Aircraft MRO Facility
subsidiary of Reliance Department of Defense
Infrastructure Ltd, India DoD-authorised contractor) 📍 Location: Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at
Nagpur (MIHAN), Nagpur, Maharashtra
🔧 Purpose: To set up India’s first major private sector MRO
(Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) facility for military
aircraft under ‘Make in India’ & ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’.

󰏝 Cochin Shipyard 󰏮 HD Korea Shipbuilding 🛳 Cochin Shipyard–KSOE MoU to Boost Shipbuilding

Limited (CSL) – PSU & Offshore Engineering 📍 Location: Kochi, Kerala
(KSOE) – Subsidiary of HD
Hyundai Co., Ltd 📌 Key Areas of Cooperation: Joint shipbuilding projects
(India & abroad) | Technical collaboration to align with global
shipbuilding standards

💰 Policy Support: Supported by the newly launched ₹25,000

crore Maritime Development Fund for shipbuilding, port
modernization, and infrastructure development.

󰏝 DRDO – Naval 󰎉 DSTG – Information India–Australia Undersea Surveillance Pact

Physical and Sciences Division, Canberra
📅 Project Duration: 3 years
Oceanographic 🎯 Goal: Boost undersea surveillance capabilities for early
Laboratory (NPOL), detection of: Submarines | AUVs (Autonomous Underwater
Kochi Vehicles)

Services Export Internet and Mobile 🤝 SEPC & IAMAI Sign MoU to Boost India’s Digital
Promotion Council Association of India Services Exports
📍 Location: New Delhi, India
(SEPC) – under (IAMAI)
Ministry of Commerce & 📌 Key Objectives: Enhance global market access for Indian
Industry (MoC&I) digital service exporters.
● Promote digital verticals: AdTech, FinTech, HealthTech,
SaaS, Digital Entertainment, Edutech, Agri-Tech, and
Cross-border E-commerce.

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BANKING AND INSURANCE
Person Name Appoint as Replaced Key Notes

Kesavan Executive Director (ED) 👤 Kesavan Ramachandran appointed

Ramachandran, of RBI as Executive Director (ED) of RBI
Principal Chief General
Manager, Risk Monitoring 🔹 Responsibilities:
Department, RBI
_ 1. Heads Department of Regulation –
Prudential Regulation Division, which
is responsible for shapes regulatory
framework for Indian banks

Anuradha Thakur, Director on RBI’s Central Ajay Seth 󰠀 Anuradha Thakur Appointed as RBI
Secretary, Department Board (retired on 30 June Central Board Director
of Economic Affairs 2025)
(DEA) - 1st woman to 🧾 Status: One of two Govt nominee
head DEA directors

🪑 Other Govt Nominee on RBI Board:

👉 M. Nagaraju (Secretary, DFS, MoF)

Sahil Kini, Co-founder CEO of RBI Innovation Rajesh Bansal Sahil Kini Appointed New CEO of RBI
of fintech startup Setu Hub (RBIH) (Founding CEO, Innovation Hub (RBIH)
served 4 years)

🧭 Key Projects Under Former CEO:

- ⚙ Frictionless Credit Platform

- 󰠀 Swanari Program (women-focused
financial inclusion)

Sunil Jayawant Executive Director (ED) Sunil Jayawant Kadam appointed as

Kadam, Chief General of SEBI Executive Director (ED)
Manager (CGM) _
🔁 Promoted from: Chief General
Manager (CGM) in SEBI

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Ajay Seth, Former Chairman of Debasish Panda 🆕 Ajay Seth Appointed as IRDAI
Secretary, Department of (tenure ended March Chairman
Insurance Regulatory
Economic Affairs (DEA) + 2025) ✅ Approved by: Appointments
additional charge of Revenue and Development Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) chaired
Secretary Authority of India by PM Narendra Modi
(IRDAI) 🪑 Term: 3 years, or till 65 years of age,
or until further orders

🏅 Ajay Seth: PM’s Award for

Excellence in Public Administration –
2013

Babita B P Deputy Chief 󰠁🛡 Babita B P Appointed as Deputy

Information Security Chief Information Security Officer at
SBI
Officer of SBI
__
👤 Designation: Deputy Chief
Information Security Officer (GM –
Infrastructure Security & Special
Projects)

Raghavendra S Interim MD & CEO of Srikrishnan Hari 🏦 Raghavendra S Bhat Appointed

Karnataka Bank Hara Sarma Interim MD & CEO of Karnataka Bank
Bhat, Chief Operating
Officer (COO) of Karnataka
Bank (2019), formerly a Clerk
󰳖 Tenure: 3 months or until a
permanent MD & CEO is appointed
🏛 Predecessor: Srikrishnan Hari Hara
Sarma (resigned on 29 June 2025, term
ends 15 July)

R. Doraiswamy, MD & CEO of Life Sat Pal Bhanoo R. Doraiswamy Appointed as MD &
Executive Director of Insurance Corporation (Interim CEO, June CEO of LIC
LIC of India 8 – Sept 7, 2025) 📅 Tenure: Till August 28, 2028
(retirement at age 62)
- Appointment Approval:
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
🏢 About LIC: Under Ministry of
Finance
● Structure:
○ 󰳖 1 CEO & MD
○ 👥 4 Other Managing
Directors

Sanjay Kaul, MD & CEO of GIFT Tapan Ray (Retired 🏙 Sanjay Kaul Appointed CEO of
IAS, Gujarat cadre) GIFT City, Gandhinagar
Joint Secretary, Ministry City, Gandhinagar
🏢 New Role: Managing Director (MD)
of Culture (GoI)
& CEO, GIFT City
👤 Appointee: Sanjay Kaul, 2001-batch
IAS officer (Kerala cadre)
🕒 Tenure: 3 years (on deputation)
🔄 Replaces: Tapan Ray (Retired IAS,
Gujarat cadre)

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Person Name Appoint as Replaced Key Notes

Deepak Bagla, new Mission Director 󰏝 Deepak Bagla Appointed as

Former MD & CEO of of Atal Innovation Mission Director of Atal Innovation
Invest India + Mission (AIM)
Mission (AIM) under
Ex-President of WAIPA
NITI Aayog 📌 The Government of India has
(World Association of
Investment Promotion appointed Deepak Bagla as the new
Agencies) Mission Director of Atal Innovation
Mission (AIM) under NITI Aayog.
_
🎯 Significance: Will bring global
strategic vision and investment
experience to boost innovation.

Dr Abhijat Sheth, Chairperson of Dr B N Gangadhar 󰏝 Dr Abhijat Sheth Appointed as

President of: National National Medical (Resigned in Oct Chairperson of National Medical
Board of Examinations in 2024; continued till Commission (NMC)
Commission (NMC)
Medical Sciences replacement found)
(NBEMS) 📚 NBEMS Role: Conducts exams like
NEET-PG

📌 Key Notes:
● Dr Sheth will temporarily
manage both NBEMS and NMC
until NEET-PG (Aug 2025)
concludes

● NMC is the apex regulator for

medical education & ethics in
India

Ravi Agrawal Chairman, Central Nitin Gupta 👔 CBDT Chairman Ravi Agrawal Gets
Board of Direct Taxes Extension
(CBDT)
🔁 Extension Tenure: 1 July 2025 – 30
June 2026
📍 Department: Department of Revenue,
Ministry of Finance
🪑 Re-appointed after initial
appointment in June 2024, replacing
Nitin Gupta

Gurdeep Singh CMD of NTPC Ltd 👤 Appointments Committee of the

(Second Extension) Cabinet (ACC) Approves Extension of
– Gurdeep Singh as CMD of NTPC Ltd.
till July 31,2026

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Bhanu Pratap Chairperson of Financial 🏛 ACC Extends Tenure of FSIB

Sharma (Part-time) Services Institutions Chairperson & Members
Bureau (FSIB) 🔧 By: Appointments Committee of the
Cabinet (ACC)
🏢 Body Involved: Financial Services
Institutions Bureau (FSIB)

🔹 What’s Approved?
1. 1-year extension to: Chairperson:
Bhanu Pratap Sharma (Part-time)
2. 6 part-time Members

👥 Members Whose Tenure Was

Extended:
Name Former Position
–
Bhanu Pratap Part-time Chairperson, FSIB;
Sharma Former Health Secretary

Animesh Chauhan Ex-CMD, Oriental Bank of

Commerce

Deepak Singhal Ex-ED, Reserve Bank of India

(RBI)

Shailendra Bhandari Ex-MD, ING Vysya Bank

Usha Sangwan Ex-MD, Life Insurance

Corporation (LIC)

A.V. Girija Kumar Ex-CMD, Oriental Insurance

Company Ltd.

Sujay Banarji Ex-WTM (Distribution), IRDAI

Nitin Gupta, Director Chairperson of the Ravneet Kaur 🆕 Appointment: Nitin Gupta –
General at the Competition National Financial Chairperson of NFRA for 3 Years
Commission of India (CCI). +
Former Chairman of Central Reporting Authority 👤 He succeeds Ravneet Kaur, who
Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) (NFRA) held additional charge since April 2025
after the completion of Ajay Bhushan
Pandey’s tenure (ended on March 31,
2025).
- Alongside Gupta, the following have
been appointed as full-time members of
NFRA: Smita Ghingran, P Daniel,
Sushil Kumar Jaiswal

📋 Key Functions of NFRA

Recommend accounting and auditing
policies & standards

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Utpal Kumar Singh, CEO of Sansad TV 🆕 Utpal Kumar Singh Appointed CEO
Secretary-General of Lok (additional charge) of Sansad TV
Sabha & ex-IAS officer
🏛 Sansad TV Role
_
📺 Will strengthen parliamentary
communication
🗣 Focus on transparency, education &
public awareness
Note: Utpal Kumar Singh Rebuilt
Kedarnath shrine post-2013 floods

Parag Jain New R&AW Chief Ravi Sinha (retired Parag Jain Appointed as New R&AW
on 30 June 2025) Chief

🏢 Organization: R&AW (Research and

Analysis Wing) – India’s external
intelligence agency
📌 Tenure: 2 years (fixed)
🔖 Approved by: Appointments
Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

Aastha Poonia, Fighter Pilot in Indian 🛩 Slt Aastha Poonia: First Woman
Sub-Lieutenant (Slt) from Naval Aviation Fighter Pilot in Indian Naval Aviation
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
🎯 Significance:
__ ● 👏 A major step toward Nari
Shakti (women empowerment)
● ⚖ Promotes gender equality
and opportunity in combat
roles

Sudhanshu Mittal, President of KKFI Sudhanshu Mittal Re-elected as

Ex-MP, BJP _ President of Kho-Kho Federation of
India (KKFI) for New Term

Upkar Singh Virk, General Secretary of Upkar Singh Virk Appointed as

Ex-Joint Secy, Punjab KKFI General Secretary of Kho-Kho
Kho Kho Association
_ Federation of India (KKFI)

INTERNATIONAL
Person Name Appoint as Replaced Key Notes

Kumar Mangalam Member, Board of 󰏝🤝󰑔 Kumar Mangalam Birla

Birla, Chairman of Directors, US-India Appointed to USISPF Board of
Strategic Partnership Directors
Aditya Birla Group
Forum (USISPF) _
🎯 Purpose: Strengthen India–US
strategic partnership through business
and policy dialogue

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Vaishali Nigam Sinha, President, UN Global 🌍 Vaishali Nigam Sinha Elected

Co-Founder & Chairperson Compact Network India President of UNGCNI (2025–2027)
– Sustainability, ReNew Pvt. (UNGCNI) 🔸 First private sector leader to head
Ltd. UNGCNI in 20+ years

1. Elected as part of a newly formed

12-member Governing Council for
_ 2025-2027.
2. Role of Governing Council: Promote
“Forward Faster” UN campaign to
accelerate SDG targets: Gender equality,
Climate action, Water resilience

🔹 About UNGCNI: Indian chapter of UNGC

for promoting responsible business practices.

Priyanka Kakkar, Co-President of BRICS 󰠀 Priyanka Kakkar Appointed

Chief Spokesperson of Aam CCI Women’s Wing Co-President of BRICS CCI Women’s
Aadmi Party (AAP) Wing (2025–27)
📍 Organisation: BRICS CCI (Chamber
of Commerce & Industry)
🌟 Why the Appointment?
-–
● 🤝 Recognized for strong
leadership and dedication to
women’s empowerment

󰠀 Current President: Ruby Sinha,

founder of SheAtWork.

Sukanya Sonowal Commonwealth Youth Sukanya Sonowal Named

Peace Ambassador for Commonwealth Youth Peace
2025–2027 Ambassador

󰠈 Who: Sukanya Sonowal – 4th-year

B.Tech. student, Biosciences &
Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati (Assam)
📢 Will serve as Head of
Communications & Public Relations in
CYPAN Executive Committee
-–

🌍 About CYPAN (Commonwealth Youth

Peace Ambassadors Network):
- 🤝 A youth-led initiative spanning 56
Commonwealth nations
● 🎯 Focus: Promoting peace, tolerance,
respect, & countering violent extremism

● ✅ Ambassadors are selected for their

peacebuilding experience, policy
knowledge, & advocacy skills

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Zou Jiayi (Known as a President of Asian Jin Liqun (Founding Zou Jiayi Elected President of AIIB
“Tiger-Fighter”) Infrastructure President) - Tenure: 5-year term starting Jan 16,
Investment Bank (AIIB) 2026
(HQ: Beijing, China) ✅ Significance: 2nd President &
1st-ever female to lead AIIB

󰠀 About Zou Jiayi: Former ED &

Alternate ED at the World Bank
(1996–2009)

Yuliia Svyrydenko, New PM of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal – 󰑒󰠀 Yuliia Svyrydenko Appointed

former Economy 󰑒 Ukraine’s New PM of Ukraine (July 2025)
Minister longest-serving PM
✅ 1st PM change since

APPOINTMENTS
👉 Now appointed Russia-Ukraine war began (2022)
Defence Minister

Dr. Jennifer President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Dr. Jennifer Geerlings-Simons (Age:71)

“Chan” Santokhi Elected First Female President of
Geerlings-Simons, (Northeastern coast of
(9th President, 2020–2025) Suriname
Physician & Politician South America)
👤 Vice President: Gregory Rusland

Phumtham Acting PM of Thailand PM Paetongtarn 󰑆 Phumtham Wechayachai

Wechayachai, Shinawatra Appointed Acting PM of Thailand
Deputy PM & Interior
⚖ Reason: Suspension of PM
Minister
Paetongtarn Shinawatra by Thailand’s
Constitutional Court (CCT)

OTHERS
Person Name Appoint as Replaced Key Notes

Hemant Rupani , CEO of Hindustan Juan Pablo 󰳖 Hemant Rupani Appointed CEO of
President, Southeast Coca- Cola Beverages Rodriguez HCCB
Asia – Mondelez Pvt Ltd (HCCB) 📅 Effective From: September 8, 2025
International
🏢 About HCCB (Hindustan Coca-
Cola Beverages):
✅ One of India’s largest Coca-Cola
bottlers
🤝 In Dec 2024, Jubilant Bhartia Group
acquired 40% stake in HCCB’s parent
company.

Amitabh Kant, Non-Executive Director 🛫 Amitabh Kant Appointed as

Former CEO of NITI at IndiGo Non-Executive Director at IndiGo
Aayog & Former India’s –
G20 Sherpa Reason for the appointment: Brings
policy expertise and a developmental
vision to India’s leading airline

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Aditya Mangla CEO of Eternal’s Food Rakesh Ranjan 🍽 Aditya Mangla Appointed CEO of
Delivery Arm (Zomato) (served for 2 years, Eternal’s Food Delivery Arm (Zomato)
now stepping down
🏢 Company: Eternal – Parent firm of
from senior roles)
Zomato
👤 New Role: Aditya Mangla appointed
as CEO – Food Delivery Division

Sanjog Gupta, CEO CEO of International Geoff Allardice Sanjog Gupta Appointed as CEO of
(Sports & Live Cricket Council (ICC) (Australia) ICC
Experiences) at JioStar
● Position: 7th CEO in ICC history
● Notable: 2nd Indian in ICC top
leadership after Jay Shah (ICC
Chairman, 2024)

Yuvraj Singh Co-owner & Brand ⛳ Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL)
Ambassador of – Launched July 2025
Indian Golf Premier 🆕 India’s 1st city-based franchise golf
League league
🏛 Supported by: Ministry of Youth
Affairs & Sports (MYAS)

– 📅 Tournament Details:
-Format: Franchise-based Golf League
-Duration: 4 weeks (⏳ Jan–Feb 2026)
-Teams: 6 city-based franchises Cities:
Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru,
Kolkata, Mumbai (6th unspecified)
-Players: Each team – 10 players (male
& female pros)

Kartik Aaryan Brand Ambassador of 👟 Skechers Appoints Kartik Aaryan

Skechers USA Inc. as Brand Ambassador for India
(California, USA) –
🤝 Kartik Aaryan, Bollywood actor, joins
Skechers to promote stylish, comfortable,
and innovative footwear to Indian youth.

Priya Nair CEO & Managing Rohit Jawa 󰠀󰏝 Priya Nair Appointed as First
Director (MD) of (Tenure: 2023–2025) Woman MD & CEO of HUL
Hindustan Unilever 🕰 Term: 5 years (2025–2030)
Limited (HUL) 🔁 Predecessor: Rohit Jawa (Tenure:
2023–2025)
👑 Historic First: 1st Woman CEO &
MD in HUL’s 90-year history
📍 She will also remain part of the
Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE)

Prof Uma Kanjilal Vice-Chancellor (VC) 󰠈 Prof Uma Kanjilal: 1st Woman VC
of IGNOU of IGNOU
🏛 Institution: IGNOU (Indira Gandhi
_ National Open University)
🔹 Milestone: 1st woman Vice-
Chancellor in IGNOU’s 40-year history

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Hardeep Singh Brar, President & CEO, BMW Vikram Pawah, 🚗 Hardeep Singh Brar Appointed
Former SVP, Sales & Group India who will lead BMW CEO of BMW India
Marketing at Kia India Australia & New
Zealand 🗓 Effective From: 1 September 2025
👤 New Role: President & CEO, BMW
Group India
🔁 Replaces: Vikram Pawah, who will
lead BMW Australia & New Zealand

Stephane Deblaise CEO of Renault Venkatram 🚗 Stephane Deblaise Appointed CEO

Group India Mamillapalle of Renault Group India
(to continue as MD 🏢 Company: Renault Group
of Renault India (Headquartered in Paris, France)
Pvt. Ltd.)

President Droupadi Murmu Appoints New Governors for Haryana & Goa, and Lieutenant Governor for Ladakh
Post Appointed Replaces Background
Person

Governor of Prof. Ashim Bandaru Academic & political thinker from West Bengal
Haryana Kumar Ghosh Dattatreya

Governor of Goa Pusapati Ashok P. S. Sreedharan Former Union Minister for Civil Aviation (2014–2018),
Gajapathi Raju Pillai veteran politician from Andhra Pradesh

Lt. Governor of Kavinder Gupta Brig. (Retd.) B. D. Senior BJP leader from J&K, ex-Deputy CM & Speaker of
Ladakh Mishra J&K Legislative Assembly

📝 Appointed by: President Droupadi Murmu, as per Article 155 of the Indian Constitution

Key Appointments in Indian Air Force: Narmdeshwar Tiwari Named Vice Chief, Sivakumar Becomes AOA,
Jasvir Mann Takes Over as SASO
Person Name New Appointment Previous Appointment

Air Marshal S. Sivakumar Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA), Air HQ Director General (Administration), Air HQ

Air Marshal Jasvir Singh Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO), Western Air Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of a fighter base
Command
Mann

Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air
Command
Tiwari

RESIGNATIONS

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Jagdeep Dhankhar Vice President (VP) of HN Singh (Acting 14th Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
VP) Resigns
India
🔹 Reason: Resigned due to health
reasons
🔹 Submitted to: President of India
🔹 Resignation under: Article 67(a) –
VP may resign by writing to the President
🔹 Tenure Completed: 3 years(Total:
5-year term)
🔹 New VP Election Deadline: Within
60 days → Before September 19, 2025

👤 Current Acting Chairperson of

Rajya Sabha
🔸 Harivansh Narayan Singh (JD(U)) –
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
🔸 To preside until new VP is elected
(Under Article 91).

- 3rd VP in India’s History to resign before

completing a full term, following VV Giri
and R.Venkataraman.

Gita Gopinath, IMF International 󰏝󰠅 Gita Gopinath Resigns as IMF

as Chief Economist in Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Chief (August 2025)
2019 (1st woman in the Deputy Chief
role) 🔹 Who?
Indian-American economist Gita
Gopinath, First Deputy Managing
Director of the International Monetary
Fund (IMF).

🔹 After Resignation:
_ Stepping down in August 2025 to return
to Harvard University as Professor of
Economics.

🔹 Career Highlights at IMF:

● 󰥟 Joined IMF as Chief
Economist in 2019 (1st woman
in the role)
● 📈 Promoted to First Deputy
Managing Director in Jan 2022

AWARDS

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World's Best Global Finance State Bank of India 🏦 SBI Named World's Best Consumer
Bank 2025
Consumer Bank Magazine 🔹 Presented to: SBI Chairman Challa
2025 (a top international Sreenivasulu Setty
financial publication)
🧠 Why SBI Won the Award:
✅ Strong customer focus & digital innovation
✅ Advanced mobile banking & new offices
✅ Use of AI for personalised services
✅ Support for regional languages through
voice banking
✅ 24/7 digital support – especially in rural &
semi-urban areas

Other Awards: 1.World's Best Bank - Societe

Generale, France
2.World's Best Corporate Bank - BBVA, Spain
3.World's Best Emerging Market Bank - J.P.
Morgan, United States of America(USA)
4.World's Best Frontier Market Bank - Societe
Generale, France

5.World's Best Sub-Custodian Bank - CIBC

Mellon, Canada

Digital Payments Department of India Post Payments 🏆 Digital Payments Awards 2024–25 by
Awards 2024–25 Financial Services Bank (IPPB) DFS
(DFS), Ministry of
Organisation Category Key Achievements
Finance (MoF)
India Post Payments ✅ 100% GoI-owned (Dept. of
Payments Bank Posts, MoC)
Bank (IPPB) - ✅ Enabled doorstep banking
1 place via 2 lakh postmen & GDS
✅ Reached 5.57 lakh villages
🏆 Topped DFS Index among
Payments Banks

PhonePe - Fintech 🏅 Recognised for building

1 place (Private) offline digital payment
infrastructure in remote areas

City Union Private 🏅 Innovations like voice-

Bank (CUB) - Sector based UPI 123Pay
2 place | 1st Bank 🔸 Multilingual chatbots
by HDFC Bank 🔸 Tap-and-go wearable
payments

Punjab Public 🥇 1st Rank among PSBs for

National Bank Sector performance in digital
(PNB) - 1 place Bank payments

🎖 Total Awards: 21

Hem Bahadur Malla CJ Prakash Man Kalyan Shrestha 󰐙⚖ Ex-Chief Justice (CJ) of Nepal Kalyan
Award 2080, Singh Raut (25th Chief Justice of Shrestha Wins Hem Bahadur Malla Award
Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal) 2080

💰 Prize: NPR 2 lakh + certificate

🏛 Organizers: PAAN & Salt Trading
Corporation (STC)

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Order of the Republic Trinidad and PM Modi 󰏝 PM Modi Receives Trinidad and
of Trinidad and Tobago Govt. Tobago’s Highest Civilian Award
Tobago
- Recognised for global leadership |
Support to Trinidad and Tobago during
COVID-19

Modi presented: Ram Mandir replica | Holy

water from Mahakumbh

🌍 PM Modi was also awarded the Officer of

the Order of the Star of Ghana | For his
global cooperation efforts

Key to the City of Jorge Macri, PM Modi PM Modi Receives 'Key to the City' of
Chief of the City Buenos Aires 󰏝🤝󰎆
Buenos Aires 📍 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Government of
Buenos Aires 🏅 Recognition: Key to the City – a symbol
(Argentina) of trust, friendship, and honour

🏛 Historic Visit: PM Modi became the first

Indian Prime Minister to visit Argentina in
57 years. | 🔹 Celebrated 75 years of
diplomatic relations

🕊 Tributes to Global Icons:

During his visit, PM Modi paid floral tributes to:
● Mahatma Gandhi 🌿 – symbol of
peace & non-violence
● Rabindranath Tagore 📚 – cultural
icon & Nobel laureate
● General José de San Martín 󰎆 –
Argentina’s national hero

Grand Collar of the Brazilian President PM Modi 󰎙 PM Modi Honoured with Brazil’s Highest
National Order of the Luiz Inácio Lula da Civilian Award
Southern Cross 2025 Silva
🔑 Why the Honour? 🤝 Strengthened
India–Brazil ties in diplomacy, economy &
culture

The Order of the Most Namibia’s 󰐒 PM Modi Receives Namibia’s Highest

Ancient Welwitschia President Civilian Honour
Mirabilis Netumbo Nandi- 󰏝 Significance: Modi becomes the 1st
Ndaitwah Indian leader to receive this honour

🌱 About the Award: Named after

Welwitschia Mirabilis – a rare desert plant
symbolizing endurance & resilience

● 🎖 Given to leaders who promote

international cooperation & unity

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PEN Pinter Prize Ruth Bothwick Leila Aboulela 🏆 PEN Pinter Prize 2025
2025, United Kingdom (Chair of English 󰐳󰏅
PEN) (Sudanese–Scottish ✅ Recognised for her literary contributions
author) that explore: Faith, Migration, Lives of Muslim
women in displacement
- She will also name the PEN Pinter
“Writer of Courage”, with whom she
will share the award.
✍ About Leila Aboulela: Author of 6 novels
📘 About the Award: and 2 short story collections
1. Instituted by: English PEN in - Notable Works: The Translator (1999) |
2009 Minaret (2005) | River Spirit (2023)
2. In memory of: Harold Pinter,
- Awards: 🏅 1st Caine Prize for African
Nobel Laureate (Literature,
2005) Writing (2000) for The Museum | 🏅 Scottish
3. For: Writers from the UK, Book Award (Fiction – Lyrics Alley)
Ireland, and Commonwealth,
publishing in English 📝 Past Winners: Arundhati Roy (2024) 󰏝
4. Recognises: "Writers of
Courage"
winner

PEN Translates English PEN Geetanjali Shree 🏆 Geetanjali Shree Wins PEN Translates
Award 2025 (UK) Award 2025

📘 Book: Once Elephants Lived Here

📝 Translated by: Daisy Rockwell

🔹 Celebrated Hindi author Geetanjali Shree

(of Tomb of Sand fame) wins the PEN
Translates Award 2025

📖 About the Author:

🧕 Geetanjali Shree – Known for her deep,
innovative storytelling
🏆 Won International Booker Prize 2022
(Tomb of Sand)
📗 About the Book:
🦣 Once Elephants Lived Here explores
memory, extinction & nature, blending
ecological and cultural loss in lyrical prose

Hollywood Walk of Peter Roth, Chair Deepika Padukone ⭐ Deepika Padukone Gets Hollywood
Fame Star, Los of the Selection Walk of Fame Star 󰏝🎬
Angeles, USA Committee
🏆 Milestone: First Indian actress to receive
the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame star

🌍 A Global Honour for Indian Cinema:

Deepika was announced among the 35
honourees selected for the Hollywood Walk
of Fame Class of 2026

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Chintha Raveendran Sarankumar Limbale 🏅 Sarankumar Limbale Wins Chintha

Award 2025 (Renowned Marathi Raveendran Award 2025
writer & critic) | 📍 Venue: K.P. Kesavamenon Hall,
Known for writings on Kozhikode
Dalit identity, equality, 💬 Field: Literature & Social Thought
and human rights 🎁 Includes: ₹50,000 cash, memento, and
citation

📚 About the Award:

🏆 Given annually in memory of Chintha
Raveendran, a noted left-wing thinker
🎯 Recognizes literary contributions and
commitment to social justice

TIME 100 Creators TIME Magazine Prajakta Koli 📰 Prajakta Koli – Only Indian featured in the
List 2025 (MostlySane) TIME 100 Creators List 2025 (Entertainers)
👥 7M YouTube subscribers (MostlySane) |
8M Instagram followers.

🌐 Purpose: Recognises 100 most influential

digital creators globally
- Category(Titans) Winner: Kai Cenat
(Twitch), MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson)

About TIME Magazine:

1. Editor-in-Chief: Sam Jacobs
2. Categories of Awards: Titans, Leaders,
Entertainers, Phenomena, Catalysts

IESA Industry S.K. Sharma Telangana 🏆 Telangana Wins IESA Industry

Excellence Award (Director, Electronics Excellence Award 2025
and EV&ESS,
2025 ( State Leadership Telangana) 📍 Event: 11th India Energy Storage Week
– Battery Manufacturing) (IESW), New Delhi

🔋 Why Telangana Won the Award:

Leadership in battery manufacturing &
energy storage | Proactive EV and Energy
Storage Policies

🧩 Key Policies:

● ✅ Telangana EV and Energy Storage

Policy
● ✅ Telangana Renewable Energy
Policy

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United Nations United Nations Varsha Deshpande, 🏆 Varsha Deshpande(From Satara,

Population Award Population Advocate & Women’s Maharashtra) Wins 2025 UN Population
Rights Activist | Founder Award released on July 11, 2025 (World
2025 (Individual Fund (UNFPA) & Secretary of Dalit Population Day)
Category) Mahila Vikas Mandal
(est. 1990)
💪 Key Contributions:

● 🚫 Fought against sex-selective

📝 About the UN abortions
Population Award: ● 📜 Implemented PCPNDT Act
(Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal
🛡 Established: 1981 | Diagnostic Techniques Act)
● 🧒 Campaigned against child
🥇 First awarded: 1983
marriage
🧬 Recognizes:
● 💰 Promoted financial
Outstanding work in
population & reproductive independence for women
health ● 📹 Conducted sting operations to
🎁 Includes: Gold medal, expose illegal abortion practices
diploma & cash prize ● 🧕 Empowered Dalit and
marginalized women

GP Birla Memorial Nirmala Birla ISRO Chief Dr. V. 🛰 ISRO Chief Dr. V. Narayanan Wins GP
Award 2025 (Chairperson, GP Narayanan, Birla Memorial Award 2025
Hyderabad, Telangana Birla Institute) Chairman, ISRO & 🏅 Awarded for: Exceptional contributions to
Secretary, Department 󰏝 India’s space programme & cutting-edge
of Space (DoS) tech
🏆 About Award:
👤 Awarded by: Nirmala Birla (Chairperson,
🏛 Instituted by: GP Birla GP Birla Institute)
Archaeological,
Astronomical & Scientific
Institute (Kolkata, WB) 󰥗 About Dr. V. Narayanan:
🎖 Honours: Excellence in 🚀 Led key missions:Gaganyaan |
Science, Education, Chandrayaan-3 | Aditya-L1
Culture & Public Service 💡 Known for: Cryogenic propulsion
🕊 In memory of: development
Ghanshyamdas (GP) Birla –
Philanthropist & Industrialist

Mental Health Thailand’s Dept. of Saima Wazed, 🧠 Saima Wazed Receives Mental Health
Mental Health Regional Director, Award 2025
Award 2025,
WHO South-East Asia
Thailand
Region (SEAR) 📍 Event: 24th Annual International Mental
Health Conference (IMHC 2025)
🎖 Awarded for: Transformative leadership
in global mental health.

󰟻 About Saima Wazed ():

● 🧬 Daughter of former Bangladesh
PM Sheikh Hasina
● 󰟾 1st Bangladeshi & 2nd woman
(after Dr. Poonam Khetrapal, India) to
hold this position (Regional Director -
SEAR)

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1. National Geospatial Former ISRO Telangana's 🏆 Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem

Practitioner Award Chairman A.S. Bhadradri Wins Dual Honours at National Geospatial
Kiran Kumar Kothagudem District Awards 2025 for Innovative GIS Use
🏅 Received by: Collector Jitesh V. Patil
2. Open Source GIS
Cohort Award
📌 Why Awarded?
✔ Innovative use of GIS (Geographic
Information System) in: Flood prediction,
Inter-departmental data integration,
Agricultural interventions (For enhancing
public service delivery & rural development)

🏅 Other Awardees during the event:

🎓 Sri Konda Laxman Telangana
Horticultural University (SKLTGHU) – Best
University Award
🌊 INCOIS (Indian National Centre for
Ocean Information Services) under Ministry
of Earth Sciences (MoES) – Outstanding
Application of Open-Source Spatial Tech

WSIS Champion International Meri Panchayat 🏆 Meri Panchayat App Wins WSIS
Award 2025 Telecommunic- App Champion Award 2025 󰏝
ation Union 📍 Category: Cultural Diversity and Identity,
Linguistic Diversity, and Local Content
(ITU)
󰞵 App Developed by:
● Ministry of Panchayati Raj
● National Informatics Centre (NIC)

- Award received by Sunita Jain, Senior

🔹 What is WSIS? Director (NIC), with a certificate presented
🌐 World Summit on the to Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh in New
Information Society Delhi
(WSIS)
🗓 Marks 20 years in 🌟 Why the App Was Awarded?
2025
The app promotes:
🎯 Promotes inclusive,
✅ Transparent & inclusive rural governance
people-centered digital
✅ Real-time citizen participation
progress globally
✅ Use of local language & content
✅ Better digital empowerment of villages

🗣 Available in 12 Indian languages

📍 Geo-tagged grievance redressal
📊 Tools for social audits, project tracking &
Gram Sabha participation.

*National Informatics Centre (NIC)

66th International India's Medal Tally 🧮 India Shines at International

Mathematical (Total: 6) Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2025
Olympiad (IMO) 2025 📍 Venue: Sunshine Coast, Australia
🥇Gold: Kanav 📍 Participants: 110 countries
Talwar, Aarav Gupta, 📍 India's Rank: 7th (Same as 1998 & 2001)
(Less Important) Adhitya Mangudy 📍 Total Score: 193/252 🏆 (India's highest
ever)

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Kalinga Ratna President of Dharmendra 🏅 President Confers Kalinga Ratna Award

Award 2024 India Pradhan, Union 2024 during 600th Birth Anniversary of
Education Minister Adikabi Sarala Das at Cuttack, Odisha

🏆 The award recognises work in education,

literature, culture, and public service.

🔹 About Sarala Das: The event celebrated

Sarala Das, a 15th-century poet known for the
Odia Mahabharata.

🖋 Other Awards: Sarala Samman awarded

to Bijaya Nayak, noted Odia short story writer.

Poligras Magic Skill International Deepika Sehrawat, 🏑 Deepika Sehrawat Becomes 1st Indian
Award (2024–25) Hockey Forward, Indian to Win Poligras Magic Skill Award
Federation (FIH) Women’s Hockey (2024–25)
Team
📌 Award Purpose: Recognizes the most
skillful and creative plays in the FIH Hockey
Pro League season
🗳 Selected by: Global fan vote

󰏝 Why Deepika Won: Awarded for her

amazing solo goal against World No. 1
Netherlands during FIH Pro League 2024–25

👑 Men's Category Winner: Victor Wegnez

– Belgium.
🎯 Skill Highlight: Superb midfield play
leading to a team goal against Spain

1. Sant Kabir Ministry of 24 Awardees 👗 Ministry of Textiles Announces

Handloom Awards Textiles Handloom Awards 2024

2. National 👤 24 Awardees in total:

Handloom Awards - 🧓 5 Sant Kabir Awards (for master
weavers)
- 👗 19 National Handloom Awards
💰 Award Details:
🧓 Sant Kabir Award: ₹3.5 lakh, 1 gold coin
(mounted), Tamrapatra (certificate), Shawl
, Certificate of Recognition
👗 National Handloom Award: ₹2 lakh,
Tamrapatra, Shawl, Certificate

🏛 To be awarded by President Droupadi Murmu

on 11th National Handloom Day – August 7,
2025, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

New York City (NYC) NYC Deputy Radhanath Swami, Radhanath Swami Honoured by New York
for Spiritual & Commissioner Dilip Senior monk of International City 󰑔
Society for Krishna
Community Leadership Chauhan 🎯 Why in News?
Consciousness (ISKCON)
Recognised by NYC for: Lifelong spiritual
service | Interfaith bridge-building | Promo-
ting peaceful coexistence in multicultural
societies

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Rashtriya Krishi Union Agriculture 5 Scientists: 🏆 Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Puraskar 2025
Vigyan Puraskar Minister Shivraj (National Agricultural Science Award)
Singh Chauhan 1. Dr. K. Hari 👥 Awarded To: 5-member team of
2025 2.Dr. D. Puthira ICAR–Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI),
Prathap Coimbatore for developing Soil Moisture
3.Dr. P. Murali Indicator (SMI)
4. Dr. A.
Rameshsundar 🌱 About SMI: Measures soil moisture
5. Dr. B. Singaravelu using electrical conductivity
💰 Cost: ₹2,000 per device
🚜 Developed under Farmers' Participatory
Action Research Project.

Avendus Wealth– Avendus Wealth Aadit Palicha (24yrs) 🏆 Avendus Wealth–Hurun India U30 List
Hurun India U30 Management Pvt & Kaivalya Vohra (22 2025 (First Edition)
Ltd (Mumbai) + yrs) 👥 Total Entrepreneurs Recognized: 79
List 2025 (First Age Criteria: 30 years or younger
Edition) Hurun India.
🥇 Top Spot: Aadit Palicha & Kaivalya
Vohra – Co-founders of Zepto
🔑 Key Highlights: 󰞴 66 are first-generation
entrepreneurs + 13 are next-generation
entrepreneurs (in family businesses)
🎯 Average Age: 28 years

󰠀 Only 6 Women featured

- Youngest woman: Devika Gholap
(28) – OptraSCAN
- Others include: Ananyashree Birla
(30) – Svatantra Microfin

🏫 Top Contributing Institutions: BITS

Pilani (Rajasthan) – 8 alumni

Swachh Survekshan President Indore (Madhya 🏆 Swachh Survekshan 2024–25 Awards

2024–25 Awards Droupadi Murmu Pradesh) 📍 Venue: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
👥 Organized by: Ministry of Housing &
Urban Affairs (MoHUA)

🧹 Top 3 Cleanest Cities (Super Swachh

League)- Population >10 lakh:
1. Indore (Madhya Pradesh) – 🥇 8th
📌 About Swachh
Survekshan 2024–25: time in a row
2. Surat (Gujarat)
🔹 9th Edition (launched 3. Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra)
in 2016 under SBM-U)
🌍 World’s Largest
🏅 Total Awards Presented: 78
Urban Cleanliness
Survey
🗂 4 Major Award Categories:
🙌 Awards are divided into
4 different categories, each 1. Super Swachh League Cities
based a on different 2. Swachh Shehars - Ahmedabad
population range (Population>10 lakh)
3. Special Category Awards-UP Govt.
4. State-Level Awards (Promising
Swachh Shehars)

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Forbes' 50 Richest Forbes Rafaela Aponte- 🏆 Forbes' 50 Richest Self-Made Women

Self-Made Women Diamant (Co-founder, (2025 Edition)
MSC (Shipping) - Rank 1 🌍 Total Women Listed: 50 | 󰠀 Countries
(2025 Edition) Net Worth: $38.8
Covered: 13 | 🌐 Continents: 4
Billion
💰 Total Wealth: $276 billion | 💵 Average
Falguni Nayar (CEO Wealth: $5.5 billion
of Nykaa) - Rank 31 🏭 Sectors: Technology, Retail, Real Estate,
Manufacturing & more (14 industries)

󰏝 Indians on the List:

1. Falguni Nayar (CEO of Nykaa) – 🥇Rank:

31 | 💸 Net Worth: $3.4 billion
2. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Founder, Biocon)
– 🥈Rank: 32 | 💸 Net Worth: $3.3 billion

󰠁 Youngest Entrepreneur on the List:

Melanie Perkins (Australia, 38 yrs)
- Co-founder of Canva (Design
software, launched in 2013)

National One District Department for Andhra Pradesh 🏆 National One District One Product
One Product (ODOP) Promotion of (ODOP) Awards 2024
Awards 2024, New Industry and 🎯 Aim: To recognize States/UTs, Districts,
Delhi Internal Trade and Indian Missions Abroad promoting Atma
(DPIIT), Ministry of Nirbhar Bharat through the ODOP initiative.
Commerce &
Industry 🗺 States & Union Territories
Category A – Larger States: Andhra
Pradesh (🥇 Gold) - Bagged 10 awards
Category B – Smaller States/UTs: Jammu &
Kashmir (🥇 Gold)

󰏝 Indian Missions Abroad Award : High

Commission of India, Singapore (🥇 Gold)

Bank's Annual 💰 Highest-Paid Bankers in India – FY25

Report
🥇 1. Ashok Vaswani – Kotak Mahindra
Bank (KMBL) | Position: MD & CEO
● Total Salary: ₹12.95 crore (🏆
Highest-paid)
__ __
🥈 2. Sashidhar Jagdishan – HDFC Bank
● Position: MD & CEO
● Total Salary: ₹12.08 crore

🥉 3. Sandeep Bakshi – ICICI Bank |

Position: MD & CEO

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Star Rating Awards Indian Bureau of Naokari Limestone 🏆 Ministry of Mines – Star Rating Awards
Mines (IBM), Mine (UltraTech) (2023–24)
(2023–24)
Ministry of 🎖 Objective: Recognize mines for
Noamundi Iron Ore
sustainable and responsible mining practices
Mines (MoM) Mine (TATA Group)
🌟 Top Awards Conferred:
● Total Mines Awarded: 98 mines
🔹 7-Star Rating: 3 mines
(First-time recipients)
🔹 5-Star Rating: 95 mines

🥇 Mines Awarded 7-Star Rating (Highest

Recognition):
Mine Company Location Mineral

Naokari UltraTech Cement Chandrapur, Limest

Limestone (Awarpur Cement Maharashtra one
Mine Works)

Noamundi Tata Steel Jharkhand Iron

Iron Ore Ore
Mine

Kammatharu Sandur Sandur, Iron

Iron Ore Manganese & Karnataka Ore
Mine Iron Ore Ltd

NASA-NSS Space NASA Ames S.R.N. Mehta CBSE S.R.N. Mehta School (Kalaburagi) Wins
Settlement Design Research Center School, Kalaburagi World 1st NASA-NSS Space Contest
Contest 2025 (8th and National (Karnataka)
Grade Category) Space Society 🏫 School: S.R.N. Mehta CBSE School,
Kalaburagi (Karnataka)
(NSS)
🛰 Project Name: IRA – sustainable space
colony model

󰥡 Team of 11 Students:
- Names include: Aarna Adarsh,
Deepika, Khushi, Poorvaja, Pranati,
Saanika, Shambhavi, Sharan, Shreya,
Zaisha Falak & Nihar
- Guided by Principal Rajashekhar
Reddy

🔹 About the Contest: A global competition

to design futuristic space habitats | Invited
to present at International Space Development
Conference (ISDC) 2025 in Orlando, USA

Top 10 Favourite Travel + Leisure Mumbai’s CSMIA ✈ Travel+Leisure – Top 10 Favourite

International Magazine 󰏝 ranked 9th with a International Airports 2025

score of 84.23
Airports 2025 🏆 Top 3 Airports:
1⃣ Istanbul Airport, 󰑍 Turkey – 🥇 Score:
98.57 (Rank 1, 2nd year in a row)
2⃣ Doha Airport, 󰐫 Qatar
3⃣ Dubai International Airport, 󰍿 UAE
*Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International
Airport (CSMIA)

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Index Released by Index Importance Key Notes

America’s Richest Forbes 󰑔 Jay Chaudhry from 󰑔 Forbes 2025: America’s Richest
India Ranked 8th Immigrants
Immigrants 2025
🪙 Total Immigrant Billionaires in the USA:
🔢 125 billionaires from 43 countries
💰 Combined Wealth: USD 1.3 trillion (≈
18% of USA’s billionaire wealth)

🌍 Top 3+1 Richest Immigrant Billionaires

in USA

Rank Name & Birth Company Net Worth

Place (USD)

1 Elon Musk Tesla/X/S $393.1 Billion

(South Africa) paceX

2 Sergey Brin Google $139.7 Billion

(Russia)

3 Jensen Huang Nvidia $137.9 Billion

8 Jay Chaudhry Zscaler $17.9 Billion

(India)

󰏝 India Leads as Top Origin Country

👑 India is now No. 1 with 12 immigrant
billionaires in the USA (up from 7 in 2022)
- ✅ Surpasses Israel and Taiwan
- 📈 Shows India's rise in global
entrepreneurship and tech leadership

74th Statistical Energy Institute India rank - 4th 󰏝 India Becomes 4th-Largest Biofuel
Review of World (UK), with Kearney Consumer (2024)
Energy 2025 & KPMG - India surpassed China as 4th-largest biofuel
consumer for the 2nd year in a row.
● Biofuel Consumption (India):
– 77,000 barrels/day in 2024 (↑40% YoY)
– Compound Annual Growth Rate - CAGR
(2014–2024): 31.8%

🌍 Global biofuel demand hit 2.2 million

barrels/day (↑3% YoY).

🌎 Top Global Biofuel Consumers:

1. 󰑔 United States
2. 󰎙 Brazil
3. 󰏙 Indonesia
4. 󰏝 India

🔹 US, Brazil, Europe together = ~75% of

global consumption

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WTTC Global World Travel & India ranked 8th 🏆 Top 3+1 Global Tourism Economies (by
Tourism Ranking Tourism Council Contribution to GDP)

2024-25 (WTTC) + Oxford

Economics Rank Country Travel & Tourism Sector
Contribution

1 󰑔 United States USD 2,360 billion

2 󰎩 China USD 1,300 billion

3 󰎲 Germany USD 487.6 billion

8 󰏝 India USD 231.6 billion ✅ (Up

from 10th in 2023)

📌 Key Facts from the Report:

● 📈 India moved up 2 places, now 8th
in the world in tourism economy.
● 🌍 In 2024, global Travel & Tourism
contributed USD 10.9 trillion, which is
10% of the world’s GDP.
● Future projection: India is expected
to rise to the 4th largest tourism
economy by 2034
● 👥 Covers data from 184 countries
and 28 regions.

QS Best Student Quacquarelli Seoul - Rank 1 🎓 QS Best Student Cities 2026 –

(Score: 100) Highlights
Cities 2026 Symonds (QS)
🌍 Purpose: Ranks global cities based on
Mumbai - Rank 98
student friendliness, affordability, and quality of
(Score: 61.6)
education.

Top 3 Global Student Cities (2026):

Rank City Country

1 Seoul South Korea

2 Tokyo Japan

3 London United Kingdom 󰏅

󰏝 Indian Cities in the QS Best Student

Cities 2026

Rank City State

98 Mumbai Maharashtra

104 New Delhi Delhi

108 Bangalore Karnataka

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19th Global Peace Institute for India: Ranked 115 🌍 Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025
Index (GPI) 2025 Economics and (🔼 improved from 116
Peace (IEP), in 2024) | Score: 🏆 Top & Bottom Countries
Sydney, Australia 2.229
Category Country Rank GPI Score

🥇 Most Peaceful Iceland 1st 1.095

❌ Least Peaceful Russia 163rd 3.441

📌 Key Facts about GPI 2025: 🔢 Scoring

Range:1 = Most Peaceful | 5 = Least
Peaceful

World Most Equal World Bank India’s Rank 4th 󰏝 India Ranked 4th Most Equal Country in
Societies Globally the World
📊 📍 India’s Rank: 4th globally out of 167
countries | Gini Index: 25.5 (Moderately
Low)

🌍 Top 5 Most Equal Countries (Gini Index

2025):
1. Slovak Republic – 24.1
2. Slovenia – 24.3
3. Belarus – 24.4
4. India – 25.5 ✅
What is Gini Index? 🟥 Comparison: China – 35.7 | USA – 41.8
Note: India ahead of all G7 and G20 nations
Gini Index measures the
distribution of income, 📉 Poverty Reduction Highlights:
wealth, or consumption 󰰁 Extreme Poverty:
across a population. ▪ Dropped from 16.2% (2011–12) ➝ 2.3%
(2022–23)
Score: 0= Perfect ▪ 171 million lifted out of extreme poverty
Equality, 100= Absolute 💵 $3/day Poverty Line: Only 5.3% below it
in 2022–23
Inequality

THE University Times Higher Western Sydney 🌍 THE University Impact Rankings 2025
Impact Rankings Education, University - Rank 1
(Score: 98.7) 󰏝 Top Indian Universities in Global
2025 London Rankings:
● Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
Coimbatore (TN): Rank 41
● Lovely Professional University,
Jalandhar (Punjab): Rank 48

🏆 Top 3 Universities (Global):

Rank Name of Institution Country

1 Western Sydney University Australia

2 University of Manchester United

Kingdom

3 Kyungpook National South Korea

University

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Henley Passport Henley & Partners India ranks 77th Henley Passport Index 2025 – July Edition
(UK-based consultancy)
Index 2025 (59 Destinations)
󰏝 India’s Performance
● 📈 Biggest Jump: Up 8 spots from
85th to 77th since Jan 2025
● 🌐 Visa-free access to: 59
destinations
● 🧳 Same rank as: Burkina Faso 󰎑,
Senegal 󰐺, Côte d'Ivoire 󰎥

🥇 Top 3 Most Powerful Passports:

Rank Country/Countries Visa-Free

Access

1st 󰐵 Singapore 193

destinations

2nd 󰏦 Japan, 󰏮 South 192

Korea destinations

3rd France, Germany, 191

Ireland, Spain, Italy, destinations
Denmark, Finland

JSW Energy (HQ: JSW Energy 🏭 has been included in the

Mumbai) FTSE4Good Index Series, recognizing its
strong 🌍 Environmental, Social &
Governance (ESG) focus.

🔹 About FTSE4Good:
● Managed by FTSE Russell ( London
_ _
Stock Exchange Group)
● Used by investors for 📈 responsible
investment decisions

● Evaluates 🔍 Corporate
Governance, 🛡 Health & Safety, 🚫
Anti-Corruption, 🌡 Climate Action

PARAKH Rashtriya NCERT Top Performing 📚 PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 –

Sarvekshan 2024 (under Ministry of State: Punjab Ministry of Education
Education)
🏆 Top Performing State: Punjab
- Highest scores across Classes 3, 6, & 9

🔝 Other Top Performers: Himachal

Pradesh, Kerala, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
and Daman & Diu, Chandigarh.
🎯 Objective: Baseline assessment of NEP
2020 outcomes (Foundation to Middle Stage)

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7th Hurun Global Hurun Research India’s Rank: 3rd (📈 🦄 Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2024–25
Unicorn Index Institute 64 unicorns)
(Shanghai, China) 🔝 Top 3 Countries:
2024–25 1. 󰑔 USA – 758 unicorns (49.8% of
global total)
2. 󰎩 China – 343 unicorns
3. 󰏝 India – 64 unicorns

🌐 Top Unicorn Cities:

1. San Francisco (USA)- 199 unicorn
2. New York (USA) - 142

Top Cities in India: Bengaluru, mumbai,

gurugam

🛰 Top Unicorn by Valuation:

● 🥇 SpaceX (USA) – USD 350 billion
● 🧨 Became the most valuable
unicorn globally, beating
ByteDance (China)

DEFENCE
EXERCISE
Exercise Name Between/Among Venue Key Notes

11th Exercise India + 19 Countries Across 󰏝󰎉 India Joins Exercise Talisman Sabre
Talisman Sabre Australia and 2025
Papua New 🟢 India's 1st-time participation –
2025, Australia's
Guinea strengthening India-Australia defence
largest bilateral
cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
military exercise
🚁 Australian Defence Force (ADF's) 1st Time
New Capabilities Introduced:

HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) |

NASAMS (National Advanced Surface-to-Air
Missile System)

Jaa Mata Indian Coast Guard Off the coast 󰏝󰏦 India–Japan Joint Maritime Exercise: ‘Jaa
of Chennai, Mata’
(ICG) + Japan Coast
Tamil Nadu
Guard (JCG) 🚢 Objective: To enhance operational synergy,
(TN)
(Meaning of 'Jaa deepen maritime cooperation, and improve
interoperability in areas such as: Maritime security,
Mata': "See you later"
Anti-piracy operations, Disaster response
in Japanese)
● All activities were coordinated by HQ Coast
Guard Region (East) under IG Datwinder
Singh Saini
󰥔 Led by: Vice Admiral Kanosue Hiroaki, Vice
Commandant (Operations), JCG

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Exercise Drone Indian Army Near Myanmar 🛰 Indian Army Conducts Exercise Drone
Prahaar Border Prahaar

📍 Location: Near Myanmar Border

🎯 Objective: Test drone integration in
battlefield ops
🪖 Observed by: Lt. Gen. Abhijeet S.
Pendharkar – General Officer Commanding
(GOC), Spear Corps (III Corps)

Exercise Bold Indian & Singapore Jodhpur Military 󰏝🤝󰐵 Exercise Bold Kurukshetra 2025 –
Station, Focus on mechanized & armoured ops
Kurukshetra 2025 Military Rajasthan
󰥔 Leaders:
● 󰏝 Indian Contingent: Col. Arjun
Ganapathi
● 󰐵 Singapore Contingent: Lt. Col. Khiew
Zhi Yoong
Involves:
- 🔸 42 Singapore Armoured Regiment (4
SAB)
- 🔸 Indian Army’s Mechanised Infantry
Regiment.

TRAILS
Missile/ Vessel Tested by Key Notes

ERASR Indian Navy 🔱 Indian Navy Successfully Tests Indigenous ERASR

Anti-Submarine Anti-Submarine Weapon
📍 Platform: INS Kavaratti | Total Rounds Fired: 17 rockets
Weapon
🚀 What is ERASR? ERASR = Extended Range
Anti-Submarine Rocket
󰏝 Fully indigenous weapon to neutralize underwater threats
🔹 Launch Platform: Indigenous Rocket Launcher (IRL) on
naval ships

🧬 Development Team (under DRDO):

🏢 ARDE–Armament Research & Development Establishment
(Pune)
🤝 With support from:
● HEMRL – High Energy Materials Research Laboratory
● NSTL – Naval Science & Technological Laboratory

🏭 Production Partners:
- Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL)
- Solar Defence & Aerospace Ltd (SDAL)

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1. Software Defined DEAL (Defence 🛰 DRDO Field Trials of SDR Manpack & CTCS
Radio (SDR) Manpack Electronics Application
Laboratory), Dehradun 📍 Location: Joshimath, Uttarakhand
– under DRDO 🏢 Conducted By: DEAL + Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),
CAPFs and others.

Feature SDR Manpack CTCS

2. Compact Transhorizon
Communication System Function Tactical radio for secure, Compact transhorizon
(CTCS) multi-band communication system for long-range
terrestrial communication

Use Case Designed for armed forces & Ideal for remote areas with no
security agencies in tough traditional telecom infra
terrains

Astra Beyond Visual DRDO + IAF ✅ Astra BVRAAM Successfully Flight-Tested with
Range Air-to-Air Missile Indigenous RF Seeker
(BVRAAM)
The Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully tested the
Astra Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM)
from a Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Integrated Test Range
(ITR), Chandipur, Odisha.

🔹 Key Highlights: The Astra missile was tested with an

📌 About Astra BVRAAM: indigenous Radio Frequency (RF) seeker, developed by
- Developed by: DRDO’s DRDO.
Defence Research and
Development Laboratory (DRDL) 🧠 What is an RF Seeker?
- Manufactured by: Bharat
Dynamics Limited (BDL) An RF seeker helps the missile to independently detect, track,
- Range: Over 100 km and lock onto a target after launch.
- Max speed: Mach 4.5
- This gives it "fire-and-forget" capability, meaning no
- Altitude: Up to 20 km
need for pilot guidance after launch.

Akash Prime – upgraded Indian Army 󰏝 Indian Army Successfully Test-Fires Akash Prime in
version of Akash Weapon Eastern Ladakh | Type: Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM)
System
📍 Location: Eastern Ladakh (Above 4,500m near LAC)
🎯 Test: First Production Model Firing Trial
💥 Outcome: Intercepted & destroyed 2 high-speed unmanned
aerial targets at Medium Range.

Developed by: DRDO (with Indian Army's Corps of Army Air

Defence (AAD), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)–Hyderabad &
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)–Bengaluru)

🎯 Akash Prime Missile – Range Details: Operational

Range: 25 to 30 km | Altitude Coverage: Up to 18 km

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UAV-Launched Defence Research 🚀 DRDO Successfully Tests UAV-Launched ULPGM-V3
ULPGM-V3 Missile and Development Missile
Organisation
📍 Test Location: National Open Area Range (NOAR), Kurnool,
(DRDO)
Andhra Pradesh
🔬 Developed by: DRDO + industry partners (MSMEs,
Startups)
🏭 Manufacturing Support: Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) +
Adani Defence Systems

🔸 About ULPGM-V3:
🎯 Type: UAV-Launched, Fire-and-Forget Precision-Guided
Missile | Weight: 12.5 kg | Range:4 km (day), 2.5 km (night)

Hydrogen-Oxygen Stardour 🚀 Stardour Successfully Test-Fires India's First

Aerospace Hydrogen-Oxygen Propulsion Engine
Propulsion Engine
Technologies Pvt 🏢 Test Location: Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru,
Karnataka
Ltd.
🧪 About the Engine:First Hydrogen-Oxygen propulsion
engine developed indigenously, Green Propulsion: Emits only
water vapor as exhaust – eco-friendly

🚀 Target Use: Developed for Lucas, Stardour’s next-gen

Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) | Lucas Launch Year: 2027

● 📦 Function: Transfers payloads (e.g., satellites)

between orbits for accurate deployment

DELIVERY
Delivered To Delivered by Key Notes

Udaygiri Frigate Indian Navy Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders 🚢 Indian Navy Gets Stealth Frigate
Ltd (MDL), Mumbai ‘Udaygiri’ under Project 17A

🛠 Class: Project 17A (P17A) –

Advanced version of Shivalik-class
(Project 17)
📍 Design: Warship Design Bureau
(WDB), New Delhi

🔹 Key Facts about INS Udaygiri (Yard

12652):
● 🔁 Named after: Former INS
Udaygiri (decommissioned in
2007 after 31 years of service)
● 🛠 100th warship designed and
delivered by Warship Design
Bureau (WDB)

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INS Nistar Indian Navy Hindustan Shipyard Limited ⚓ INS Nistar Delivered to Indian Navy
(HSL) by HSL
📍 Delivered at: Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh

🛳 Type: 1st Indigenously Designed &

Built Diving Support Vessel (DSV)
📜 Name Origin: ‘Nistar’ (Sanskrit) =
Liberation / Rescue / Salvation

🔹 Support Role: Mother Ship for

Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel
(DSRV): Submarine rescue & personnel
evacuation

INS Ajay (P34) – Indian Navy Garden Reach Shipbuilders 🚢 INS Ajay: Final Anti-Submarine
8th & final ASW-SWC and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd Warfare Shallow Water Craft
(ASW-SWC) Launched by GRSE
✅ Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
✅ Launched by: Priya Deshmukh (wife
of Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh)

🔹 Project Background: MoD-GRSE

Agreement (Apr 2019): ₹6,311 crore for
8 ASW-SWC ships

🛡 Arnala-Class ASW SWC Features

● 🎯 Target: Enemy submarines in
shallow/coastal waters
● 🔁 Replaces: Abhay-class
corvettes
🚢 All 8 Ships in Series: INS Arnala,
INS Anjadip, INS Amini, INS Agray, INS
Akshay, INS Abhay, INS Androth, INS
Ajay

AH-64E Apache Attack Indian Boeing (USA) 🚁 Indian Army Receives AH-64E
Helicopters (Flying Apache Attack Helicopters
Army
Tank)
✅ Delivered: 3 out of 6 Apache
helicopters received from 󰑔 USA
✅ Deployed at: 451 Army Aviation
Squadron, Nagtalao, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
✅ Remaining 3 Apaches: To be
delivered by Nov 2025
✅ First time: Indian Army Aviation
Corps operating Apaches (IAF already
has 22)

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Samudra Pratchett Indian Coast Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL), 󰏝 Samudra Prachet – 2nd Pollution
Guard (ICG) a Defence PSU Control Vessel (PCV) for Indian Coast
Guard
🔹 Location: Vasco-da-Gama, Goa
🔹 Guest of Honour: Priya Paramesh
🔹 Chief Guest: Paramesh Sivamani
(Director General, ICG)

🚢 About ‘Samudra Pratchett:

Purpose: Oil spill response in India’s
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
📅 Background: 1st PCV – ‘Samudra
Pratap’ launched on 29 August 2024

FPV ‘Adamya’ Indian Coast Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL), a 🚢 Indian Coast Guard Inducts Yard
Guard Defence PSU 1270 FPV ‘Adamya’

📍 Location: Vasco da Gama, Goa

🎯 Purpose: Boost maritime security &
indigenous defence manufacturing

🔑 About FPV ‘Adamya’:

🔹 1st Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) under
08 FPV Project

⚓ All 08 FPV Projects:

Adamya (Yard 1270) – Launched Oct 2024
Akshar (1271) – Launched Oct 2024
Amulya (1272) – Launched Jan 2025
Akshaya (1273) – Launched Jan 2025
Achal (1274) – Launched 16 June 2025
Aparajita (1275) - Under Construction
Abhedya (1276) - Under Construction
Atulya (1277) - Under Construction

2nd GE-404 Engine HAL, General Electric (GE) ✈ India Receives 2nd GE-404 Engine
Bengaluru, Aerospace, USA for Tejas Mk1A
for Tejas Mk1A
Karnataka
💰 Deal: $716 million (₹5,375 crore) for
99 GE F404-IN20 engines (signed in
2021)
🛡 Outcome: Timely support to start
deliveries to Indian Air Force (IAF)

CONTRACTS
Company/ Entities Contracts Amount Key Notes

Bharat Electronics Air Defence Radars ₹2,000 Cr 🛡 MoD Signs ₹2,000 Cr Deal with BEL
Ltd (BEL) for Air Defence Radars
🤝 Parties: Ministry of Defence (MoD) &
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)
🏷 Category: Buy Indian –Indian-IDDM

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Company/ Entities Contracts Amount Key Notes

Bharat Earth 79 Power Angling & ₹185.65 Cr 🛠 BEML Secures ₹185.65 Cr MoD
Movers Limited Tilting (PAT) Bulldozers Order for PAT Bulldozers

(BEML), Schedule 'A' - Manufactured at BEML’s advanced

CPSE facilities in Bengaluru, Mysuru & KGF
(Karnataka)

150 High Mobility ₹293.81 cr 󰏝 BEML Limited Secured Rs 293.81

Vehicles (HMVs) – 6x6 Cr Defence Order for 150 Indigenous
drive (indigenously designed) HMVs

🔰 Purpose: Strengthen logistics

support for 󰏝 Indian Armed Forces in
remote/inaccessible areas

🏭 Manufacturing Units:
● 📍 Palakkad, Kerala
● 📍 Mysore, Karnataka

Solar Defence and Nagastra-1R Suicide ₹158 crore 🚁 Nagastra-1R Suicide Drones
Aerospace Ltd Drones Ordered by MoD

(SDAL), Nagpur,
🛡 Ordered By: Ministry of Defence
Maharashtra (MoD) for the Indian Army
󰏝 Indigenous Content: Over 80%
(under Make in India initiative)

📡 Range: 30 km (autonomous) / 15
km (manual control)
🕐 Endurance: 60 minutes, operates
above 4,500 m altitude
💣 Warhead: 1 kg explosive – ideal for
soft targets (bunkers, infiltrators)

SMPP Limited, New 👕 27,700 Bulletproof ₹300 crore 🛡 SMPP Secures ₹300 Crore Defence
Delhi (Defence Jackets Contract from Indian Army
Manufacturer)
11,700 Advanced 📍 Company: SMPP Limited, New Delhi
Ballistic Helmets (Defence Manufacturer)
🔫 Buyer: Indian Army (Emergency
Procurement)

🪖 Ballistic Helmets: Claimed world’s

first to resist steel-core AK-47 bullets

OTHERS

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DAC Approves ₹1.05 Lakh Crore Capital Acquisition Proposals

Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) Approves ₹1.05 Lakh Crore Capital for Indian Army (IA), Indian Navy (IN), Indian
Under Ministry of Defence(MoD) Acquisition Proposals Air Force (IAF)

Goal

Boost Aatmanirbhar Bharat in Defence

Category: Buy (Indian–IDDM)

󰏝 Indigenous Content: ≥ 50%, with full local *IDDM=Indigenously Designed,

design & development Developed, and Manufactured

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SPACE
Govt/Finance Launches For/Notes
Institute

Japan GOSAT-GW Climate 󰏦 Japan Launches GOSAT-GW Climate Satellite – Final

Satellite Flight of H-2A Rocket

🛰 Satellite: GOSAT-GW (Global Observing Satellite for

Greenhouse gases and Water cycle)
🚀 Launch Vehicle: H-2A Rocket (50th & final flight)
📍 Launch Site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

SpaceX 24 Amazon Kuiper 🚀 SpaceX Launches 24 Amazon Kuiper Satellites under

KF-01 Mission (Kuiper Falcon 1))
Satellites
🛰 This is the 3rd operational launch of Amazon’s Project
Kuiper, targeting a constellation of 3,200+ low Earth orbit
(LEO) satellites to deliver global broadband internet.

🌐 About Project Kuiper – Amazon’s Satellite Internet Initiative: To deliver

high-speed, low-latency broadband internet globally using a constellation of
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites.

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Dangeti Jahnavi: 1st Indian Selected for Titan Space Mission (2029)

Dangeti Jahnavi,
a native of Palakollu in
become the first Indian selected as For the Titan Space Industries’ To the Orbital Port
Andhra Pradesh an Astronaut Candidate (TSI) 2029 orbital mission Space Station

Led by

NASA astronaut Col. (Retd.) William

McArthur Jr. Chief Astronaut, TSI

1st Indian to complete NASA’s

International Air and Space
Program (IASP) in Washington, USA

🪐 About Titan Space Mission:

● Formerly: EarthLoop Orbital Cruise | Mission Duration: 5 hours in low-Earth orbit | Orbit Altitude: ~300 km
● Features: 2 full Earth orbits | 3 hours of zero gravity for research in microgravity

SPORTS
TOURNAMENT
Tournament Winner Category Key Notes

FIFA Club World Chelsea FC Football 🏆 Chelsea FC Wins 1st-Ever 32-Team FIFA Club
World Cup 2025
Cup 2025, USA
● Final Score: Chelsea 3⃣ - 0⃣ PSG (France)
● Venue: MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, USA
🏅 Cole Palmer won the Golden Ball Award (Best
Player of the Tournament).
💰 Prize Money: USD 121 million (Approx. ₹1.28
– ₹1.53 lakh crore)
🏆 Chelsea also won the UEFA Conference
League in May 2025.

Freestyle Chess GM Levon Aronian Chess 🧠 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 (Las
󰑔 - Rank 1 Vegas Leg)
Grand Slam Tour
2025 🎯 Organized by: World Chess Events Ltd.
GM Arjun Erigaisi -
💰 Prize: $200,000 (~₹1.7 Cr)
Rank 6
󰏝 Indian GM Performances:
● Arjun Erigaisi – 6th place (Lost to Fabiano
Caruana 󰑔) – $40,000 (~₹34 L)
● R. Praggnanandhaa – 7th place (Defeated
Wesley So 󰑔) – $30,000 (~₹25 L)

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La Plagne Harikrishnan A. Ra, Chess ♟ Harikrishnan A. Ra becomes India’s 87th

23-year-old from Chennai, Chess Grandmaster(GM) & Tamil Nadu’s 32nd
International Chess Tamil Nadu - 4th Overall GM.
Festival 2025,
France 🏆 Achieved his final GM norm at the La Plagne
International Chess Festival in 󰏃 France by
drawing with Indian player P. Iniyan in Round 9.

● 📈 Finished 4th overall, completing all 3

GM norms needed for the title.

🧾 Did You Know?

● 👑 Viswanathan Anand – 1st GM from
India (1988)
● 👸 Koneru Humpy – 1st Indian woman
GM (2002)
To become GM (Elo Rating): Min(Men) -2500 |
Min(Women) - 2300 & ✅ 3 GM norms

2nd UzChess Cup R. Praggnanandhaa Chess 🏆 Praggnanandhaa Wins 2nd UzChess Cup
Masters 2025, Masters 2025
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
👑 Major Highlights:
● 󰏝 R. Praggnanandhaa (19 years) won the
2nd UzChess Cup Masters title.
💰 Prize Pool – USD 121,500: Masters – $80,000
| Challengers – $25,000 | Futures – $11,500 | Open
– $5,000

SuperUnited Rapid & Magnus Carlsen Chess 🏆 Magnus Carlsen Wins SuperUnited Rapid &
Blitz Croatia 2025, Blitz Croatia 2025

Croatia
📊 Top 3 Performers:
1. Magnus Carlsen
2. Wesley So (USA)
3. D Gukesh (India)
● R. Praggnanandhaa: 9th place

Prize Fund: USD 175,000

Daihatsu Japan Men’s Singles: 󰎩 Badminton 🏸 42nd Japan Open Badminton 2025 – Tokyo
Open 2025, Japan Shi Yu Qi (World Highlights
No. 2)
󰏝 Indian Participation:
● ❌ Early exits for P.V. Sindhu, Lakshya
Women’s Singles: Sen, etc.
● ✅ Anupama Upadhyaya reached Round
󰏮 An Se-Young
of 16, lost to 󰎩 Wang Zhiyi
(World No. 1)
📝 Note: An Se-Young also became 󰏮 1st South
Korean woman to win an Olympic medal in singles
badminton at Paris 2024.

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Tournament Winner Category Key Notes

138th Wimbledon Men Singles: 󰏢 Tennis 🎾 󰏅 Wimbledon 2025: Jannik Sinner & Iga
Jannik Sinner Świątek Clinch Historic Maiden Titles at 138th
Championships Edition
2025, London (UK) Women Singles: 󰐤
Iga Świątek Gentlemen's Singles: 🏆 󰏢 Jannik Sinner (Italy)
➤ Defeated 󰎼 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) – 2-time
defending champion
✔ First Italian man to win Wimbledon men's title
Ladies' Singles: 🏆 󰐤 Iga Świątek (Poland)
➤ Defeated 󰑔 Amanda Anisimova (USA)
🎯 Wimbledon Facts: ✔ First Polish player to win Wimbledon women’s
-Oldest tennis Grand title.
Slam – since 1877
- One of 4 Grand Slams: Other Winners:
󰎉 Australian Open, 󰏃
Category Winner(s)
French Open, 󰏅
Wimbledon, 󰑔 US Open
Men’s Julian Cash / Lloyd Glasspool (UK)
-Played on outdoor Doubles
grass courts
-Traditional all-white Women’s Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) / Elise
Doubles Mertens (BEL)
dress code for players
-2025: First time using Mixed Sander Verbeek (NED) / Katerina Siniaková
only electronic Doubles (CZE)
line-calling, no human
line judges 🏆 Total Prize Money: £53.5 million
- Singles (Men & Women): Champion: £3
million each

1st Hockey India Women’s Category: Hockey 🏑 Hockey Masters Cup 2025 – Winners
Masters Cup, Tamil Odisha 📍 Venue: Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium,
Nadu Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Men’s Category:
🥇 Champions:
Tamil Nadu
● Women’s Category: Odisha 🆚 Punjab →
Odisha won 1–0
● Men’s Category: Tamil Nadu 🆚
Maharashtra → Tamil Nadu won 5–0

2025 Austrian 󰏅 Lando Norris F1 Racing 🏁 Lando Norris Wins 2025 Austrian Grand Prix
Grand Prix – His 3rd Win This Season

Team: McLaren Racing (UK)

Hungarian Grand F1 Racing 🏁 Lando Norris Wins 2025 Hungarian Grand

Prix 2025 Prix

Team: McLaren Racing (UK)

2nd-Oscar Piastri (UK-Team McLaren)

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Neeraj Chopra Neeraj Chopra Javelin Throw Neeraj Chopra Wins Gold at Inaugural Neeraj
Classic 2025, (86.18m) Chopra Classic 2025 in Bengaluru 🥇
Bengaluru
Neeraj Chopra clinched gold with a throw of
86.18m at the 1st Neeraj Chopra Classic, a World
Athletics Gold-level javelin event

● 🥈 Silver: Julius Yego (Kenya) – 84.51m

● 🥉 Bronze: Rumesh Pathirage (Sri Lanka)
– 84.34m

󰏝 4th Place: Sachin Yadav (India) – 82.33m

🔹 This was India’s first-ever World Athletics

Gold-level javelin meet.

Dromia International Animesh Kujur Racing 🏅 Milestone: Indian sprinter Animesh Kujur
Sprints & Relays, clocked 10.18 seconds in the Men’s 100m Final B,
Greece becoming the first Indian to run under 10.20s,
breaking Gurindervir Singh’s previous national
record (10.20s).

In the 100m overall, Kujur ranked 3rd behind:

- 󰑠 Benjamin Richardson – 10.01s
- 󰐝 Ali Anwar Al-Balushi – 10.12s

📌 Other Record: Animesh Kujur holds India’s

National 200m Record: Time: 20.32s

Asian Para Archery India ranked 2nd Archery 🏹 2025 Asian Para Archery Championships
Championships 2025, overall with 9 medals
China (3🥇 + 3🥈 + 3🥉) 🥇 Medal Tally:

Rank Country Gold Total

1 China 10 17

2 India 3 9

󰏝 Key Indian Highlights:

🔥 Harvinder Singh
- 🥇 Recurve Men’s Individual Gold
(Defeated Thailand’s Hanreuchai Netsiri)
- 🥇 Recurve Mixed Team Gold with
Bhawna (Defeated China)

👏 Compound Women’s Team Gold

- Sheetal Devi & Jyoti beat China’s Lu
Zhang & Jing Zhao.

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World Boxing Cup India ranked 3rd Boxing 🥊 World Boxing Cup 2025 (2nd Leg) – Astana,
2025 (2nd Leg), overall with 11 medals Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan (3🥇 + 5🥈 + 3🥉)
🏅 Top 3 in Medal Tally:

Rank Country 🥇Gold Total Medals

1 Kazakhstan 8 16

2 Brazil 4 7

3 India 󰏝 3 11

⭐ India's Gold Medal Winners:

1. Sakshi – 🥇 Women’s 54kg
▪ Defeated Yoseline Perez (USA)
▪ 2x World Youth Champion (2022 & 2023)
2. Jaismine Lamboria – 🥇 Women’s 57kg
▪ Beat Jucielen Romeu (Brazil) 4–1
▪ Olympian – Paris 2024
3. Nupur Sheoran – 🥇 Women’s 80+kg
▪ Defeated Yeldana Talipova
(Kazakhstan)

RETIREMENTS
Person Name Event Key Notes

Andre Russell, West Cricket 🏏 Andre Russell Retires from International

Indies Cricket

📅 Announced on Final T20Is: vs Australia on July 20 &

22, 2025 at Sabina Park, Jamaica

🔹 Key Highlights:
● Andre Russell, the explosive all-rounder from
West Indies, retires from international cricket at
age 37 | Debut: 2010

Aditi Chauhan Football 🧤 Aditi Chauhan Retires from Football After a Historic
17-Year Career

󰏝 She became the first Indian woman to play professional

club football in Europe.

● ⚽ In 2015, she joined West Ham United Ladies in

England.
● 🏆 She won the Asian Woman Footballer of the Year
(2015) — the first Indian to receive this honour.
● Founded "She Kicks", an initiative to inspire and
support young girls in football.

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Lalit Kumar Hockey 🏑 Lalit Kumar Upadhyay Announces Retirement from

Upadhyay International Hockey

📍 Hometown: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (UP)

🎖 Arjuna Awardee (2021)
🛑 Retired after: 183 international matches | 67 goals
🗓 Final match: vs Belgium in FIH Pro League 2024–25
(Europe leg)

OTHERS
🏏 ICC Forms Working Group to Explore Two-Tier Test Cricket System during ICC AGM Meeting in Singapore
International Cricket formed to explore the possibility of restructuring Test cricket into a
8-member working group
Council (ICC) two-tier system
Group head
and members Current vs
proposed structure
👤 Headed by – Sanjog Gupta (CEO, ICC)
🏏ICC Chair – Jay Shah Feature Current WTC Proposed Two-Tier
Structure (Old) Structure (New)

Number of 9 Teams 12 Teams (6 in each

Teams tier)

🧾 Format Single-tier Two-tier system

round-robin

Promotion/R Not applicable Likely included

elegation between tiers

Implementati 2023–2025 2027–2029 onwards

Note: WTC Finals Hosting Rights on Cycle
✅ England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to host WTC Finals
– 2027, 2029, 2031 Competition Same level Tier-based
(Previous: 2021, 2023, 2025 – also in England) Level matches competition (Tier 1 & 2)

*World Test Championship (WTC)

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Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Appoints Raghuram Iyer as CEO; Launches 7-Member Anti-Doping Panel to
Boost Governance

formed appointed Raghuram Iyer as full-time CEO of

⚖ Athletes Anti-Doping Disciplinary Executive Council of IOA
Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
Panel (AADDP) formed to ensure fair
doping trials.

➡ Formed after IOC criticism on

governance gaps
➡ Head: Rohit Rajpal (ex-tennis player)
➡ Members include:
🔹 Dr. PSM Chandran (sports medicine)
🔹 Aparna Popat (badminton)
🔹 Dr. Anindya Chowdhury (sports law)
🔹 Maj Gen Dilawar Singh (governance) Selected by committee: P.T. Usha,
🔹 Dr. B. Srinivas (policy advisor) M.C. Mary Kom, Nita Ambani
🔹 Dr. Sudhir Jain (ethics & research)

*International Olympic
Committee (IOC)

ICC Rule Updates for Men’s International Cricket (2025)

Applicable
International Cricket New rules to effective Some from WTC 2025–27,
Updates for Men ICC Test, ODI, and T20 formats others from July 2, 2025
Council (ICC), Dubai
Red ball rule White ball rule

🕒 Stop Clock in Test Matches (Already ⚪ ODI Ball Usage Rule Updated 🚫 Deliberate Short Run Penalty
active in WTC 2025–27) Earlier use in White ball (Expanded)
game ● Till 34 overs: 2 new balls ● Existing: ❌ 5-run penalty to
(unchanged) batting team
● New over must start within 60 ● From 35th over: Fielding ● New: ✅ Fielding team
seconds side selects 1 better ball for chooses which batter stays on
● If not, ⛔ 2 warnings → ✅ 3rd last 16 overs strike
delay = 5 penalty runs to batting ● 🎯 Aim: Boost reverse
side 4. 󰝊 Boundary Catch Rule Clarified
swing & fairness in death
● 🔄 Warnings reset after 80 overs ● If fielder touches ball while
overs
airborne outside boundary:
○ They must touch ball
only once
○ ✅ Must land fully
inside boundary for
valid catch

*ICC World Test Championship (WTC)

ACQUISITIONS

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Acquirer Acquired Stake Key Notes

Company

Mazagon Dock Colombo Dockyard PLC USD 52.96 🚢 Mazagon Dock Acquires 51% Stake in
Shipbuilders Ltd (CDPLC), Sri Lanka million Colombo Dockyard
(MDL), Mumbai
💰 Deal Value: USD 52.96 million (≈ ₹452
crores) – All-cash deal
󰏦 Shares bought from: Onomichi Dockyard
Company Ltd, Japan

🔑 Key Highlights:
● ✅ First international acquisition by
MDL
● 📍 CDPLC to become MDL’s subsidiary

HDFC Mutual Fund Sundram Fasteners Ltd ₹137.02 💼 HDFC MF Buys 0.65% Stake in Sundaram
(MF), a subsidiary of (Chennai, TN – part of TVS crore Fasteners for ₹137 Cr.
HDFC Asset Management Group)
Company (AMC) 📈 HDFC MF’s stake increased from 4.27% to
5.02%

Currant Sea IDFC First Bank 9.99% 🏦 RBI Approves Currant Sea’s 9.99% Stake in
Investments B.V. (₹7,500 cr) IDFC First Bank

(subsidiary of Warburg ✅ Approved by: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Pincus) 💼 Investor: Currant Sea Investments B.V.
(subsidiary of Warburg Pincus)
💰 Deal Size: ₹7,500 crore
📊 Stake: 9.99% in IDFC First Bank

AM Green BV ORIX Corporation (ORIX) - 17.5% 󰐗 AM Green Acquires 17.5% Stake in

(Netherlands) Greenko Energy Holdings Greenko
(Greenko)

🏢 Buyer: AM Green BV (Netherlands)

🏢 Seller: ORIX Corporation (Japan)
💰 Deal Value: USD 1.4 Billion (~Rs 11,690 Cr)
📈 New Stake: AMG's stake in Greenko
increases to 25% (via AM Green Power BV)

MERGER
Entity A Entity B Key Notes

Adani Cementation Ambuja cements The Ahmedabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal
Ltd. (ACL) (NCLT) has cleared the merger of ACL with Ambuja Cements.
As part of the deal, shares will be swapped-AEL will receive 87
lakh shares of Ambuja.

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DATA
Data on Released by Key Notes

Gross Non-Performing RBI 📉 Sharp Fall in GNPA of Public Sector Banks (PSBs): RBI
Assets (GNPA) of Data
Public Sector Banks
📊 GNPA Trend (PSBs):
(PSBs)
🔹 FY21: 9.11% (₹6.16 lakh crore)
🔹 FY25: 2.58% (₹2.83 lakh crore) ✅

🏛 Reason for Decline:

Joint efforts by GoI & RBI – Key reforms & timely action

🧾 Key Highlights:
1⃣ IBC Impact:
✔ Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) helped remove
defaulters from management
🚫 Barred wilful defaulters from resolution process
2⃣ Early Detection:
⏱ Timely Identification of bad loans helped reduce fresh NPAs
3⃣ Overall Schedule Commercial Bank (SCB) GNPA Fall:
📅 Mar 2018: ₹10.36 lakh crore
📅 Dec 2024: ₹4.45 lakh crore

RBI Financial Inclusion RBI 📈 RBI’s Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) – FY25
Index (FI-Index)
📊 FI-Index (March 2025): 67
🔺 Up from 64.2 (March 2024) – a 4.3% increase
🔁 Reflects steady gains in Access, Usage & Quality of
financial services

🕰 Past Trend: Mar 2017: 43.4 | Mar 2021: 53.9| Mar 2025: 67

🧾 About FI-Index:
📌 Launched by: RBI (Aug 2021)
📌 Coverage: Banking 🏦, Investments 📈, Insurance 🛡,
Postal ✉ & Pensions 👵
📉 Score Range: 0 (exclusion) ➡ 100 (full inclusion)
🔍 3 Key Parameters:
1⃣ Access – 35% 📍
2⃣ Usage – 45% 🔄
3⃣ Quality – 20% 📚

🗓 Published: Annually in July (No base year)

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3rd Edition of Trade Dr. Arvind Virmani 📊 NITI Aayog Launches 3rd Edition of Trade Watch
Watch Quarterly – Q3 (Member, NITI Aayog) Quarterly – Q3 FY25
📘 Report: Trade Watch Quarterly (TWQ) – Oct-Dec 2024 (Q3
FY25
FY25)
📌 Theme: US tariff changes & impact on 󰏝 India’s export
competitiveness

🔍 Key Highlights:

1⃣ Merchandise Trade: Exports: ↑ 3% YoY to $108.7B (Billion) |

Imports: ↑ 6.5% to $187.5B | Trade Deficit widened

2⃣ Export Composition: ✈Aircraft, spacecraft parts enter top 10

exports with ↑ 200%+ growth

3⃣ Services Trade: Surplus: $52.3B in Q3 FY25 | Services exports

up 17% YoY

4⃣ Digital Services:
🌐 India = 5th largest Digitally Delivered Services (DDS)
exporter in 2024
💻 DDS exports: $269B

5⃣ High-Tech Exports:
⚙ Led by electrical machinery & arms/ammunition
📈 CAGR: 10.6% since 2014

6⃣ Top Export Markets:

🌎 North America + EU = ~40% of India’s total exports

Reserve Bank of India India’s International 🌐 India’s International Investment Position (IIP) – FY25
(RBI) Investment Position Highlights
(IIP) 📅 Period Covered: FY25 (April 2024 – March 2025)

📊 Key Highlights:
🔹 💹 72% of growth in India’s foreign financial assets came
from: Overseas Direct Investments, Currency & Deposits,
Reserve Assets
🔹 🏦 Reserve Assets alone = 54% of the total asset increase
🔹 📉 Net Claims of Non-Residents ↓ USD 31.2 bn in FY25
🔸 India’s external financial assets grew faster (↑ USD 105.4
bn) than liabilities (↑ USD 74.2 bn)

✅ Definition:
Net Claims of Non-Residents = Difference between what
foreign entities own in India vs what Indians own abroad.

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ILO Database on International Labour 🛡 India’s Social Security Coverage (ILO Report 2025)
International Labour Organisation (ILO),
Statistics (ILOSTAST) Geneva 📅 Released at: 113th International Labour Conference (ILC)
👤 Announced by: Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Labour
database
Minister

Key Statistics:

Metric Value

Coverage in 2015 19%

Coverage in 2025 64.3% ✅ (↑ by 45 percentage

points in 10 years)

India Global Rank (Beneficiary Count) 2nd 🌍

No. of People Covered 94+ crore

Projected Coverage (Future) 100+ crore beneficiaries

🏆 Milestone Achievements:
● India 1st country globally to update 2025 social protection
data on ILOSTAT.
● Represents Phase-I: covers central & women-centric schemes
across 8 states.

Gig Workforce in India VV Giri National 󰠻 Gig Workforce in India – VVGNLI 2025 Study
2025 Labour Institute
(VVGNLI), Noida, UP 📍 Released by: VV Giri National Labour Institute (VVGNLI),
Noida, UP
🧩 Affiliated to: Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoL&E)

Key Projections:
1. Projected Gig Workers by 2047: 62 million
2. Share in Non-Agricultural Workforce: ~15%
3. Expected Growth: More than 2× in next 17 years

🧠 Methodology:

● Based on 2022 NITI Aayog gig report

● Applied Exponential Smoothing ETS (Error, Trend,
Seasonality) model for projections

REPORTS

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Skills for the Future Ministry of Skill 88% of workforce 🧠 Report on “Skills for the Future” Unveiled
Development and in low-skill jobs by MoS Jayant Chaudhary
Entrepreneurship
(MSDE)
📕 Prepared by: Institute for Competitiveness
(Gurugram)
🔹 Objective: Transform India’s workforce with
future-ready skills.

📊 Key Findings (PLFS 2023–24 Based):

1. 󰠻 88% of workforce in low-skill jobs;

only 10–12% in high-skill roles.
2. 🛠 5 sectors dominate vocational
training (66% share): IT & ITeS | Textile
& Apparel | Electronics | Healthcare &
Life Sciences | Beauty & Wellness
3. 🧭 Lack of standardized data on skill
needs limits policy action.

Yearbook on Stockholm 📘 SIPRI Yearbook 2025 – Key Highlights

Armaments, International Peace
Disarmament and Research Institute 󰏝 India’s Nuclear Capabilities
(SIPRI), Solna,
International Security
Sweden ● ✅ Warheads (2025): Estimated 180
(up from 172 in 2024)
● 📊 Status: India maintains an edge
_ over Pakistan in nuclear capabilities

🌍 Global Nuclear Landscape

● 🌐 9 Nuclear-Armed Countries:
󰑔 USA, 󰐮 Russia, 󰏅 UK, 󰏃 France,
󰎩 China, 󰏝 India, 󰐣 Pakistan, 󰏭
North Korea, 󰏛 Israel

Chemical Industry: BVR 🧪 NITI Aayog Report on Chemical Industry

Powering India’s Subrahmanyam – It talks about how India can become a big
Participation in Global CEO of NITI Aayog
player in the global chemical market.
Value Chains

Suman Bery – Vice India’s Global Rank:

Chairman, NITI _ - 6th largest producer of chemicals in the
Aayog
world
- 3rd largest in Asia
- Supplies to: Pharma, textiles,
agriculture, and auto sectors

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WHO Global Tobacco World Health 🌍 WHO Global Tobacco Epidemic Report
Epidemic Report 2025, Organization 2025
Ireland 🤝 Supported by: Bloomberg Philanthropies
(USA)
Global Protection: 6.1 billion people (75% of
the world) are protected by at least one
_ MPOWER measure (increased from just 1 billion
in 2007).

What is MPOWER? Monitor tobacco use |

Protect people from tobacco smoke | Offer help
to quit | Warn about the dangers | Enforce bans
on advertising | Raise taxes on tobacco

Technology Pioneers World Economic 🌍 World Economic Forum (WEF) – 2025

Programme 2025 Forum (WEF), Technology Pioneers Programme
Geneva, Switzerland
✅ Key Highlights:
● 100 companies from 28 countries
selected in the 2025 cohort.
● These are early-stage start-ups
solving global problems using
_ advanced technology.
India had 10 start-ups selected – a big
recognition for India’s tech strength.

🚀 3 Indian Start-ups from IIT Madras (Tamil

Nadu): Agnikul Cosmos Pvt. Ltd. – space tech
| GalaxEye Space – space imaging | The
ePlane Company – electric flying vehicles
✅ All three were incubated at IIT Madras,
Chennai.

North Eastern Region NITI Aayog in Mizoram - Top 📊 NITI Aayog Releases NER SDG Index
(NER) District collaboration with 2023–24 (2nd Edition)
Sustainable MDoNER & UNDP
Development Index 🥇 Top Performing Districts
(SDG) Report (2023-24) 1. Hnahthial, Mizoram – 💯 Score: 81.43
2. Champhai, Mizoram – 🥈 Score: 79.86
3. Gomati, Tripura – 🥉 Score: 78.79

🏅 District Categories 🧾 Index Details

● 📍 Covered 121 out of 131 districts
🟩 Achiever: Score = 100 (92%) in NER
● Previous edition: 103 out of 120 districts
🟦 Front Runner: Score
65–99 *Ministry of Development ✅ Classification (out of 121 districts):
of North Eastern Region
● 103 districts: Front Runner
🟨 Performer: Score (MDoNER), United
Nations Development ● 18 districts: Performer
50–64
Programme (UNDP)
❗ Lowest Rank:Longding, Arunachal Pradesh
🟥 Aspirant: Score <50
– 🔻 Score: 58.71

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SBI Research (on State Bank of SBI Report: 5 States = 50% of 󰏝 GST
GST's 8th India Taxpayers
Anniversary)
🔹 Top 5 States by GST Taxpayers:
1⃣ Uttar Pradesh – 13.2%
2⃣ Maharashtra – 12.1%
3⃣ Gujarat – 8.4%
4⃣ Tamil Nadu – 7.7%
5⃣ Karnataka – 6.9%
📊 Combined share = Nearly 50% of all active
GST taxpayers

🔹 Other Key Insights:

● 📈 GST registrations crossed 1.52
crore (as of May 31, 2025)
● 👩 20% of taxpayers have at least one
female member
● 👩👩 14% are fully women-led
registrations
● 💰 GST collection doubled:
FY21 – ₹11.4 lakh crore → FY25 –
₹22.1 lakh crore
● 💵 6 states crossed ₹1 lakh crore in
GST revenue
● 🏦 Top 5 states generate 41% of gross
revenue

5th edition of Global Findex India’s financial 🌍 Financial Inclusion in India Reaches 89%:
Connectivity and Database account ownership World Bank Global Findex 2024
jumped to 89% in 🔹 India’s financial account ownership jumped
Financial Inclusion
2024 to 89% in 2024, up from 77.5% in 2021
in the Digital
🔹 Global average account ownership: 79%
Economy 🔹 In Low & Middle-Income economies: 75%
(2024) vs 42% (2011)
🔹 In High-Income economies: 95% (2024) vs
87% (2011)

📊 Key India Highlights:

● 󰰁 1.3 billion adults globally still

unbanked; 700+ million are women
● ❌ 16% of Indian account holders didn't
use their account in last 12 months
(global avg: 6%)
● 💳 Only 48.5% Indians made/received
digital payment in past year

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Digital Payments: Organization for OECD & Deutsche Wochenschau Report

Trends, Impacts, and economic
Policy Considerations Co-operation & 🔹 Highlights: Economic costs of digital
for the Future Development payments projected to rise by 20% by 2031 (vs.
_ 2024)
● 📉 A global data drought could cost
1.5% of global GDP
● ⚠ Linked to projected decline in oil and
gas supply

Tapping New Digital International India leads in 📊 1. IMF FinTech Note – “Tapping New
Monetary Fund Digital Payment Digital Frontiers”
Frontiers
(IMF)
📝 Authors: Joonkyu Park, Giovanni Melina,
Rui Xu
🔹 Highlights: India leads in digital payments
via UPI – now the largest retail payment
system globally by volume.

- UPI facilitates over 18 billion transaction

monthly.
- 💸 UPI: Facilitates 11+ billion transactions
monthly, Recorded a 32% YoY growth (June
2025).

MEETING
Meeting Chaired by Key Notes

21st Steering Union Minister 🐘 21st Steering Committee Meeting of Project Elephant
Committee Meeting of Bhupendra Yadav,
Ministry of Environment, 🔹 Key Highlights:
Project Elephant, Forest & Climate Change
Uttarakhand (MoEF&CC) 1. 🤝 Call for Coordination: Minister urged collaboration with
Indian Railways (IR), Ministry of Power, NHAI, and mine
developers to mitigate human-elephant conflict.
2. 🚆 Elephant-Train Collision Mitigation: 3,452.4 km of
sensitive railway tracks surveyed | 77 high-risk zones
identified for safety action.
3. 🎉 World Elephant Day 2025:
- To be celebrated on August 12, 2025 in Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu.
- 🏆 Gaj Awards will be presented during the celebration.

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Department of Financial Shri M. Nagaraju 🏦 DFS-RBI Meet on Unified Lending Interface (ULI) – July
Services (DFS) high-level (Secretary, DFS) 2025
meeting - ULI
🤝 Participants: Officials from Central/State Govts, RBI & RBI
Innovation Hub (RBIH)
Shri T. Rabi
Sankar (Dy. 🔗 What is ULI?
Governor, RBI) ✅ ULI (Unified Lending Interface) = API-based, consent-
driven platform by RBIH + RBI
📄 Fetches authenticated data: Aadhaar, Land Records, Tax
Filings, KYC etc.
🏦 Enables faster loan processing by Banks, NBFCs, Fintechs
🎯 Target groups: MSMEs, Farmers & Underserved Borrowers
🏗 Part of: India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Credit
Market

📢 Announced by: Ex-RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das at RBI

90@ Global Conference on Aug 26, 2024

22nd Defence 󰎩 22nd Defence Ministers' Meeting – SCO 2025

Ministers' Meeting of
📍 Venue: Qingdao, China
Shanghai Cooperation 📅 Host: China (2025 SCO Chairmanship)
Organisation, Qingdao, 🎯 Theme: “Upholding the Shanghai Spirit: SCO on the Move”
China
👥 Key Participants:
- SCO Secretary-General: Nurlan Yermekbayev
- 󰏝 India's Representative: Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh
–
🔑 Key Highlights:
1. ❌ India Refuses to Sign Joint Statement:
- Reason: Lack of clear condemnation of cross-border
terrorism.
2. 🕊 Condemnation of Terror Attack:
- Singh condemned the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam (J&K)
terror attack.
- Blamed The Resistance Front (TRF) – a proxy of
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

NATO Summit 2025 Netherlands NATO Summit 2025 – Hosted by The Netherlands

📍 Venue: World Forum, The Hague, Netherlands 󰐗

🛡 Significance: First time Netherlands hosted a NATO Summit
since NATO's formation in 1949
🔑 Key Highlight:
🧾 New 5% GDP Defence Spending Target
➡ Announced by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte
✅ 32 NATO member countries unanimously adopted the
resolution
🎯 Goal: Each country to spend 5% of GDP on defence by
2035
🔍 Mid-term Review: Scheduled in 2029 to assess progress

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3rd United Nations France & Costa 🌊 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) – 2025
Ocean Conference Rica
📍 Venue: Nice, France
(UNOC3) – 2025
🎯 Theme: "Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to
conserve and sustainably use the ocean"

🔑 Major Highlights:
1. 📘 FAO Report Released:
▪ Review of the State of World Marine Fisheries
Resources – 2025
▪ Released by FAO, Rome (Italy)
2. 🌐 Blue National Determined Contribution (NDC)
Challenge Launched:
▪ Jointly by Brazil & France
▪ Focus: Boost ocean-focused climate action under
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
3. ⚖ High Seas Treaty Ratified:
▪ 18 countries ratified it, incl. Guinea-Bissau,
Belgium, Liberia, Solomon Islands, Malta, Greece
▪ Held on the sidelines of UNOC3
4. 📜 Nice Wake-up Call & Plastics Treaty:
▪ Signed by 96 countries
▪ Aim: Push for an ambitious Plastics Treaty
❗ India did NOT sign the treaty

Public Sector Banks Union Finance Minister 🏦 Public Sector Banks (PSBs) Performance Review – June
(PSBs) Performance Nirmala Sitharaman 2025

Review 📌 Chaired by: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

📍 Venue: High-level meeting with MoS Pankaj Chaudhary,
Department of Financial Services (DFS) Secretary M. Nagaraju,
and PSB MDs

🔑 Key Highlights:
1. 💰 Record Net Profit:
○ FY23: ₹1.04 lakh crore
○ FY25: ₹1.78 lakh crore (📈 All-time high)
2. 📊 Total Business Growth:
○ FY23: ₹203 lakh crore
○ FY25: ₹251 lakh crore
3. 📉 Improved Asset Quality:
○ Net NPA down from 1.24% (FY23) ➝ 0.52%
(FY25)
4. 🛡 Strong Capital Position:
○ Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets Ratio
(CRAR): 16.15% (as of March 2025)
○ Indicates well-capitalised PSBs

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International Conference on 󰏝 International Conference on ‘Sustainable and
‘Sustainable and Responsible Mining’
Responsible Mining’
🗓 Venue: Hyderabad, Telangana
📌 Organised by: Indian National Committee of the World
Mining Congress (INC-WMC)
🎯 Focus:Best practices for mine closure, environmental
protection, safety, and reuse of mined land for public benefit (like
farming or fisheries).

🗞 Key Highlights:
1. Mission Green Booklet 📘
_ – Shared best practices for restoring land after mining.
– Promotes turning old mine areas into usable land for
communities.
2. Copper Vision Document ⚡
– Released by Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy.
– Recognizes copper as essential for India’s green
energy goals like EVs and solar power.
3. Aluminium Vision Document 🏗
– Also released by Minister Reddy.
– Sets goals for India to become self-reliant in
aluminium – crucial for clean energy, electric vehicles,
and infrastructure.

UN Group of Friends 󰏝🤝 India Co-Chairs United Nation (UN) GoF Meeting on

(GoF) for Accountability Crimes Against Peacekeepers
for Crimes Against 📍 Where: UN Headquarters, New York, USA
👤 India's Representative: Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish
Peacekeepers
🌐 Co-Chairs: 󰏝 India, 󰎏 Bangladesh, 󰎺 Egypt, 󰏃 France,
_ 󰏽 Morocco, 󰐙 Nepal

🛡 Purpose of Meeting: To reaffirm global commitment to

accountability for crimes against UN Peacekeepers.
🔐 Accountability = Justice + Safety + Credibility of UN
Peacekeeping.

88th Session of Codex 🌾󰏝 India’s Millet Push Recognized at CCEXEC88

Executive Committee
(CCEXEC88), FAO HQ, 🔑 India’s Role & Recognition:
Rome, Italy ✅ India formally recognized for leading the formulation of
- global whole millet grain standards 🌾
✅ Delegation led by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
(MoHFW) and FSSAI 🏛🧪
✅ Advocated national interests and promoted inclusive food
standards internationally

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51st G-7(Group of Canadian PM 51st G7 Summit & PM Visit to Cyprus

seven) Summit in Mark Carney
✅ First visit by an Indian PM to Cyprus in 22 years (since
Canada Vajpayee in 2002)
🏅 PM Modi received Cyprus’s highest civilian honour
🤝 MoUs Signed:
○ NSE International Exchange (GIFT City) ×
Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) – For financial
services cooperation
○ NPCI International (NIPL) × Eurobank Cyprus
– To introduce Unified Payments Interface
(UPI) in Cyprus

Indian National 󰏝 Indian National Committee – World Mining Congress

Committee (INC-WMC)
📍 Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
🗓 Theme: ‘Sustainable and Responsible Mining through Best
Mine Closure Practices’

🔍 Key Highlights:
1. 📘 Mission Green Booklet
○ Showcased best practices for scientific mine
closure.
○ Focused on restoring ecosystems and
repurposing mined lands for agriculture,
fisheries, and community benefit.
2. ⚡ Copper Vision Document – Released by Union
Minister G. Kishan Reddy
○ Recognized copper as a key metal for India's
green energy transition, including EVs and
solar power.
__ 3. 🏗 Aluminium Vision Document
○ Launched to promote self-reliance in
aluminium production for use in clean energy,
infrastructure, and EVs.
4. 🛠 RECLAIM Framework introduced:
○ Full form: Reach Out, Envision, Co-Design,
Localise, Act, Integrate, Maintain (OLD)
○ Based on 6R Philosophy:
🌀 Reclamation
♻ Repurposing
🏡 Rehabilitation
🌿 Revegetation
🧪 Remediation
🔓 Relinquishment
5. 💻 Single Window Clearance System (SWCS) –
Exploration Module
○ Launched to digitize coal exploration
○ Goal: Faster approvals, greater transparency,
and efficient processing

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2nd BIMSTEC Ports Union Minister 🌐 2nd BIMSTEC Ports Conclave 2025
Conclave 2025 Sarbananda Sonowal, 📍 Location: Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Ministry of Ports, Shipping & 🛳 Organised by: Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA)
Waterways (MoPSW)

🎯 Theme: “Navigating the Future: Blue Economy,

Innovation and Sustainable Partnerships”

🔑 Key Highlights: 󰏝 India was the 1st country to sign the

BIMSTEC Agreement on Maritime Transport Cooperation
(AMTC) | Aim: Operationalise the AMTC and deepen maritime
cooperation (trade, logistics, cruise tourism, skilling)
*Bay of Bengal Initiative for
Multi-Sectoral Technical and - 🏛 New Centre Announced: BIMSTEC Sustainable
Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Maritime Transport Centre to be set up.

BOOKS
Book Author by Book Key Notes
Important

Wings to Our Defence Minister Compilation of 📘 “Wings to Our Hopes – Volume 2”

Hopes – Volume 2 Rajnath Singh President
Droupadi 🏛 Published by: Directorate of
Murmu’s 51 Publications Division, Ministry of
speeches (Aug Information & Broadcasting (MIB)
2023 – July 2024) 󰏝 Hindi Title: “Ashaon Ki Udaan –
Khand 2”.

👤 Note: Wings to our Hopes-I

(President Speeches from Jul 2022 –
July 2023). It was published in July 2023.

The Emergency Union Home Minister 50th anniversary of 📕 “The Emergency Diaries – Years
Diaries – Years that Amit Shah The Emergency that Forged a Leader” launched during
(1975–1977) | Samvidhan Hatya Diwas event.
Forged a Leader Chronicles PM
Narendra Modi’s 📚 Publisher: BlackCraft Digital
role as a young RSS Foundation, New Delhi
Pracharak during the 🚩 Event Highlight: Amit Shah launched
Emergency the ‘Loktantra Zindabad Yatra’
(nationwide democracy awareness campaign)

A Billion Butterflies: Dr. Jagadish Shukla, Personal memoir & 📖 “A Billion Butterflies: A Life in
A Life in Climate and eminent Indian meteorologist exploration of Climate and Chaos Theory”
Chaos Theory climate science,
chaos theory, and 📚 Publisher: Pan Macmillan India
weather
predictability 🎓 Current Role: Professor, George
Mason University, USA

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Important

History That India Prem Prakash Focus on 📘 "History That India Ignored"
Ignored (Chairman, ANI) lesser-known
events of India’s 󰏝 Publisher: Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
freedom struggle Launched by: 󰳌 Union MoS Jitendra
Singh (MoS&T)

OBITUARY
Political & Public Leaders
Name Field Birth / Death Place Key Highlights

Muhammadu Former Nigerian Daura, Katsina, Former military ruler and elected President (2015–2023);
Buhari President Nigeria known for anti-corruption and security focus.

N. Tippanna Law & Turuvanur / Ex-Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council; worked

Legislature Chitradurga, for education and community upliftment.
(JD-S) Karnataka

Charupara Ravi Socialist Politics Kerala RJD State Vice-President; student activist; contested
(RJD) multiple elections; strong grassroots presence.

Kota Srinivasa Telugu Cinema & Andhra Pradesh, India 40+ years in films; respected for versatile roles; also
Rao Politics served as Andhra MLA.

Cinema & Arts

Name Field Birth / Death Place Key Highlights

B. Saroja Devi Indian Cinema Bengaluru, Karnataka Acted in 190+ films across 4 languages; Padma Bhushan
(Actress) awardee; symbol of grace and versatility.

Tom Lehrer Satirist & Cambridge, Known for witty political songs; Harvard professor; made
Mathematician Massachusetts his works public domain in 2020.

Andrea Gibson Poetry & Calais, Maine, USA Queer poet; wrote on gender, illness; Colorado’s Poet
Activism Laureate; subject of acclaimed documentary.

Julian McMahon Actor Australia Passed away at 56 in Florida after a battle with cancer;
starred in Fantastic Four, Nip/Tuck, and Charmed; son of
former Australian PM Billy McMahon; last appeared in
Netflix’s The Residence.

Alan Bergman Lyricist Brooklyn, New York, Legendary songwriter with 3 Oscars and 16 nominations;
USA wrote with Marilyn Bergman and others; contributed
timeless classics like The Way We Were and Nice ’n’
Easy.

Sports & Fitness Icons

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Name Field Birth / Death Place Key Highlights

Peter Rufai Football Nigeria Nigeria’s 1994 AFCON-winning goalkeeper; 2-time FIFA
(Goalkeeper) World Cup player; died aged 61.

Fauja Singh Marathon Beas Pind, Punjab, Began running at 89; completed international marathons;
Runner India lived as the world’s oldest marathoner.

Felix Skydiver & Salzburg, Austria First to break sound barrier in freefall (2012); inspired
Baumgartner Adventurer innovation in extreme sports.

IMPORTANT DAYS
Date Day/Event Theme (if any)

01 July National Doctors’ Day (India) "Healing Hands, Caring Hearts"

01 July CA Foundation Day (ICAI) —

01 July GST Day Celebrating 8 years of GST (Launched in 2017)

01 July Digital India Week (Start) "AI for All"

02 July World UFO Day —

04 July International Day of Cooperatives (1st Sat of July) "Cooperatives: Building a Better Future for All"

06 July World Zoonoses Day —

07 July Global Forgiveness Day —

11 July World Population Day "To Leave No One Behind, Count Everyone"

12 July Malala Day In honour of Malala Yousafzai

15 July World Youth Skills Day "Youth Skills for Peace and Development"

17 July World Day for International Justice —

18 July Nelson Mandela International Day "The Legacy Lives on Through You"

22 July Pi Approximation Day —

23 July National Broadcasting Day —

24 July Income Tax Day 164th IT Day in 2025

26 July Kargil Vijay Diwas In memory of 1999 Kargil War victory

28 July World Hepatitis Day "Hepatitis Can't Wait"

29 July International Tiger Day "Roaring for Survival"

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