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NATIONAL NEWS
ECINET
- Election Commission will soon launch a single-point App ECINET which will be the new one-stop platform integrating and reorienting over 40 of EC’s existing mobile and web applications.
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Arctic Circle India Forum 2025
- Arctic Circle India Forum 2025 co-hosted by Observer Research Foundation (ORF), in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Earth Sciences of India was organised in New Delhi.
Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
| Founded: 5 September 1990 | Founder: R. K. Mishra | Chairman: Sunjoy Joshi |
BRONCOCON 2025
- Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar inaugurated 27th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for Bronchology, the BRONCOCON 2025 in New Delhi.
- The theme of this year’s conference, “Beyond the scope: Evolving Frontiers in Pulmonary Procedures”.
Vice President of India
| First Vice President: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1952–1962) |
Constitutional Articles
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Primary Power: Acts as the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha (Article 64) Succession Role: Functions as President in the absence (resignation/removal/death) of the President under Article 65. |
Cycling with Teachers
- Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, participated in a special edition of the Fit India Sundays on Cycle initiative, titled ‘Cycling with Teachers’, at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.
STATE SPECIAL NEWS
Tamil Week
- In Tamil Nadu a week-long ‘Tamil Week Festival’ was observed to mark the 135th birth anniversary of Pavendhar Bharathidasan the revolutionary poet, social reformer, and fierce advocate for the Tamil language and the Dravidian cause.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
World Bank Land Conference 2025
- World Bank Land Conference 2025 was organised at the World Bank Headquarters, Washington, D.C. in the United States of America and Indian delegation presented its transformative SVAMITVA Scheme and Gram Manchitra platform.
- This year’s World Bank Land Conference, theme is “Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action: Moving from Awareness to Action”.
SVAMITVA Scheme
| Launched: 24 April 2021 | Full form: Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas | Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
Major Attack in Balochistan
- The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) launched a major assault in the Mongochar area of Kalat district, Balochistan, blocking the Quetta-Karachi National Highway (N-25).
Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)
| Founded: 2000 | Motive: Secession of Balochistan from Pakistan | Leader: Hyrbyair Marri (alleged) |
ECONOMY & BANKING
ADB Board Governors Meet
- Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman attended the 58th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Milan, Italy.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
| Founded: 19 December 1966 | Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Philippines | President: Masato Kanda |
India Angola Business Forum
- India Angola Business Forum was organised in New Delhi and Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco invited Indian businesses to explore opportunities that place the African nation at the centre of their export strategies. Speaking on Sunday, he highlighted areas for cooperation, including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and renewable energy.
Angola
| Capital: Luanda | Currency: Angolan Kwanza | Official language: Portuguese |
OPEC+ boosts oil production
- OPEC+ has agreed to boost oil production by 411,000 barrels per day in June, marking the second month in a row of increased output. This decision comes despite falling oil prices and concerns over weakening demand.
- OPEC+ is a coalition that includes all members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and 10 other non-OPEC oil-producing nations.
OPEC
| Headquarters: Vienna, Austria | Founders: Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo, Abdullah Tariki | Founded: September 1960, Baghdad, Iraq |
100% tariff on non-US movies
- US President Donald Trump announced a 100 per cent tariff on all movies “produced in foreign land”, claiming that the movie industry in America is “dying a very fast death”.
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PERSON IN NEWS
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu
- Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu addressed a press conference for nearly 15 hours, claiming it broke a record held by Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.
Maldives
| Capital: Male | Currency: Maldivian Rufiyaa | Official Language: Dhivehi |
AWARDS & HONOURS
The Danish Siddiqui Journalism Awards 2025
- Five journalists received The Danish Siddiqui Journalism Awards 2025 at a ceremony held at the India International Centre, New Delhi.
| Award | Awardee (Media outlet) | Contribution |
| Broadcast category | Meghna Bali (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | For her investigative work "Indian Students Duped in Multi-Million Dollar Australian Visa Fraud." |
| Broadcast/Digital category | Sarvapriya Sangwan (BBC) | for her Hindi-language series "The Last Man." |
| Photojournalism category | Saumya Khandelwal (The New York Times) | The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies." |
| Investigative report | Greeshma Kuthar (independent journalist) | "Saviour Complex: Why the Biren Singh Government Gives a Free Hand to Arambai Tenggol" |
| Print/Digital category | Vaishnavi Rathore (Scroll.in) | "On the Great Nicobar Island, Why the Future is Fearful." |
ART & CULTURE
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