23 June, 2025
GK Update
Mon 23 Jun, 2025
National News
National Conference of Estimates Committees
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the National Conference of Estimates Committees of Parliament and State/UT Legislative Bodies in Mumbai and also released the 75th Anniversary Souvenir of the Estimates Committee of Parliament.
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National Forensic Sciences University
- Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of the campus of National Forensic Sciences University and a Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Chhattisgarh’s Nava Raipur Atal Nagar.
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Lohgarh Foundation
- Union Housing, Urban Affairs and Power Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated the office of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Lohgarh Foundation Trust at PWD Rest House Vyaspur in Yamunanagar, Haryana.
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was a prominent Sikh warrior and a military commander who established the first Sikh state in Punjab and led the revolt against the Mughal Empire. |
6th All India Conference of Government Railway Police Chiefs
- The 6th All India Conference of Government Railway Police Chiefs, organised under the aegis of the Railway Protection Force concluded at Vigyan Bhawan,New Delhi.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- Iran’s Foreign Minister visit to Moscow
- Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited Moscow for consultations with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and other senior officials regarding regional and international developments following the military aggression by the United States.
Iran
Capital: Tehran | Currency: Iranian Rial (IRR) | President: Masoud Pezeshkian |
ECONOMY & BANKING
India's 1st off-grid green hydrogen pilot plant
- · Adani Group has commissioned India's first off-grid 5 megawatt green hydrogen pilot plant in Kutch, Gujarat.
IMPORTANT DAYS
United Nations Public Service Day
- The United Nations Public Service Day is celebrated on June 23 of every year.
- Theme for 2025 is "Five Years to 2030: Accelerating Public Service Delivery for a Sustainable Future".
PERSON IN NEWS
Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee martyrdom
- Tributes were paid to Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his martyrdom day.
Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee
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BOOKS & AUTHOURS
Wings to Our Hopes – Volume 2
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released a book ‘Wings to Our Hopes – Volume 2’, based on speeches delivered by President Droupadi Murmu and Compiled by Rashtrapati Bhavan at a function in New Delhi.
DEFENCE NEWS
INS Nilgiri
- INS Nilgiri, the first of the indigenously built Project 17A stealth frigates, made Visakhapatnam its home port and would be an integral part of the Eastern Sword- Sunrise Fleet.
Sarhad Shauryathon 2025
- The Sarhad Shauryathon 2025 event was organized by Indian Army, in collaboration with Sarhad Foundation, Pune, and the local civil administration of Kargil at the historic Kargil War Memorial in Dras, Ladakh.
SPORTS
Asian Para-Badminton Championship
- In Badminton, Indian shuttlers won 27 medals at the Asian Para-Badminton Championship 2025 held in Thailand.
Vijay Sundar-Gornes pair won
- Vijay Sundar Prashanth in partnership with Sergio Gornes beat Alexandru Jecan and Bogdan Pavel in the doubles final of the €145,250 Challenger tennis tournament in Poznan, Poland.