National News

NITI Aayog Unveils Roadmap

• NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Hub unveiled a ground breaking roadmap titled “Reimagining Agriculture: A Roadmap for Frontier Technology Led Transformation” in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• The NITI Frontier Tech Hub is an action tank for Viksit Bharat.

NITI Aayog

Second Phase of Special Intensive Revision

• The Election Commission of India (EC) launched the second round of its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise covering nine states and three Union territories.
• The new phase will include the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.

Election Commission of India (ECI)

STATE SPECIAL NEWS

NEST Cluster

• Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the North Eastern Science & Technology (NEST) Cluster at IIT Guwahati and laid the foundation stone for transformative development projects worth ₹635 crore across Assam.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

19th India–Romania

• Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Shri Jitin Prasada visted Bucharest at the invitation of the Government of Romania to attend the 19th meeting of the Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation (JCEC) between India and Romania.

Romania

India-New Zealand FTA

• The Fourth Round of negotiations for the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) held in Auckland, New Zealand marking another step forward in advancing a balanced, comprehensive, and mutually beneficial partnership between the two nations.

New Zealand

SUMMITS AND CONFERNCES

World Summit for Social Development

• Union Minister for Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, led the Indian delegation to the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD-2) held in Doha, Qatar.

ADIPEC 2025

• Global energy event, Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2025 held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).

ECONOMY & BANKING

IPPB signed MoU with EPFO

• India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to provide doorstep Digital Life Certificate (DLC) services to its pensioners under the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS'95).

India Post Payments Bank

NFRA published Toolkit

• National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has published an Audit Practice Toolkit to enhance audit quality in India, with a specific focus on supporting small and medium practitioners (SMPs).

National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA)

Export of Fortified Rice Kernel from Chhattisgarh

• The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), facilitated the first export consignment of 12 metric tonnes of Fortified Rice Kernel from Chhattisgarh to Costa Rica.

APEDA

4th National Digital Life Certificate Campaign

• The 4th National Digital Life Certificate (DLC) campaign for the Department of Telecommunications was launched in New Delhi.

AWARDS & HONOURS

Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika National Awards

• The Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika National Awards are an initiative by Sarhad Pune, an organization promoting national integration, and were recently conferred by a the Union Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia.

2025 Award Recipients

APPOINTMENTS

Sanjay Garg

• Sanjay Garg was appointed as the Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards, the National Standards Body of India.

SPORTS

Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal T20 Trophy

• Nagaland hosted the IDFC First Bank Senior Women's Inter-Zonal T20 Trophy for the first time.

₹51 Crore Reward

• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a cash reward of 51 crore rupees for the Indian women’s cricket team players, support staff and selection committee, in recognition of their momentous achievement of winning ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup for the first time in history.

Paris Masters

• In Tennis Jannik Sinner defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final to win his first Paris Masters title and also reclaimed the world No. 1 ranking.