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Defence
Women in Indian Navy
Yashasvi Solanki belongs to the Logistics branch of the Indian Navy, highlighting women’s growing presence in diverse naval roles. The Logistics branch handles supply chain, stores, and material support essential for naval operations and combat readiness.
Health & Wellness
Yoga Bandhan Initiative
‘Yoga Bandhan’ was organized by MDNIY (Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga), promoting yoga’s unifying power globally. This initiative celebrates International Yoga Day, advances yoga education, and strengthens India’s soft power through cultural diplomacy.
Economy
WPI Inflation Update
India’s WPI inflation in May 2025 stood at 0.39%, indicating low inflationary pressures at producer level. This suggests stable input costs for businesses, moderate demand conditions, and controlled commodity prices benefiting manufacturers.
Technology Leadership
Meta India Appointment
Arun Srinivas was appointed MD of Meta in India, leading operations in one of Meta’s largest markets. His leadership will shape Meta’s strategy balancing growth with regulatory compliance, content moderation, and social responsibility.
International Relations
G20 Sherpa Resignation
Amitabh Kant resigned as India’s G20 Sherpa in June 2025, concluding his role after India’s successful presidency. As Sherpa, he coordinated India’s G20 agenda and facilitated consensus on global issues.
Intelligence
MI6 – British Intelligence
MI6 is the foreign intelligence agency of the United Kingdom, officially known as Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). Established in 1909, MI6 conducts covert operations abroad and provides critical intelligence to UK government.
Maritime Security
Indian Coast Guard Assets
‘Achal’ is associated with the Indian Coast Guard, enhancing maritime security capabilities. The Coast Guard protects maritime interests, conducts search and rescue, enforces laws, and ensures coastal security across India’s vast EEZ.
Sports
ISSF World Cup Success
India won 4 medals at ISSF World Cup Munich 2025, demonstrating continued excellence in shooting. This reflects strong infrastructure, world-class training, and talented shooters building momentum toward Olympics and Asian Games.
Women’s Cricket
ODI World Cup 2025
The ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 will begin on September 30th, featuring top women’s teams. This tournament showcases women’s cricket growth, provides global platform, and drives investment toward gender parity in cricket.
Environment
Desertification Awareness
World Day to Combat Desertification is observed on June 17th, raising awareness about land degradation and drought. This UN day highlights the urgency of restoring degraded land and achieving land degradation neutrality.
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Yashasvi Solanki’s Navy branch?
Logistics
Supply chain and material support
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Who organized Yoga Bandhan?
MDNIY
Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga
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WPI inflation in May 2025?
0.39%
Low inflationary pressure
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New Meta India MD?
Arun Srinivas
Tech company leadership
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Who resigned as G20 Sherpa?
Amitabh Kant
After India’s presidency
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MI6 belongs to which country?
United Kingdom
Foreign intelligence service
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India’s medals at ISSF Munich?
4 medals
Shooting World Cup 2025
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When is Desertification Day?
June 17
UN-designated land degradation day
Think & Discuss
Land Degradation: Climate Victim or Agricultural Malpractice?
Context from today’s quiz: World Day to Combat Desertification (June 17) highlights land degradation, desertification, and drought impacts threatening food security and livelihoods globally. As climate change accelerates, distinguishing between unavoidable climate-driven degradation and human-caused deterioration through unsustainable agricultural practices becomes crucial for effective intervention strategies.
π€ Your Perspective Matters
As land degradation and desertification accelerate worldwide, should these be framed primarily as climate change consequences requiring global mitigation efforts and international support for affected regions, or as outcomes of unsustainable agricultural practices, overgrazing, deforestation, and poor land management that individual countries and farmers must address through changed behaviors regardless of broader climate factors?
When addressing desertification, should governments prioritize large-scale restoration projects, technological interventions, and international funding mechanisms that treat degradation as an external crisis requiringζζ΄, or focus on transforming agricultural practices, land tenure systems, and farmer incentives that address the root causes of degradation even if it means confronting politically sensitive issues around traditional farming methods and resource use patterns?
When addressing desertification, should governments prioritize large-scale restoration projects, technological interventions, and international funding mechanisms that treat degradation as an external crisis requiringζζ΄, or focus on transforming agricultural practices, land tenure systems, and farmer incentives that address the root causes of degradation even if it means confronting politically sensitive issues around traditional farming methods and resource use patterns?
- Is it intellectually honest to attribute most desertification to climate change when significant degradation results from overexploitation, intensive agriculture, and unsustainable resource extraction that would occur regardless of global temperature increases?
- When restoring degraded lands, should priority go to regions where degradation stems from poverty and survival pressures (more sympathetic but potentially recurring without economic transformation) or areas where degradation results from commercial exploitation and poor regulation (less sympathetic but potentially easier to address through policy)?
- Do international frameworks emphasizing “restoration” and “rehabilitation” avoid confronting uncomfortable truths about population pressures, unsustainable consumption patterns, and the fundamental incompatibility between current agricultural intensification models and long-term soil health?
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