Daily Current Affairs

According to Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Data Center Report 2025, Mumbai ranked 6th worldwide in data centre capacity under construction, leading the Asia-Pacific region.

The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) completed nine years in June 2025. The programme provides free assured antenatal care on the 9th of every month to pregnant women, focusing on early identification of high-risk pregnancies.

Since its launch in 2016, over 6.19 crore women have benefited. India’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) declined significantly from 130 to 80 per 1 lakh live births, reflecting improved maternal healthcare outcomes.

The Ministry of Finance amended provisions under the General Financial Rules (GFRs) to simplify procurement of scientific equipment.

Key changes include:

• Purchase up to ₹2 lakh – without quotations by heads of R&D institutions
• Purchase committee limit – raised to ₹20 lakh
• Tender thresholds – increased to ₹1 crore

The move aims to speed up research and innovation, especially in defence and advanced sciences.

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the Clean Plant Programme at India’s first International Agri Hackathon in Pune.

Nine specialised horticulture facilities will be set up nationwide, including three centres in Maharashtra. The programme will ensure disease-free planting material and receive technical support from Israel and the Netherlands.

A comprehensive camera-trap survey revealed that Bengaluru hosts 80–85 free-ranging leopards, the highest among Indian metropolitan regions.

Conducted by the Holématthi Nature Foundation, the study covered forest fringes including Bannerghatta National Park, making Bengaluru the only metro with a full range of large mammals in its periphery.

The Digital India BHASHINI division signed an MoU with the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) to integrate multilingual AI across railway platforms.

Services like NTES and RailMadad will support 22 Indian languages, enhancing accessibility through AI-powered voice assistants, chatbots, and translations.

The Puducherry Legislative Assembly became the 19th legislature to adopt the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA).

The platform enables paperless proceedings, AI-based translation, and real-time public access, supporting the “One Nation, One Application” vision.

The World Bank revised the global extreme poverty line to USD 3 per day.

India’s extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3%, with nearly 269 million people exiting extreme poverty between 2011–12 and 2022–23.

SEBI notified a new regulatory framework for social bonds, sustainability bonds, and sustainability-linked bonds, strengthening transparency and investor confidence in India’s ESG debt market.

The State Bank of India paid a dividend of ₹8,076.84 crore to the Government of India for FY25, supported by a record net profit of ₹70,901 crore.

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal undertook an official visit to Norway and Denmark to strengthen maritime cooperation.

India showcased its USD 20 billion infrastructure investment plan and signed an MoU for building India’s first Polar Research Vessel in collaboration with a Norwegian firm.

Economist Prof. S Mahendra Dev was appointed Chairperson of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) for a two-year term.

Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space partnered with Sodern (France) to deploy the HORUS star tracker on a satellite mission scheduled for 2026.

Scientists discovered a new wasp species Losgna occidentalis in Chandigarh, marking the westernmost record of the genus in India.

Indonesia Open 2025:

• Men’s Singles – Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
• Women’s Singles – An Se-young (South Korea)

Taiwan Athletics Open: India won 16 medals, including 12 gold.

UEFA Nations League: Portugal won its second title, defeating Spain in the final.

Cricket: Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) announced retirement from international cricket.

Edgar Lungu, former President of Zambia, passed away at the age of 68.