June 2025 Current Affairs – Topic-wise Short Notes for Competitive Exams

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🟩 National Affairs

• Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian to travel to space in 40 years as part of the Axiom 4 mission launched on 25 June 2025. 

• The annual monsoon rains covered the entire Indian mainland over a week early by 26 June 2025, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD), boosting sowing of summer crops. 

• A major accident: Air India Flight AI171 (Boeing 787-8) crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on 12 June 2025, prompting national safety audits. 

• The famous “Vadodara bomb hoaxes” series began with multiple school threats starting 23 June 2025, triggering wide-scale evacuations and investigations. 

• A landslide at an Army camp in Chaten, Sikkim on 1 June 2025 killed three soldiers, highlighting vulnerability of defence installations to natural hazards. 

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🌏 International Affairs

• India launched Operation Sindhu on 18 June 2025 to evacuate over 4,400 citizens from Iran and Israel amid escalating conflicts, demonstrating its global crisis-response capacity. 

• The early onset of the monsoon across the country also has implications for India’s agriculture and regional climate diplomacy. (See National Affairs above)

• India ranked 99th in the 2025 Sustainable Development Goals Index, drawing attention to its global development commitments. 

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💰 Economy & Banking

• The early monsoon and improved rainfall outlook will bolster agriculture, which is crucial for rural demand and economy-wide stimulus. (See National Affairs)

• New guidelines from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on “gold loans” were sought in May/June 2025, affecting NBFCs and banking credit.

• Infrastructure push: The inauguration of key transport links (see Science & Technology / National) supports logistics and economic growth.

• The Indian economy’s resilience amid global headwinds and early monsoon signals boosted investor confidence.

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🔬 Science & Technology

• India’s first wildlife overpass on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: a 12-km stretch includes multiple animal corridors to protect biodiversity. 

• Shubhanshu Shukla’s space mission (see National) also launched experiments on micro-gravity agriculture (green gram & fenugreek) — marking a crossover between space tech and food security. 

• Expanded super-computing and high-tech infrastructure efforts continue, reinforcing India’s competitiveness in AI & HPC. (Broader consolidation of prior months)

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🌿 Environment & Ecology

• The accelerated monsoon onset (See National Affairs) helps reservoirs but poses flood risks; IMD forecasts above-average rainfall for 2025. 

• The Ranthambore-Chambal stretch wildlife corridor (wildlife overpass on the Expressway) is a key example of mitigation for infrastructure-ecology interface. 

• Continued heat-wave conditions in prior months persist as background risk, emphasising climate-adaptation urgency. 

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🛡 Defence

• The landslide at the Army camp (See National Affairs) underlines natural-hazard risk to defence installations and stressed need for better infrastructure.

• India’s evacuation mission (Operation Sindhu) also involved military coordination — showcasing defence-diplomatic synergy. (See International Affairs)

• Recent incidents and threats (e.g., bomb hoaxes in Vadodara) reinforce internal-security vigilance for defence apparatus. (See National Affairs)

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🏆 Sports

• The early onset of monsoon and weather shifts disrupted training schedules for outdoor sports in parts of northern India — a preparatory concern ahead of national/international events.

• Youth and grassroots sports investment gained narratives in June, especially with the climate and infrastructure interplay (less high-profile events noted).

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🥇 Awards & Honours

• Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s flight will be followed by formal recognition and honours for his mission and experiments. (See Science & Technology / National)

• Recognitions and indexes (e.g., SDG ranking) provide benchmark honours for states and institutions working on development.

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👔 Appointments & Resignations

• While major names weren’t widely circulated, June saw transparency pushes in regulatory and data-monitoring spheres (job-survey, monsoon early onset) signalling institutional reforms.

• The State of Goa’s declaration of full functional literacy status (mentioned in June lists) reflects administrative achievement and may involve state-level appointments. 

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📅 Important Days & Themes

• 5 June – World Environment Day (Theme details: Clean & Green India push).

• 21 June – International Day of Yoga (26th edition) – reinforces India’s soft-power & wellness diplomacy.

• 30 June – International Asteroid Day (Tallied in global observance; ties with space mission).

• The overarching theme for June: “From monsoon surge to space voyage – India on divergent fronts of transformation.”

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📚 Miscellaneous

• The election of new chairs, ranking improvements in education & literacy (e.g., Goa full functional literacy status) surfaced in June’s miscellaneous updates. 

• Early monsoon and corresponding infrastructural readiness (agriculture, water conservation, transport) will influence budget and policy resets in coming months.

• The convergence of space‐tech, environment (wildlife corridors) and monsoon meteorology indicates multi-sectoral interlinkage in June’s current affairs.