Agni Prime intermediate-range missile successfully test-launched from rail-mobile launcher.
GEMEX 25: Indigenous aircraft exercise featuring INSV Vikrant; Indian Navy western coast exercise.
Schemes & Policies (सरकारी योजनाएँ)
Pradhan Mantri Skill & Employability Transformation via upskilling (₹60,000 crore central sponsorship).
Chief Minister Women Employment schemes (Bihar: direct ₹10,000 deposit to women accounts).
Prime Minister Developed India Employment Scheme 2025: Target 5 crore jobs within 2 years; incentives to employers and seekers.
PM Dhan Dhane Agriculture Scheme: Merger of 36 schemes; 100 districts target for agri-growth.
National Zero Measles Rubella Elimination Campaign: Target elimination by 2026.
India’s first dedicated deep-water container transshipment hub inaugurated at Vizhinjam, Kerala.
International & National Appointments
International: New PM Netherlands Rob Jetten; France new PM Sébastien Lecornu; UNESCO DG Khaled Al-Anani appointed; others listed (African presidents, Japan PM, etc.).
National key appointments:
53rd Chief Justice of India: Justice Surya Kant (mentioned).
Attorney General re-appointed.
RBI Deputy Governor: Shri Chand Burmu.
Various DGs: BIS, CISF, SSB, IDBI etc. (names in lecture).
Chairpersons: NSE Chairman appointed; SEBI chairman; Election Commissioner new chief (26th CEC).
Economic Advisory Council to PM: S. Mahindra Dev (Chairman).
Other bureaucratic and institutional appointments (detailed names lecture में)।
Obituaries (प्रमुख निधन)
James Watson (Nobel laureate, DNA structure co-discoverer) — death mentioned.
Former Indian hockey goalkeeper, veteran actors (e.g., Satish Shah?), noted artists and cultural personalities: many listed with brief details (Padma awardees, classical dancers, poets) — परीक्षा के लिए नाम याद रखें।
International Yoga Day: 21 June — Theme 2025: "Yoga for One Earth, One Health".
World Environment Day: 5 June — Theme: "Beat Plastic Pollution".
World Water Day, World Food Day, Constitution Day (26 Nov), National Education Day (11 Nov), World Hindi Day (10 Jan), National Youth Day (12 Jan), आदि — प्रत्येक का दिन और थीम lecture में सूचीबद्ध है।
नोट: परीक्षा में "day + theme" अक्सर पूछे जाते हैं, इसलिए दिन व थीम साथ याद रखें।
Important Books & Authors (मुख्य पुस्तकें)
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny — Author: Kiran De Sant.
I Am Georgia: My Roots and Principles — (author mentioned in lecture).
Burning Earth — Author: Sunil Amrit (British Academy Book Prize 2025).
Brahmastra Unleashed — Dr. D. Shivshankar (retired IPS) और CDS Anil Chauhan के पुस्तक संदर्भ।