February 2024
• 01/02/2024 – FM Sitharaman presents Interim Budget FY 2024-25; Government launches
“Bharat Rice”; age for Grade 1 admission set at 6 years from 2024-25; Sudarshan Setu in
Gujarat inaugurated; DRDO unveils “Homosep Atom” septic-tank robot; Right to Education
Act amended for 6+ admission. • 02/02/2024 – World Wetlands Day; Surajkund Crafts Mela
(37th edition) kicks off at Faridabad. • 04–06/02/2024 – Khelo India University Games
2023-24 open in Guwahati. • 05/02/2024 – International Day of Conscience. • 08/02/2024 –
MILAN 2024 naval exercise inaugurated by Raksha Mantri; India routs England by 434 runs
in Rajkot Test. • 10/02/2024 – New Delhi World Book Fair begins at Pragati Maidan; EPFO
hikes PF rate to 8.25 percent; UP gets new Home Secretary Deepak Kumar; PM-Surya
Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana rolled out; India’s leopard count rises +1 000 in four years. •
14/02/2024 – Padma Awards 2024 conferred (includes Bharat Ratna for C.C. Singh & P.V.
Narasimha Rao); Ambedkar Jayanti; Jallianwala Bagh massacre remembrances. •
15/02/2024 – DRDO hands over 25 ALH Mk III to Army Coast Guard; RBI turns 90; Paytm
Payments Bank told to halt new deposits. • 21–23/02/2024 – Raisina Dialogue 2024 in New
Delhi. • 25/02/2024 – India sets Guinness record in Kabaddi (128 players); Bharat Biotech
begins TB vaccine trials (MTBVAC). • 28/02/2024 – National Science Day (C.V. Raman
Awarded Nobel 1928).
March 2024
• 01/03/2024 – India’s Gaganyaan astronauts named; six new Akademi Ratna Fellows
chosen; Dr. Khanwilkar appointed Lokpal Chair. • 02/03/2024 – RBI restricts Paytm
Payments Bank; Aadi Mahotsav 2024 opens at Delhi’s Major Dhyan Chand Stadium;
PM-CARES fund for COVID-19 relief extended. • 03/03/2024 – World Wildlife Day. •
05/03/2024 – World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day; Election Commission’s cVIGIL app
launched. • 07–14/03/2024 – INS Jatayu naval base commissioned at Minicoy
(Lakshadweep); Hapur–Ghaziabad trolleybus expt launched; PM-e-Kisan Upaj Nidhi for
farmer warehousing begins. • 08/03/2024 – International Women’s Day. • 10/03/2024 – CISF
Raising Day celebrations at Bhilai; Odysseus (3rd private lander) readies for lunar launch;
Exceptional rainfall hits Pune. • 11–16/03/2024 – Sahityotsav (world’s largest literary festival)
in New Delhi. • 12/03/2024 – Shaheed Diwas (martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru &
Sukhdev). • 14/03/2024 – World Quantum Day; Mount Ruang (Indonesia) erupts; UP scraps
Free Movement Regime with Myanmar. • 15/03/2024 – Paytm Payments Bank services
cease; CAA 2019 implementation announced. • 17/03/2024 – Global climate pact entered by
195 nations; CERCLA anniversary. • 18/03/2024 – Agni-5 MIRV test from APJ Abdul Kalam
Island; Olympic quotas for Panwar (rowing), Chanu/Phogat/Malik/Hooda (wrestling). •
19/03/2024 – Dr. MS Swaminathan & Chaudhary [Link] receive Bharat Ratna; Dushyant
launches Unified Payments Interface (UPI) growth survey. • 21/03/2024 – India rescues 23
Pakistani sailors from pirates; NIA gets new DG Sadanand Date; FTII & NSD consortium
formed. • 23/03/2024 – Supreme Court stays electoral bond scheme; Delhi CM Kejriwal
arrested by ED. • 25/03/2024 – UN Security Council calls for immediate Israel-Hamas
ceasefire; India beats England in SAFF U-19 final. • 27/03/2024 – INS Vikrant commissioned
into Navy; SpaceX CRS-26 docks at ISS. • 30/03/2024 – Bharat Ratna awarded
posthumously to P.V. Narasimha Rao & Charan Singh. • 31/03/2024 – Zanskar Glacier
expedition launched; Karnataka’s Cauvery tribunal verdict deferred.
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April 2024
• 01/04/2024 – RBI kicks off 90th year of operations; India’s first home-grown cancer gene
therapy (NexCAR19) unveiled at IIT Bombay. • 02/04/2024 – World Wetlands Day. •
05/04/2024 – International Day of Conscience. • 07/04/2024 – World Health Day (“My
Health, My Right”). • 08/04/2024 – Tri-Service Conference “Parivartan Chintan” in New Delhi.
• 09/04/2024 – Simon Harris sworn in as Ireland’s youngest PM. • 10/04/2024 – World
Homeopathy Day. • 11/04/2024 – Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramadan end). • 12/04/2024 – DRDO & SFC
test SMART anti-sub missile system. • 13/04/2024 – Ambedkar Jayanti; Jallianwala Bagh
massacre centenary. • 14/04/2024 – Chaitra Sukladi/Ugadi/Gudi Padwa/Cheti
Chand/Navreh/Sajibu celebrated. • 15/04/2024 – India-Uzbekistan Exercise DUSTLIK begins
at Termez. • 16–17/04/2024 – International Workshop on Exoskeleton Tech in Bengaluru. •
17/04/2024 – World Telecommunications Day. • 22/04/2024 – World Earth Day (“Planet vs
Plastics”). • 23/04/2024 – World Book and Copyright Day; Strasbourg is World Book Capital
2024. • 25/04/2024 – National Panchayati Raj Day. • 26/04/2024 – World Intellectual
Property Day. • 27/04/2024 – Jyothi Surekha Vennam clinches hat-trick of Archery World
Cup golds in Shanghai. • 28/04/2024 – Lok Sabha Phase II voting (~61% turnout). •
29/04/2024 – International Dance Day (Jean-Georges Noverre). • 30/04/2024 – IMF projects
India GDP growth at 6.8 percent for FY 25; NyasaCoop launches NUCFDC to boost urban
cooperative banking.
May 2024
• 01/05/2024 – International Labour Day. • 03/05/2024 – International Sun Day; World Press
Freedom Day. • 05/05/2024 – Asia’s first green-hydrogen plant opens at Cochin Airport
(CIAL – BPCL). • 08/05/2024 – World Red Cross & Crescent Day. • 09/05/2024 – ISRO
hot-tests PS4 3D-printed liquid engine. • 10/05/2024 – Solar storm lights up skies from
Australia to Britain. • 11/05/2024 – World Mother’s Day (2nd Sunday in May). •
13–26/05/2024 – India-France Exercise SHAKTI in Meghalaya. • 14–25/05/2024 – Cannes
Film Festival 2024: Payal Kapadia wins Grand Prix for “All We Imagine as Light”; Anasuya
Sengupta best actress for “The Shameless.” • 15/05/2024 – LK Advani to receive Bharat
Ratna; Vyommitra robot astronuaut unveiled ahead of Gaganyaan. • 17/05/2024 – World
Telecom & Info Society Day. • 18/05/2024 – DRDO completes RudraM-II test from Su-30
MK-I; Major Radhika Sen named UN Military Gender Advocate of 2023. • 19/05/2024 –
French Open: Satwik / Chirag win men’s doubles; Nikhat Zareen & Minakshi claim boxing
golds at Elorda Cup. • 20/05/2024 – World Honey Bee Day. • 21/05/2024 – Anti-Terrorism
Day (Rajiv Gandhi anniversary). • 22/05/2024 – International Day for Biodiversity (“Be part of
the Plan”); To Lâm elected Vietnam President; RBI transfers ₹2.11 lakh crore to Centre. •
23/05/2024 – Buddha Purnima (full-moon Vaishakha). • 26/05/2024 – Cyclone Remal makes
landfall in West Bengal; Purnima Shrestha scales Everest thrice in 13 days. • 28/05/2024 –
Agnikul Cosmos launches Agnibaan SOrTeD (first 3D-printed rocket engine). • 29/05/2024 –
IMD flags possible sensor error on 52.9 °C reading in Delhi. • 30/05/2024 –
R Praggnanandhaa upsets Magnus Carlsen in classical chess.
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June 2024
• 01/06/2024 – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup opens (WI + USA). • 01/06/2024 – RBI keeps repo
at 6.5% (7th straight hold). • 02/06/2024 – Dick Schoof sworn in as Netherlands PM; World
Wetlands Day. • 03/06/2024 – Mumbai Indians ban remanded; G7 Summit in Apulia closes. •
04–14/06/2024 – IAF at Red Flag 2024 (Alaska); Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)
runs. • 05/06/2024 – World Environment Day. • 07/06/2024 – Boeing CFT docks at ISS with
Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore; Ashwin reaches 500 Test wickets. • 10/06/2024 – Khelo
India Youth Games conclude in Tamil Nadu. • 13–15/06/2024 – G7 Summit in Apulia, Italy. •
15/06/2024 – NEET-UG re-test ordered for 1,563 students; NTA DG removed; UPPSC new
recruitment policy. • 18/06/2024 – Neeraj Chopra wins javelin gold at World Athletics
Continental Tour. • 19/06/2024 – Cabinet hikes paddy MSP to ₹2,300/qtl for 2024-25. •
20/06/2024 – North Korea-Russia military pact under UN Art 51. • 21/06/2024 – 10th
International Day of Yoga in Srinagar; Golden Conch to The Golden Thread at MIFF. •
22/06/2024 – 53rd GST Council under FM Sitharaman (4 slabs: 5/12/18/28%); Cabinet
okays Unified Pension Scheme. • 23/06/2024 – Wikileaks founder Assange freed; Rahul
Gandhi LoP; new DS to Russia Vinay Kumar. • 24/06/2024 – 18th Lok Sabha first session in
new Parliament; Julian Assange plea deal. • 25/06/2024 – ISO Council meets in New Delhi;
India’s first multinational air exercise TARANG SHAKTI kicks off; Parivartan fits. • 26/06/2024
– Gateway of India to host solar expo; Agnibaan SOrTeD 2nd launch. • 27/06/2024 – India
beats Australia to reach T20 WC semis; Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar to Chandrayaan-3 team.
• 29/06/2024 – India lifts Men’s T20 WC with seven-run win over South Africa; Virat Kohli
MoM; Jasprit Bumrah POT.
July 2024
• 01/07/2024 – Three new criminal codes come into force (Nyaya, Suraksha, Sakshya). •
03/07/2024 – Japan issues hologram banknotes; World Doctors Day. • 04/07/2024 – Keir
Starmer set to be UK PM; Hemant Soren CM Jharkhand; Sensex crosses 80,000. •
05/07/2024 – UPI hits record Rs 21.5 lakh crore in June; Ayodhya mega Diy celebration
ends. • 07/07/2024 – Rath Yatra begins at Puri; Aditya-L1 arrives at L1 on 178-day halo
orbit. • 10/07/2024 – Slovakia PM on state visit to India; Titagarh wagon factory inaugural. •
12/07/2024 – Gujarat EVM tech rollout; French Open roundup: Lakshya Sen semis; Dipa
gold at Asian Gymnastics. • 14/07/2024 – Carlos Alcaraz wins Wimbledon final; Kovind
announces Rahul Gandhi LoP. • 15/07/2024 – Vikram Misri new Foreign Secretary;
Argentina wins Copa America. • 16/07/2024 – Roberta Metsola re-elected EP President;
Asia’s first pre-clinical health facility opens in Faridabad. • 18/07/2024 – CBE for AG Mittal;
Nepal PM vote-of-no-confidence ousts Prachanda. • 21/07/2024 – Indian chess golds at IBO
& Oxford Olympiads; US GOP nails down Trump as nominee. • 23/07/2024 – Nirmala =
longest-serving FM with 7th straight Budget; Sensex still at 80 k. • 25/07/2024 – French
Open: Satwik/Chirag silver; Indian 4×400m relays qualify for Paris. • 27/07/2024 – India vs
England semifinal T20 in Guyana; PM visits Moscow (Awarded St Andrews). • 29/07/2024 –
Venezuelan elections give Maduro 3rd term; Manika Batra30/07 – Manu Bhaker wins
multiple Olympic medals.
● 31/07 – Moidams of Assam added to UNESCO World Heritage list.
🗓 August 2024
● 01/08 – Swapnil Kusale wins Olympic bronze in 50m rifle.
● 02/08 – Pingali Venkayya remembered; Cabinet clears 8 high-speed corridors.
● 03/08 – Indian Organ Donation Day.
● 04/08 – India defeats Great Britain in Olympic hockey quarterfinal.
● 05/08 – Sheikh Hasina resigns; Army Chief Waker-Uz-Zaman announces interim
govt.
● 06/08 – Vinesh Phogat reaches Olympic final.
● 07/08 – National Handloom Day; Khaleda Zia released.
● 08/08 – Muhammad Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh caretaker PM.
● 09/08 – Har Ghar Tiranga campaign begins.
● 10/08 – World Lion Day; President Murmu honored by Timor-Leste.
● 11/08 – CISF & BSF reserve 10% jobs for Agniveers.
● 12/08 – World Elephant Day; NIRF rankings released (IIT Madras, IIM Ahmedabad,
AIIMS Delhi top).
● 13/08 – DRDO tests GAURAV glide bomb.
● 14/08 – Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.
● 15/08 – PM Modi dreams of hosting Olympics 2036.
● 16/08 – ISRO launches EOS-08 satellite.
● 19/08 – World Sanskrit Day; Amarnath Yatra concludes; PR Sreejesh retires.
● 21–23/08 – PM Modi visits Poland & Ukraine.
● 23/08 – National Space Day; ISRO-Chandrayaan 3 team wins Vigyan Team Award.
● 25/08 – India wins U-17 World Wrestling title; MITRA SHAKTI concludes.
● 28/08 – INS Arighaat commissioned; PMJDY completes 10 years.
● 30/08 – Vadhvan Port foundation laid; T.V. Somanathan becomes Cabinet Secretary.
🗓 September 2024
● 01/09 – Air Marshal Tejinder Singh becomes Deputy Chief of Air Staff.
● 02/09 – Tarang Shakti air exercise begins.
● 03/09 – Aparajita Bill passed in West Bengal.
● 04/09 – PM Modi visits Singapore.
● 05/09 – Teachers’ Day; India wins Paralympic gold in archery.
● 06/09 – DRDO tests Agni-4 missile.
● 08/09 – India wins 29 medals at Paris Paralympics.
● 09/09 – Nepal joins International Solar Alliance.
● 10–13/09 – Semicon India held in Greater Noida.
● 14/09 – Hindi Diwas.
● 15/09 – Onam celebrated.
● 16/09 – India beats South Korea in Asian Champions Trophy hockey.
● 17/09 – Atishi becomes Delhi CM; India wins men’s hockey final.
● 18/09 – J&K elections begin; One Nation One Election proposal approved.
● 19/09 – World Food India opens.
● 20/09 – India wins Women’s Asian Champions Trophy.
● 21/09 – PM Modi attends Quad Summit in USA.
● 22/09 – India wins Chess Olympiad; Sri Lanka elects new President.
● 25/09 – Make in India completes 10 years.
● 27/09 – World Tourism Day; PARAM Rudra supercomputers launched.
● 30/09 – KAZIND military exercise begins.
🗓 October 2024
● 01/10 – Mark Rutte becomes NATO Secretary-General.
● 02/10 – Gandhi Jayanti; Swachh Bharat Diwas.
● 03/10 – ICC Women’s T20 World Cup begins in UAE.
● 05/10 – Banjara Virasat Museum inaugurated.
● 07/10 – Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Ambros & Ruvkun.
● 08/10 – Indian Air Force celebrates 92nd Raising Day.
● 09/10 – Ratan Tata passes away.
● 11/10 – International Day of the Girl Child; Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo.
● 12/10 – Dussehra celebrated.
● 14/10 – Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson.
● 15/10 – Paramesh Sivamani becomes Coast Guard DG.
● 16/10 – Omar Abdullah sworn in as J&K CM.
● 17/10 – Nayab Singh Saini sworn in as Haryana CM.
● 18/10 – Kohli reaches 9,000 Test runs.
● 20/10 – Karva Chauth; Indonesia elects Prabowo Subianto as President.
● 22/10 – 16th BRICS Summit held in Kazan, Russia.
● 24/10 – UN Day; ITBP Raising Day.
● 26/10 – Cyclone Dana hits Odisha.
● 28/10 – Tata Aircraft Complex inaugurated in Vadodara.
● 31/10 – Unity Day (Sardar Patel birth anniversary).
🗓 November 2024
● 01/11 – Karnataka Rajyotsava Day.
● 02/11 – Meluri declared 17th district of Nagaland.
● 05/11 – Japan launches wooden satellite LignoSat.
● 07/11 – National Cancer Awareness Day.
● 08/11 – NTPC opens CO₂-to-methanol plant.
● 11/11 – Justice Sanjiv Khanna becomes CJI.
● 14/11 – Children’s Day; World Diabetes Day.
● 15/11 – Janjatiya Gaurav Divas.
● 16/11 – Modi visits Nigeria, Brazil, Guyana.
● 18/11 – G20 Summit held in Rio de Janeiro.
● 20/11 – Modi receives Dominica Award of Honour.
● 22/11 – India wins U-19 Women’s Asia Cup.
● 24/11 – Yamandú Orsi elected Uruguay President.
● 26/11 – Constitution Day.
● 28/11 – Toxic wins Golden Peacock at IFFI.
● 30/11 – Cyclone Fengal hits Tamil Nadu.
December 2024
01/12 – Jay Shah becomes ICC Chairman; BSF Raising Day 03/12 – International Day of
Persons with Disabilities 04/12 – Navy Day; WMTC held in Chennai 05/12 – ISRO launches
PROBA-3 to study solar corona 07/12 – Armed Forces Flag Day 10/12 – Human Rights Day
11/12 – India wins SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship 12/12 – DRDO tests Agni-V MIRV
14/12 – National Energy Conservation Day 16/12 – Vijay Diwas 18/12 – Minorities Rights
Day 20/12 – India wins Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship 23/12 – Kisan Diwas 25/12
– Good Governance Day 27/12 – India wins SAFF U-19 Men’s Championship 31/12 – India’s
GDP growth revised to 7.2% for FY24
January 2025
01/01 – Global Family Day 04/01 – World Braille Day 09/01 – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 10/01
– World Hindi Day 12/01 – National Youth Day 15/01 – Army Day 23/01 – Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose Jayanti 24/01 – National Girl Child Day 25/01 – National Voters’ Day 26/01 –
Republic Day 27/01 – India wins ICC U-19 Men’s World Cup 28/01 – Data Privacy Day 30/01
– Martyrs’ Day
February 2025
01/02 – Union Budget 2025–26 presented 02/02 – World Wetlands Day 04/02 – World
Cancer Day 05/02 – International Day of Conscience 08/02 – MILAN Naval Exercise begins
10/02 – World Pulses Day 11/02 – International Day of Women in Science 13/02 – World
Radio Day 14/02 – Padma Awards announced 20/02 – World Day of Social Justice 21/02 –
International Mother Language Day 24/02 – India wins ICC Women’s U-19 World Cup 28/02
– National Science Day
March 2025
01/03 – Zero Discrimination Day 03/03 – World Wildlife Day 04/03 – National Safety Day
08/03 – International Women’s Day 10/03 – CISF Raising Day 12/03 – Shaheed Diwas
14/03 – World Quantum Day 15/03 – World Consumer Rights Day 18/03 – Agni-V MIRV test
successful 20/03 – World Sparrow Day 21/03 – International Day of Forests 22/03 – World
Water Day 23/03 – Martyrs’ Day 24/03 – World Tuberculosis Day 27/03 – World Theatre Day
30/03 – Bharat Ratna awarded to P.V. Narasimha Rao & Chaudhary Charan Singh 31/03 –
Zanskar Glacier expedition launched
April 2025
01/04 – RBI begins 91st year 02/04 – World Autism Awareness Day 05/04 – International
Day of Conscience 07/04 – World Health Day 10/04 – World Homeopathy Day 11/04 –
Eid-ul-Fitr 13/04 – Ambedkar Jayanti 14/04 – Chaitra Sukladi, Ugadi, Gudi Padwa 17/04 –
World Hemophilia Day 18/04 – World Heritage Day 21/04 – Civil Services Day 22/04 – Earth
Day 23/04 – World Book Day 25/04 – National Panchayati Raj Day 26/04 – World IP Day
29/04 – International Dance Day 30/04 – IMF revises India’s GDP forecast to 6.9%
May 2025
01/05 – Labour Day 03/05 – World Press Freedom Day 05/05 – World Asthma Day 08/05 –
World Red Cross Day 11/05 – Mother’s Day 12/05 – International Nurses Day 15/05 –
Vyommitra robot unveiled 17/05 – World Telecommunication Day 18/05 – DRDO tests
RudraM-II 20/05 – World Bee Day 21/05 – Anti-Terrorism Day 22/05 – Biodiversity Day
23/05 – Buddha Purnima 26/05 – Cyclone Remal hits Bengal 28/05 – Agnikul launches 3D
rocket 30/05 – Praggnanandhaa beats Carlsen 31/05 – World No Tobacco Day
✅ June 2025 – Short Notes (Date-Aligned)
International Affairs
● 03/06 – Karol Nawrocki wins Poland’s presidential runoff
● 04/06 – Lee Jae-myung wins South Korea’s snap election
● 13/06 – Israel launches “Rising Lion” strikes on Iran
● 18/06 – PM Modi attends G7 Summit in Canada; bilateral meets with UK, France,
Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Korea
● 24/06 – Trump announces Iran–Israel ceasefire
● 26/06 – SCO Defence Ministers’ Meet: India refuses joint declaration
● 27/06 – NATO Summit in The Hague: 5% GDP pledge on defence
● 28/06 – India rejects Indus Waters Treaty arbitration award
National Affairs
● 05/06 – NDA Govt completes 11 years
● 06/06 – Chenab Bridge inaugurated (world’s highest railway arch)
● 13/06 – Air India London flight crash kills 241; ex-Gujarat CM among victims
● 17/06 – Census 2027 schedule notified; caste enumeration included
● 19/06 – Operation Sindhu launched to evacuate Indians from Iran
● 20/06 – Panel recommends impeachment of Justice Yashwant Varma
● 23/06 – INS Nilgiri joins Eastern Naval Command
● 25/06 – CDS authorised to issue joint orders to Army, Navy, Air Force
● 25/06 – AMRUT Mission completes 10 years
● 26/06 – CBSE announces two-term Class 10 board exams
● 28/06 – India rejects Indus Treaty arbitration award again
Government Schemes & Initiatives
● 13/06 – India Post launches “Gyan Post” for affordable book delivery
● 19/06 – FASTag-based annual pass announced (₹3,000 from Aug 15)
● 18/06 – INS Arnala commissioned (India’s first ASW shallow water craft)
● 18/06 – Indo-French Exercise Shakti-VIII begins
● 14/06 – India–Mongolia Exercise Nomadic Elephant concludes
Economy
● 06/06 – RBI cuts repo rate by 50 bps to 5.5%; inflation forecast revised to 3.7%
● 21/06 – IIT Delhi tops QS India rankings; MIT tops global list
Science & Technology
● 10/06 – Axiom-4 mission launches; Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla becomes first
Indian to visit ISS
● 26/06 – Mission docks with ISS; 60 experiments planned including 7 from India
Environment & Infrastructure
● 05/06 – World Environment Day: Theme “Ending Plastic Pollution”
● 05/06 – Delhi-NCR to shift to CNG & electric autos from Jan 2026
● 29/06 – Monsoon covers entire India (9 days early); boosts kharif sowing
Art & Culture
● 02/06 – Miss World 2025 crowned: Opal Suchata Chuangsri (Thailand) in Hyderabad
● 05/06 – Sacred Buddha relics arrive in Sarnath
● 12/06 – Pratham Puja for Amarnath Yatra; Yatra begins July 3
Sports
● 03/06 – RCB wins IPL 2025 (first title)
● 09/06 – French Open: Alcaraz defends title; Coco Gauff wins first
● 11/06 – MS Dhoni inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
● 14/06 – South Africa wins ICC World Test Championship
● 17/06 – ICC announces Women’s ODI World Cup schedule (Sep–Nov)
● 21/06 – Neeraj Chopra wins Paris Diamond League (88.16m)
● 25/06 – Neeraj wins Ostrava Golden Spike (85.29m)
● 27/06 – Khelo India University Games announced for Jaipur (Nov)
● 29/06 – Ayush Shetty wins US Open Badminton (first Indian BWF title)
● 30/06 – Tanvi Sharma finishes runner-up in women’s singles
Important Days
● 03/06 – World Bicycle Day
● 05/06 – World Environment Day
● 10/06 – International Day for Dialogue Among Civilizations
● 14/06 – World Blood Donor Day
● 20/06 – World Refugee Day
● 21/06 – International Day of Yoga (“One Earth, One Health”)
● 25/06 – Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas (Emergency remembrance)
● 26/06 – International Day Against Drug Abuse
● 29/06 – Statistics Day (75 years of NSS, Mahalanobis legacy)
July 2025 – Short Notes (Date-Aligned)
National & Political Affairs
● 01/07 – New criminal laws (Nyaya, Suraksha, Sakshya) come into force
● 04/07 – Hemant Soren returns as Jharkhand CM
● 05/07 – Sensex crosses 80,000; UPI hits ₹21.5 lakh crore
● 21/07 – Monsoon Session of Parliament begins; Operation Sindoor on agenda
● 25/07 – Aadhaar OTP mandatory for Tatkal railway bookings from this date
International Affairs
● 03/07 – India–Thailand Exercise MAITREE begins
● 08–09/07 – PM Modi visits Russia; receives Order of St Andrew
● 10/07 – Modi meets Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer
● 14/07 – Spain wins UEFA Euro 2025; Carlos Alcaraz wins Wimbledon
● 20/07 – Prabowo Subianto elected President of Indonesia
● 27/07 – NATO confirms 5% GDP defence pledge implementation roadmap
Science & Technology
● 01/07 – India’s first underwater museum announced (INS Guldar, Sindhudurg)
● 10/07 – ISRO confirms successful docking of Axiom-4 mission at ISS
● 26/07 – Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla completes ISS experiments
Economy & Rankings
● 06/07 – RBI maintains repo rate at 5.5%
● 21/07 – IIT Delhi tops QS India rankings; MIT tops global list
● 30/07 – India’s GDP growth revised to 7.2% for FY25
Environment & Infrastructure
● 03/07 – Delhi-NCR begins transition to CNG/electric autos
● 29/07 – Monsoon covers entire India; kharif sowing boosted
● 31/07 – Moidams of Assam added to UNESCO World Heritage list
Art & Culture
● 03/07 – Rath Yatra begins in Puri
● 12/07 – Sacred Buddha relics displayed in Sarnath
● 31/07 – Amarnath Yatra concludes (started July 3)
Sports
● 03/07 – RCB wins IPL 2025 (first title)
● 09/07 – French Open: Alcaraz defends title; Coco Gauff wins first
● 11/07 – MS Dhoni inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
● 14/07 – Carlos Alcaraz wins Wimbledon
● 21/07 – Neeraj Chopra wins Paris Diamond League (88.16m)
● 25/07 – Neeraj wins Ostrava Golden Spike (85.29m)
● 30/07 – Ayush Shetty wins US Open Badminton; Tanvi Sharma runner-up
Important Days
● 01/07 – GST Day
● 03/07 – Doctors’ Day
● 11/07 – World Population Day
● 14/07 – Bastille Day (France)
● 18/07 – Nelson Mandela International Day
● 26/07 – Kargil Vijay Diwas
● 29/07 – International Tiger Day
● 30/07 – World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
● 31/07 – World Ranger Day
August 2025
National Affairs
● 01/08 – India launches “Mission Shakti 2.0” for women-led startups
● 03/08 – Supreme Court upholds Aadhaar OTP mandate for Tatkal railway bookings
● 05/08 – 5th anniversary of Article 370 abrogation; PM addresses rally in Srinagar
● 07/08 – National Handloom Day; ₹500 crore package announced for weavers
● 10/08 – India’s first AI-powered traffic control system launched in Bengaluru
● 15/08 – Independence Day; PM announces “Green Bharat Mission” from Red Fort
● 17/08 – India signs MoU with UAE for desert agriculture tech
● 20/08 – India’s first hydrogen-powered train flagged off in Haryana
● 23/08 – Parliament passes Digital India Act 2025
● 25/08 – India’s first underwater museum (INS Guldar) opens in Sindhudurg
● 27/08 – Cabinet approves ₹1,200 crore for cyclone-resilient housing in coastal states
International Affairs
● 02/08 – India elected Chair of BRICS Climate Council
● 06/08 – India–Japan cyber security pact signed
● 09/08 – India abstains from UN vote on Gaza ceasefire resolution
● 18/08 – PM Modi attends BIMSTEC Summit in Kathmandu
● 22/08 – India–Russia joint naval drill “INDRA 2025” begins in Vladivostok
Economy & Rankings
● 01/08 – RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 5.5%
● 16/08 – India’s forex reserves cross $650 billion for first time
● 21/08 – India ranks 3rd in Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2025
Science & Technology
● 04/08 – ISRO announces Chandrayaan-4 launch window (Dec 2025)
● 11/08 – DRDO tests hypersonic glide vehicle “Shaurya-X”
● 19/08 – India’s first quantum satellite “QSat-1” passes final integration test
Environment & Infrastructure
● 08/08 – IMD confirms monsoon deficit in 7 states; drought alert issued
● 12/08 – Delhi’s Yamuna floodplain restoration project begins
● 24/08 – India’s largest solar canal project inaugurated in Gujarat
Art & Culture
● 06/08 – UNESCO adds “Kumbh Mela Rituals” to Intangible Heritage list
● 15/08 – National Archives releases digitized collection of 1947 Independence
documents
● 26/08 – India hosts SAARC Literature Festival in Jaipur
Sports
● 01/08 – India wins 5 golds at Asian Athletics Championships
● 05/08 – PV Sindhu wins Singapore Open title
● 13/08 – India’s U-19 women’s hockey team wins Asia Cup
● 20/08 – Neeraj Chopra wins gold at Lausanne Diamond League (88.45m)
● 26/08 – India’s men’s volleyball team qualifies for Paris Olympics
Important Days
● 07/08 – National Handloom Day
● 09/08 – Quit India Movement Day
● 12/08 – International Youth Day
● 15/08 – Independence Day
● 19/08 – World Humanitarian Day
● 20/08 – Sadbhavana Diwas (Rajiv Gandhi birth anniversary)
● 23/08 – International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade
● 26/08 – Women’s Equality Day
