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 June 2025

FIRST IN NEWS
1. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) launched the country’s
first cluster of five Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) testbeds for the
cement sector.
It captures carbon dioxide from industrial processes and converting it to
value added products.
2. Babuji Vanam, the world’s first energy transmission garden, was inaugurated
at Kanha Shanti Vanam near Hyderabad to commemorate 125th birth
anniversary of Babuji Maharaj.
3. India’s first underwater museum and artificial coral reef will be developed in
warship INS Guldar near the Nivati Rocks at Vengurla in Sindhudurg
district of Maharashtra.
4. India's first agentic AI, Kruti, was launched by Ola Krutrim, a cloud service
firm.
5. NTPC has launched India’s first fleet of hydrogen fuel cell buses in Leh,
Ladakh and it is the world’s highest-altitude hydrogen mobility pilot at 3,650
meters.
6. Botswana became the first country to achieve gold tier status in eliminating
the mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV.
7. Prime Minister flagged off India’s first D9 – 9000 HP electric locomotive,
one of the most powerful freight locomotives in the world at Dahod, Gujarat.

POLITY
1. The first-ever national conference of Urban Local Body (ULB) chairpersons
was held in Manesar, Gurugram, Haryana.
2. Bihar State Election Commission is the first in the country has decided to
roll out an e-voting system using an Android-based mobile in municipal
election.
 3. This year 2025 marks the beginning of the 50th year since the imposition of
Emergency on June 25, 1975.
- Samvidhan Hatya Diwas was celebrated on 25th June 2025
4. The union home minister chaired the 25th meeting of the Central Zonal
Council in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

SCHEMES IN NEWS

Scheme Name Launched by Objective

Employment Ministry of Labour and Boost employment generation in
Linked Incentive Employment manufacturing sector.
(ELI) Scheme The scheme gives the incentives to
employees and employer
NAVYA Scheme 1. Ministry of Empowering adolescent girls (16-
(Nurturing Women and Child 18 years old) in aspirational
Aspirations Development disticts by equipping them with
through (MWCD) relevant skill.
Vocational 2. Ministry of Skill The central government has
Training for Development and launched in Sonbhadra, Uttar
Young Entrepreneurship Pradesh.
Adolescent Girls) (MSDE)

ECONOMY
1. India’s first potash and halite block located in Rajasthan
2. The Fintech company Slice launched India’s first UPI-powered physical bank
branch and ATM in Koramangala, bengaluru.
3. Jio has become the world’s largest Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) provider by
the subscriber count by overtaking the United States (US)-based telecom
company T-Mobile in total subscribers.
4. The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has officially opened its first
overseas office in Dubai.
 5. The Cherrapunji Eastern Craft Gin from Meghalaya has become the first
alcohol label from the northeastern part of India to be exported.
6. India’s heavy largest automobile Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal
was inaugurated at Maruti Suzuki’s facility in Haryana's Manesar.
7. The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) launched ‘Samarth’
Program to support startup in the areas of telecom software and
cybersecurity.
8. The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) is setting up its first
overseas nano fertiliser plant in Brazil.
9. As per ember’s report India became the world's third-largest producer of
electricity from the wind and solar energy in 2024, overtaking Germany.
10. Gold has overtaken the euro to become world’s second-largest foreign
exchange reserve asset.
11. Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL) is the country’s first
dedicated NBFC for the maritime sector has been launched recently.

ENVIRONMENT
1. A new species of cave-dwelling fish named Schistura densiclava was
discovered in mawsynram, Meghalaya.
2. Stratospheric Aerosol Injection is a method of cooling the planet and reducing
the impacts of climate change by adding a layer of tiny reflective particles to
the high atmosphere.
3. The Centre launched Gharial Species Conservation Programme at
Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.
- Gharial conservation programme - 1975

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Agnikul Cosmos, the Chennai-based private space startup, has successfully
test-fired India’s first electric motor-driven semi-cryogenic rocket engine.
 2. A 20-MW battery energy storage system (BESS), the “largest” one in South
Asia was inaugurated at Kilokari, New Delhi.
3. Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
(SKUAST) at Jammu have produced India’s first gene-edited sheep
KASHMIR MERINO. The same team had previously cloned India’s first
Pashmina goat ‘Noori’ in 2012. The gene editing was performed using
CRISPR-Cas9 technology.
4. Researchers have created the first laboratory analogue of the 'black hole
bomb'.
5. India’s first indigenous tetravalent dengue vaccine, DengiAll, has reached
50% enrolment in Phase 3 clinical trials.
6. NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission aimed
to map the Moon’s gravitational field has revealed the very differences between
the Moon’s two hemispheres.
7. Japanese scientists have developed a new type of plastic that dissolves
quickly in seawater, leaving no harmful residue.
8. The first ever video and images of the Sun's south pole have been sent back
to Earth by the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft.
9. India's first 3-nanometre (3nm) chip design centres were launched in Noida
and Bengaluru.
10. Delhi is set to launch its first artificial rain pilot project using cloud seeding
technology, in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur and IMD.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1. The Prime Minister of India was awarded ‘The Order of the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago,’ the country’s highest civilian honour.
2. Russia becomes the first country to officially recognise Afghanistan's Taliban
government as the legitimate authority.
3. Israel targeted the Iranian Nuclear Sites under the Operation Rising Lion.
In retaliation, Iran launched Operation True Promise III, striking Israel.
 4. During the visit to Cyprus Indian Prime Minister received the Grand Cross
of the Order of Makarios III – the highest civilian honour of the Republic of
Cyprus.
5. Brazil has announced that Vietnam has officially joined BRICS as a 10th
partner country.
6. Russia's Rosatom has been selected as the leader of an international
consortium to build Kazakhstan's first planned nuclear power plant.
7. India launched ‘Operation Sindhu’ to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran as
fears of an all-out Israeli-American military strikes.
8. Prime Minister of India’s visit to Croatia marked a historic moment and he is
becoming the first Indian PM to visit the country since diplomatic ties were
established in 1992.
9. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is conducted ConvEx-3, the
largest ever international nuclear emergency exercise in Romania.
10. China has recently unveiled its plan to construct the world’s first hybrid
fusion fission nuclear plant, named Xinghuo, meaning “spark” in Mandarin.
11. China is building the world's first supercomputer network in space, for
which it launched 12 AI-powered satellites recently.

NATIONAL NEWS
1. The Chief Minister of Goa officially declared the State of Goa to be fully literate
under the ULLAS - Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (the New India
Literacy Programme) with a 99.7% literacy rate.
2. Prime Minister has commissioned India’s first deep-sea transshipment port
at Vizhinjam in Kerala.
3. Puducherry has become the first state to include the tuberculosis (TB)
screening under the “Family Adoption Program.”
4. India's First QR Code House Address Project launched by Indore Municipal
Corporation in Madhya Pradesh (MP)
 5. India’s first Variable Speed Pumped Storage Plant (PSP) has started
commercial operations at Tehri in Uttarakhand.
6. India will count its population by March 1, 2027, in a census to be held after
an unprecedented 16-year gap.
7. The Prime Minister inaugurated the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link
in Kashmir.
8. The Delhi government has undertaken a project to develop India’s first
electronic waste (e-waste) eco park in north Delhi’s Holambi Kalan.
9. The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KeSCPCR)
launched Radio Nellikka, an exclusive internet radio station for children.
10. The document titled 'Viksit Bharat ka Amrit Kaal - Seva, Sushasan aur
Garib Kalyan' highlighted key achievements and grassroots impact under
PM’s 11-year rule.
11. Himachal Pradesh has recently opened the Ship ki La Pass to domestic
tourists. It serves as a potential route for the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra. It
was first disrupted after the Sino-India War of 1962
12. Tripura has now been declared as fully literate under the ULLAS – the Nav
Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram. It is the third state in India to achieve full
literacy, after Mizoram and Goa.
13. India launched its first AI-powered Advanced Traffic Management System
(ATMS) on the Dwarka Expressway in Delhi.
14. India will set up its first artificial intelligence-focused Special Economic Zone
(SEZ) in Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh
15. Union Jal Shakti Ministry launched India’s largest sanitation survey- Swachh
Survekshan Grameen (SSG) 2025 in Delhi.

TAMIL NADU NEWS

1. Tamil Nadu CM launched the 'Alaigal' project at a capital outlay of Rs.25
crores. It aims to provide the micro-Loans to the fisherwomen groups for their
economic upliftment.
2. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has launched two schemes – 'Uzhavarai Thedi
and Eliya Aalumai (SimpleGov).
- Uzhavarai Thedi scheme: to give training and advice to farmers
- Eliya Aalumai scheme:to simplify delivery of 10 services like sanitation
certification, public building licence
3. The CM of Tamil Nadu along with other World Bank officials has inaugurated
the modernized global business centre (GBC) of the World Bank Group (WBG)
in Taramani, Chennai.
4. The Tamil Nadu government has provided in-principal approval for
establishing a State Institutional Ranking Framework (SIRF).
5. Madura Mills strike, from April 14 to June 10, 1920, was the first recorded
strike in the cotton mills of South India.
6. Nalam kakkum stalin scheme: master health check-ups for needy and
differently abled persons will be conducted.

CULTURE
1. The Tamil Nadu government celebrated the "Semmozhi festival" on June
3rd, the birth anniversary of Former CM – M Karunanidhi.
2. An 800-year-old Shiva temple of the later Pandya period has been unearthed
at Udampatti, a village in Melur taluk.
3. Goa's Ozzo Feni becomes India's first feni to receive a Geographical Indication
tag.
4. Lucknow has been nominated for UNESCO's Creative City of Gastronomy
title
5. The Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board (TNSAMB) has sought
Geographical Indication (GI) tag for five agricultural products such as Nallur
Varagu (Cuddalore); Vedaranyam Mullai poo (Nagapattinam); Natham Puli
(Dindigul); Ayakudi Koyya fruit (Dindigul), and Kappalpatti Karumbu
Murungai (Dindigul).
 6. The earliest Indian epigraphical mention of Halley’s Comet was discovered in
the Srisailam Copper Plate Charter dated 1456 CE in Andhra Pradesh.
7. Bonalu is a Hindu festival mainly celebrated in Telangana, especially
Hyderabad and Secunderabad. “Bonalu” means “feast” in Telugu,
highlighting the special food prepared for the goddess.
8. Jagannath Rath Yatra is a famous Hindu festival in Odisha. It is also called
the Chariot Festival or Shree Gundicha Yatra.
9. The 3rd Lavender Festival was held in Bhaderwah, Jammu and Kashmir
which celebrates the region’s growing role in India’s Purple Revolution.

AWARDS/PRIZE

Award Awarded by Awarded to Known for

American American Raja Kumari First Indian-origin
Music Award television musician to win an
(AMA) network American Music Award
(AMA)
Bal Sahitya Sahitya Akademi Writer Vishnu Children’s novel Otrai
Puraskar Puram Saravanan Siragu Oviya.
Yuva Puraskar Sahitya Akademi Latshmihar Short story Koothondru
Kooditru.
Kalaignar Thayammal
m.karunanithi Aravanan
classical tamil

PERSONS IN NEWS
Person Why in news?
S.S. Priyavadhana A visually impaired woman has been appointed as
odhuvar of the Pamban Swamy temple at
Thiruvanmiyur in Chennai.
KJ Muldoon The baby, from Pennsylvania of USA, is one of 350
million people worldwide with a rare disease - CPS1
deficiency.
Manisha padhi The Squadron Leader became India's first woman Indian
Armed Forces officer to be appointed as Aide-de-Camp
(ADC) to the Governor (Mizoram) in the country.
Shubhanshu Shukla The Group Captain of the Indian Air Force became the
first Indian in over four decades to travel to space and
board the International Space Station (ISS), as part of
Axiom Space’s Ax-4 mission.
Bhagwan Birsa Munda The Tribal leader and the freedom fighter’s 125th death
anniversary, also known as ‘Balidan Diwas’ observed
recently.
Nellai Su.Muthu • The book, titled 'Einsteinum Andaveliyum' (Einstein
and Space), won the best book award in the
Biography and Personal History categories for the
year 2005.
• A former scientist of the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO), passed away
N Muthamizh Selvi First person from Tamil Nadu to climb the highest peaks
on all seven continents.
N Jency Tamil Nadu's first transgender woman to earn a PhD
and secure Assistant Professor position at Loyola
College, Chennai.
Maruti Chitampalli • Highly Noted environmentalist, wildlife expert, and
Padmashree awardee passed away. He is fondly
known as ‘Aranya Rishi’.
• His scientific works ‘Pakshikosha’ (Encyclopedia of
Birds), ‘Pashukosha’ (Encyclopedia of Animals), and
‘Matsyakosha’ (Encyclopedia Fish).
Jahnavi Dangeti • From Andhra Pradesh is the first Indian to complete
NASA’s International Air and Space Program.
• She will join the Titans Space mission in 2029 as
India’s first astronaut on the mission.
Kirsty Coventry First female and African president of the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) on its 131st anniversary.
A. Rajeshwari A girl from the tribal community in Kalvarayan Hills
earns her seat in IIT and became the first student from
Tamil Nadu to be selected for IIT after studying in a
government tribal residential school.

IMPORTANT DAYS
Day Date Theme / Note
World Milk Day June 01 “Let’s Celebrate the Power of Dairy.”

Telangana Day June 02 On June 2, 2014, Telangana was

formed out of the Indian state of
Andhra Pradesh.
World Environment Day June 05 “Putting an End to Plastic Pollution”

International Level June 05 ‘Safe decisions – every time.’ – slogan

Crossing Awareness Day Helping the people to make good
decisions
World Food Safety Day June 07 “Food safety – science in action”

International Archives Day June 09 “#Archives Are Accessible – Archives for

Everyone”.
125th death anniversary of June 09 He is known as ‘Dharti Aaba’ or the
Birsa Munda ‘Father of the Earth’ by tribal
communities.
World Day Against Child June 12 ‘Progress is clear, but there’s more to
Labour do: let’s speed up efforts!’.
International Albinism June 13 “Demanding our rights: Protect our
Awareness Day skin, Preserve our lives”.
World Blood Donor Day June 14 ‘Give blood, give hope: together we save
lives’.
World Elder Abuse June 15 “Addressing Abuse of Older Adults in
Awareness Day Long Term Care Facilities: Through
Data and Action”.
Autistic Pride Day June 18 “Unapologetically Autistic”.

World Sickle Cell Awareness June 19 “A Global Action, Local Impact:

Day Empowering Communities for Effective
Self-Advocacy”.
World Crocodile Day June 17 It aims to raise awareness about the
conservation of crocodiles and
alligators.
International Day for the June 19 “Breaking the Cycle, Healing the Scars:
Elimination of Sexual Addressing the Intergenerational
Violence in Conflict Effects of Conflict-Related Sexual
Violence”.
National Reading Day June 19 This day honours Puthuvayil Narayana
Panicker (P.N. Panicker) “Father of the
Library and Literacy Movement” in
Kerala.
World Refugee Day June 20 “Solidarity with Refugees”.

Summer Solstice June 21 The summer solstice occurs because

the Earth’s North Pole is tilted closest
to the Sun
International Yoga Day June 21 “Yoga for One Earth, One Health”

World Hydrography Day June 21 “Seabed Mapping: Enabling Ocean

Action”.
International Olympic Day June 23 “Let’s Move?”

United Nations Public June 23 “Five Years to 2030: Accelerating

Service Day Public Service Delivery for a
Sustainable Future”.
International Day of June 24 ‘Eliminating the structural barriers to
Women in Diplomacy women’s leadership in diplomacy’.
International Day of the June 25 ‘My Harassment-Free Ship’.
Seafarer
International Day Against June 26 “Break the Cycle.
Drug Abuse and Illicit #StopOrganizedCrime’’.
Trafficking
Helen Keller Day June 27 This day commemorates the birth
anniversary of Helen Keller.
MSME Day June 27 “Enhancing the role of MSMEs as the
drivers of Sustainable Growth and
Innovation.”
National Statistics June 29 ‘75 Years of National Sample Survey’.

World Asteroid Day June 30 The day commemorates the Tunguska

event of 1908.
International Day of June 30 ‘Achieving gender equality, action by
Parliamentarianism action’.
World oceans day June 08 Wonder : sustaining what sustain us

World day to combat June 17 Restore the land: unlock the

desertification and drought opportunities

DEFENCE IN NEWS
1. India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has
developed the country’s first fully indigenous photonic radar which uses
lasers and photonic integrated circuits instead of traditional radio waves.
 2. India is preparing to test its most advanced indigenously developed
hypersonic missile — the Extended Trajectory-Long Duration Hypersonic
Cruise Missile (ETLDHCM) under Project Vishnu.
3. Indian navy inducts india's first indigenously designed and built anti
submarine warfare shallow watercraft warship INS ARNALA

Exercise Parties involved Exercise type

22nd edition of Khaan Quest Multinational Exercise Military

1st edition Tiger Claw Indian and US (Chandinagar, Air

Uttar Pradesh)
8th edition of Exercise India and France Military
Shakti-2025
Cyber Suraksha Defence Cyber Agency Cyber Security

17th edition Nomadic India- Mongolia Military

Elephant

COMMITTEE IN NEWS
Committee Purpose of the committee

Seventh State Finance The Tamil Nadu state government has

Commission. constituted the Seventh State Finance
Commission.
Retired IAS officer K. Allaudin was appointed
as its chairperson.

PLACES IN NEWS
Place Name State/Country Known for
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki Island of Flores, Volcano eruption
Indonesia
 INDICES
Report Released by Note
Global Gender Gap World Economic India has ranked 131 out of 146
Report 2025 Forum countries

Climate Change 1. German watch 1. No single country was ranked at

Performance Index 2. New Climate ‘very high’ on all parameters for
2025 Institute climate change mitigation in
3. Climate Action 2025.
Network 2. Denmark has retained its rank as
International the top country (#4).
(CAN-I) 3. It is followed by Netherlands, UK,
Philippines, Morocco, Norway
and India (10th).
2025 State of United Nations India is now the world’s most
World Population’ Population Fund populous nation, with nearly 1.46
(SOWP) Report (UNFPA) billion people.
This number expected to grow to
about 1.7 billion before it begins to
fall, around 40 years from now
World Energy International 1. The Global clean energy
Investment Report Energy Agency (IEA) investments are projected to
2025 reach $2.2 trillion in 2025.
2. India has significantly increased
its investments in renewable
power, from $13 billion in 2015 to
$37 billion in 2025.
QS World Quacquarelli 1. Massachusetts Institute of
University Symonds (QS) Technology (MIT) of USA has
Rankings 2026 retained the ‘best institute in the
 world’ position for the 14th time
this year.
2. IIT Madras (180) has achieved the
third spot in India after IIT Delhi
(123) and IIT Bombay (129).
"Status of Wildlife Institute of Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) in
Ungulates in Tiger India (WII) Madhya Pradesh has emerged as the
Habitats of India". leading tiger habitat in India in terms
of ungulate (hoofed herbivore)
population.
Global Drought Organisation for 37% of global land has experienced
Outlook - 2025 Economic Co- significant soil moisture decline
operation and
Development
(OECD)
World Investment UN Conference on Global foreign direct investment
Report 2025 Trade and (FDI) declined 11% in calendar year
Development 2024 to $1.5 trillion.
(UNCTAD)
Sustainable UN Sustainable 1. India ranks 99th out of 167
Development Development countries on the 2025 SDG Index
Report (SDR) Solutions Network. with a score of 67 from 109th
rank in 2024.
2. This is the first time, India
secured a position among the top
100 countries.
GLOBAL PEACE Institute for India ranks 115 out of 163 nations
index economics and
peace
 SUMMITS
Summit Name Hosted in Purpose of Summit
2nd ASEAN- The Kuala Lumpur, GCC, China and ASEAN
Gulf Cooperation Malaysia. agreed to “chart a unified
Council (GCC) and collective path towards
Summit a peaceful, prosperous,
and just future”.
8th Global Platform UN Office for Disaster India called for the creation
for Disaster Risk Risk Reduction (UNDRR) of a global facility, backed
Reduction (GPDRR) in Geneva, Switzerland. by the UN system &
2025 multilateral financial
institutions.
80th session of the New York (UN 1. Annalena Baerbock
UN General Headquarters) was elected as the
Assembly (UNGA 80) President of the 80th
United Nations
General Assembly
(UNGA).
2. She becomes the first
woman from the
Western European
group to assume the
post and the fifth
woman overall to lead
the UNGA.
1st Assembly of the New Delhi. IBCA is a coalition of 95
International Big range countries with a
Cat Alliance (IBCA) mandate for the
conservation of seven big
cats
113th International ILO Headquarters in This Conference has also
Labour Conference Geneva, Switzerland adopted the first
international labour
standards aimed at
protecting workers from
biological hazards.
Global summit ‘Yoga Ministry of Ayush, New “Yoga for One Earth, One
Connect’ Delhi Health” theme.
51st G7 Summit Kananaskis, Canada. ‘Energy Security:
diversification, technology
and infrastructure to
ensure access and
affordability in a changing
world'.
62nd United Nations Bonn, Germany Advance technical and
Framework policy discussions in
Convention on preparation for COP 30 (to
Climate Change be held in Belém, Brazil, in
(UNFCCC) November 2025)

PORTAL IN NEWS
Portal Purpose
Nationwide Digital The Ministry of Social Justice and
Application for Profiling Empowerment (MoSJE) launches a Digital
Waste Pickers Application under the NAMASTE Scheme. It
aims to enumerate 2.5 lakh individuals,
granting them the formal identity and access
to social protection.
ECINET App. One stop platform which integrates over 40 of
ECI’s mobile and web application
Presiding Officers were enabled to directly
input turnout data every two hours.

Pratibha Setu 1. ‘Professional Resource and Talent

Integration – Bridge for Hiring Aspirants’ is
a centralized digital platform launched by
the Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC).
2. The new platform serving as a modern
talent integration bridge for aspirants who
clear CSE stages but do not make the final
list.
e-Rakt Kosh 1. The Central Health Ministry plans to
integrate the Rare Donor Registry of India
(RDRI) with e-Rakt Kosh, the national blood
bank management platform.
2. It offers real-time information on blood
banks, availability, and donation camps.
C CARES Version 2.0 It is a revamped web portal of the Coal Mines
Provident Fund Organization (CMPFO)
launched by Union Ministry of Coal and Mines.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Book Name Author Name Note
Tiger My Life, Valmik Thapar An Indian wildlife conservationist
Ranthambhore and and one of the country’s most
Beyond
 passionate advocates for the
tiger, passed away.
“India: 5000 Years of Audrey Truschk U.S.-based historian
History on the
Subcontinent”
Varalaru Koorum Minister for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Tamil Nattu Finance released two volumes of a book
Kaasugal (Coins that Thangam about Coins that speak Tamil
speak Tamil Nadu Thennarasu and Nadu History.
History) numismatic
researcher Mr.
Arumuga
Sitharaman.
“The One: Cricket, Shikhar Dhawan Indian cricketer has released his
My Life and More” autobiography
India’s Finance A.K. Explores the economic decisions
Ministers III: Bhattacharya of four finance ministers
Different Strokes postliberalisation
(1998–2014)
Indira Gandhi and TCA Srinath Deeply researched analysis of
the Yearsthat Raghavan Indira Gandhi’s tenure, focusing
Transformed India on the 1975–77 Emergency
The Emergency Not Mentioned Released on the 50th anniversary
Diaries (Released by Amit of the Emergency
Shah)
 SPORTS IN NEWS
1. Carlos Alcaraz of Spain once again clinched the French Open 2025 men's
singles final.
2. Coco Gauff of USA beat Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the final and won the
women's singles French Open 2025.
3. Neeraj Chopra has won the Paris Diamond League 2025 with an 88.16m long
throw, by defeating Julian Weber.
4. India’s Mahendra Gurjar set a world record in the men’s javelin F42 category
with a throw of 61.17m at the Nottwil World Para Athletics Grand Prix in
Switzerland.
5. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in the world to score
800 club goals in his career.
6. 2025 world para atheletic championship will be held in New delhi with mascot
Viraj

Award Given by Recipient PURPOSE

Princess of Asturias Spain Serena Williams For her stellar tennis
Prize 2025 career.

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