ONE-LINER CURRENT AFFAIRS
National Security & Internal Affairs
- ECI ordered door-to-door voter roll verification in Bihar, after multiple complaints of electoral manipulation.
- UN Women flagged the ‘manosphere’ as a serious threat to gender equality, citing its spread of misogyny and regressive masculinity online.
- India plans to integrate its Rare Donor Registry with e-Rakt Kosh, enhancing rare blood availability via a centralized digital platform.
- India’s coffee exports rose 125% to USD 1.8 billion in the last 11 years, driven by Robusta and Arabica varieties from Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
- The Subarnarekha River caused flash floods in Odisha’s Balasore after excess water was released from Jharkhand’s Chandil Dam.
- ADR reported delayed or missing expenditure statements from parties after Lok Sabha 2024, raising concerns over transparency in political financing.
- India celebrated the 11th International Yoga Day with the theme “Yoga for One Earth, One Health”, aligning with the summer solstice (June 21).
- Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the security situation in Kashmir amid heightened threats.
- Delhi CM announced hi-tech public grievance redressal with weekly jan sunwayi camps resolving over 1,300 complaints.
International Affairs & Diplomacy
- U.S. bombed Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites with 30,000-pound bombs; Iran vows retaliation.
- Iran approved the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. conducted airstrikes under Operation Midnight Hammer targeting its nuclear sites.
- Strait of Hormuz handles ~20% of global oil and LNG trade, and its closure threatens global energy security and inflation.
- UK House of Commons passed the Assisted Dying Bill, allowing terminally ill adults to request medically assisted death.
- China hosted its first trilateral meeting with Pakistan and Bangladesh, signaling increased regional influence and concerns over India’s Neighbourhood First policy.
- Iran’s parliament voted to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to U.S. airstrikes, threatening global oil routes.
- PM Modi urged Iranian President Pezeshkian for immediate de-escalation before the IAEA emergency meeting.
Governance & Policy
- Delhi removed police license requirements for hotels, amusement parks, and more under Ease of Doing Business reforms.
- L-G V.K. Saxena approved the felling of 856 trees in Delhi for a government housing project in Kasturba Nagar.
Education & Society
- CBSE schools in Delhi-NCR found students speak over 20 mother tongues; Hindi is to be used informally in primary classes.
- In West Bengal, sacked teachers protested job cancellations post-SC verdict nullifying 25,752 appointments.
- Government of West Bengal announced ₹25K and ₹20K interim support to sacked Group C & D school staff till Sept 2025.
State Affairs
- Andhra farmers dumped mangoes in protest over a crash in Totapuri prices despite ₹4/kg MSP.
- Karnataka extended the SC internal reservation survey deadline till June 30 amid opposition.
- Posters promoting Hindi and misattributing quotes at Ooty railway station sparked a row; posters were removed.
Agriculture & Economy
- Deve Gowda wrote to the PM, urging NAFED intervention to support Karnataka mango farmers.
- Andhra Pradesh mango farmers face crisis as pulp factories remain shut amid price crash.
Science, Environment & Technology
- IFFCO will set up its first overseas nano-fertilizer plant in Brazil, expanding its nano-DAP and nano-urea outreach.
- CaTRAT (Camera Trap Repository and Analysis Tool) is being used to track Himalayan snow leopards through AI-based image processing.
- Researchers mapped the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) using MUSE on the ESO Very Large Telescope, enhancing understanding of barred spiral galaxies.
- “Gwada Negative” was identified as a new rare blood group, the 48th recognized globally, found in a woman from Guadeloupe.
- Google is revising its search results to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which targets the monopolistic behavior of tech gatekeepers.
Anti-Maoist operations
- Home Minister Amit Shah announced that anti-Maoist operations will continue during the monsoon for the first time, reaffirming the goal to eliminate Maoism in India by March 31, 2026.
- Shah inaugurated the temporary campus of the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) and laid the foundation of a Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
- The project is worth ₹268 crore and academic sessions will begin in FY 2025–26, offering UG/PG/diploma courses in forensics, cybersecurity, psychology, and digital forensics.
- Shah praised Chhattisgarh’s surrender policy, encouraging Maoists to lay down arms and join the development mainstream.
- A multi-state Maoist review meeting was also held with senior officials from 7 affected states.
UMEED portal
- Centre is engaging States to implement the UMEED portal for digitizing all Waqf property records within six months, while also reviewing leasing provisions and PM Jan Vikas Karyakram progress in states like Maharashtra.
- The UMEED portal is designed for centralized management and transparency of Waqf properties.
- Minority Affairs Secretary Chandra Shekhar Kumar conducted reviews in Bihar and Maharashtra.
- Maharashtra Waqf Board has sought relaxation in leasing norms, which the Centre has promised to consider.
- Hajj 2025 saw the lowest ever Indian pilgrim death rate and health incidents, as per a review with the Hajj Committee of India.
Quantum Communication
- India could achieve satellite-based quantum communication by 2030, according to IIT-Delhi Professor Bhaskar Kanseri, following India’s longest free-space quantum key distribution (1 km) without cables.
- Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) enables ultra-secure communication using entangled photons and quantum mechanics principles.
- Satellite-based QKD can enable long-range secure communication, overcoming the cost and distance limits of fibre optics.
- Free-space QKD in Delhi NCR faces challenges due to atmospheric turbulence and pollution, causing signal divergence and error.
- China demonstrated QKD via satellites as early as 2017, putting it ahead globally.
- India’s QKD progress is at proof-of-concept (POC) stage, with IIT-Delhi leading experiments through student-led teams.
India ramped up oil imports from Russia
- India ramped up oil imports from Russia and the U.S. in June 2025, with Russian crude hitting 2–2.2 million barrels/day, surpassing combined imports from West Asia amid West Asian instability.
- India’s Russian oil imports now form 40–44% of total crude imports — up from <1% pre-2022 (pre-Ukraine war).
- U.S. crude imports also rose significantly to 4.39 lakh barrels/day (from 2.8 lakh in May 2025).
- Instability in the Strait of Hormuz due to the Israel-Iran conflict has pushed India to diversify away from West Asia.
- Russian oil avoids the Hormuz chokepoint, routed via the Suez Canal, Cape of Good Hope, or the Pacific Ocean.
- India is the world’s 3rd largest oil importer, purchasing ~5.1 million barrels/day for domestic refining.