Current Affairs One-liners — 29 June 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 29 Jun 2025
- On 29 June 2025 in New Delhi, MoSPI celebrated the 19th Statistics Day on the theme '75 Years of National Sample Survey', launched the GoIStats mobile app and released SDG National Indicator Framework publications.
- On 29 June 2025, in the 123rd episode of Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said WHO has declared India trachoma-free and an ILO report found over 64% of Indians covered by some social protection benefit.
- On 29 June 2025 in Nizamabad, Telangana, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the headquarters of the National Turmeric Board.
- On 29 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Railways announced reforms reviewed by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw: a new Passenger Reservation System by December 2025, reservation charts eight hours before departure and authenticated-only Tatkal booking from 1 July 2025.
- On 29 June 2025, in Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Meghalaya on its Eri Silk receiving the GI tag a few days earlier.
- On 29 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change issued the 'Model Rules for Felling of Trees in Agricultural Lands' to help States and UTs simplify rules and promote agroforestry.
- On 29 June 2025, in the North Arabian Sea about 80 nautical miles east of Fujairah, UAE, Indian Navy frigate INS Tabar responded to a Mayday from the Palau-flagged tanker MT Yi Cheng 6 and fought an engine-room fire, ensuring the safety of its 14 Indian crew.
- On 29 June 2025 in Kolkata, West Bengal, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan presided over the kick-off for distribution of FIFA footballs under Football for Schools (F4S) at PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William.
- On 29 June 2025, in Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the Bodoland CEM Cup football tournament in Assam's Bodo Territorial Area, with more than 3,700 teams and about 70,000 players.
- On 29 June 2025 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth visited DRDO's Defence Materials and Stores Research & Development Establishment (DMSRDE).
- On 29 June 2025 in Palitana, Gujarat, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya led a special edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle featuring 'Swachhta Senanis', held simultaneously at 6,000 locations.