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🌟 Persons in News 📍 India

PM pays tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his Punya Tithi

On 4 July 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his Punya Tithi, saying his thoughts and vision remain a guiding light.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Jharkhand Important

Hul Diwas: PM pays tribute to heroes of the Santhal Hul

On 30 June 2025, Hul Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Sido-Kanhu, Chand-Bhairav and Phulo-Jhano, heroes of the Santhal uprising, while Jharkhand's CM and Governor led tributes in Ranchi.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Meghalaya Important

Meghalaya's Eri Silk, recently GI-tagged, praised in Mann Ki Baat

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.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi Important

PM Modi addresses centenary celebrations of Jain Acharya Vidyanand Ji Muniraj

On 28 June 2025, PM Narendra Modi addressed the centenary celebrations of Acharya Shri Vidyanand Ji Muniraj at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

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🎓 Education 📍 Gujarat Important

Amit Shah inaugurates projects at Shri Govind Guru University, Godhra

On 28 June 2025, Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed by video the inauguration and foundation stone ceremony of projects at Shri Govind Guru University, Vinzol, Godhra (Gujarat).

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🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Odisha Must know

Puri Rath Yatra begins; Gajapati Maharaja performs 'Chhera Pahanra'

On 27 June 2025 in Puri, Odisha, the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath began, with the Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb performing the 'Chhera Pahanra' ritual.

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🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Gujarat

PM greets Kutchi community on Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year

On 27 June 2025, PM Narendra Modi greeted the Kutchi community of Gujarat and across the world on Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Kerala Important

PM addresses centenary of Sree Narayana Guru–Mahatma Gandhi conversation

On 24 June 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi addressed the centenary celebration of the historic conversation between Sree Narayana Guru and Mahatma Gandhi.

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🏅 Sports 📍 Maharashtra

Fit India Sundays on Cycle: 4th Pandharpur Cycle Wari Sammelan draws 5,000 cyclists

On 22 June 2025 at Pandharpur, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 4th Akhil Maharashtra Pandharpur Cycle Wari Sammelan was held as a Fit India Sundays on Cycle event.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Andhra Pradesh Must know

11th International Day of Yoga: PM leads record 3.02 lakh-strong session at Visakhapatnam

On 21 June 2025 at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the 11th International Day of Yoga, where 3.02 lakh participants set a Guinness World Record for the largest yoga session at a single venue.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Uttarakhand Important

President Droupadi Murmu joins mass yoga demonstration in Dehradun

On 21 June 2025 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, President Droupadi Murmu took part in a mass yoga demonstration at the Uttarakhand State Police Line Maidan on International Yoga Day.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Odisha Important

Union Ministers lead Yoga Day sessions in Sambalpur, Ahmedabad, Alwar and Patna

On 21 June 2025, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan joined a yoga session at the Maa Samaleswari Temple Complex riverfront in Sambalpur, Odisha, while other Union Ministers led sessions in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 India Important

IDY 2025: yoga demonstrations in 191 countries, 13.04 lakh Yoga Sangam events in India

On 21 June 2025, the 11th International Day of Yoga was marked across India with 13.04 lakh registered Yoga Sangam events and abroad with demonstrations in 191 countries, the Ministry of Ayush said.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 India Important

81 ASI heritage sites host yoga sessions on International Day of Yoga 2025

On 21 June 2025, 81 heritage sites under the Archaeological Survey of India hosted yoga sessions in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush for the 11th International Day of Yoga.

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🌿 Climate Change 📍 West Bengal Important

Geological Survey of India holds Yoga Day sessions at 12 geo-heritage sites

On 21 June 2025, the Geological Survey of India marked the 11th International Day of Yoga with its main session at its Central Headquarters in Kolkata, West Bengal and open-air yoga at 12 geo-heritage sites.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi Important

Thai Buddhist delegation led by acting Supreme Patriarch visits India

On 17 June 2025 in New Delhi, a Thai Buddhist monk delegation led by acting Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Therayanamuni prayed at the Relics shrine of the National Museum during a six-day visit to India.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Assam Important

Assam confers Srimanta Sankardeva Award on dancer Sonal Mansingh

On 12 June 2025 in Guwahati, Assam, Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya conferred the Srimanta Sankardeva Award on classical dancer Sonal Mansingh at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Goa Important

Goa cabinet approves State Heritage Policy 2025

On 11 June 2025 in Goa, the state cabinet led by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant approved the Goa State Heritage Policy 2025 for preserving over 200 heritage sites.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 India Important

India Pavilion 'Bharat Mandap' ranked among top five at World Expo 2025 Osaka

The Ministry of Culture said on 7 June 2025 that the India Pavilion, titled Bharat Mandap, had been ranked among the top five most admired pavilions at World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India

Amit Shah launches Bharatiya Bhasha Anubhag in the Department of Official Language

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Bharatiya Bhasha Anubhag (Indian Languages Section) in New Delhi on 6 June 2025.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Uttar Pradesh

Holy Relics of Lord Buddha return to Sarnath after exposition in Vietnam

The Holy Relics of Lord Buddha arrived at Mulagandha Kuti Vihar in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, on 4 June 2025 after a month-long exposition in Vietnam.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Goa

Vice-President commissions statues of Charaka and Sushruta at Raj Bhavan, Goa

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar commissioned statues of 'Charaka – Father of Ayurveda' and 'Sushruta – Father of Surgery' at Raj Bhavan, Goa on 22 May 2025 and called for evidence-based validation and digitisation of ancient texts.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 India

ASI announces free entry to monuments and museums on International Museum Day

The Archaeological Survey of India announced on 17 May 2025 free entry to all its ticketed monuments and 52 site museums on 18 May, International Museum Day; Sarnath (1910) is the earliest ASI site museum.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Delhi Important

ASI, World Monuments Fund India and TCS Foundation complete restoration of Rajon ki Baoli

The Archaeological Survey of India, with World Monuments Fund India and the TCS Foundation, completed conservation of Rajon ki Baoli, a 16th-century Lodi-era stepwell in Mehrauli Archaeological Park, New Delhi.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Delhi Important

Buddha Purnima marked at National Museum with veneration of Kapilavastu relics

On Buddha Purnima, 12 May 2025, Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Kiren Rijiju led floral offerings at the National Museum, New Delhi, where the Kapilavastu relics excavated from Piprahwa, Uttar Pradesh, are enshrined.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Maharashtra

New 91-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj unveiled at Rajkot Fort, Sindhudurg

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis unveiled a new 91-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Rajkot Fort in Malvan, Sindhudurg district, on 11 May 2025, replacing the 35-foot statue that collapsed in August 2024.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi

Manohar Lal inaugurates 'Bharat Bodh Kendra' at India Habitat Centre

Union Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated the 'Bharat Bodh Kendra', a new section of the India Habitat Centre's Habitat Library & Resource Centre devoted to India's cultural and civilisational heritage, in New Delhi on 10 May 2025.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Telangana

72nd Miss World pageant opens at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad

The 72nd Miss World pageant opened at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on 10 May 2025 with a showcase of Telangana's folk and tribal dances; the finale was scheduled for 31 May.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 India Important

Sotheby's Hong Kong postpones auction of Piprahwa Buddhist relics after Ministry of Culture intervention

The Ministry of Culture said on 7 May 2025 that Sotheby's Hong Kong had postponed the auction of the sacred Piprahwa Buddhist relics, which had been scheduled for that day, after legal notices and talks by the Government of India.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Maharashtra

CCRAS revives two rare Ayurvedic manuscripts, Dravyaratnakara Nighantu and Dravyanamakara Nighantu, in Mumbai

The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences released critical editions of two rare Ayurvedic lexicons, Dravyaratnakara Nighantu and Dravyanamakara Nighantu, at an event in Mumbai announced on 7 May 2025.

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