TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Eleventh International Day of Yoga to be celebrated across the globe today. The theme for this year’s International Day of Yoga is “Yoga for One Earth, One Health”, which significantly resonates with the unifying vision that India based its G20 presidency on — “One Earth, One Family, One Future”.
2. The Yoga Day event will be held along a 26-km corridor from RK Beach in Visakhapatnam to Bhogapuram, where over 3 lakh people can perform Yoga simultaneously.
3. In a prelude to the 11th International Yoga Day celebrations, a remarkable Surya Namaskar programme was organized at Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, where, around 25,000 tribal children performed 108 Surya Namaskars in 108 minutes. The unique initiative aimed to set a Guinness World Record and also highlighted the enthusiastic participation of tribal communities.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stone for multiple development projects in Odisha and Bihar; Says, BJP government brought down number of Naxal-affected districts to below 20.
5. Congress leader Mohammad Azharuddin announced on Thursday that he will be the candidate for the Jubilee Hills by-election. Following the death of Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath, a by-election for the constituency has become necessary.
6. Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy has requested that the Union minister for Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal Khattar , grant the necessary permissions for the proposed Hyderabad Metro Phase-2 project as soon as possible. He urges Centre to clear Rs 24,269cr Hyderabad Metro Phase-2 project.
7. To enhance the efficiency of voter services, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) aimed at delivering Elector Photo Identity Cards (EPICs) within 15 days of electoral roll updates. This initiative, backed by a robust IT system and SMS alerts.
8. In Sikkim, the annual Kailash Mansarovar Yatra has begun from Nathula. Governor Om Prakash Mathur flagged off the first batch of 36 pilgrims to enter into the Tibet Autonomous region.
9. Monsoon advances across Gujarat; 15 dams on high alert : South West Monsoon has advanced further in Gujarat, covering most of the state. Heavy rains lashed several parts of the state, especially South Gujarat and the Saurashtra region.
10. NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are set to launch the $1.5 billion NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth observation satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, in July 2025.
11. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast isolated heavy rainfall in several areas of Northwest India for next few days. Heavy to very heavy rainfall will also occur at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya, East Madhya Pradesh and East Uttar Pradesh. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi will also witness heavy rainfall.
12. Yogini Ekadashi 2025 is on June 21 Saturday
Ekadashi Tithi Begins: June 21, 7:19 am
Ekadashi Tithi Ends: 22 June 4:28 am
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Madras High Court direction ordering the demolition of a temple constructed on land designated as Open Space Reservation (OSR) within the premises of Visthara Residency, an apartment complex in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
2. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested Purushottam Chavan, husband of an IPS officer, for allegedly duping a Surat-based businessman and others of Rs 7.42 crore.
3. The Supreme Court declined to entertain a petition challenging the condition imposed by the Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, requiring vehicle passes to be obtained 24 hours in advance from the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) for the upcoming Lord Murugan Conference (Muruga Bakthargal Aanmeega Maanadu) scheduled on 22 June 2025, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
4. BSF troops in Punjab today recovered over seven kilograms of ICE (Methamphetamine) from an agricultural field near a village in Amritsar. Sources have claimed that this is the largest consignment of ICE, a synthetic drug, recovered in Punjab in the recent past.
5. A female Naxalite has been killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh yesterday. The encounter took place in the forests of Amatola and the Kalpar area of Kanker district.
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The newly repaired bridge over the Harang River on the Silchar–Kalain Road collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday when two overloaded trucks were passing through it, violating weight restrictions.
Though there were no casualties, the incident disrupted road connectivity between Assam’s Barak Valley and neighbouring states — Tripura, Mizoram, and Manipur — via Meghalaya.
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1. Anuradha Thakur, a senior IAS officer of the 1994 batch, has been appointed to the SEBI Board, replacing Ajay Seth, who retires on 30 June 2025. Starting July 1, Thakur, who also assumes the role of Economic Affairs Secretary, becomes the first woman to ever hold the position.
2. Meta has named Arun Srinivas as the new Managing Director and India Head, beginning 1 July 2025.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. Veteran actor-director Vivek Lagoo, who has worked in both Marathi and Hindi films, passed away at the age of 74. His last rites performed at the Oshiwara crematorium in Mumbai.
2. Days after Sitaare Zameen Par was cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) without any cuts, it is being reported that the film body had asked the makers of the Aamir Khan-starrer to make a few additions to the movie, including adding a quote of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the opening disclaimer.
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DEFENCE News
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1. INS Teg, on her Operational Deployment to the South West Indian Ocean Region, is visiting Port Louis, Mauritius from 19-22 Jun 2025. The ship would be undertaking joint surveillance of Mauritian EEZ along with the Mauritius National Coast Guard (NCG) ships and aircraft, reaffirming India’s commitment towards ensuring safety of the global commons and to combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (lUU) fishing.
2. The Indian Army has begun raising the third Regiment of the indigenously manufactured Dhanush artillery guns. The overall project involves inducting 114 guns in six regiments.
3. China is reportedly set to supply 40 Shenyang J-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter jets to Pakistan, marking a significant shift in the region’s air power dynamics. The J-35, also known in its export version as the FC-31, is a twin-engine, multirole stealth fighter equipped with advanced avionics.
4. SVAYATT-L1: India’s Next-Generation Long-Range Land Attack Cruise Missile : The SVAYATT-L1 represents a significant advancement in India’s indigenous defence capabilities, developed by Hyderabad-based Paninian India Pvt Ltd, a defence technology start-up founded by Raghu Adla. Unveiled at Aero India 2025.
5. The high-profile meeting between US President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House on June 18, 2025, represents a significant recalibration of American foreign policy in South Asia, with far-reaching implications for India’s strategic interests and regional security architecture.
21 June (Saturday)
Vedic Ritu/ Grishma
Drik Ritu : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Aashad 10
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month :Jyeshta 25
Tithi : Dashami (up to 7:19 am) Ekadashi
Nakshatra: Ashwini (up to 7:50 pm)Bharani
Rahu : 09:07 AM – 10:48 AM
Yamaganda : 02:09 PM – 03:50 PM
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