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NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||25/06/2025. WEDNESDAY| VOL—IV/2025/JUNE/563 OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION. "Bharat builds bunker buster Agni missile to strike underground enemy target, a bold push for strategic supremacy", Organiser, June 25, 2025: Bharat is developing an advanced missile system equipped with a powerful bunker buster warhead. INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY). Jagannath Yatra 2025 will begin today on June 27, 2025, and conclude on July 5, 2025. Festival spans over nine days, during which various important rituals take place, culminating in the return journey of the deities to the Jagannath Temple. Three divinities are worshipped on the festival day. They include Swamy Balabhadra, who is the elder brother of Swamy Jagannath; Subhadra and Swamy Jagannath. India declined to sign a Shanghai Cooperation Organization statement because it omitted mention of the Pahalgam terror attack while referencing Baluchistan:  Defence m...

NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||02/06/2025. MON| VOL—IV/2025/MAY/552

 

NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||02/06/2025.

MON| VOL—IV/2025/MAY/552

OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION.

"ज्ञान व्यक्ति को विनम्र बनाता है, विनम्रता से पात्रता उत्पन्न होती है, पात्रता से धन और समृद्धि उत्पन्न होती है, समृद्धि से सही आचरण की प्राप्ति होती है और सही आचरण से संतोष प्राप्त होता है।"

INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST).

1.      India engages U.S. in plans to ‘grey list’ Pakistan at FATF session.

2.      With the strong emerging fiscal position in 2025-26, the government is likely to have some additional headroom to meet unforeseen expenditure on account of defence, according to a Bank of Baroda report released on Saturday. 

3.      Union Home Minister Amit Shah has reached out to the Chief Ministers of four northeastern states-Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh – offering full support as the region battles severe floods and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains.  Rescue teams, including the NDRF, SDRF, fire services, and local authorities, are working around the clock to help those affected areas. 

4.      The Nashik-Trymbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela will begin on 31 October 2026, with the traditional hoisting of flags at the two prominent pilgrimage towns, while the first 'Amrut Snan' or ritual dip in the Godavari river will take place on 02 August 2027.

5.      The price of 19 KG commercial LPG cylinders has been reduced by 24 rupees by oil companies from 01 June. The revised retail price for these cylinders is now 1723.50 rupees in Delhi.

6.      All-party parliamentary delegations on Sunday emphasised a unified global stance against terrorism and asserted that future dialogues with Pakistan should focus solely on reclaiming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

 

 

 

WORLD:

A.    More than a dozen states are suing the Trump administration for withholding funds from for the buildout of electric vehicle chargers across the U.S. The federal lawsuit says $5 billion allocated to states under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Joe Biden in 2021 cannot be withdrawn by the Trump administration. (AP)

B.     A man, with weapon in hand, reportedly set people on fire in Boulder, Colorado, leaving multiple individuals injured, the city’s police chief said, as people gathered for a ‘peaceful’ pro-Israeli demonstration. A suspect is in custody and police are investigating what FBI officials immediately called “a targeted terror attack”.

C.    President Donald Trump on Friday accused China of violating an agreement with the US to mutually roll back tariffs and trade restrictions for critical minerals. “What China is doing is they are holding back products that are essential for the industrial supply chains of India, of Europe. And that is not what a reliable partner does,” Bessent said in an interview on Sunday with CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

D.    The European Commission said it is ready to impose countermeasures in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to double tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. The move is set to take effect on June 4.

E.     Ukraine will send a delegation to Istanbul for a new round of direct peace talks with Russia on Monday (June 2, 2025), President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, even as Russia pounded Ukraine with a missile strike that killed 12 soldiers and the biggest drone assault of the three-year war.

F.     USA’s Defence Secretary Hegseth deliberately ignored the call for peace and development by countries in the region, and instead touted the Cold War mentality for bloc confrontation, vilified China with defamatory allegations, and falsely called China a 'threat', says China Foreign Ministry in a statement. (REUTERS)

G.    Poland’s Trzaskowski is on course for a tight presidential election win.

H.    SOUTH KOREA: In swing regions such as North Chungcheong Province, where Jechon is located, the ruling conservative party risks losing a big chunk of its vote base with many voters blaming the martial law debacle for weaker private consumption and easing export momentum. Liberals may win the election. (REUTERS).

I.       Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal indicts Sheikh Hasina, orders her to be produced in Dhaka on June 16. (ITTEFAQ, DHAKA).

J.      Iran warns of retaliation if Europeans 'exploit' UN nuclear report. Iran's total amount of enriched uranium now exceeds 45 times the limit authorised by a landmark 2015 agreement with world powers, and is estimated at 9,247.6 kg, according to the confidential IAEA report. (AFP) CAN THIS BE TRUE AMOUNT?

K.    To reinstate monarchy and establish Nepal as a Hindu state, the pro-monarchy groups, including the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and RPP Nepal, protested at Narayan Chaur in Kathmandu on the fourth day of the agitation. (PTI)

L.     Al Jazeera recently published a detailed piece about how Bharat, Pakistan, and Iran are all nowadays wooing the Taliban, which may be true, but they left out how Russia and China are as well doing the same.  The paper is also making no mention of the newfound pressure that the US is placing upon the group.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

Indian Army is conducting trials of next-generation defence technologies at key locations across the country, including the Pokhran Field Firing Ranges, Babina Field Firing Ranges, and Joshimath. 

CRIME & PUNISHMENT:

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two persons, including a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer in the national capital, and his aide, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh.  IRS officer was identified as a 2007 batch senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) Officer, Amit Kumar Singal.

In a significant breakthrough, security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district have successfully apprehended three Maoists, each carrying a substantial bounty on their heads. The individuals, identified as Dodi Podia, Dodi Pandu, and Dodi Nandu, are taken into custody.

In a stunning revelation that points to a deep-rooted espionage network, the arrest of CRPF Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Motiram Jat has blown the lid off what sources say is a Pakistan-sponsored intelligence operation aimed at compromising Bharat’s national security. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted search operations at 15 locations in eight states in a Pakistan-linked espionage case. 

MISHAPS: -

One person is dead and at least 12 others were injured in a mass shooting during a party at a western North Carolina residence, according to the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting took place at about 12:45 a.m. Sunday in Hickory, a city in Catawba County.

One person killed as heavy rain lashes Tripura; over 10K people evacuated.  The state's capital Agartala witnessing a record rainfall of around 200 mm in just three hours.

ENVIRONMENTAL: -

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall over Northeast India during the next 7 days. 

Thousands evacuated in 3 provinces as Canadian wildfires threaten air quality into some US states. The US Department of Agriculture's Forest Service deployed an air tanker to Alberta and said it would send 150 firefighters and equipment to Canada.

GAMES & SPORTS: --

Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, presented award money of 5.67 crore rupees to 448 sportspersons, including 8 international and 23 national-level athletes, with special recognition given to para-athletes for their exceptional contributions.

DAS KAPITAL:

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*Maldives Rufiyaa*: ₹ 0.17/-

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*NIFTY* 24,750.70 −82.90 (0.33%) 

*GOLD*: ₹ 97,400/ 10gm (24 krt) 

*SILVER*: ₹ 99,900/KG

OBITUARY: -

India's 'Tiger Man' Valmik Thapar dies: Valmik Thapar, one of India's most eminent wildlife conservationists and authors who devoted his life to the protection of tigers, died at his residence Saturday morning.  He was 73 and had been diagnosed with cancer in 2024.

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