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WEDNESDAY| VOL—IV/2025/JUNE/563

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"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 minister Rajnath Singh, who attended the meeting at Qingdao in China, refused to sign the joint communique as it was silent on the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed but mentioned Balochistan and the hijacking of the Jaffer Express by Baloch militants in March. 

India strongly condemned the demolition of the Durga temple in Dhaka, criticising the role of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in allowing the destruction and projecting it as a case of illegal land use. 

"Naxal Free Bharat: Real victims of red terror", Organiser, June 25, 2025: "The successful elimination of top Naxalite leadership including their General Secretary Basav Raju has sent shockwaves through the Ant Naxal National organisation. The shock and Awe Offensive has destroyed the impregnable ‘Red Corridor’ which once extended from Pashupati to Tirupati.

Thiruvananthapuram Airport to charge parking fees as British Navy refuses to move it to a hangar: The airport will levy parking charges on a stranded British Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet, as the British Navy has declined to relocate it from a VIP bay to a hangar.

Nine fishermen in two boats from Nagapattinam were brutally attacked by Sri Lankan pirates yesterday when they were fishing near Seruthur at the Bay of Bengal.

 

WORLD: (REUTER, AP, AFP, BLOOMBERG, CNN, WP)

Trump concluded this week's NATO summit with praise for the alliance after member countries pledged to increase Défense spending—and for Zelenskyy, who Trump accused earlier this year of holding up peace. The meeting with Zelenskyy capped Trump’s final engagements at the NATO summit. “I left here differently,” Trump told reporters. “These people really love their countries. It’s not a rip-off, and we’re here to help them.”

Trump acknowledged that talks to end the war were proving “more difficult than anyone had thought.” He called Russian President Vladimir Putin “more difficult” and said Putin “really has to end that war.” 

The United Kingdom (UK) plans to buy U.S.-made F-35A warplanes that can carry tactical nuclear weapons, giving its air force the capability to deploy such weapons for the first time since the end of the Cold War. The UK’s already existing nuclear arsenal is designed to be launched from submarines. The announcement could allow for U.S. nuclear weapons to be stored on UK soil for the first time since 2008.

Washington and Tehran will hold talks next week, Trump said yesterday. He cautioned that “we want no nuclear.” Iran did not immediately confirm plans for talks, though U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said the two countries had been in touch in recent days. In a video released today, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei congratulated Iranians for what he called a victory over Israel and the United States in the recent conflict, saying “nothing significant” had come out  of U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

Iran’s government executed three people on Wednesday accused of spying for Israel, and Iranian authorities have arrested more than seven hundred people in recent days, reports from semi-official news agencies said. 

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said Washington will suspend contributions to Gavi, an international vaccine alliance, claiming it was not following scientific practices. Gavi rejected those accusations, saying its “utmost concern is the safety and health of children.” The United States currently funds around 13 percent of the agency, which helps buy vaccines for children in low-income countries. 

Spain has refused to hold separate talks with the United States on trade issues. Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said, trade relations are conducted through US negotiations with the European Commission, which Spain is part of.

 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

A four-person flight arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), that included the first Hungarian, Indian, and Polish astronauts to visit the research center. The three governments sponsored the flight, which was run by private U.S. space company Axiom. A retired NASA astronaut was its commander.

 A Delhi-based BSS Alliance has unveiled a tactical drone equipped with an AK-203 rifle, enhancing precision and flexibility for operators.

 

CRIME & PUNISHMENT:

A week ahead of start of the Amarnath pilgrimage, a highly trained terrorist, believed to be Pakistani, was shot dead during an encounter with the security forces in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur district on Thursday.

A court in Punjab’s Mohali sent Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia to a seven-day Police remand. He was arrested by the Vigilance Bureau yesterday for allegedly laundering more than 540 crore rupees in drug money. 

In Chhattisgarh, two female Maoists have been killed in an encounter with security forces. The encounter took place in the forests of Aboojhmaad area of ​​Narayanpur district. 

 

MISHAPS: -

Turkey's Stealth UCAV Anka-3 crashed: During International Anatolian Eagle Exercises: One of the two flying prototypes of Turkey’s Anka-3 stealth drone crashed at an airbase in central Turkey during international exercises.

Six people died due to severe flooding in Southwest China’s Guizhou province amid continuous heavy rainfall. The heavy rainfall and upstream inflows have triggered severe flooding in Rongjiang and Congjiang counties of Guizhou. As per reports, over 80 thousand people have been evacuated from the flood hit areas in the country. 

In Mexico, at least 12 people were killed and nearly 20 others wounded in a brutal overnight attack by gunmen in the city of Irapuato, located in the state of Guanajuato. The Gunmen opened fire during a festive street celebration honouring St. John the Baptist. 

Flash floods claim 5 lives in a hydro project site, Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district. Search operations have been intensified to find the six persons still missing since flash floods triggered by cloudbursts hit Kangra and Kullu districts on Wednesday.

In a tragic accident in Gholtir, located in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, a Tempo Traveller fell into the Alaknanda River, resulting in the deaths of three people.

ENVIRONMENTAL: -

Marking a historic moment in wildlife conservation, Kerala has established the Aralam Butterfly Sanctuary by renaming the existing Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary. Located in the biodiverse-rich Western Ghats, the sanctuary is now India’s first forest area exclusively reserved for butterflies.

GAMES & SPORTS: --

In Squash, India continued its strong run at the Asian Doubles Squash Championships in Kuching, Malaysia, with pairs reaching the finals in all three categories, Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed Doubles. India has now confirmed four medals at the event.

The Indian junior men’s hockey team triumphed over Australia 2-1 in the battle for third place at the ongoing 4 Nations Tournament in Berlin. 

The Indian Under-17 Women’s Wrestling Team has emerged as the Champion Team at the Under-17 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Vung Tau, Vietnam.

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WHAT IS NEXT:

• Today, a two-day EU summit on security issues begins in Brussels.
• Today, the UN human rights commissioner concludes a visit to Sri Lanka.
• Tomorrow, the Bank for International Settlements holds its annual conference in Basel.

 

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