NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||26/06/2025.
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Group Captain
Shubhanshu Shukla is journeying as pilot on the Axiom‑4 mission, making him the
second Indian in space.
His message:
“Namaskar, my dear countrymen!” We’ve reached space after 41 years. We’re
orbiting Earth at roughly 7.5 km/s, and I have the Indian tricolour on my
shoulder. Tricolour tells me I’m with you all.” --- Shubhanshu Shukla from
Dragon spacecraft; PM Modi congratulated crew.
INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA,
VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY).
The Union cabinet
headed by PM Modi on Wednesday passed a resolution to commemorate and honour
the “sacrifices of countless individuals who valiantly resisted the Emergency”
and its attempt at subversion of the spirit of Indian Constitution.
The government has
taken the decision for establishing the International Potato Centre South Asia
Regional Centre at Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
Bihar is set to
establish its first-ever nuclear power plant under India’s ₹20,000 crore
Nuclear Energy Mission. The project, based on Small Modular Reactor (SMR)
technology, reflects the Centre’s push to expand clean energy and regional
power security across states.
The Andhra Pradesh
government has launched ‘Vidya Shakti’, an online remedial teaching initiative
to help academically weak students in government schools catch up using
technology-based methods in subjects like Math, Science, and English.
Tensions flared yet
again along the Assam-Meghalaya border on Wednesday, after a crowd of over 400
villagers from Lapangap and nearby areas in West Jaiñtia Hills in Meghalaya,
backed by student unions and pressure groups, stormed a plantation site maintained
by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) of Assam.
The Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has announced its plan to
launch the first-ever nationwide household income survey in 2026. But how truthful the survey will be?? First step shall be
collecting data from ‘BANKS’—as most people are in digital platform.
INS Arnala, the
first of 16 indigenously designed and built Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow
Water Craft (ASW-SWC), which is essentially a corvette, was commissioned into
the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy on 18 June 2025. The commissioning
ceremony took place at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam, in the presence of
General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff.
*F-414 Jet Engine
Deal*: *HAL Chief Says India-US Deal to Produce F-414 Jet Engines to be Sealed
by March 2026*: The HAL chairman confirmed that negotiations with General
Electric for F-414 engine technology transfer are nearly complete, with a joint
production deal expected by March 2026. HAL Chairman shall announce AFTER HAL STARTS PRODUCTION.
OTHERWISE I CONSIDER THESE ARE LEAKS, AND ARE FOR MANIPULATING SHARE VALUES!!
Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh will attend the SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting in Qingdao, China
Reliance Defence
has secured a ₹600 crore export order from Germany’s Rheinmetall for Défense
equipment. But it suffers from chronic disease
of failure from delivery.
“बांग्लादेश में हिंदुओं का दमन जारी, ढाका में इस्लामी कट्टरपंथियों ने घेरा दुर्गा माता का मंदिर: कहा – ‘खुद मंदिर हटा लें, वर्ना तोड़ देंगे’, दी कुछ घंटों की मोहलत”, ऑपइंडिया, जून 24,
2025.
TRANSLATION: "Bangladesh:
Muslim mob ambushes Durga temple, threatens Hindu devotees to vacate land or
face demolition", Opindia, June 24, 2025.
WORLD: (REUTER, AP, AFP,
BLOOMBERG, CNN, WP)
NATO allies
endorsed a plan to spend 5 percent of their GDP on Défense by 2035 and jointly
reaffirmed their “ironclad commitment” to collective Défense at its summit in
The Hague. It also voiced support for Ukraine, while omitting language
from last year’s statement that Ukraine’s future was in NATO.
Israel-Iran
truce. The ceasefire between the countries appeared to be holding so
far. Iran’s legislature approved a
bill today to suspend its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog and require
the country’s top security council to approve any future inspections,
state-linked media reported.
The Pentagon
assessed that last weekend’s U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites did
not reach key elements of Iran’s nuclear program and likely only obstructed its
progress by months, seven unnamed sources told
CNN. A MUCH TRUMP ADO ABOUT A RELATIVELY
SMALL AHIEVEMENT.
Japan tested a
missile on its own territory for the first time, its army said yesterday. The
country had run its previous tests in U.S. and Australian territories, which
offer more space, due to safety concerns. Around three hundred soldiers
participated in the exercise with a short-range, surface-to-ship missile; it
will conduct a second one through Sunday. Japan is growing its military in an
effort to deter China.
Nigeria-Brazil
agriculture agreement. The countries signed a
$1 billion deal to boost Nigerian agriculture through the use of mechanized
farming equipment, training, and service centers, Nigeria’s vice president said
yesterday.
Washington will give $30
million to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid group, despite the deaths of
dozens of Palestinians near its distribution sites, according to four unnamed
sources and a document seen by Reuters. The charity relies on private U.S.
military contractors and logistics firms, but this is the first reported direct
financial contribution from the government. The foundation and the State
Department did not comment.
The European Union
(EU) plans to
impose retaliatory penalties on U.S. goods, including Boeing aircraft, if the
Trump administration follows through on promises to impose a baseline 10
percent tariff on EU goods, EU industry chief Stephane Sejourne said. Brussels
is trying to get a better trade deal than the one that Washington recently
reached with London, which retained a 10 percent baseline duty on most goods
going to the United States.
Southern
China is preparing for
the potential landfall of a tropical depression, only two weeks after flooding
from Typhoon Wutip killed five people and prompted hundreds of thousands to
evacuate. Summer flooding is common in China, though scientists say climate
change is making it more severe. A World Meteorological Organization report
released Monday said that Asia is heating up at
almost twice the speed of the global average.
In the aftermath of
the current Iran-Israel crisis, whenever that may be, the authority of Iranian
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will likely be diminished, Ray Takeyh writes in this Expert
Brief.
As many as five
radical Islamist parties in Bangladesh have reached an agreement to establish a
liaison committee ahead of the upcoming national elections, local media
reported on Wednesday.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in partnership with Romania, is conducting the
largest-ever international nuclear emergency exercise named ConvEx-3. This
36-hour drill simulates a severe nuclear accident at the Cernavodă Nuclear
Power Plant, Romania’s sole nuclear energy facility. The objective is simple
but vital — to assess global emergency response capabilities in the event of a
radiological disaster.
ENTERTAINMENT: -
CRIME & PUNISHMENT:
Assam Chief
Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that more than 150 individuals
have been arrested in connection with the recent communal unrest in Dhubri
district. Addressing the media during his second visit to the troubled region
in just ten days, Sarma also announced that the alleged mastermind behind the
violence has been identified.
In a series of joint operations in Manipur, the
Army and other central and state security forces have arrested 17 extremists of
different outfits and recovered 24 different types of arms, a large cache of
ammunition and other war-like stores from eight districts, officials said on
Tuesday.
Punjab Vigilance
Bureau has arrested Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Minister, Mr. Bikram
Singh Majithia, in a disproportionate assets case, from his Amritsar
residence.
MISHAPS: -
Pakistani Major
Moiz Abbas Shah, who was involved in the 2019 capture of Indian pilot
Abhinandan Varthaman, was one of two personnel killed in a clash with
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region.
Two persons died
while about 20 were feared swept away as cloudburst, flash floods and heavy
rain wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday.
Two bodies were
recovered from the Manuni Khad in Kangra district while around 15-20 workers
stationed at a labour colony near the Indira Priyadarshini Hydroelectric
project site were feared swept away.
ENVIRONMENTAL: -
The India
Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts widespread showers likely across
India over next 5 days.
The Kerala High
Court on Tuesday banned the use of water bottles of capacity below five litres,
soft drink bottles of capacity lower than 2 litres, straws, plates, cups, and
cutlery (all made of single-use plastic) at all government functions and
private gatherings. These plastic materials are also banned at all wedding
auditoriums, hotels and restaurants. FINE—What about
at AIRPORTS, and AIRLINES during flight??
GAMES & SPORTS: --
India’s golden boy
of athletics, Neeraj Chopra, continued his dominant form in the 2025 athletics
season by winning the men’s javelin throw title at the prestigious Ostrava
Golden Spike meet held in the Czech Republic on June 25, 2025.
DAS KAPITAL:
SHARE MARKET: -
THERE COULD BE MONDAY BLUES!
*BSE
SENSEX* 82,755.51 +700.40 (0.85%)
*NIFTY* 25,244.75
+200.40 (0.80%)
Currency Exchange
Rates:
*USD*: ₹ 85/-*GBP*:
₹115/-*Euro*: ₹ 96/-
* Yuan ¥*: ₹
12/- *UAE Dirham*: ₹ 23/-
*Pak Rupee*: ₹
0.30/- *Bhutan ngultrum*: ₹ 1.00/-
*B’desh’s Taka**: ₹
0.70/- *Sri Lanka Rupee*: ₹ 0.28/-
*Nepal Rupee*: ₹
0.62/- *Maldives Rufiyaa*: ₹ 0.17/-
BULLIONS:
*GOLD*: ₹ 100,700/
10gm (24 krt)
*SILVER*: ₹
1,10,000/KG
WHAT IS NEXT:
Ø
Today, the annual assembly of the Organization
of American States begins in Antigua and Barbuda.
Ø
Today, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi
Noem holds meetings in Costa Rica.
Ø
Today, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee
holds a hearing in Washington on the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
Ø Tomorrow,
a two-day EU summit on security issues begins in Brussels.
THE END.
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