News One Liner: 27-June-2025

  1. Secretary DPIIT chaired a PMG meeting on 24 June 2025 to fast‑track resolution of 31 issues across 19 mega projects worth over ₹79,868 crore in Jharkhand, Sikkim, Nagaland, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
  2. The Indian Coast Guard inducted FPV ‘Adamya’ on 26 June 2025 in Goa—the first of eight made by Goa Shipyard Ltd featuring indigenous CPPs and integrated systems.
  3.  Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav chaired the 21st Steering Committee of Project Elephant on 26 June 2025 in Dehradun, stressing local community involvement and releasing reports on elephant‑train collisions and conflict mitigation.
  4. On 26 June 2025, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated India’s first maritime banking onboard facility, enhancing financial services access for merchant shipping personnel.
  5. On 26 June 2025, Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, PSA, released the “**S&T Clusters Annual Report 2024–25” detailing achievements across eight innovation clusters nationwide.
  6. India’s fixed communication services (wired broadband and Fixed Wireless Access) revenue is projected to rise from USD 12.8 billion in 2024 to USD 16.5 billion by 2029, at a 5.2 % CAGR.
  7. Delhi University and UK’s University of Leeds signed an MoU to enhance research collaboration, faculty/student exchange, and support the NEP‑2020 twinning programme.
  8.  Indian drone-maker Raphe mPhibr raised USD 100 million in a Series B funding round led by General Catalyst, becoming the largest private fundraise in India’s drone industry.
  9. Hitachi Energy India secured an order to supply 30 units of 765 kV, 500 MVA single-phase transformers to POWERGRID, boosting ultra-high-voltage grid infrastructure.
  10.  As of March 2025, credit to MSMEs surged to ₹40.4 lakh crore, up 25 % YoY, driven by policy support, financial inclusion and digitalisation.
  11. The RBI’s June Bulletin instructed banks to promptly transmit the 50 bps repo rate cut to borrowers, backed by favorable financial conditions and lower CRR.
  12.  Finance Ministry plans to introduce cheques, credit cards, and higher overdraft facilities in PMJDY 2.0, aiming to deepen financial inclusion and leverage digitisation.
  13.  India Ratings forecasts 13–13.5 % loan growth in FY26, with NBFCs expected to underperform due to tighter lending conditions.
  14. Uttar Pradesh aims to produce 20,000 MW of renewable energy by 2027, announced CM Yogi Adityanath during a green data centre foundation ceremony.
  15. The UK–India FTA is set to increase UK GDP by £4.8 billion annually and expand bilateral trade by £25.5 billion in the long term.
  16. Google unveiled Gemini 2.5, its new “thinking model” – the most advanced AI capable of deep reasoning, top coding performance, and reasoning benchmarks.
  17. Jahnavi Dangeti, a 23‑year‑old Electronics & Communication Engineering graduate from Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh, has been selected as an astronaut candidate for a Titan Space Industries mission to a NASA-linked orbital station in 2029.
  18. Karnataka clinched 41 medals (16 Gold, 11 Silver, 14 Bronze) to top the medal table at the 78th Senior National Aquatic Championships held in Bhubaneswar (22–26 June 2025).
  19. The UN’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was observed on 26 June 2025, under the theme “Torture: a crime against humanity.”
  20. In the 19th Global Peace Index (2025) ranking of 163 countries, Iceland retained the top spot, while India improved to 115th, advancing from 116 the previous year.

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