June 29, 2025
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for Education, Jayant Chaudharybon unveiled a report titled “Skills for the Future: Transforming Indias Workforce Landscape” in New Delhi on 27 June 2025.
Dr. Shalini Mullick was announced the inaugural winner of the IGF Archer Amish Award for Storytellers, presented in partnership with The House of Abhinandan Lodha, at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre. U.K Minister for Culture Lisa Nandy presents $25,000 award to Dr. Shalini Mullick for her novel The Way Home.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have jointly announced the launch of the Anderson Tendulkar Trophy, a prestigious honour that will now be awarded to the winner of every Test series between India and England on 19 June 2025.
A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding was signed in New Delhi between the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), and the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on 18 June 2025. The MoU aims to promote inclusive education for persons with disabilities.
India has secured a prestigious position in global animal health with the designation of the ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) in Bhopal as a Category A Rinderpest Holding Facility (RHF) by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in collaboration with Shell India, launched a Green Skills and Electric Vehicles (EV) training program aimed at equipping students and faculty with future-ready capabilities in green energy and e-mobility.
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together on strengthening cyber security and resilience in Indias fast-growing digital payments ecosystem, including UPI.
World Accreditation Day is observed every year on June 9 to raise awareness about the value and benefits of accreditation in ensuring competence, reliability, and credibility in industries such as healthcare, laboratories, certification bodies, and conformity assessment services.
Digital India Bhashini Division (DIBD) and the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development and deployment of multilingual artificial intelligence solutions across key public-facing railway platforms on 9 June 2025.
India won the Presidency of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS). IIAS is a federation of 31 member countries, 20 national sections, and 15 academic research centres jointly collaborating on scientific research in public administration.
The Department of Posts under the Ministry of Communications has unveiled the policy document for DHRUVA (Digital Hub for Reference and Unique Virtual Address), a landmark initiative aimed at building a national-level Digital Address Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
According to the Trends Artificial Intelligence report, Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Industries is the only Indian firm to have made it to the listing of top 30 publicly traded global technology companies, that delves into the rapid global adoption and transformative impact of AI technologies.
According to data released by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), transactions on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) reached a new milestone in May 2025, touching 18.68 billion in volume and Rs. 25,14,000 crore (US$ 294.21 billion) in value.
Indias gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection for May 2025 stood at Rs.2.01 lakh crore, registering a 16.4 percent increase over the Rs.1.72 lakh crore collected in May 2024, data released by the Ministry of Finance on 1 June 2025.
