Top Current Affairs of the day for 15th May 2025
- Government has appointed a team of lawyers led by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta for trial in 26/11 terror attack case where Tahawwur Hussan Rana is an accused.
- The Government has revoked the security clearance of Turkish ground handling firm Celebi Airport Services India Private Limited with immediate effect.
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras Eduardo Enrique Reina Garcia has arrived in New Delhi. He will inaugurate the Embassy of Honduras in New Delhi.
- A much-anticipated round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Türkiye unraveled into confusion . While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Türkiye, Russian President Vladimir Putin dispatched a second-tier team of negotiators. The Russian President has stayed away from a face-to-face meeting with the Ukrainian President in Türkiye.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced he will not attend the upcoming peace talks with Russia in Istanbul. However, Ukraine will send a delegation led by Defence Minister Rustem Umerov to support efforts toward de-escalation.
- Baloch nationalist leaders have declared independence from Pakistan, citing decades of violence, enforced disappearances and human rights violations in the region. Social media was flooded with images of Balochistan’s proposed national flag and maps of an independent Baloch state, as ‘Republic of Balochistan’ trended widely.
- Bangladesh Bank (BB) agreed with the condition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to switch to a market-based exchange regime to get loan confirmation.
- US President Donald Trump met Syria’s interim President and former Islamist rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the summit of the United States and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh. Trump urges Syrian President to normalise relations with Israel.
- Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, famously known as the “world’s poorest president” due to his humble lifestyle, passed away at the age of 89 after battling oesophageal cancer.
- Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria has been awarded the prestigious 2025 World Food Prize for her groundbreaking research on biological nitrogen fixation, a natural process that enables crops to grow with fewer chemical fertilizers.
- The Khelo India Youth Games 2025 concluded in Bihar . Curtains came down on the Games with a colourful and entertaining closing ceremony at the Pataliputra Sports Complex in Patna.
- Maharashtra emerged as the overall champion at the games, garnering 158 medals. Haryana with 117 medals secured second position, Rajasthan took the third place with 60 medals.