Top News based important current Affair of the Day 17th June 2025
- Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri has said more than 10 crore 33 lakh free LPG connections have been distributed across the country under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
- Amitabh Kant has stepped down as India’s G20 Sherpa, ending a 45-year career in government service. The former NITI Aayog CEO, who represented India at the G20 since 2022 . He played a key role during its 2023 presidency, announced on social media that he will now engage with startups, think tanks, and academic institutions in a personal capacity.
- The Government of India has launched the DhartiAaba Janbhagidari Abhiyan, a massive tribal empowerment drive aimed at delivering welfare benefits to nearly one lakh tribal villages. This largest-ever saturation campaign, spearheaded by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
- On World Crocodile Day (June 17, 2025), India celebrates the 50th anniversary of its pioneering Crocodile Conservation Project (CCP), which began in 1975 at Bhitarkanika National Park, Odisha. This milestone highlights India’s successful journey in conserving all three native crocodilian species, including the critically endangered Gharial.
- Tata Consultancy Services has entered into a strategic collaboration with the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), aiming to modernise the bank’s transaction reconciliation process. By integrating for Reconciliations, the partnership will use automation and AI to simplify operations.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the G-7 Summit at Kananaskis, Canada.
- India has achieved milestone in global animal health. The ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) in Bhopal has been designated as a Category A Rinderpest Holding Facility (RHF). This recognition was announced during the 92nd General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) held in Paris on 29th May 2025.
- Malaysian state agency Sawit Kinabalu Group said on Tuesday it has supplied 1.5 million palm oil seeds to Indian consumer goods firm Patanjali Group as part of a five-year contract ending in 2027.
- NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are set to launch the $1.5 billion NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth observation satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, in July 2025.
- Mali’s Council of Ministers adopted a controversial bill granting the head of the military junta, General Assimi Goïta, an additional five years in power.
- In the ICC Women’s ODI batting rankings, India’s Smriti Mandhana has regained the No. 1 position for the first time since November 2019. The 28-year-old rose to the top with 727 rating points, overtaking South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt, who dropped to joint-second with England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt.
- Indian tennis ace Ankita Raina partnered with France’s Alice Robbe to claim the doubles title at the $40,000 ITF Women’s Tournament in Guimaraes, Portugal, on June 15, 2025. The fourth seeded duo has staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Japanese third seeds Hiromi Abe and Kanako Morisaki 1-6, 6-4, [10-8] in a thrilling final.