Top Current Affairs of the day for 22nd June 2025
- The Punjab cabinet on Saturday decided to appoint the chief secretary as the chairman of all local development boards in the state. The CM will effectively transferring this responsibility from the chief minister who traditionally held this role.
- IGNOU Degree Not Required To Have Equivalence Certificate From State University as direction of Kerala High Court. If courses offered by Central Universities are required to have equivalence certificate from State Universities, it will be the end of education system, the Court said.
- INS Nilgiri arrived at Vishakhapatnam which is the first of the indigenously built Project 17A stealth frigates built in Mumbai. INS Nilgiris now makes Visakhapatnam its home port and would be an integral part of the Eastern Sword- Sunrise Fleet. This state-of-the-art warship is driven by its motto as “Adrish Yabalam, Ajeya Shauryam”.
- The Sarhad Shauryathon 2025 was held on Sunday at the historic Kargil War Memorial in Dras of Ladakh . It witness the enthusiastic participation of over 2,5000 athletes from across the country. The event was organized by Indian Army in collaboration with Sarhad Foundation of Pune and the local civil administration of Kargil.
- Twenty-year-old NCC cadet from Meghalaya Rifiness Warjri has created history by becoming the youngest and third woman from the state to conquer the 8,848.86 meter Mount Everest.
- PM Modi spoke with President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian and expressed deep concern at the recent escalations in the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel. The talks came hours after the United Stated inserted itself into Israel’s effort to cripple Iran’s nuclear program by carrying out strikes at three Iranian nuclear facilities including Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
- Three hundred eleven Indians return home from Iran under Operation Sindhu.
Sri Lanka thanks India for evacuating its nationals from Iran under Operation Sindhu. - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Rafael Grossi in a social media post said, the agency will hold an emergency meeting today in light of the urgent situation in Iran.
- Iranian Parliament approves closure of Strait of Hormuz which is a key oil shipping route after US strikes on its nuclear facilities. Final decision to be taken by Iran’s top Security Council.
- Bangladesh, China and Pakistan held an informal trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 9th China-South Asia Exposition and the 6th China-South Asia Cooperation meeting in Kunming.