Top Current Affair of the Day for 15 June 2025
- Father’s Day is observed every year on the third Sunday of June. In 2025, Father’s Day falls on June 15. While countries like India, the United States, and the UK celebrate it in June, others, such as Italy, Spain, Croatia, and Portugal, commemorate Father’s Day on March 19, aligning with Saint Joseph’s Day.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) marked a significant milestone by successfully conducting its first-ever rocket launch from Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday. This event, carried out in collaboration with Thrust Tech India Limited, represents the inaugural instance of a payload being launched via rocket from the soil of Uttar Pradesh.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah has reiterated that India will be completely free from Naxalism by March 31, 2026. Addressing the UP Police appointment letter distribution ceremony of newly recruited 60,244 constables in Lucknow.
- In the wake of a tragic helicopter crash near Gaurikund in Uttarakhand, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to enforce strict safety protocols for helicopter operations in sensitive areas like Kedarnath Valley.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Cyprus on the first leg of his three-nation tour. He was warmly received at Larnaka International Airport by Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides – marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the country in over two decades.
- The US Army celebrated its 250th anniversary with a festival and parade in Washington, DC on Saturday.
- India’s Yajik Hillang won Gold medal at the 15th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships 2025 at Thimphu in Bhutan. She secured 1st position in the Women’s Model Physique upto 155 cm event.
- South Africa have clinched their first ICC title in 27 years, beating Australia to win the World Test Championship (WTC) final 2025 at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London.
- In Table Tennis, India Finish Runners-Up at WTT Contender Skopje 2025. India’s Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah lost to the second-seeded South Korean pair of Lim Jonghoon and Oh Junsung in the final of the men’s doubles of WTT Contender Skopje 2025 at North Macedonia. The Indian duo went down to the South Korean pair 9-11, 7-11, 9-11 in straight sets.
- Indian men’s hockey team lost 3-2 to Australia in its FIH Pro League 2024-25 match at the Sportcentrum Wilrijkse Plein in Antwerp, Belgium. This was the sixth successive loss for India in the European leg of the FIH Pro League.