Latest current affairs of the Day for 16th July 2025
- India observes AI Appreciation Day on 16th July.
- India’s first Aqua Tech Park inaugurated in Assam’ Sonapur.
- Sanjay Kaul appointed as MD & CEO of GIFT City.
- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked schools to establish Oil Boards to promote a healthy lifestyle among students.
- Karnataka Forest Department has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Science for landscape-level Conservation of Asian Elephants by reducing animal human conflicts. Karnataka with around 6400 elephants, is the most critical elephant range in Asia.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its HIV prevention guidelines in 2025. It now recommends lenacapavir, a new long-acting antiretroviral, for people at high risk and areas with high HIV infection rates. This announcement was made at the 13th International AIDS Society Conference in Kigali, Rwanda.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concerns over the continued violence in the Druze-majority area in Suweida governorate in Syria.
- US President Donald Trump announced a new trade agreement with Indonesia, lowering proposed tariffs on Indonesian goods to 19 percent in exchange for full access for American firms. Indonesia, in turn, will buy 15 billion dollars in US energy, 4.5 billion dollars in agricultural goods, and 50 Boeing jets.
- Indian women’s hockey forward Deepika has won the Poligras Magic Skill Award 2024-25 for her spectacular solo goal against the world No. 1 Netherlands in the FIH Hockey Pro League. The award, decided by a global fan vote held from July 4 to 13, celebrates moments of individual brilliance in hockey.