DAILY GK 3-4 JUNE 2025
1. NSO
RELEASES ‘ENVISTATS INDIA 2025
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The
National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), has released the 8th edition
of the publication titled “EnviStats India 2025: Environment
Statistics” in New Delhi
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Thermal Power Generation has increased from 7,92,053 Gigawatt-hour
(GWh) to 13,26,549 GWh
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Electricity generation from renewable
energy sources has increased
from 65520 GWh to 2,25,835 GWh
during 2013-14 to 2023-24.
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Inland fish production has increased from 61.36 lakh tonnes
to 139.07 lakh tonnes during 2013-14 to 2023-24,
indicating inland aquaculture and freshwater fisheries.
2.
TOP PERFORMING STATES IN
ADULT LITERACY
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Tamil
Nadu (TN), Tripura, and Delhi have
emerged as top performers in adult literacy
certification, according to the latest data from the Foundational Literacy and
Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT),
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TN achieved a 100% success
rate, certifying all 5,09,694 learners who appeared for the test.
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Delhi closely followed with a 99.3% success rate,
certifying 7,901 out of 7,959 candidates.
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Tripura secured a 98.1% success rate, certifying
13,909 of 14,179 learners.
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In contrast, states like Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and Himachal Pradesh(HP)
showed comparatively lower certification rates Uttarakhand – 85.7% certification
rate, Gujarat - 87.1%,HP - 88.3%
3.
POPULATION CENSUS 2027
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The
Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) announced that the upcoming Population Census
2027, India’s 16th decennial census,
will be conducted in two phases, and
will also include the enumeration of
castes.
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The
census will be conducted in two phases:
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Phase I –
House Listing and Housing Census
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Phase II
– Population Enumeration
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The 2027
census will be India’s first digital
census, utilizing mobile applications and online platforms to enhance
efficiency and accuracy.
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India conducted its first synchronous Census
in 1881.
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Since
then, 15 Censuses have been conducted, with the last successful one held in
2011.
4.
78TH WORLD HEALTH
ASSEMBLY
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The 78th
World Health Assembly (WHA78) concluded in Geneva(Switzerland) , marking a
pivotal moment in global health governance.
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During
the plenary session of WHA 78, the member states of WHO formally adopted the
world’s 1st agreement related to pandemic, WHO
Pandemic Agreement, culminating over three years of intensive
negotiations launched by the governments in response to the devastating impacts
of the COVI-19 pandemic.
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DG of WHO
Dr.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus conferred the DG’s Award for Global Health 2025
to Professor Awa Marie CollSeck (Senegal) and Professor
Sir Brian Mellor Greenwood (the United Kingdom)
5.
PRESIDENCY OF UN-HABITAT
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
were jointly elected to lead the United Nations Human Settlements
Programme (UN-Habitat) General Assembly for the 2025–2029 term.
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This
co-presidency was unanimously approved by all 193 UN member states during the Assembly’s session held in Nairobi,
Kenya.
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The UN-Habitat Assembly, convening every four years, is the UN’s
highest decision-making body on sustainable urbanization and human settlements.
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Based in
Nairobi, Kenya, the UN-Habitat Assembly was founded in 1975 and was upgraded to
a full programme by the United Nations General Assembly in 2001.
6.
WORLD’S LARGEST CREDITOR
NATION
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Germany surpassed Japan as the world’s
largest creditor nation in 2024 for the first time in 34
years (since 1991).
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China retained third place with 516.28
trillion JPY(USD 3.3 trillion) in NEA, followed by Hong
Kong with JPY 320.26 trillion and Norway with JPY 271.83 trillion.
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As of the
end of 2024, the United States of America (USA) remains
the world’s largest net debtor nation, with a Net
International Investment Position (NIIP) of USD 26.23 trillion.
7.
NICARAGUA ACCEPT AGREEMENT
ON FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General (DG) of World Trade
Organization (WTO), received Nicaragua’s instrument of acceptance of the
Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies from Rosalia Bohorquez
Palacios, Nicaragua’s WTO Ambassador, during a ceremonial
handover in Geneva Switzerland.
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With this
milestone, the WTO is poised to roll out the Fisheries Funding Mechanism,
commonly referred to as the WTO Fish Fund.
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The
agreement bans subsidies that support Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated
(IUU) fishing, activities in unregulated high seas beyond national
jurisdictions, and fishing of overexploited stocks.
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The WTO’s
13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) is set to take place in February 2026 in Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates(UAE).
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The WTO is an organization that negotiates trade agreements amongst member
countries, settles trade disputes, and develops trade rules.
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It is the
successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade (GATT).
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Director-General(DG) –
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
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Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
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Founded – 1 January 1995
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Members – 166
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Nicaragua
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Capital – Managua
8.
INDIA WINS PRESIDENCY
OF IIAS FOR 2025-28
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India won the presidency of Brussels (Belgium)
based International Institute of
Administrative Sciences (IIAS) for the term 2025–2028
during the Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting
in Brussels.
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India received 87 out of 141 votes (61.7%), defeating Austria, which secured 54
votes.
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This
marks the first time in the institute’s
nearly 100-year history that India
will hold this prestigious position.
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V. Srinivas, Secretary of the Department of
Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), has been elected as the President of
the Council of Administration of the IIAS.
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India
hosted the IIAS General Assembly meeting in New Delhi in February 2025.
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IIAS is an international Non-Profit
Organization(NPO) functioning as a federation of member states, national
sections, and academic research institutions, collaboratively developing public
governance solutions to address contemporary policy challenges.
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It is a
Federation of 31 Member Countries, 20 National
Sections and 15 Academic Research Centres.
9.
NON PERMANENT MEMBERS OF
UNSC FOR 2026–2027
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The United
Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected five countries: Bahrain,
Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Latvia, and Liberia,
as non-permanent members to the 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC),
New York, for a two-year term starting
from 1st January 2026 to 31st December 2027.
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These
countries will replace Algeria, Guyana,
Sierra Leone, South Korea, and Slovenia.
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India has held a non-permanent seat on the UNSC eight times.
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It has
also put forward its candidature for the 2028–2029 term.
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The
following votes were secured by each elected country, Bahrain (186 votes),
Democratic Republic of the Congo (183 votes), Liberia (181 votes), Colombia
(180 votes) and Latvia (178 votes).
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The five
elected countries will join the current non-permanent members selected in
2024: Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia, who
will serve on the Council through 2026.
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The UNSC, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations
(UN), is responsible for maintaining international peace and security.
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The UNSC comprises 15
members
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5 permanent members with
veto power: China,
France, Russian, the United Kingdom , and the USA.
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10 non-permanent members: Elected for two-year staggered terms by
the UNGA.
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Elections are held annually, and candidates must secure at least two-thirds majority (minimum 128
votes) in the 193-member General Assembly, even if uncontested.
10.
UNESCO’S GLOBAL EDUCATION MONITORING (GEM) REPORT
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Paris
based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) published
its latest “Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report for 2024/5:
Leadership in education- Lead for Learning”.
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The
report highlighted that boys continue to
lag behind girls in reading proficiency across the world.
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It
further revealed that on average, only 87 boys attain
the minimum proficiency level for every 100 girls.
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However,
this gap is wider in Middle-Income Countries (MICs), where only 72
boys meet reading standards per 100 girls.
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As per the
report, 73% of children in
developing countries are unable to read
and comprehend a simple text by age
10,
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Women account 57% of secondary school teachers worldwide, but in most countries, the
share of female principals lags the share of female teachers by at least 20
basis points (bps).
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27% of education ministers globally were
women, between 2010 and
2023.
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In India, 60% of
elementary teachers are women.
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Women representation decline sharply in
leadership positions,
particularly at secondary and tertiary levels.
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Only 5% of women held top academic positions
such as vice-chancellors or directors and 2% as registrars in 189
institutions in 2021.
