DAILY GK 5-6 JUNE 2025
1.
INDIA ELECTED TO
UN ECOSOC
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India was elected to the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for
a three-year term from January 1, 2026, to December
31, 2028.
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India was
elected as one of the 18 new member nations to
ECOSOC by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),
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India’s
Permanent Representative to the UN is Parvathaneni Harish
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India received 181 out of 187 valid votes,
showing strong global backing.
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From the Asia-Pacific
group, China (180 votes), Lebanon (183
votes), and Turkmenistan (183 votes) were also
elected.
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ECOSOC Headquarters – New York City
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Established – 1945
2.
NATIONAL FLORENCE
NIGHTINGALE AWARDS 2025
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The
Hon’ble President of India Droupadi Murmu conferred
the National Florence Nightingale Awards
2025 to 15 outstanding nursing professionals.
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The National
Florence Nightingale Awards, instituted by the MoHFW, Government
of India (GoI) in 1973, honor the dedication and
service of nursing professionals.
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Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) was a
British nurse, social
reformer, and statistician, widely regarded as the founder of modern nursing.
3.
MISS WORLD 2025
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Opal Suchata Chuangsri from Thailand was
crowned Miss World 2025 at the 72nd edition of the Miss
World pageant held in Hyderabad, Telangana.
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She made
history by becoming the first woman from Thailand and only the second from
Southeast Asia, after India in 2017, to win the Miss World title.
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The First Runner-up title was awarded
to Hasset Dereje Admassu from
Ethiopia, while Maja Klajda from
Poland was declared the Second
Runner-up.
4.
USISPF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
AWARD
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Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Mumbai based Aditya
Birla Group was honoured with the 2025 Global
Leadership Award by the United States-India Strategic Partnership
Forum (USISPF) at its 8th Annual
Leadership Summit, held in Washington, USA.
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Indian
Origin Arvind Krishna, Chairman,IBM and Toshiaki Higashihara (Japan),
Executive Chairman of Hitachi were also awarded.
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The United
States-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) Global Leadership Award
is an annual honour bestowed by the USISPF to individuals who made outstanding
contributions to strengthening the US-India relationship.
5.
ACI AIR CONNECTIVITY RANKING
2024
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Hong Kong
based Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific &
Middle East (APAC &MID) released its latest ‘Air
Connectivity Ranking 2024’.
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Dubai International Airport
topped (DXB),
the airports in Air Connectivity in 2024.
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It is
followed by China-based Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG); and
Qatar-based Hamad International Airport (DOH), ranked at 2nd and 3rd position
on the list.
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Indira Gandhi International
Airport (IGIA),
located in New Delhi was ranked 10th on the list of hub airports.
6.
CLIMATE
CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX
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In the Climate
Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2025, India secured the 10th position with a score
of 67.99, dropping three places from its 7th rank in
2024.
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The CCPI 2025 left the top three positions vacant
due to the absence of any country
achieving a “very high” overall rating.
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Denmark topped the index at the 4th position.
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It was
followed by the Netherlands(6th) and the United Kingdom (UK)(7th).
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The CCPI has
been published annually since 2005 by three
environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs): Germanwatch (based
in Bonn, Germany), New Climate Institute (based in
Cologne, Germany), and the Climate Action Network (CAN)
International (based in Beirut, Lebanon).
7. NOMADIC
ELEPHANT 2025
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The 17th edition
of Exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT, annual bilateral joint
military exercise between India and
Mongolia commenced in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Mongolia Capital – Ulaanbaatar.
8.
ASIAN ATHLETICS
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025
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India finished second in
the overall medal tally at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships with
a commendable haul of 24 medals - 8 gold,
10 silver, and 6 bronze.
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China topped the standings with 32 medals (19 gold, 9 silver, 4
bronze).
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The Asian Athletics Championships 2025, held in Gumi, South
Korea.
9.
F1 SPANISH GRAND PRIX 2025
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Oscar Piastri, representing UKbased McLaren Racing
Limited, clinched his 5th Formula One Grand Prix
victory of the 2025 season by winning Spanish Grand Prix.
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Lando Norris secured 2nd position.
10.
GLENN MAXWELL & HEINRICH
KLAASEN RETIRES
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Australian
all-rounder Glenn Maxwell announced retirement from
the One Day Internationals (ODIs) cricket, bringing an end to a distinguished
13-year career in the ODI format.
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South
African Wicketkeeper-batter, Heinrich Klaasen, has
announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.
11.
INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2025
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Royal
Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secured their first Indian
Premier League (IPL) title,
defeating Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 runs in
the final at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmadabad.
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Royal
Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder Krunal Pandya awarded player of the match in
the finals and became the first player to win ‘Player of the Match’ award in
two IPL finals, previously for MI in 2017.
12.
SINGAPORE OPEN BADMINTON
2025
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The 2025
Singapore Open (Badminton), officially known as the KFF Singapore
Badminton Open 2025, was in Kallang, Singapore.
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Chen Yufei of China clinched the Women’s
Singles title by defeating her compatriot Wang Zhiyi in the final.
13.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
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Paris
based Paris Saint-Germain(PSG) Football Club won
their first-ever UEFA (Union of European Football
Associations)Champions League (UCL) 2025 title
by defeating Italy based Inter Milan Football Club
(FC) with a historic 5-0 victory in the final held
at Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany.
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This win
marks the largest margin of victory in a Champions League final in the
tournament’s 70-year history (1955–2025).
14.
RBI ANNUAL REPORT 2024-25
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The
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Annual Report 2024-25 has been released and presented
to the Central Government under the Section 53(2) of
the RBI Act,1934.
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The size
of the balance sheet increased by 8.21% to Rs. 76.25 lakh crores as
on March 31,2025.
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A
provision of Rs 44,861.70 crore was made and transferred to the Contingency
Fund.
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The
income for the Financial Year (FY) 2025 increased by 22.77% to Rs 3.38 lakh
crore.
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Expenditure
has also shown an increasing trend, with an increase of 7.76% to Rs 69,714.02
crore in 2024-25.
15.
RBI LAUNCHED ‘CLIMATE RISK
DATA PLATFORM’
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Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) launched ‘Reserve Bank- Climate
Risk Information System (RBI-CRIS)’, a two-pronged data
platform aimed to fix persistent gaps in
climate-related financial information.
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The new
data platform will comprise two parts: a web-based directory listing
various data sources such as meteorological, geo-spatial which will be publicly
accessible in the RBI website.
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A restricted-access
data portal will offer processed, standardized datasets to
regulated Financial Institutions (FIs).
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It aims
to fix and standardize 3 data gaps:
physical risk, transition risk, and carbon emission.
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Indian
FIs faces two main categories of climate risk i.e. physical risk which
arises from natural disasters like: floods, droughts, cyclones, and Tsunamis.
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Another
one is transition risk which stems from shifts in
policy, technology, or market sentiment as the world moves toward a low-carbon
economy.
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RBI comprises 4 Deputy Governors: M.
Rajeshwar Rao, T. Rabi Sankar, Swaminathan J. and Dr. Poonam Gupta.
