DAILY GK 26-27 JUNE 2025
1.
BRAND FINANCE INDIA 100 RANKING 2025
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London based Brand Finance,
an independent brand valuation consultancy, released the India 100
Ranking 2025, highlighting total brand value of India’s top 100 brands
has surged to USD 236.5 billion.
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Tata Group retained its 1st
rank, becoming the first Indian brand to surpass USD 30 billion.
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Infosys Limited came in 2nd
place, HDFC Group ranked 3rd.
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Top
10 include State Bank of India (SBI) at
6th, HCL Technologies Limited (HCLTech) at 7th, Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel) at 8th, Larsen & Toubro
Limited (L&T) at 9th, and Mahindra Group at 10th position.
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Taj Hotels, for the 4th consecutive year, holds the title of the strongest
Indian brand .
2.
NASA’S SPACE PROBE VOYAGER1 HITS A ‘WALL OF FIRE’
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Voyager 1, the 48-year-old
spacecraft launched by NASA, made a significant discovery far beyond Pluto, a
shell of superheated plasma dubbed
the “Wall of Fire.”
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Located near the heliopause, this
region marks the outer boundary of the
heliosphere, the Sun’s protective bubble, and the start of interstellar
space.
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From a distance of nearly 24 billion
kilometres(km), Voyager 1 confirmed the presence of this thin, high-temperature
layer where plasma is heated to between 30,000 to 50,000 Kelvin
(K).
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Although Voyager 1’s plasma detector
failed, its cosmic ray sensor and magnetometer helped detect the boundary
through changes such as a drop in solar wind particles, a rise in cosmic rays,
and twisted magnetic fields.
3.
ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE FOR TITANS SPACE MISSION
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Dangeti Jahnavi from
Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh (AP) has been selected as an Astronaut
Candidate (ASCAN) for the space mission of the
Florida, USA based Titan Space
Industries (TSI), a private agency engaged in space
research.
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Dangeti Jahnavi is the first
Indian selected for TSI’s
orbital mission to the Orbital Port Space Station, scheduled for launch in 2029.
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She has
also become the first first Indian to successfully complete Washington (USA) based
National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)’s International Air and
Space Program(IASP).
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The TSI,
formerly known as EarthLoop Orbital Cruise, is a commercial spaceflight
initiative aimed at democratizing access to low-earth orbit.
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The mission will be led by NASA Astronaut
Colonel (Retired) William Mc. Arthur Jr, Chief
Astronaut, TSI.
4.
AX-4 MISSION TO ISS
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USA based Axiom Space,
in collaboration with the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Space Exploration
Technologies Corporation (SpaceX),
launched its fourth private mission, Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4),
to the International Space Station (ISS).
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The crew lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon
9 rocket, which propelled the new Dragon spacecraft named ‘Grace’
into orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida,
USA.
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The crew members are Peggy Whitson (USA), Subhanshu
Shukla (India), Sławosz
Uznański-Wiśniewski (Poland) and Tibor
Kapu (Hungary).
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This mission marks the first ISS visits by
astronauts from India, Poland, and
Hungary, and their second
government-sponsored human spaceflights in over 40 years.
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The Ax-4 mission will last for 14 days,
during which the crew will stay aboard the ISS.
5.
ICG INDUCTED 1ST FPV ‘ADAMYA’
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Indian Coast Guard (ICG)
inducted Yard 1271 ‘Adamya‘, the first Fast Patrol Vessel
(FPV) under the 08 FPV Project, at Vasco da Gama (Goa)-based Goa Shipyard
Limited (GSL)
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FPVs
are high-speed, agile maritime platforms used by the ICG for coastal surveillance and patrolling,
equipped with advanced navigation, communication, and surveillance systems for
rapid maritime response.
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It is the first ship in its class within
the ICG fleet to be equipped with Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPPs)
and indigenously developed gearboxes.
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The 08 FPV Project aims to construct eight
FPVs for the ICG, with Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) as the builder.
6.
PARIS DIAMOND LEAGUE 2025
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Neeraj Chopra, won the Paris
Diamond League 2025 title with a throw of 88.16 metres (m) on his first attempt in Paris, France.
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German thrower Julian Weber (World
No.3) finished second with an
opening throw of 87.88 m, while
Brazil’s Luiz Mauricio da Silva finished third with
86.62 m, setting a new South American record.
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Anderson Peters of Grenada, the World No.
1, came fifth with 80.29 m.
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The Paris leg was the eighth event
out of 15 meetings in the DL 2025 season, which will conclude with a two-day
final in Zurich, Switzerland, in August 2025.
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World
Athletics, earlier known as the International Amateur Athletic
Federation (IAAF) and later as the International Association of Athletics
Federations, officially adopted its present name and logo in October 2019 as
part of a rebranding initiative.
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Headquarters – Monaco.
7.
ARCHERY ASIA CUP 2025 STAGE 2
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The Archery Asia Cup 2025
Stage 2, organized by World Archery Asia (WAA), was held in Singapore.
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Indian contingent secured a total of nine medals (2 gold, 6 silver, and 1 bronze),
which placed India at the top of the
medal tally.
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India outperformed Indonesia (5
medals) and Kazakhstan (3 medals) to lead the
standings.
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The event witnessed participation from
over 200 archers representing 21 countries.
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Kushal Dalal won gold in
the Men’s Individual Compound event.
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Tejal Rajendra Salve clinched
gold in the Women’s Individual Compound.
8.
OSTRAVA GOLDEN SPIKE 2025
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Indian
javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the Men’s Javelin
title with a best of 85.29 metres (m),
in his maiden appearance at the 64th Ostrava Golden Spike
Meet in Czech Republic.
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Douw Smit of South Africa
(SA) finished second with a best
throw of 84.12 m, while Anderson Peters (Grenada),
secured the third place with an
83.63m throw in his first attempt.
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He
is the first Indian athlete to win an
Olympic gold medal in athletics, which he achieved at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in 2021) with a throw of 87.58 metres.
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He
also won silver medal at the 2024 Paris
Olympics, held in France.
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He
is the first Indian to cross the
90-metre mark, achieving 90.23
metres at the Doha Diamond League 2025.
9.
2ND ASIAN SQUASH DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
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India won three
gold medals in the categories of men’s doubles,
women’s doubles, and mixed doubles at
the 2nd edition of the Asian Squash Doubles Championships 2025,
held in Kuching, Malaysia, marking
India’s first-ever clean sweep in both Asian and World Doubles Squash
Championships.
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The 2nd Asian Squash Doubles Championships
2025 was organized by the Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)-based Asian Squash Federation
(ASF).
10.
UZCHESS CUP MASTERS 2025
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Indian Chess Grandmaster (GM) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won
the 2nd UzChess Cup Masters title at
Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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With this win, his live elo rating
increased to 2778.3, elevating him as India’s No:1 chess player and World No: 4.
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The 19-year-old GM defeated Nodirbek Abdusattorov of
Uzbekistan .
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GM Magnus Carlsen (2839.2) remains world
No:1, followed by GM Hikaru Nakamura (2807.0) and GM Fabiano Caruana (2784.2).
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Sindarov,
Javokhir of Uzbekistan secured 2nd rank.
