________________________ *TODAYS TOP CURRENT AFFAIRS* --------------------------------------- 1. *Under the initiative of Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam:* Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that Delhi government has set a target of planting 70 lakh trees this season to improve the city’s environment. 2. Good news for train passengers. The experience of travelling in trains in Indian Railways is going to change. Railway passengers will soon be able to enjoy travelling in semi high speed Vande Bharat train (sleeper) equipped with world class facilities. In the current financial year, the government has set a target of running 30 Vande Bharat sleeper trains. The first train will start running on the tracks by the end of July. Speed will be 160 kmph. 3. Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting & Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. L. Murugan, will inaugurate the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. 4. Many districts of Rajasthan are in the grip of severe heat and heat wave. Yesterday, the maximum temperature was recorded above 45 degrees Celsius in more than seven districts. The highest temperature of 47.4 degrees Celsius was recorded in Sri Ganganaga. 5. Union Minister Chirag Paswan said that he is pursuing politics to make Bihar a developed state. Addressing a party rally in Arrah in Bhojpur district in Bihar, Mr. Paswan said he is working with the objective of “Bihar First, Bihari First”. 6. Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Sunday (June 8, 2025) held a security review meeting with senior officials in the wake of violent protests across the state over the arrests of Meitei outfit leaders. 7. Former President Ram Nath Kovind has praised Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya as a rare leader without any foes or rivals in public life. Speaking after releasing Dattatreya’s autobiography in Telugu, ‘Prajala Kathe, Naa Atma Katha’ (story of people is my story), he said Dattatreya is a personality who is a friend to all. Leaders cutting across political lines. 8. Three Congress legislators, G Vivek Venkata Swamy, A. Laxman Kumar and V Srihari have been sworn-in as ministers in the Telangana State Cabinet. 9. PM Modi has paid tribute to great hero of the freedom struggle Bhagwan Birsa Munda on the occasion of his Martyr’s Day yesterday. 10. Indian Railways to install automatic door-closing system on all new coaches of Mumbai’s suburban rail network. 11. Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik took to X to say that he is critically ill and has been shifted to the ICU due to his kidney problems. He said that he wants the nation to know the truth about the government, in case something were to happen to him. 12. The India Meteorological Department has forecast heat wave conditions at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. According to IMD, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha, Punjab, West Madhya Pradesh, West Rajasthan, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, and Interior Karnataka can experience thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds. --------------------------------------- *LEGAL REPORT* --------------------------------------- 1. Drugs and cash of around Rs 55.52 crore seized in Manipur; five arrested: Indian security and enforcement agencies seized contraband valued at over ₹55.52 crore during a meticulously executed joint operation codenamed Operation White Veil. 2. Delhi Police has arrested 66 Bangladeshi citizens living illegally in the National capital’s Wazirpur and New Sabzi Mandi areas. All arrested illegal citizens are members of eleven families. 3. Senior IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash, who was among the five officers suspended by the Karnataka government following the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede incident, has approached the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) challenging the state's order. The June 4 incident claimed 11 lives, while 56 people were injured. 4. The Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI has arrested a member of Arambai Tenggol at Imphal Airport yesterday. He was involved in various criminal activities related to Manipur violence in 2023. CBI is investigating Manipur violence cases as per the direction of the Supreme Court. 5. Kolkata police on Monday evening arrested Wazahat Khan, who had lodged a complaint against social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli for allegedly uploading a video with communal comments. 6. Raja Raghuvanshi Case: Missing Indian bride arrested for allegedly murdering husband on honeymoon. Police allege that Sonam Raghuvanshi, 25, hired killers to murder her 30-year-old husband Raja during their trip to the tiny north-eastern state of Meghalaya. Four men have also been arrested. The newly-wed couple from Indore city in the central state of Madhya Pradesh had chosen Meghalaya for their honeymoon. The couple had married on 11 May in Indore. Sonam's father Devi Singh has defended his daughter saying "she is innocent and she cannot do this". ------- *MISHAPS*------------ Assam’s flood situation showed further improvement. Over 2 lakh 50 thousand people are still reeling under the deluge in 11 districts at around 740 villages. --------------------------------------- *FINANCE* --------------------------------------- *INDIAN RUPEE VALUE* *USD* ₹ 85 (Approx) 💷 *GBP* ₹115(Approx) € *Euro* : ₹ 96 Approx) *🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥* : ₹ 12 🇦🇪 *UAE Dirham* : ₹ 23 🇵🇰 *Pak Rupee* : ₹ 0.30 🇧🇹 *Bhutan ngultrum* : ₹ 1.00 🇧🇩 *B'desh Taka** : ₹ 0.70 🇱🇰 *Sri Lanka Rupee* : ₹ 0.28 🇳🇵 *Nepal Rupee* : ₹ 0.62 🇲🇻 *Maldives Rufiya* : ₹ 5.52 --------------------------------------- *BSE SENSEX* 82,445.21 +256.22 (0.31%)🌲 *NIFTY* 25,103.20 +100.15 (0.40%)🌲 --------------------------------------- *Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai* *GOLD* : ₹ 97,700/ 10gm (24 krt) *SILVER* : ₹ 1,08,100/KG 1. General Electric (GE) is actively competing for a pivotal contract to manufacture engines for the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), India’s ambitious fifth-generation stealth fighter program. 2. India has launched an ambitious initiative to develop its own 2-nanometre (2nm) graphics processing unit (GPU) by 2030, aiming to match the technological prowess of global leader Nvidia and reduce the country's dependence on foreign semiconductor technology for critical artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.The project is spearheaded by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Bangalore. 3. Digital India Bhashini Division (DIBD) and the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development and deployment of multilingual artificial intelligence solutions across key public-facing railway platforms. --------------------------------------- *ENTERTAINMENT NEWS* --------------------------------------- 1. *HOUSEFULL 5 Movie* It was released in two distinct versions — Housefull 5A and Housefull 5B, each with different climaxes. Housefull 5 stars Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonam Bajwa, Nargis Fakhri, and Soundarya Sharma in lead roles. Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Chunky Panday, Johnny Lever, Shreyas Talpade, Dino Morea, Ranjit, Nikitin Dheer, Chitrangda Singh and Fardeen Khan are the other cast members. 2. Dulquer Salmaan launches Malayalam cinema’s first superhero universe with Lokah – Chapter One: Chandra. 3. Nandamuri Balakrishna’s new film AKHANDA 2 is scheduled for a grand release during the Dusshera occasion. The team officially confirmed the release date as September 25th and released a special teaser from the movie to mark the occasion of Balakrishna’s birthday today. 4. The Madras High Court has directed Actor Vishal to pay Rs. 30 Crore due to entertainment company Lyca Productions. Decreeing a suit filed by Lyca, Justice PT Asha also remarked that Vishal's conduct had been evasive from the beginning of the suit. Thus, the court noted that it was a case where cost could be imposed on Vishal. --------------------------------------- *DEFENCE News* --------------------------------------- 1. The Indian Army is set for a significant upgrade in its air defence capabilities with an imminent acquisition of three regiments of the indigenous Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) system, valued at approximately ₹30,000 crore. This procurement, expected to be cleared soon by the Defence Ministry. 2. Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, who Pakistan contacted for a ceasefire during India’s strikes on Pakistani airbases in Operation Sindoor, has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy). Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai will continue to serve in his current role as Director General of Military Operations (DGMO). The DGMOs are senior officials of Indian Army, usually of the rank of Lieutenant General, responsible for overseeing all military operations in India and along its borders. 3. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is poised for a significant leap in its operational capabilities as the Defence Ministry prepares to approve a ₹10,000 crore project for acquiring state-of-the-art I-STAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance) aircraft.This initiative, expected to receive high-level clearance later this month, comes amid heightened military activity under Operation Sindoor against Pakistan. 4. Reliance Infrastructure is making a decisive move to strengthen its presence in India's defence sector by targeting the lucrative military aircraft upgrade market, with a projected opportunity of ₹5,000 crore over the next 7–10 years. This initiative marks Reliance Infrastructure as the first private sector company in India to independently execute a comprehensive aircraft upgrade program without being the original manufacturer. 5. The Kargil conflict commemoration this year will feature a new initiative. The Army will send representatives to the homes of each of the 545 armed forces personnel who lost their lives in the conflict. This outreach programme, starting this week, aims to felicitate the families of the war heroes at their residences. --------------------------------------- ✈ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS* --------------------------------------- 1. India and Namibia have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral defence ties during the official visit of Air Vice Marshal Teofilus Shaende, Commander of the Namibian Air Force, to India from June 8 to 13, 2025. 2. The Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), set for launch on 10 June 2025, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, represents a landmark in international spaceflight, marking the return of India, Poland, and Hungary to human spaceflight after more than four decades.The mission is spearheaded by Axiom Space in partnership with SpaceX, utilizing the Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket. 3. India is set to mark a major milestone in its space exploration journey with the upcoming Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission to the International Space Station (ISS), featuring Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla as the nation’s Gaganyaatri. This mission, conducted in partnership with NASA and Axiom Space, represents India’s return to human spaceflight after more than four decades. 4. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar commenced the Belgium leg of his official visit to Europe on Monday, June 9, 2025, by meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot. The discussions were comprehensive, centring on strengthening bilateral ties and reinforcing cooperation in countering terrorism. 5. Bangladesh's Chief Advisor, Muhammad Yunus, has warmly acknowledged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's greetings on Eid al-Adha, emphasizing the enduring spirit of mutual respect and understanding that shapes India-Bangladesh relations. In a letter dated June 6, Yunus expressed deep appreciation for PM Modi's thoughtful message. --------------------------------------- 🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍 --------------------------------------- 1. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant group active in Pakistan-administered Balochistan, has claimed responsibility for a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) attack that killed Muhammad Ameen, a prominent member of an alleged Pakistani army-backed "killing squad," along with his son, Naveed Ameen. 2. US. President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles on June 7, 2025, marked a significant and controversial escalation in response to widespread protests against recent federal immigration raids. 3. On June 9, 2025, an explosion occurred near the US military's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, injuring four members of the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (SDF) who were working at a depot within the base's munitions storage area. 4. China’s reported decision to deliver 30 J-35A fifth-generation stealth fighter jets to Pakistan at a 50% discount by August 2025 has ignited a storm of criticism across Chinese social media, with citizens openly questioning both the financial rationale and strategic wisdom of the move. 5. A Singapore cargo ship en route from Colombo to Mumbai caught fire near the coast of Kozhikode. Of the 22 crew members on board the vessel, named Wan Hai 503, four are missing. Eighteen crew members who jumped into the sea have been rescued. --------------------------------------- 🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS* --------------------------------------- 1. In 🏒Hockey, the Indian Junior Women’s Team edged past Belgium with a 3-2 victory at the Hockey Centre of Excellence, Wilrijkse Plein in Antwerp, Belgium. It was India’s first match of their European. 2. In 🎾tennis, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz defends crown after beating Jannik Sinner in longest-ever French Open final with stunning 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 points. -------------------------------------- 🇮🇳 *FACTS ABOUT BHARAT* 🇮🇳 =======================  Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a key part in the events immediately preceding the outbreak of the First Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was a sepoy in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry regiment of the British East India Company. In 1984, the Indian government issued a postage stamp to remember him.  The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself =======================