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- N Muthamizh Selvi has become the first person from Tamil Nadu to conquer the highest peaks on all seven continents.
- N Jency became Tamil Nadu's first transgender woman to earn a PhD and secure an Assistant Professor position at Loyola College, Chennai.
- The Reserve Bank of India has reduced the overall priority sector lending norms mandate for the small finance banks from 75% to 60% of total credit, effective financial year 2025-26.
- The U.S. has launched Operation Midnight Hammer and is hitting Iran’s key nuclear sites—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—using the stealth bombers and the Tomahawk missiles.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister released two volumes of a book titled Varalaru Koorum Tamil Nattu Kaasugal (Coins that speak Tamil Nadu History) written by Minister for Finance Thangam Thennarasu and the numismatic researcher Mr. Arumuga Sitharaman.
- Writer Vishnu Puram Saravanan has been awarded the Bal Sahitya Puraskar of the Sahitya Akademi for 2025 in the Tamil language category for his children’s novel Otrai Siragu Oviya.
- The Sahitya Akademi has announced the Yuva Puraskar 2025 in Tamil to writer Latshmihar for the short story Koothondru Kooditru.
- Arunachal Pradesh declares 2025-2035 as 'Decade of Hydropower' to generate 58000 MW of electricity.
- The central government has approved a third electronics manufacturing cluster in Tamil Nadu, adding to the two already approved in March 2025.
- The World Health Assembly has unanimously and officially recognised the skin diseases—including scabies—as a global public health priority.
- Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, located on the island of Flores, Indonesia, has erupted recently.
- The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution declaring December 4 every year as the International Day Against Unilateral Coercive Measures.
- World Gin Day 2025, observed on the second Saturday of June, falls on June 14 this year.
- Black Independence Day, or Juneteenth National Independence Day, is observed on June 19 to commemorate the enslaved Black people in Texas of the US, who finally found out they were free in 1865.
- International Day for Countering Hate Speech is observed on June 18th to combat hatred, discrimination, racism and inequality.
- The theme for 2025- “Hate Speech and Artificial Intelligence Nexus: Building coalitions to reclaim inclusive and secure environments free of hatred.”
- World Music Day, celebrated on June 21, promotes cultural unity and inclusivity through free public performances worldwide.
- The theme for 2025 is “Healing Through Harmony”.
- World Rainforest Day, celebrated annually on June 22, raises awareness about the importance of rainforests.
- The theme for 2025 is “Forests and Foods”.
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