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June 1 , 2025 3 days 154 0
  • S.S. Priyavadhana, a visually impaired woman has been appointed as odhuvar of the Pamban Swamy temple at Thiruvanmiyur in Chennai.
  • The first-ever Plantation Show was inaugurated as part of the final event of the annual summer festival in the Nilgiris at Kattery Park near Coonoor.
  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has announced the establishment of State-run arts and science colleges in four more districts -K.V. Kuppam in Vellore district, Thuraiyur in Tiruchi district, Ulundurpet in Kallakurichi district and Chengam in Tiruvannamalai district.
  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister unveiled the foundation stone for the construction of the Kalaignar Convention Centre in Muttukadu.
  • The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), the Government of Bihar, APEDA, and the Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI), conducted the first-ever International Buyer-Seller Meet (IBSM) in Patna, Bihar.
  • The Department of Science and Technology (DST) launched the country’s first cluster of five Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) testbeds specifically aimed at the cement sector.
  • A Joint Expedition Team comprising the instructors from the country’s premier mountaineering institutes successfully scaled Mount Everest (8,848.86 m).
    • The mountaineering institutes are Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering & Winter Sports (JIM&WS) Pahalgam, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) Uttarkashi, and Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) Darjeeling.
  • The Ministry of Railways has approved the launch of a new train service between Agartala (Tripura) and Guwahati (Assam).
  • The Two Indian peacekeepers - Brigadier General Amitabh Jha and Havildar Sanjay Singh were posthumously awarded the prestigious Dag Hammarskjöld Medal of UNGA.
  • Kami Rita Sherpa, aged 55 and a Nepali mountain guide, completed his 31st climb of Mount Everest and broke his record for the most successful trips to the mountain's peak.
  • World Vape Day was observed on May 30th to raise awareness about the potential benefits of vaping as a harm-reduction tool for smokers.
    • This year’s theme is “20 Years of Facts”.

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