Daily Current Affairs – 06-07-2025
Personalities, Awards and Events
Vijaya Readers’ Circle Translation Awards Announced
The K.S. Subramanian Translation Awards for the year 2025 have been announced on behalf of the Coimbatore Vijaya Readers’ Circle. In memory of the writer and translator K.S. Subramanian, the Vijaya Readers’ Circle presents two translation awards annually. Industrialist B.L. Subramanian is the patron for these awards. A prize of ₹50,000 and a shield are awarded for the best works translated from Tamil to other languages and from other languages to Tamil. For the 2025 awards, Madurai College Professor Karthikaipandian has been selected for his translation from English to Tamil. For translation from Tamil to other languages, medical professor T.M. Raghuram from Kerala has been selected. Karthikaipandian has been chosen for his translation of the book ‘Pedro Páramo’; he has also written two short story collections and 9 translated books. T.M. Raghuram, from Thalassery in Kerala, will receive the award for translating Nanjil Nadan’s book ‘Soodiya Poo Soodarka’ into Malayalam, and also for translating Santhosh Echikkanam’s novel ‘Biriyani’ into Tamil. A retired professor of psychiatry from a private college, he has been practicing medicine in Manjeri, Malappuram district, for the last 40 years. The K.S. Subramanian award ceremony will be held in Coimbatore on August 24. M.G. Rajamanickam, Secretary of the Revenue Department of the Government of Kerala, will participate as the chief guest and will present the awards.
Economy News
Bank of Maharashtra’s Lending Rises by 15%
Public sector lender Bank of Maharashtra’s lending has increased by 15.36 percent in the April-June quarter. A regulatory filing by the bank stated the following: As of the end of June 30, the bank’s outstanding loans stand at ₹2.41 lakh crore. Compared to the outstanding amount at the end of the April-June quarter of the previous financial year 2024-25, this is 15.36 percent higher. At that time, the bank’s outstanding loans were ₹2.09 lakh crore. The bank’s deposit base, which was ₹2.67 lakh crore at the end of the first quarter of the previous financial year, has increased by 14.08 percent to ₹3.09 lakh crore on the same date of the current financial year. During the quarter under review, the share of Current and Savings Accounts (CASA) in the total deposit base has increased from 47.86 percent to 50.07 percent, the report mentioned.
Sports News
U19: Suryavanshi’s Record
In an Under-19 one-day cricket match against England, India’s young player Vaibhav Suryavanshi set two new records. By scoring a century in 52 balls in this match, he created the record for the fastest century in Youth ODI cricket. He has broken the previous record held by Pakistan’s Kamran Ghulam, who had scored a century in 53 balls against England in 2013. Similarly, he also set the record for the youngest player to score a century in Youth ODI cricket (14 years, 100 days). Previously, that record was held by Bangladesh’s Najmul Hossain Shanto (14 years, 241 days).
Asian Football: India Qualifies
In the qualifiers for the Women’s Asian Cup football tournament, India defeated Thailand 2-1 in its final match on Saturday. With this victory, India, having won all four of its qualifying matches, secured the top spot in Group ‘B’ and has qualified for the Asian Cup tournament to be held in Australia next year. This is the first time India has qualified for this tournament through the qualifiers. This is also the first time India has qualified for this tournament after 2022. Earlier in the match on Saturday, Sanjuta Pasport (28’, 74’) scored for India, while Sanjawan Rattong (47’) scored for the Thailand side.
NEERAJ CHOPRA CLASSIC 2025
Indian javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra became the champion at the inaugural Neeraj Chopra Classic javelin throw competition, which he hosted for the first time. In the competition held on Saturday at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru, Neeraj Chopra secured the first place with a throw of 86.18 meters in his 3rd attempt. Kenyan athlete and reigning world champion, Julius Yego, won the silver medal with his best throw of 84.51 meters. Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage clinched the bronze medal with a throw of 84.34 meters. With the recognition of the Athletics Federation of India, this competition was jointly organized by Neeraj Chopra and JSW Sports, with 12 competitors participating. Among them, 7 were international competitors, and 5, including Neeraj Chopra, were from India. The World Athletics has granted ‘A’ category status to this competition. For Neeraj Chopra, who was also the champion at the Paris Diamond League and Poland’s Golden Spike competitions, this is the 3rd title of the current season.
International News
6 Agreements Between India and Trinidad-Tobago
India and Trinidad-Tobago have signed 6 agreements to strengthen cooperation in sectors including infrastructure and medical products. These agreements were signed after bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Prime Minister Modi, who began his five-nation official tour last Wednesday, first traveled to the African nation of Ghana. From there, he arrived in Port of Spain, the capital of the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, on Thursday and participated in an event for the Indian diaspora. On Friday, Prime Minister Modi held bilateral talks with Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, who is of Indian origin. The two leaders held detailed discussions on further strengthening cooperation in sectors such as security, agriculture, health, infrastructure development, digital payment platform usage, skill development, and people-to-people contact. They also discussed matters of mutual regional and global interest, and challenges like climate change, disaster management, and cybersecurity. 6 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs): Following this, a press release from the Ministry of External Affairs stated that bilateral MoUs were signed for grant assistance for medical product manufacturing and development projects, a cultural exchange program, cooperation in the field of sports, and re-establishing the post of Hindi Chair twice a year at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad-Tobago. A key announcement was made that Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards will be issued to Indian diaspora members up to the 6th generation in Trinidad and Tobago. Announcements were also made regarding the donation of 2,000 laptops to school students, a 50-day camp for fitting 800 people with artificial limbs, providing agricultural equipment, and an Indian line of credit with a local company for the headquarters of the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Foreign Affairs.