Daily Current-Affairs Notes (06 – 09 July 2025)

06 July 2025

Tamil Nadu Highlights

  • Muthupet Mangrove Forest Expansion
    • Area grew by 2{,}057 ha between 2022–2025; total now 120\;\text{km}^2 (largest in the State).
    • Shields coast from storms, tsunamis, sea-level rise, erosion; habitat for 100+ migratory-bird species.
    • Key interventions:
    – “Fishbone” canal network (since 2004) to improve tidal flow & seed dispersal.
    – 1{,}350 ha new plantations + 707 ha restored (2022–2024).
    – >12 lakh saplings under Green TN Mission; step-type canals on trial.
    • Executed by Forest Dept + fishing communities.
  • ‘Ungaludan Stalin’ Door-Step Service Camps
    • Launch: 15 Jul 2025, Chidambaram; duration to Nov 2025.
    • 10{,}000 camps (rural 6{,}232; urban 3{,}768).
    • Urban 43 services / 13 departments; Rural 46 services / 15 departments + on-site medical aid.
    • 1 lakh volunteers (from 7 Jul) to brief households; Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai late applicants served; decisions within 45 days.

National Highlights

  • “Tribhuvan Sahkari University” – 1st National Cooperative University
    • Foundation stone: 5 Jul 2025, Anand (Gujarat) by HM & Coop Minister Amit Shah.
    • Targets: connect >200 institutions & train \approx20 lakh cooperative personnel in 4 yrs; PhD programmes, R&D council; NEP 2020 aligned.
  • Puducherry & NTEP
    • TB testing ↑ 136\% since 2015; incidence ↓ 59\% in decade.
    • 8 TB-free villages (2024) → 40 planned (2025); 100\% presumptive cases via CBNAAT/Truenat.

Awards

  • “Order of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago” to PM Modi – highest civilian honour; 1st foreign recipient; cites Global-South advocacy & bilateral ties.

Important Day

  • World Zoonoses Day (6 Jul) – marks Louis Pasteur’s 6 Jul 1885 rabies vaccine; highlights zoonotic diseases (Plague, Rabies, TB, etc.).

Schemes & Initiatives

  • PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan Portal – open student-performance data; set norms per NEP 2020 (unit of NCERT).
  • SAKSHAM-3000 Switch-Router – 25.6 Tbps; C-DOT; ultra-low latency; runs CROS.

Science & Tech

  • 1st 2-D Non-Silicon Computer – Penn State; CMOS built with WSe2 (p-type) & MoS2 (n-type); promises low-power high-speed chips.

International

  • Russia recognises Taliban (3 Jul 2025); Taliban delisted in Apr 2025; credentials for Ambassador Gul Hassan accepted.

07 July 2025

Tamil Nadu Highlights

  • Thagaisal Thamizhar Award 2025 → IUML leader K.M. Khader Mohideen; to be conferred 15 Aug 2025.
  • ‘Vetri Nichayam’ Job-Training Scheme – free training to 18$–35-yr drop-outs; 165 courses / 38 sectors via 500+ centres; ₹12{,}000 stipend; hostel & food; “Skill Wallet” app; focus on marginalised groups.

National Highlights

  • Kerala Nipah Alert – 2 cases (1 death); fruit-bat transmission; monsoon spike; hygiene/fruit-washing advised.
  • IISc BHARAT Study – Biomarkers of Healthy Aging; India’s first ageing database; multi-parametric testing to set “Bharat Baseline”.

Reports & Indices

  • SDG Progress 2025 (select): social-protection 22\%\to64.3\%; agri income ₹61{,}247\to₹94{,}110; safe-water 99.62\%; renewable-share 16.02\%\to22.13\%; plants recycled 9\to3{,}036; start-ups 453\to34{,}293; internet 302\text{ mn}\to954\text{ mn}; emission intensity ↓ 36\%.
  • Thali Index – vegetarian thali ≈ ₹30; yet 40\% rural & 10\% urban cannot afford 2 daily thalis; poverty estimates rural 4.86\% (SBI) / 2.8\% (WB).

Environment

  • CITES @ 50 (1975-2025) – protects 40{,}900 species; 185 parties; Secretariat UNEP, Geneva; India ratified 1976.

Science & Tech

  • Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla (Axiom-4) – mission pilot; ISS ham-radio chat; bone-health, radiation & micro-algae studies.

Important Days

  • Sarcoma Cancer Awareness Month (July) – >70 sub-types; 1\% adult, 15\% paediatric cancers.

International

  • WHO certifies Suriname Malaria-Free – 1st Amazon-region country; 47^{th} worldwide; population \approx0.6 million.

08 July 2025

Tamil Nadu Highlights

  • Naan Mudhalvan metrics – 41.38 lakh students + 1 lakh teachers trained; Uyarvukku Padi 77{,}752 admissions; Kalloori Kanavu 1.87 lakh; 29 Engg colleges get Skill Centres (cost ₹30.17 cr); SCOOT AI/data project 100 students → 13 jobs.
  • Predictive TB-Death Model – ICMR-NIE; data 56{,}000 patients; TB SEWA app flags 10$–50\% high-risk; covers 2{,}800 PHCs.
  • SPC 4-Report Set – (1) Digital mine database & drone mapping; (2) Child nutrition focus on 1{,}000-day window/teen girls; (3) Urban heat-action plans; (4) Nature-based flood & groundwater solutions for Tier-2 cities.

Summits/Meetings

  • Controllers’ Conf 2025 (7-9 Jul, New Delhi) – theme: digital defence finance; DAD handles ₹26.8 lakh-cr budget; showcases SAMPURNA, SPARSH, e-Raksha Awaas.
  • 17th BRICS Summit (Rio) – PM Modi urges NDB focus on sustainable, critical-mineral chains, Global-South research repository, responsible AI; condemns terror (Pahalgam Apr 2025).

Reports & Indices

  • World Bank “Most Equal Societies” – India 4^{th}, Gini 25.5 (improved from 28.8 in 2011); ahead of China 35.7, USA 41.8.

Important Day

  • Intl Day of Cooperatives (5 Jul 2025) – Theme: “Cooperatives: Driving Inclusive & Sustainable Solutions for a Better World”; UN declares 2025 Intl Year of Cooperatives; 3 mn co-ops globally; top 300 turnover \$2.4 tn.

Defence

  • Sub-Lt Aastha Poonia – 1st woman Indian-Navy fighter pilot; receives ‘Wings of Gold’ at INS Dega.

Economy

  • \$32 Tn GDP target 2047 – announced by Min Piyush Goyal; present \$4 Tn; deep-tech & innovation funds ₹10{,}000 cr each; DST gets zero-interest ₹1 lakh-cr loan (50 yrs).

Sports

  • Asian Para-Archery (Beijing) – Harvinder Singh: 2 gold + 1 silver.
  • World Boxing Cup (Astana) – India: 11 medals (Gold 3, Silver 5, Bronze 3).

International

  • PM Modi receives “Key to the City of Buenos Aires” – first standalone Indian PM visit in 57 yrs; highlights Argentina’s shale & lithium resources.

09 July 2025

Tamil Nadu Highlights

  • Tamil Wikki Suran Award 2025 – Veteran epigraphist V. Vedachalam (51 yrs service; unearthed Karur Chera wall; championed Keeladi); authored 25 books; outreach to 300 villages.
  • AMS Dating of 23 Charcoal Samples – from Keeladi (5), Chennanoor (4), Thulukkarpatti (5), Tirumalapuram, Marungur, Porpanaikkottai, Kongalnagaram; results in 2 months; Tirumalapuram reveals 1st TN stone-slab-urn burial.

National Highlights

  • First Digital Census (2026-27)
    • Phase-1 (Apr 2026); Phase-2 (Feb 2027); self-enumeration portal; enumerator Android/iOS apps; English/Hindi/regional languages.
    • Caste data included; boundaries frozen Jan 1 2026–Mar 31 2027; 34 lakh staff, 3-tier training; faster data for post-2026 delimitation.

Appointments

  • Sanjog Gupta – CEO ICC (HQ Dubai).
  • Sahil Kini – CEO Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (Bengaluru).
  • Sukanya Sonowal – Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassador (2025–2027); handles CYPAN communications.

Reports & Indices

  • North-East District SDG Index 2023-24 – 85\% districts improved; Mizoram Sikkim Tripura all “Front Runner”; top scorer Hnahthial (MZ) 81.43; compiled by NITI Aayog + DONER + UNDP.

Science & Tech

  • CRISPR-Enhanced Phosphate Rice – NIPGR Delhi edits japonica rice for superior phosphate uptake; aids sustainable agriculture.

Schemes & Initiatives

  • National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) – Central scheme for SC, Denotified, Nomadic, Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless agri labourers, traditional artisans; funds Master’s/PhD abroad; ministry seeks higher allocation.

International Highlights

  • Jennifer Simons elected 1st Female President of Suriname – NDP 18 vs PRP 17 seats; Assembly elects president by 2/3 majority; assumes office amid forthcoming oil boom.
  • Colombia & Uzbekistan join New Development Bank – membership rises to 11; NDB (HQ Shanghai, est 2015) has 120+ approved projects; President Dilma Rousseff.

Handy Facts & Figures

  • ICC founded 1909; HQ Dubai.
  • CITES Secretariat – UNEP, Geneva.
  • BRICS+ new members (2024) – Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE.