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Daily Current Affairs: 29 & 30 June 2025

Current affairs of 29 & 30 June 2025: World Bank Shifts Pakistan and Afghanistan to MENA Region; Bihar Mobile E-Voting: First State to Try Voting by Phone; Mission Bonnet Macaque: Kerala’s Sterilisation Plan Explained, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

Bihar Mobile E-Voting: First State to Try Voting by Phone
GoIStats Mobile App Launched on Statistics Day 2025
Lakhapar Early Harappan Burial Find in Kutch

Banking & Finance

SBI ‘Only Yono’: FY26 Digital Transformation Plan
SEBI Fines BSE ₹25 Lakh for Regulatory Lapses
Instifi Gets RBI Payment Aggregator Licence: Goa’s First

Economy

Bank Credit Growth Stays Tepid Despite 100 bps RBI Cuts

International Affairs

World Bank Shifts Pakistan and Afghanistan to MENA Region
India Rejects Court of Arbitration Award on Indus Waters Treaty

Agriculture & Rural

National Turmeric Board HQ Opens in Nizamabad
Agroforestry Tree-Felling Model Rules: NTMS Portal

Science & Technology

Green Chemistry: 12 Principles, Biodiesel and Atom Economy

Environment & Ecology

Mission Bonnet Macaque: Kerala’s Sterilisation Plan Explained
Ammonium Sulphate and PM2.5: CREA Finds a Third of Pollution

Reports & Indexes

Statistics Day 2025: 75 Years of NSS and SDG Progress Report

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. Bihar Mobile E-Voting: First State to Try Voting by Phone

Bihar became the first state with mobile-phone voting, in six Nagar Panchayats.
App E-SECBHR was built by C-DAC.
Security: blockchain, facial recognition, voter ID check, two voters per mobile number.

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Science & Technology

2. GoIStats Mobile App Launched on Statistics Day 2025

NSO (MoSPI) launched the GoIStats mobile app on Statistics Day 2025 under eSankhyiki.
SDG-NIF 2025: social protection coverage rose from 22% in 2016 to 64.3% in 2025.
Statistics Day falls on 29 June, honouring P.C. Mahalanobis.

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3. Lakhapar Early Harappan Burial Find in Kutch

An Early Harappan burial (3300-2600 BCE) was found at Lakhapar, Kutch, Gujarat, in an excavation led by University of Kerala's archaeology department.
It is the earliest known Gujarat burial with Pre-Prabhas pottery, placed in a pit without architectural markers.
Nearby Juna Khatiya holds 197 Early Harappan burials.

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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

4. SBI ‘Only Yono’: FY26 Digital Transformation Plan

SBI planned a next-generation 'Only Yono' mobile app as part of a major FY26 digital overhaul.
It offers hyper-personalised journeys, biometric login and a multilingual interface.
A real-time analytics Data Lakehouse is due by September 2026.

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Banking & Finance

5. SEBI Fines BSE ₹25 Lakh for Regulatory Lapses

SEBI imposed a ₹25 lakh penalty on BSE Limited after an inspection covering February 2021 to September 2022.
BSE must pay within 45 days of receiving the order.
Lapses: early access to price-sensitive news, weak broker supervision, delayed action.

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Banking & Finance

6. Instifi Gets RBI Payment Aggregator Licence: Goa’s First

Goa fintech Instifi received final RBI authorization to operate as a payment aggregator.
It is the first and only RBI-authorized payment aggregator headquartered in Goa.
Authorization comes under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
Instifi's founder is Mohit Aggarwal; services cover cards, UPI, net banking and virtual accounts.

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Economy

7. Bank Credit Growth Stays Tepid Despite 100 bps RBI Cuts

RBI cut the repo rate by 100 bps between February and June 2025, yet banks kept FY26 credit growth guidance at 11-13%.
Deposit growth guidance stays at 9-10%.
A four-phase CRR cut could add 1.4-1.5% credit growth, per an SBI report.

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International Affairs

8. World Bank Shifts Pakistan and Afghanistan to MENA Region

The World Bank moved Pakistan and Afghanistan from South Asia to the Middle East and North Africa region.
South Asia now has six countries: India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
India has long opposed World Bank and IMF loans to Pakistan.

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International Relations

9. India Rejects Court of Arbitration Award on Indus Waters Treaty

India rejected a supplemental award issued by a Court of Arbitration under the Indus Waters Treaty 1960.
The ruling concerns the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Ministry of External Affairs called the Court of Arbitration illegally constituted.

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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

10. National Turmeric Board HQ Opens in Nizamabad

The Union Home Minister inaugurated National Turmeric Board headquarters at Nizamabad, meeting a 40-year demand of farmers.
The Board is a statutory body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
It aims to boost value addition, exports and farmer incomes.

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Agriculture & Rural Development

11. Agroforestry Tree-Felling Model Rules: NTMS Portal

The environment ministry issued model rules to ease felling of trees on farmland.
Registration and permits run online through the National Timber Management System (NTMS).
States and UTs have been urged to adopt the rules.

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Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

12. Green Chemistry: 12 Principles, Biodiesel and Atom Economy

Green chemistry designs products and processes that reduce or avoid hazardous substances.
Paul Anastas and John Warner introduced the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry in 1998.
BITS-Pilani (Hyderabad) chemists devised a tamoxifen synthesis route with 100% atom economy.
Biodiesel production has 90% atom economy, with glycerol as by-product.

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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

13. Mission Bonnet Macaque: Kerala’s Sterilisation Plan Explained

Kerala Forest Department plans mass sterilisation of bonnet macaques to tackle human-wildlife conflict.
It is part of a 10-point strategy named Mission Bonnet Macaque.
The species is in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, so central permission is needed.
IUCN lists the bonnet macaque as Vulnerable due to its declining population.

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Environment & Ecology

14. Ammonium Sulphate and PM2.5: CREA Finds a Third of Pollution

CREA found secondary pollutants, mainly ammonium sulphate, cause nearly one-third of India's PM2.5.
Ammonium sulphate averages 11.9 µg/m³ nationally and forms 34% of PM2.5 mass.
Coal power plants emit over 60% of SO2; only 8% have installed FGD units.

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Reports & Indexes

Reports & Indexes

15. Statistics Day 2025: 75 Years of NSS and SDG Progress Report

The 19th Statistics Day was observed on 29 June 2025 with the theme 75 Years of National Sample Survey.
The day marked P.C. Mahalanobis's 132nd birth anniversary.
The C.R. Rao Award 2025 went to Dr Prajamitra Bhuyan.
The SDG National Indicator Framework Progress Report 2025 was released, along with the GoIStat app.

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15 questions from the news of 29 & 30 June 2025, with answers and explanations.