IndiGo announced the appointment of Amitabh Kant as a non-executive director on the Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation Limited. Mr. Kant stepped down as India’s G20 sherpa and joined Canadian investment firm Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd as a senior adviser.
He was also the Niti Aayog CEO in the past and has held several key positions, including as a director on the board of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and is known to have led infrastructure projects like Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor the expansion of Calicut Airport.
India ranks fourth globally in income equality with a Gini score of 25.5.
Extreme poverty dropped to 2.3% in 2022-23, says World Bank
171 million Indians moved out of extreme poverty between 2011–23.
India is not only the world’s fourth largest economy; it is also one of the most equal societies.
Suriname's Parliament elected physician Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the troubled country's first female President.
The South American country's National Assembly chooses the President by a two-thirds vote. Geerlings-Simons, a congresswoman, ran unopposed after her party formed a coalition aimed at ousting the country's current leader following,
a May election with no clear winner.
The coalition was formed as the troubled country prepares for an influx of wealth following the discovery of major offshore oil deposits, with the first production expected by 2028.
Geerlings-Simons, who leads the National Democratic Party, will be inaugurated as President of Dutch-speaking country of more than 646,000 people on July 16.
Himachal Pradesh became the first state in the country to introduce Aadhaar-based face authentication (FaceAuth) for the distribution of ration to eligible beneficiaries under the Public Distribution System (PDS), officials said.
Until now, authentication was carried out using either OTP-based or biometric methods. However, frequent challenges such as,
SMS delivery failures and biometric mismatches at the UIDAI end were causing inconvenience to the beneficiaries, Gokul Butail, Principal Advisor to the Chief Minister, said in a statement.
With the launch of the FaceAuth mechanism, the process has now been streamlined and made more accessible, Butail noted, adding that, unlike traditional methods,
this new facility uses a mobile camera via an app installed on the fair price shop (FPS) owner's smartphone, enabling direct facial authentication of beneficiaries.
The new system is expected to improve the authentication success rate and reduce verification time, ensuring a faster and more efficient ration distribution process, the statement added.
This year’s British Grand Prix already had a place in history as the 75th anniversary of Silverstone hosting the first Formula One race in 1950. Now it will be remembered as a milestone and career high for Lando Norris, a maiden win at his home race and the victory he has long coveted.
For Norris there was untrammelled joy. He has wanted this one since he began his F1 career in 2019. There were no tears as he took the flag, but just the sheer unbridled and enthusiastic joy that has endeared the 25-year-old to so many fans, not least the 10,000 who had packed out his dedicated Landostand at Stowe corner.
He beat his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri into second, after the Australian had led for much of the race but was hit with a 10-second penalty for “erratic braking” just after a safety-car restart.
Sub Lieutenant Astha Poonia has become the first woman to be trained as a fighter pilot of the Indian Navy. She may eventually fly the MiG-29K or the naval version of the Rafale fighter jet off India's aircraft carriers.
The Indian Navy has already inducted women officers as pilots and naval air operations officers in maritime reconnaissance aircraft and helicopters.
Sub Lt Poonia selected for training in the fighter stream highlights the navy's commitment towards gender inclusivity in naval aviation and promoting 'Nari Shakti' (women power), fostering a culture of equality and opportunity, the navy said in the statement.
At the Asian Para-Archery Championships, Paralympic gold medallist Harvinder Singh clinched individual gold medal at the recurve men’s open in Beijing. Harvinder defeated Hanreuchai Netsiri of Thailand 7-1 in the final to take the top honour, ending a six-year wait for his maiden individual gold at the Asian para-archery championships.
The two-time Paralympic medalist secured medals in all three events at the championships, earning this individual gold, a mixed recurve gold with Bhawna, and a men’s recurve team silver with Vivek Chikara.
Indian women's boxers made a triumphant return to the global stage, showcasing their dominance by securing three gold medals at the World Boxing Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Sakshi Chaudhary led the way for Indian women boxers by becoming the first to win gold at the World Boxing Cup, securing a unanimous victory in the women's 54 kg final to begin the day.
She got the better of Yoseline Perez of America to clinch her maiden World Cup title, having a dominating 30-27 win on the two cards and edged past Perez by 29-28 on the other three cards.
Later, Jaismine Lamboria (57 Kg) and Nupur (80+ Kg) clinched gold medals in their categories by defeating their Brazilian and Kazakh opponents, respectively,
completing a hat-trick of victories. Meanwhile, the other two female boxers - Minakshi (48 kg) and Pooja Rani (80 kg) - in action on the finals day, had to settle for silver medals after facing defeat in their respective gold medal bouts.
India couldn't win any of their three gold medal matches in the men's discipline, and all three boxers,
Abhinash Jamwal (65 Kg), Hitesh (70 Kg), and Jugnoo (85 kg) settled for silver medals.
On the other hand, Abhinash and Jugnoo won their first-ever silver medals from the World Cup Circuit after suffering a defeat to Brazilian and Kazakh opponents, respectively.
Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra continued his exceptional form, winning the inaugural edition of the Neeraj Chopra Classic 2025-a World Athletics Gold-level event held at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
He secured the title with a best throw of 86.18 metres.
Kenya’s Julius Yego finished second with a season-best effort of 84.51 metres, while Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage took third place with a throw of 84.34 metres.
Chopra took the lead in his second attempt with a throw of 82.99 metres, before registering the biggest throw of the evening-86.18 metres-in his third attempt.
He recorded a foul on his fourth attempt, followed by 84.07 metres in the fifth, and concluded the event with a throw of 82.22 metres.
The Hurun Research Institute released the Global Unicorn Index 2025, a ranking of the world’s unicorns, defined as start-ups founded in the 2000s, worth at least a billion dollars and not yet listed on a public exchange. The cut-off was 1 January 2025, with significant changes in valuation updated up to the date of release.
Hurun Chairman and Chief Researcher- Rupert Hoogewerf.
NABARD Chairman Shaji KV said on Monday IT integration of recently amalgamated Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) on the principles of 'One State One RRB' is expected to be completed by September 30.
The amalgamation of RRBs on the principles of 'One State One RRB' became effective from May 1. This was aimed at improving scale efficiency and cost rationalisation.
With this, now, there are 28 RRBs in 26 states and 2 UTs with more than 22,000 branches covering 700 districts.
The chairman said that NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) is working on building a common digital infrastructure with RRBs. They are rolling out credit infrastructure and government data systems to reach rural populations.
However, challenges like low internet bandwidth and awareness exist, but efforts are being made with various organisations to address these.
He mentioned digitising agri value chains, with around 20 already digitised. NABARD is working with several banks to bring more farmers, especially those without land records, into the system.
Japan Coast Guard (JCG) Ship Itsukushima, commanded by Captain Naoki Mizoguchi, arrived at Chennai Port on July 07, 2025, as part of its Global Ocean Voyage Training, reinforcing the strategic partnership between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and JCG in the Indo-Pacific.
As a symbol of growing cooperation, four ICG officers will sail onboard Itsukushima to Singapore as Sea Riders, continuing the tradition of professional exchange. This engagement builds on the 2006 Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan, aligned with India’s SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) vision and the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI).
Union Minister of Science & Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh today called for a wider public understanding and inclusive participation in India’s biotechnology mission, stating that every Indian is a stakeholder in the country’s bioeconomy.
The event, organized by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and its agencies BIRAC and iBRIC+, marked a novel national experiment — ‘Voices Across the Cities: A Synchronized National Hourly Dialogue Series’. Over eight hours, select institutions across Indian cities hosted theme-based discussions on marine biomass, industrial valorisation, forest resources, and
agri-residue innovations, reflecting the regional diversity of India’s bioproduct capabilities.
The Minister highlighted that India’s biotechnology ecosystem has grown from just around 50 startups a decade ago to nearly 11,000 today — a leap made possible by policy backing and institutional partnerships.
Referring to the recently launched BioE3 Policy, Dr. Jitendra Singh noted that it lays the groundwork for India to lead in sustainable biomanufacturing by aligning bioeconomy goals with environmental sustainability, economic growth, and equity.
