One Minute Current Affairs 15 July 2025
Important days
July 15- World Youth Skills Day.
- Theme– “Youth Empowerment Through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Skills.”
Banking & Business
CTBC Bank, Taiwan- To set up an IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) in GIFT City, Gujarat.
Appointments
R Doraiswamy- MD and CEO of LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India).
Raghavendra S Bhat- interim MD and CEO of Karnataka Bank.
Economy
2.1%- India’s retail inflation fell to 2.1% in June 2025.
- 8% in May 2025
- The lowest level in 77 months (more than six years).
₹4.77 lakh crore- Income Tax Refund for FY 2024-25.
- Increased by 474% over the past 11 years.
- As per government data released in July 2025
- In 2013, the average time to receive a refund was 93 days, which reduced to just 17 days by 2024.
State News
Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh- India’s first AI Plus Campus.
- Will setup by BITS Pilani by 2027.
National
Yakten village, Pakyong district in Sikkim- India’s First Village for Digital Nomads
- This project gives remote workers a quiet mountain place to live and work.
Gujarat- Emerged as India’s leading producer of processed potatoes.
- Particularly those used for making French fries and wafers, as per 2024–25 data.
Awards
Leila Aboulela- Wins 2025 PEN Pinter Prize.
- She is Sudanese-Scottish writer
Defence
PASSEX (Passing Exercise)- Between Indian and Greece.
- Naval Exercise
Prachand Shakti- powerful military demonstration by Ram Division of the Indian Army.
- At the Kharga Corps training grounds in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
Sports
ICC Players of the Month for June 2025
- Men’s- Aiden Markram from South Africa.
- Women’s- Hayley Matthews from the West Indies.
Obituaries
Fauja Singh- World’s Oldest Marathon Runner has passed away.
- He was from
- Known as the ‘Turbaned Tornado’.
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