Current Affairs 23 June 2025

Centre Unveils Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub to Promote Inclusive Governance.

• The Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub was introduced by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• The portal aims to promote gender-inclusive governance and budgeting.
• It will help central and state ministries with gender budgeting practices.
• The platform is a digital resource for sharing knowledge and tools.
• The launch event took place at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
• It marked 20 years of gender budgeting efforts in India.
• The initiative shows the government’s focus on empowering women through better fiscal planning.

Maharashtra to launch Majhi Vasundhara 6.0.

• The Maharashtra government will launch Majhi Vasundhara Campaign 6.0 across 28,317 local self-government bodies from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026, to strengthen environmental conservation efforts.
• Focusing on the five elements – Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Sky – the initiative aims to promote climate awareness and sustainable living.

INS Nilgiri, First Project 17A Stealth Frigate, Reaches Visakhapatnam.

• INS Nilgiri, the first of the indigenously built Project 17A stealth frigates, arrived at Visakhapatnam.
• Built in Mumbai, INS Nilgiris now makes Visakhapatnam its home port and would be an integral part of the Eastern Sword- Sunrise Fleet.
• This state-of-the-art warship is driven by its motto – Adrish Yabalam, Ajeya Shauryam.

U.K. lawmakers approve a Bill to allow terminally ill people.

• The U.K. House of Commons passed the Assisted Dying Bill to allow terminally ill people in England and Wales to end their lives.
• The bill will only apply to people in England and Wales who have less than six months to live.
• Assisted dying refers to the act of helping someone intentionally end their life.
• Switzerland was the first country which in 1942 legalised assisted dying.

NGT notice to CPCB, Bihar authorities over rise in lightning deaths.

• The National Green Tribunal has sought a response from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and others in a matter related to the large-scale felling of palm trees in Bihar which is reportedly causing an increase in lightning-related deaths.
• The green body was hearing a matter where it had taken suo motu cognisance of a newspaper report on alleged widespread cutting of palm trees.