Current Affairs 02 July 2025

Delhi bans fuel for old vehicles from July 1, 2025.

• In Delhi, Petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years will not get fuel.
• The Delhi government had issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to enforce the ban on refuelling end-of-life vehicles and mandating petrol pumps to maintain a log of all denied fuel transactions involving such vehicles.
• The move aims to improve air quality.

Nandan Nilekani appointed Chief Mentor for India Energy Stack.

• The Ministry of Power has set up a 17-member task force, mentored by Nandan Nilekani, to design the India Energy Stack – a unified digital public infrastructure (DPI) for the power sector.
• India Energy Stack is a digital framework to integrate India’s fragmented energy ecosystem.
• It enables real-time coordination between producers, consumers, grid operators, regulators, and energy fintech.

6-year-old Teghbir becomes youngest mountaineer to scale Mount Elbrus.

• Teghbir Singh, a six-year-old from Punjab, has set a new world record by becoming the youngest mountaineer to scale Mount Elbrus.
• It is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe, which is 18,510 feet (5,642 metres) high.
• This is the tenth-most prominent peak in the world as well.
• In August 2024, Teghbir became the youngest Asian to scale Mt Kilimanjaro.

International Rocket Engineering Competition: MIT secures 2nd Place.

• A team of students from the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), a unit of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), which took part in the International Rocket Engineering Competition 2025 held in Midland, Texas, secured second place in the SDL Payload Challenge category, earning a cash award of USD 750.
• The team’s rocket Vayu Vega successfully completed all safety protocols.

Sarbananda Sonowal Inaugurates First Ever ASEAN-India Cruise Dialogue.

• The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated first-ever ASEAN-India Cruise Dialogue in Chennai.
• The meet hosted by India is being attended by all the member nations of ASEAN.
• The Dialogue aims to strengthen maritime cooperation, enhance cruise connectivity, and promote sustainable tourism across the Indo-Pacific region.