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UPSC Current Affairs Pointers | June 9 to June 15, 2025: Key Reports, Indices, and National Updates
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UPSC Current Affairs Pointers | June 9 to June 15, 2025: Key Reports, Indices, and National Updates

If you're preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, staying updated with weekly current affairs is crucial for both Prelims and Mains. Here's a concise summary of major developments from June 9 to June 15, 2025, including reports, global indices, defense exercises, and science & tech.

Use this guide to reinforce your notes and practice multiple-choice questions (MCQs).

Reports and Indices

State of World Population (SOWP) Report 2025

  • Published by: UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)

  • Title: "The Real Fertility Crisis: The Pursuit of Reproductive Agency in a Changing World"

  • Key Highlights:

    • Urges policymakers to focus on reproductive agency, not just falling fertility.

    • 36% of adult Indians face unintended pregnancies; 30% have unmet childbearing preferences.

    • Global concern: One in five individuals unable to achieve desired family size.

    • India’s replacement-level fertility is 2.0, but states like Bihar (3.0), Meghalaya (2.9), and Uttar Pradesh (2.7) remain above that level.

    • Major factors: Financial burdens, job insecurity, cost of raising children.

UPSC Angle:

  • Know the difference between fertility rate and TFR (Total Fertility Rate).

  • SOWP is frequently cited in GS Paper 1 (Society) and GS Paper 2 (Health & Demographics).

Global Gender Gap Index 2025

  • Released by: World Economic Forum (WEF)

  • India’s Rank: 131 out of 148 countries

  • Parity Score: 64.1%, down from 129th rank in 2024

  • Global Gender Gap closed: 68.8%

  • India’s Component-wise Performance:

Component2025 Score2025 Rank2024 Score2024 Rank
Economic Participation 0.407 144 0.398 142
Educational Attainment 0.971 110 0.964 112
Health & Survival 0.954 143 0.951 142
Political Empowerment 0.245 69 0.251 65

  • Top 5 Countries: Iceland, Finland, Norway, UK, New Zealand

UPSC Angle:

  • Useful for GS Paper 2 (Governance & Social Justice) and Essay.

  • Remember the dimensions and India's relative performance.

Defence and International Relations

Passage Exercise (PASSAGE EX)

  • Conducted by: Indian Navy and Royal Navy (UK)

  • Objective: Enhance maritime interoperability and security coordination.

  • Region: Indian Ocean Region

UPSC Angle:

  • Important under GS Paper 2 (International Relations) & GS Paper 3 (Security)

Operation Rising Lion

  • Domestic counter-insurgency drill to test state-level police and intelligence readiness.

  • Coordinated by: Ministry of Home Affairs

DIGIPIN

  • A new AI-powered secure postal address system developed by India Post.

  • Uses GPS and digital location mapping to assign unique PIN codes to addresses.

  • Useful in rural and semi-urban delivery optimization.

UPSC Angle:

  • Digital India initiative relevance; connects to GS Paper 2 (Governance) and GS Paper 3 (Technology)

Science & Technology

Axiom-4 Mission

  • Private space mission led by Axiom Space, in collaboration with NASA.

  • Mission objectives: Conduct microgravity research and advance commercial space station goals.

  • Significance: Part of India-US space cooperation dialogues.

Environment & Ecology

Eurasian Otter Sighting

  • Rare Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) spotted in Himalayan wetlands, Uttarakhand.

  • Indicates healthy ecosystem and water quality.

  • Listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List.

UPSC Angle: