World Youth Skills Day, observed annually on July 15, raises awareness of the value of equipping youth with the skills necessary to thrive in a world that is always changing. This UN-supported program has been promoting discussions about employment, entrepreneurship, and personal development since its launch in 2014.

The first World Youth Skills Day was celebrated on July 15, 2015. This year, it falls on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, marking the 10th anniversary of the global observance.

Hockey Jharkhand crowned as the Champions of the 15th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2025 defeating Odisha by 1-0.

The final match was played at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh AstroTurf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Hockey Haryana won the Bronze Medal match 3-3 against Hockey Mizoram in the third place match.

In the final match, both the teams played distinctly and prevented each other from scoring with strong defence skills. Jirn Soy Munda (netted the only goal of the match on their home soil to win the title for the fifth consecutive time.

The International Solar Alliance (ISA) will convene its Seventh Regional Committee Meeting (RCM) for the Asia and Pacific region in Colombo from tomorrow. The event will bring together government officials, private sector leaders, technical institutions, and regional organisations to accelerate solar deployment in the region.

The three-day meeting will focus on developing investment-ready solar solutions, promoting cross-border solar interconnections, and scaling up emerging technologies such as green hydrogen, energy storage, and e-mobility. A key highlight will be the signing of Country Partnership Frameworks and collaborative agreements with international partners.

The RCM will align regional efforts with ISA’s four core pillars: catalytic finance, digitisation through global capability centres, regional and country-level platforms, and solar technology and policy innovation.

India’s retail inflation for June 2025 has dropped to its lowest level in more than six years, according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The provisional Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows that headline inflation for June stood at 2.10 percent for the country overall, with rural inflation at 1.72 percent and urban inflation at 2.56 percent. This marks the lowest headline CPI since January 2019, offering a significant respite to households grappling with cost pressures over recent years.

Food inflation, which has often been the primary driver of household expenses, remained in the negative for the second month in a row. The Combined Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) recorded a deflation of 1.06 percent in June, with rural areas seeing a 0.92 percent decline and urban areas witnessing a 1.22 percent fall in food prices. Compared to the same period last year, the drop in food inflation has been substantial, mainly due to easing prices of vegetables, pulses, cereals, milk, meat and fish, sugar and spices.

Now in its 11th iteration, the Talisman Sabre is the largest and most sophisticated warfighting exercise ever conducted in Australia, the Department of Defence, Australia, said in a statement. The exercise unites more than 35,000 military personnel from 19 nations.

“Over the next three weeks, more than 35,000 military personnel from Australia and partnering nations will deploy across Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales and Christmas Island [in Australia]. For the first time, activities will also be conducted outside of Australia in Papua New Guinea,” the statement said.

The Uttar Pradesh government has started work on reviving one small river in each district of the state by roping in three IITs and other technical institutes for assistance and conducting studies on “channelisation, course correction, uninterrupted flow of water”, officials said.

This comes nearly a month after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had directed the district magistrates of all 75 districts to work on the plan to rejuvenate at least one river in each district. According to the plan, the government will map the rivers from the point of their origin to the point of their “final confluence”. The districts have been given the responsibility to prepare a “joint action plan” for the purpose.

A divisional-level monitoring committee, headed by the respective divisional commissioner, has been constituted to oversee the implementation and quality of the work.

YouTuber-turned-actor Prajakta Koli, popularly known by her digital name MostlySane, has made history by becoming the first and only Indian-born creator to be featured in the 2025 TIME100 Creators List a global celebration of the most influential digital voices of the year.

TIME’s inaugural Creators List recognises creators who are shaping culture, sparking conversation, and making an impact online and beyond. Koli joins global digital icons such as MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson), Khabane Lame, Kai Cenat, and Mel Robbins.

Reacting to the honour, Prajakta shared a heartfelt message on Instagram:
"There's so much I should be feeling right now, and even more I should be saying. But honestly, in this moment, only two words come to mind: thank you."

Iga Swiatek’s long-awaited Wimbledon triumph finally arrived as she captured the title on Saturday, July 12, at the All England Club, defeating Amanda Anisimova in emphatic fashion. Anisimova, who had stunned World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, was no match for Swiatek, who needed just 57 minutes to complete a dominant 6-0, 6-0 victory on Centre Court.

The win marked Swiatek’s first Wimbledon title, her maiden triumph on grass, and her first Grand Slam title since completing a hat-trick of French Open wins last year. Remarkably, it was also the first time in the Open Era that a player failed to win a single game in a Wimbledon singles final - men’s or women’s.

Swiatek wasted no time asserting her dominance after taking an early 1-0 lead with a break of serve. She quickly raced to 40-0, and although Anisimova saved one break point with a winner, Swiatek closed out the game decisively and followed it with a commanding service game.

Fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool capped their dream summer with the Wimbledon crown and first Grand Slam title as a pair when the British team downed Rinky Hijikata and David Pel 6-2 7-6(3) in the men’s doubles final on Saturday.

Queen’s Club and Eastbourne champions Cash and Glasspool became the first all-British pairing to win the All England Club trophy since 1936, when Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey defeated their compatriots Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in the final.

“When you say it, it sounds incredible,” said Glasspool.

“We’ve had a Brit win it last year (Henry Patten), the year before that (Neal Skupski) so I didn’t think too much of it, but now we needed to give you two so we did our best.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated four distinguished individuals nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu, lauding their contributions across diverse fields. President Murmu nominated them to Rajya Sabha on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

The nominated members are Ujjwal Nikam, C. Sadanandan Master, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, and Dr. Meenakshi Jain. The notification, dated July 12, 2025, was issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

In a series of posts on X, PM Modi wished all four nominees success in their parliamentary roles and expressed hope that their presence would bring valuable perspectives to the Rajya Sabha.

PM Modi hailed Ujjwal Nikam, a renowned legal expert, for his unwavering commitment to constitutional values and justice, acknowledging his key role in several high-profile legal cases.