Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Jul 01st to 07th Jul 2025. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBIClerk 2025 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• World Social Media Day, celebrated annually on June 30, honours the transformative impact of social media on communication, creativity, and community-building.
• The International Day of Parliamentarism is observed annually on 30 June, marking the founding of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in 1889.
• National Doctor’s Day every year on July 1st nationally as Special Day in July 2025 India to mark the birth and honor the contributions of renowned physician and former West Bengal chief minister Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy.
• On July 1stChartered Accountants Day 2025 is held every year in India.
• Every year on July 1st, Goods and Services Tax Day is observed to commemorate the implementation of the GST regime in the country.
• Every year on July 2nd, World UFO Day is commemorated to raise awareness about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) spotted in several parts of the world and alien life forms.
• World Sports Journalists Day is observed globally on 2nd July every year to acknowledge the work of sports journalists & to encourage them to do better at their work.
• International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025 is observed on July 3every year to motivate people to avoid using single-use plastic to eliminate plastic pollution.
• American Independence Day has celebrated every year on July 4thnationally as a Special Day in July 2025 USA as a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
• International Day of Cooperatives 2025 is observed all over the world on the1st Saturday of July. This year, the world will celebrate International Day of Cooperatives on 5th July.
• Every year on July 6th, World Zoonoses Day is commemorated as the anniversary of the first-ever vaccine given for any zoonotic disease way back in 1885.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : BANKING, FINANCE & BUSINESS

• On July 1, 2025, the State Bank of India (SBI) will complete 70 years since its establishment in its current form.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed creating a Financial Conditions Index (FCI) for India with daily frequency to enhance real-time monitoring of the country’s financial health.
• The latest US Senate draft of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, released on June 27,2025 has reduced the proposed remittance transfer tax from 3.5% to 1%, a significant change from the House version.
• PhonePe and HDFC Bank have announced the launch of a co-branded credit card, marking PhonePe’s entry into the co-branded card segment.
• Despite global uncertainties, India’s financial system remains resilient and well capitalised, as per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Financial Stability Report (FSR).
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved registered market intermediaries to use the NPCI’s ‘e-KYC Setu System’ for performing digital KYC.
• AU Small Finance Bank (AU SFB) has entered into a partnership with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the country’s largest life insurer.
• Interest rates on small savings schemes, including Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme (SSS), will remain unchanged for the 7th consecutive quarter starting July 1, 2025.
• India’s industrial growth fell to a 9-month low of 1.2% in May 2025, as per the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on June 30.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted macro stress tests on 46 Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), representing 98% of total SCB assets (excluding Regional Rural Banks), to assess resilience to macroeconomic shocks.
• Meta mandates that all advertisers running securities and investment ads in India on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp must be: Verified by SEBI, or Complete business/identity verification if exempt from SEBI registration
• The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has subscribed to ₹1,301.25 crore worth of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) issued by Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL).
• According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Non-Banking Finance Companies’ (NBFCs)Gross Non-Performing Asset (GNPA) ratio may rise to 5.8% from 2.9% in March 2025 under a severe stress scenario.
• States and Union Territories (UTs) are expected to raise around ₹2.86 lakh crore from the markets during the July–September 2025 quarter, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
• CCIL IFSC Limited, a subsidiary of The Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL), has partnered with Standard Chartered Bank.
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed that commodity exchanges and clearing corporations maintain IT system capacity of twice the projected peak load.
• Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) and Kshema General Insurance have entered into a strategic bancassurance alliance.
• State Bank of India (SBI) inaugurated Global Trade Finance Centres at Kolkata and Hyderabad.
• Saraswat Co-operative Bank (SCB) has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to acquire the fraud-hit New India Co-operative Bank (NICB) under the voluntary amalgamation scheme for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs).
• Punjab National Bank (PNB) has announced the waiver of penal charges for non-maintenance of Minimum Average Balance (MAB) in all savings accounts.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed that no pre-payment charges shall be levied on floating rate loans granted to individuals and Micro & Small Enterprises (MSEs) for business purposes, regardless of the presence of co-obligants.
• State Bank of India’s Financial Integrity Committee (FIC) identified a consistent pattern of financial misconduct involving Reliance Communications (RCom) and its entities.
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has increased the Cost Inflation Index (CII) to 376 for the financial year 2025–26, up from 363 in the previous year.
• The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) advisory issued on June 30, 2025, directing all Scheduled Commercial Banks, Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks, and Co-operative Banks to integrate the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) developed by DoT into their systems.
• Mashreq Bank became the first UAE-based bank to receive in-principle approval (IPA) to open an International Financial Services Centre Banking Unit (IBU) at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) in Gujarat.
• According to SBI Research, India contributed around 6.7% to the global economy's incremental growth in FY25.
• GST collections rose by 6.2% in June 2025 to ₹1.84 lakh crore, marking modest growth as India began the ninth year of GST implementation.
• On 1 July 2025, MobiKwik Securities Broking Private Limited (MSBPL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of fintech firm MobiKwik received regulatory approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as a stock broker and clearing member.
• In June 2025, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) recorded 18.40 billion transactions worth ₹24.04 lakh crore, showing a 32% annual growth in volume and 20% growth in value, as per NPCI data.
• India’s gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections have doubled over the past five years, reaching a record ₹22.08 lakh crore in FY24-25, up from ₹11.37 lakh crore in FY21.
• India’s real GDP growth is projected to be in the range of 6.4% to 6.7% in FY26, reaffirming India’s status as the fastest-growing major economy globally, according to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
• The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, has committed ₹460 crore ($55 million) in long-term financing to IndiGrid.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that 98.29% of the ₹2,000 banknotes in circulation as of May 19, 2023, have been returned by June 30, 2025.
• India overtook China to become the world’s fourth-largest biofuel consumer for the second consecutive year in 2024.
• The banking system liquidity surplus, measured by funds parked in the RBI’s Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF), surged to ₹4.04 trillion, the highest since May 19, 2022.
• As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Financial Stability Report (FSR), Asset quality of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) continues to improve, with Gross NPA (GNPA) and Net NPA ratios at multi-year lows, .
• Write-offs were a major contributor to the reduction in Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) over the past five years, according to the RBI’s Financial Stability Report (FSR).
• As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Financial Stability Report (FSR), the share of stressed assets of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in the microfinance sector (including NBFC-MFIs) increased to 5.9% in March 2025 from 3.9% in September 2024.
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed a dedicated electronic book provider platform for fundraising by not-for-profit organisations (NPOs) through the Social Stock Exchange (SSE).
• IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has committed ₹460 crore to IndiGrid for building India’s largest standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Gujarat
• Axis Max Life Insurance, a joint venture between Axis Bank and Max Financial Services Ltd, reported a potential cyber threat after receiving anonymous communication about unauthorised access to customer data.
• The Income Tax Department has notified the Cost Inflation Index (CII) for the financial year 2025-26 (Assessment Year 2026-27) on July 1, 2025.
• Receivables Exchange of India Limited (RXIL), a TReDS platform, has crossed the milestone of ₹2 lakh crore in MSME invoice financing.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah released a new book titled ‘The Emergency Diaries – Years that Forged a Leader’ in New Delhi on the occasion of ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’, chronicling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s contributions during the Emergency (1975–77).
• The Uttar Pradesh government has sanctioned the establishment of two new Rhino Rehabilitation Areas (RRA-3 and RRA-4) in Dudhwa National Park, Lakhimpur, with a budget allocation of ₹1.5 crore, under a long-term conservation initiative by the Forest and Wildlife Department.
• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued the ‘Model Rules for Felling of Trees in Agricultural Lands’ to cut red tape, spur agroforestry, and launch a digital National Timber Management System (NTMS) portal for transparent approvals.
• India has enforced new trade restrictions on jute and allied product imports from Bangladesh, effective June 27, 2025, allowing entry only through Nhava Sheva port in Mumbai, to protect its domestic jute industry from unfair trade practices.
• The Union Home Minister’s launch of the National Turmeric Board’s headquarters marks a major push to empower turmeric farmers, enhance research, and scale up exports.
• The first ASEAN–India Cruise Dialogue was held aboard the MV Empress at Chennai Port, bringing together delegates from all 10 ASEAN member countries and Timor Leste to deepen maritime cooperation, cruise connectivity, and sustainable tourism under India’s Sagarmala and Act East initiatives.
• India’s first all-woodenGurdwara, Sri Nanak Niwas, was inaugurated in Fazilka, Punjab, as a unique symbol of spiritual devotion and architectural innovation, built by SSP Bhupinder Singh Sidhu using Finnish Deodhar wood in just three months.
• Ladakh’s Tourism Department, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, hosted a two-day Astro Tourism Festival in Leh to showcase the region’s prime conditions for stargazing and promote science-driven tourism.
• India’s under-five mortality rate has fallen by 78%, surpassing the 61% global decline, as per the 2024 UN IGME report, alongside a 70% drop in neonatal deaths.
• In a significant boost to Tamil Nadu’s ambition of becoming a global textile hub, the Union Government has approved a ₹1,894 crore development plan for the PM MITRA (Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel) Park in Virudhunagar district.
• The National Sports Policy, approved on 1 July 2025, seeks to integrate sports into daily life, bolster athlete development, and position India as a global sports powerhouse.
• The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme on 1 July 2025, allocating nearly ₹1 lakh crore to create 3.5 crore formal jobs between 1 August 2025 and 31 July 2027, and strengthen youth employability through first-time hiring incentives and employer support.
• The Union Cabinet sanctioned the 46.7 km four-lane expansion of the Paramakudi–Ramanathapuram stretch of NH-87 under the Hybrid Annuity Mode, at an estimated cost of ₹1,853 crore to bolster connectivity, safety, and regional growth.
• The Union Cabinet, on 1 July 2025, sanctioned a ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development & Innovation (RDI) Scheme—offering long-term, low-interest funding for industry-led R&D in sunrise and strategic sectors, under the strategic guidance of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF).
• Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the Jan Suraksha Santrupti Abhiyan in Gandhinagar on 30 June 2025, kick-starting a three-month national drive (1 July–30 September 2025) to ensure all eligible citizens access central social security schemes.
• The Karnataka Cabinet approved renaming Bengaluru City University in honor of Dr. Manmohan Singh, recognizing his transformative contributions to the city’s infrastructure, metro, aviation, and academic development.
• Under the Smart Cities Mission, the Indore Municipal Corporation in Madhya Pradesh has rolled out a city-wide Digital House Address Project, replacing traditional addresses with QR-coded metal plates linked to GPS coordinates and integrated into the national Digipin system, to revolutionize urban service delivery and governance.
• To bolster energy security and prepare for global supply shocks, India will develop strategic crude oil storage facilities at Chandikhole, Bikaner, and Rajkot, managed by ISPRL under the Ministry of Petroleum.
• C-FLOOD, a web-based inundation forecasting system developed by C-DAC, CWC, and NRSC under the National Supercomputing Mission, was inaugurated to provide village-level, two-day advance flood forecasts for enhanced disaster preparedness.
• The National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) has been renamed as the Savitribai Phule National Institute of Women and Child Development, alongside the launch of a new Regional Centre in Ranchi to strengthen regional training and outreach.
• Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla inaugurated the first-ever national conference of Urban Local Body Chairpersons from all States and Union Territories at ICAT, Manesar, Gurugram, aiming to strengthen urban governance and amplify ULBs’ role in India’s democratic framework.
• The RECLAIM Framework—Repurposing, Engagement, Community, Livelihoods, Assets, Inclusivity, Mine-closure—was unveiled on 4 July 2025 to guide India’s mine-shutdown strategy, ensuring community participation, social equity, and sustainable repurposing of closed mining sites.
• In its report “Chemical Industry: Powering India’s Participation in Global Value Chains,” NITI Aayog highlights that 90% of chemical projects face delays, with average clearance taking 451 days—196 days longer than the prescribed 255-day limit—and proposes reforms to reduce this to six months.
• Puducherry has become the first Union Territory in India to integrate tuberculosis screening into the Family Adoption Programme (FAP), leveraging collaboration among medical colleges, students, and the health department to strengthen early detection and community-based TB elimination.
• The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, inaugurated an Auditorium, an Academic Block, and a Panchkarma Kendra, and laid the foundation stone for a Girls’ Hostel at Mahayogi Gorakhnath University, enhancing education, healthcare, and women’s empowerment in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
• Gujarat has become the third state in India to surpass one crore registered stock market investors, according to the NSE’s latest data, underscoring its burgeoning financial participation.
• Odisha Chief MinisterMohan Charan Majhi announced that Puri, one of India’s most revered pilgrimage sites, will be upgraded to a municipal corporation.
• The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has introduced a new toll calculation formula that will reduce toll charges by up to 50% on National Highway stretches that include bridges, tunnels, flyovers, and elevated roads.
• Kerala is set to launch its first-ever Skin Bank at Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College, coinciding with World Plastic Surgery Day.
• Bengal is set to hostIndia’s first dedicated sports university, named Netaji Subhas University of Sports and Entrepreneurship (NSUSE), in Chinsurah, Hooghly.
• The Chhattisgarh Cabinet has approved the State Logistics Policy 2025 with the objective of transforming the centrally located state into a logistics and export hub.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, will address a major three-day gathering of Buddhist religious figures ahead of his 90th birthday.
• Pakistan assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the month of July 2025.
• The Quad grouping consisting of India, US, Australia, and Japan has launched the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative to ensure availability of critical minerals and strengthen economic security amid concerns about China’s coercive tactics and price manipulation.
• Indonesia will sign a trade and investment pact worth $52.3 billion (equivalent to $US 34 billion) with the United States on July 7, 2025 to avoid tougher tariffs due next week.
• Russia became the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• Reliance Defence, part of Reliance Infrastructure, has joined forces with U.S.-based Coastal Mechanics Inc. to establish a state-of-the-artMaintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) and upgrade facility at MIHAN, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
• The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. (Tata Power-DDL) have entered a five-year MoU to jointly upskill and prepare professionals for the evolving power distribution sector through training, research, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Union Steel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and UAE Economy Minister Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri met on 1 July 2025 under the India–UAE CEPA framework to explore collaboration in eco-friendly steel and high-grade aluminium production.
• A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 1 July 2025 between the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and IIT Roorkee to collaborate on capacity building, research, and knowledge exchange in India’s power and energy sector.
• The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) have entered into an MoU to develop India’s first parametric weather derivatives, enabling stakeholders to hedge climate-related risks using historical and real-time weather data.
• General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) in Colombo, in collaboration with the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), has introduced a Hindi Language Learning Programme to foster cultural understanding and academic cooperation between India and Sri Lanka.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Trinidad & Tobago, marking the first Indian Prime Ministerial visit in over 25 years.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• Renowned ISKCON leader Radhanath Swami was honoured by New York City at a special interfaith event, for his lifelong dedication to spiritual service, humanitarian outreach, and promoting religious harmony.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Ghana’s highest civilian honour, the “Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana,” from President John Dramani Mahama, recognizing his exceptional diplomatic leadership and commitment to South-South cooperation.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the nation’s highest civilian award, during his first official visit to the Caribbean country.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• The Union Government appointed Parag Jain, a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, as the new chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) on June 28, 2025.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the re-appointment of Ravi Agrawal as Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
• Air Marshal S Sivakumar VSM assumed the appointment of Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA) at Air HQ, New Delhi on 01 July 2025.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Kesavan Ramachandran as Executive Director (ED) effective July 1, 2025.
• Sunil Jayawant Kadam took charge as Executive Director (ED) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), promoted from his earlier role as Chief General Manager (CGM).
• The government has extended the tenure of the chairperson and other members of the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) by one year, now up to June 30, 2026.
• Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited appointed former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant as a senior advisor.
• InterGlobe Aviation, the operator of IndiGo, India’s largest domestic airline, has appointed Amitabh Kant as a non-executive director on its board.
• Head Digital Works (A23), India's leading online skill-gaming company with over 80 million registered players, has launched the EPIC Poker Championship.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPS & PORTALS

• The Sugamya Bharat App (SBA) is a flagship initiative of the Government of India focused on enhancing accessibility for divyangjan (persons with disabilities) and elderly citizens.
• The National Sample Survey Office (NSO), under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), launched the GoIStats mobile application on Statistics Day 2025.
• Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the ‘RailOne’ app on the 40th Foundation Day of the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING AND INDEX

• The Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2025, released by the Hurun Research Institute, reveals that the world now hosts 1,523 unicorns—privately held startups valued at over $1 billion—with a collective worth of $5.6 trillion, showing rapid growth in innovation and entrepreneurship.
• The 2025 Sustainable Development Report by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) highlights global progress and challenges towards the 2030 SDG targets.
• Nvidia’s market capitalization has soared to $3.92 trillion, driven by unprecedented demand for its AI chips, positioning it to surpass Apple and redefine the technology landscape.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

• Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), a state-run company, is set to acquire a controlling stake in Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) under a $52.96 million (₹450 crore) deal.
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the acquisition of a 2.14% stake in Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd (Groww) by Viggo Investment Pte Ltd, an affiliate of Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC.
• The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the purchase of assorted equipment worth Rs 1.05 lakh crore for the armed forces, all sourced from indigenous (made-in-India) manufacturers.
• The Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme, recently approved by the Cabinet, may be merged with the PM Internship Scheme (PMIS) to boost job creation more effectively.
• Reliance Retail Ventures Limited. has made a strategic minority investment in United Kingdom (UK)-based FACEGYM, expanding its presence in the beauty and wellness sector.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : DEFENCE NEWS

• India is developing a new version of the Agni missile carrying a massive 7.5-tonne conventional (non-nuclear) warhead.
• The Indian Navy commissioned INS Tamal (F 71) on 01 July 2025 at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia.
• Yard 12652 (Udaygiri), the second ship of Project 17A stealth frigate, was delivered to the Indian Navy on 01 July 2025 by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL).

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Deepinder Goyal, co-founder of the food delivery platform Zomato, is now venturing into regional air travel with the aerospace startup LAT Aerospace.
• The National Quantum Mission (NQM) is forming a task force to help banks adopt quantum technologies for cybersecurity, financial modeling, and data analysis, anticipating a major threat to India’s financial infrastructure.
• Japan successfully launched a climate change monitoring satellite aboard its H-2A rocket, marking the final flight of the rocket before retirement.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : ENVIRONMENT

• India added 683 new species to its fauna in 2024, including 459 new species and 224 new species records.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• The Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI) has unveiled a comprehensive leadership lineup—comprising Vice Presidents, Joint Secretaries, and Executive Members—to promote and develop Kho Kho across India and globally.
• Indian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion D Gukesh clinched the rapid title at the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz 2025 tournament in Zagreb, Croatia, scoring 14 points out of 18, finishing ahead of elite players like Duda and Magnus Carlsen.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : PERSON IN NEWS

• Sub-Lieutenant Astha Poonia became the first woman to be inducted into the fighter stream of the Indian Navy, marking a major milestone in gender inclusivity in combat roles.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : OBITUARIES

• Wayne Larkins, former England and Northamptonshire batsman, died on June 28, 2025, aged 71 after a short illness.
• Peter Rufai, former Nigeria goalkeeper, passed away at the age of 61.
• Michael Madsen, the iconic Hollywood actor, passed away at the age of 67.