Current affairs relevant to GS1.
ASI handed human skeletal remains from Rakhigarhi, Haryana, to the Anthropological Survey of India under a new MoU, the Culture Ministry said on 22 June 2026. The 2025-26 dig at Mound No. 7 found eight burials; three complete skeletons plus fragments went to AnSI's Kolkata repository. Planned work includes aDNA, isotopes and palaeopathology with partner labs.
22 Jun 2026
The Panchayati Raj Ministry rolled out Nirbhay Chetna under the Nirbhaya Fund, with a Training of Trainers in New Delhi from 17 to 19 June 2026. It aims to sensitise over 17.5 lakh male elected representatives on women's safety and gender equality through 28,500 master trainers. It is one of three arms of Nirbhay Raho, launched on 11 March 2026.
20 Jun 2026
The Archaeological Survey of India's Underwater Archaeology Wing and the National Museum of Denmark (Njord Centre, Copenhagen) signed an MoU to locate and document the Danish ship Oresund, wrecked off Karaikal, Puducherry, in 1619 CE. It is described as the first Danish ship known to have reached India.
15 Jun 2026
The first batch of women cadets trained at the National Defence Academy has been commissioned — 17 officers from the 148th Course who joined NDA in August 2022. Nine joined the Army at IMA Dehradun on 13 June 2026; five the IAF at Dundigal the same day; three the Navy at INA Ezhimala on 28 May 2026.
13 Jun 2026
A new Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) of the India Meteorological Department opened at Lucknow on 8 June 2026. It will serve Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and adjoining regions. UP had one Doppler Weather Radar in 2014; three now work, and six more are being commissioned. Nationally, radars rose from 17 to 50.
8 Jun 2026
India's seventh Regional Meteorological Centre opened at Jammu on 5 June 2026. It will serve Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh with district-level and mountain forecasts and warnings for flash floods, cloudbursts, avalanches and landslides. J&K and Ladakh had no Doppler Weather Radar in 2014; four now work.
5 Jun 2026
The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and the Assam Government launched Mission Senehjori on 2 June 2026 to make Assam's Muga silk a global luxury brand. Muga is the world's only naturally golden silk and supports about 2.6 lakh families. The mission plans ₹396 to 411 crore over three years, including ₹136 to 151 crore from MDoNER.
2 Jun 2026
Scientists of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, reconstructed nearly 4,000 years of climate and vegetation history of Majuli, Assam, the DST said on 1 June 2026. Using pollen and grain size from a 150 cm sediment core of Sakali Wetland, they traced a warm, humid early phase, the Medieval Climatic Anomaly and the Little Ice Age.
1 Jun 2026
The holy relics of Arhat Sariputra and Arhat Mahamoggallana, the Buddha's two chief disciples, were ceremonially enshrined at Gandantegchenling Monastery in Ulaanbaatar on Buddha Purnima (Vesak) 2026. Brought from India for a ten-day exposition from 31 May to 10 June 2026, they arrived on a special IAF IL-76 aircraft and had travelled abroad only once before, to Thailand in 2024.
31 May 2026
IMD's updated forecast of 29 May 2026 puts southwest monsoon (June–September) rainfall at 90% of the Long Period Average (±4%). The LPA (1971–2020) is 87 cm. There is an 84% probability of below-normal or less rainfall. Neutral ENSO is shifting towards El Niño; the IOD is likely to stay neutral.
29 May 2026