Current affairs relevant to GS3.
DRDO successfully flight-tested the Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha on 15 June 2026. All test objectives were met on data from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur. Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bengaluru, is the nodal laboratory; subsystems are indigenous with industry partners.
15 Jun 2026
Project Great Indian Bustard added three chicks in mid-June 2026, taking captive stock to 94 birds, the Environment Ministry said on 14 June. In the fourth year of captive breeding, 26 chicks have hatched so far — 18 by artificial insemination, four by natural breeding and four from wild-collected eggs.
14 Jun 2026
India's space economy could rise from about USD 8 to 9 billion now to nearly USD 40 to 45 billion over the next decade, the Science Ministry said on 14 June 2026. Growth is tied to policy reform, private participation and more than 400 space startups. Space tools also feed programmes such as PM Gati Shakti.
14 Jun 2026
Department of Posts began drone mail between Mandi Head Post Office and Rehardhar Branch Post Office in Himachal from 12 June 2026. Transit time falls from over two hours by road arrangements to about seven minutes on the roughly 12 km link. About 150 routes in Himachal and Assam are planned in the next two to three months.
13 Jun 2026
The Government appointed Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, currently Vice Chief of the Army Staff, as the next Chief of the Army Staff with effect from the afternoon of 30 June 2026. The present Chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, retires the same day. Lt Gen Seth is an NDA alumnus commissioned into the Armoured Corps in December 1986.
13 Jun 2026
India's startups have risen from around 350 to 400 a decade ago to nearly 2.3 lakh, creating nearly 24 to 25 lakh jobs, the Science Ministry said at RISE 2026 on 13 June. India is called the world's third-largest startup ecosystem. More than half now come from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. Startup India (2015) is the cited policy start.
13 Jun 2026
One year after the Air India Flight AI-171 accident at Ahmedabad on 12 June 2025, AAIB said its probe continues under the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2017, and ICAO Annex 13. A Preliminary Report came on 12 July 2025. The Final Report awaits remaining specialist work and Annex 13 consultation.
12 Jun 2026
All-India CPI inflation with base year 2024 stood at 3.93% in May 2026 (provisional), MoSPI said on 12 June. Rural inflation was 4.25% and urban 3.53%. Consumer Food Price Index inflation was 4.78%. Housing inflation was 2.12%. April 2026 combined CPI inflation (final) was 3.48%.
12 Jun 2026
Avataar launched Varya on 12 June 2026 — a distilled video-generation model built with IndiaAI Mission support and subsidised national AI compute. Distillation cuts generation from 50 steps to 4. The firm cites internal inference-cost benchmarks of ₹0.48 per second of video. Use cases flagged range from classroom lessons to MSME ads.
12 Jun 2026
A detailed study of supernova SN 2023zcu, found in 2023 at the edge of spiral galaxy NGC 2139 about 90.7 million light-years away, can help estimate distances in the local universe, the Science Ministry said on 12 June 2026. SN 2023zcu is discussed as a Type IIP core-collapse event from a massive red supergiant.
12 Jun 2026