Current affairs grouped by GS paper (filter view; topic-level grouping uses syllabus_topic).
Prime Minister Modi visited Australia from 8 to 10 July 2026 for the Third India-Australia Annual Summit in Melbourne. The leaders reaffirmed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. They announced a Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation, a Maritime Security Collaboration Roadmap, and finalised uranium export administrative arrangements under IAEA safeguards.
9 Jul 2026
The National Mission for Clean Ganga is piloting Nature-based Solutions alongside STPs. Two constructed-wetland projects at Shastri Park Drain and Kailash Nagar Drain will treat about 10 MLD discharging into the Yamuna. Six training programmes (Aug 2025 to Mar 2026) reached more than 100 officials.
9 Jul 2026
The Ministry of Coal has invited applications under the Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal/Lignite Gasification Projects. The Cabinet-approved outlay is ₹37,500 crore (13 May 2026). Guidelines came on 25 June 2026, the RFP on 7 July 2026, a pre-application conference is set for 20 July 2026, and applications close on 7 September 2026.
8 Jul 2026
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism have reconstructed the topside ionosphere over India for the first time by combining COSMIC radio-occultation scale-height data with ground ionosonde bottomside profiles. The method targets better electron-density estimates up to about 1,000 km for LEO satellites, HF links and NAVIC/GPS.
8 Jul 2026
The National Rainfed Area Authority held a one-day national consultation at the NASC Complex, PUSA, New Delhi, on quality data generation and dissemination for rainfed-area projects. Research agencies presented datasets; States including Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar flagged access bottlenecks.
8 Jul 2026
India hosted the 13th ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee and related meetings at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, from 6 to 10 July 2026. The Joint Committee told sub-committees to finish outstanding review chapters on time. ASEAN accounts for about 11 percent of India's global trade; bilateral trade was USD 128 billion in 2025-26.
8 Jul 2026
DRDO successfully flight-tested the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR) at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, on 8 July 2026. The rocket flew a user-defined minimum range of 60 km and hit the target as planned. It was launched from the in-service Pinaka launcher, showing multi-variant launch from the same system.
8 Jul 2026
Poshan Tracker is the digital backbone of POSHAN Abhiyaan and Mission Poshan 2.0. Launched in March 2021 by MoWCD with NeGD, it replaces 11 manual Anganwadi registers with near real-time monitoring. As of May 2026 it covers all 28 States and 8 Union Territories, with over 8.93 crore registered beneficiaries.
8 Jul 2026
A PIB backgrounder maps India's toy push from craft heritage to manufacturing and exports. Combined toy exports under HSN 9503, 9504 and 9505 rose from US$152.7 million in 2017-18 to US$384.7 million in 2025-26. India moved from a US$213.01 million deficit to a US$152 million surplus. Policy hooks include NAPT 2020 and the Toys QCO 2020.
7 Jul 2026
ECLGS 5.0, approved by the Union Cabinet on 5 May 2026 for businesses hit by the West Asia situation, has issued 4,11,497 guarantees amounting to ₹1,55,229 crore. MSMEs get 100% guarantee cover on additional loans; other segments get 90%. By number, 98% of guarantees and 82% of guaranteed amount went to MSMEs.
7 Jul 2026