Current affairs grouped by GS paper (filter view; topic-level grouping uses syllabus_topic).
Kamarajar Port Limited finished Capital Dredging Phase VI at about ₹440 crore. Operational draft is now 18.0 metres, so the port can take fully laden Capesize vessels up to 1,70,000 DWT. It is India's second Major Port after Visakhapatnam with an 18-metre draft.
7 Jul 2026
MoEFCC designated the Natural History Museum, Mizoram University, Aizawl, as a Designated Repository under Section 39 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. The 19 June 2026 notification makes it India's 21st such repository. It will hold voucher and type specimens from the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot.
7 Jul 2026
The Government has extended two extra National Pension System investment choices to employees of Central Autonomous Bodies covered under NPS. The Aggressive Life Cycle Fund (LC-75-High) allows equity up to 75%. The Balanced Life Cycle Fund caps equity at 50% and tapers equity from age 45. Choices will appear in the CRA system.
7 Jul 2026
Prime Minister Modi paid a State Visit to Indonesia from 6 to 8 July 2026, after President Prabowo's Republic Day visit in January 2025. Talks in Jakarta covered the full Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Leaders agreed on regular summits, welcomed defence and maritime steps, and witnessed exchange of bilateral documents across security, health, food safety, telecom, disaster, space and education.
7 Jul 2026
Indiahandmade is a digital marketplace for handloom and handicraft products, launched in 2023 by the Digital India Corporation under the Ministry of Textiles. It links artisans directly with buyers and showcases GI-tagged and ODOP goods. India has an estimated 64.66 lakh handloom and handicraft artisans; women are 71% of handloom weavers and 64% of total artisans (August 2025).
6 Jul 2026
MoSPI released the report of the Expert Committee on Energy Statistics on 6 July 2026. Chaired by the Director of IIT-Delhi, the committee reviewed Energy Statistics India and data gaps across ministries. Key asks include biofuel accounting, captive/off-grid power, EV electricity use, and uniform international classifications.
6 Jul 2026
High-resolution radio work on 280 nearby galaxies from the Palomar sample found compact central radio emission in nearly one-quarter of them. Using the e-MERLIN array and Chandra X-ray checks, astronomers including an IIA faculty member argue these are weakly accreting supermassive black holes often missed in ordinary surveys.
6 Jul 2026
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), launched in September 2021, now links over 104 crore health records to over 93 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts. ABHA is a 14-digit health identifier used with consent across facilities. Aarogya Setu 2.0, relaunched on 29 June 2026, is the citizen gateway and personal health record app.
6 Jul 2026
India will chair the Ninth Session of UNCTAD's Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 6 to 8 July 2026. The Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, will preside. The session also launches the UN Principles for Consumer Product Safety, adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2025.
5 Jul 2026
On 5 July 2026 the Rural Development Ministry released the first instalment of ₹25,863 crore to States for VB-G RAM G, the rural jobs law that replaced MGNREGA nationwide from 1 July 2026. The Act guarantees 125 days of wage work a year, and no State now has a notified wage below ₹300 a day.
5 Jul 2026