Current Affairs
Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.
GS3 · TelecomThe Bharat 6G Alliance had grown to 90 members by 15 July 2026, spanning operators, equipment makers, startups, R&D labs and academia. DoT released a Spectrum Roadmap for 6G after consulting the Alliance. A three-year TTDF project will build a 6G terahertz testbed at SAMEER Kolkata with IIT Madras, Guwahati and Patna.
22 Jul 2026GS3 · DefenceINS Malvan, the second of eight indigenously designed Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, was commissioned at Karwar on 22 July 2026. Built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi, she is also the sixth of 16 ASW-SWCs planned for the Navy, with over 80% indigenous content.
22 Jul 2026GS3 · Renewable energyIndia's installed wind capacity stood at 57,443 MW on 30 June 2026, the MNRE told Parliament. Wind projects generated 106 billion units in FY 2025-26 after 6,057 MW was added that year. GWEC ranked India 4th globally in wind installations as of 31 December 2025.
22 Jul 2026GS3 · AgricultureThe 11th Agriculture Census, with reference year 2021-22, began in 2022 and has completed field work and data collection for all three phases on time, the Agriculture Ministry told Parliament on 21 July 2026. The census runs every five years with States and Union Territories.
21 Jul 2026GS3 · BiodiversityScientists from MACS Agharkar Research Institute, Pune (DST) reported five new species of Allographa lichens from the Western Ghats. Allographa is a script-lichen genus in Graphidaceae with more than 200 species. The work is the first comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Allographa from the Western Ghats.
21 Jul 2026GS2/GS3 · WTOIndia's eighth WTO Trade Policy Review opened in Geneva with the Commerce Secretary citing nearly 8% growth in the review period and record exports of USD 863.1 billion in 2025-26. Sixty-five WTO members joined the discussion. India had just deposited its Instrument of Acceptance for the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.
21 Jul 2026GS3 · AgricultureOn 21 July 2026 MDoNER and Meghalaya launched Mission Golden Spice, a Rs 175.45 crore convergence project to strengthen the Lakadong turmeric value chain. The five-year roadmap (2025 to 2030) has two phases. Targets include raising farmgate prices toward Rs 80 a kilo and area from about 2,500 ha to nearly 7,500 ha.
21 Jul 2026GS3 · ManufacturingAs on 31 March 2026, Production Linked Incentive schemes across 14 key sectors had drawn over Rs 2.40 lakh crore in actual investment and over 14.15 lakh jobs, a Commerce Ministry reply said. Cumulative exports under the schemes exceeded Rs 15.2 lakh crore. The approved outlay is Rs 1.91 lakh crore.
21 Jul 2026GS3 · Renewable energyRenewable energy installed capacity rose from 76.38 GW in 2014 to 288.58 GW as on 30 June 2026, MNRE told Rajya Sabha. Solar is 162.15 GW, wind 57.44 GW, bio-power 11.75 GW and hydro 57.24 GW. Non-fossil capacity is 297.36 GW including 8.78 GW nuclear.
21 Jul 2026GS3 · AgricultureA PIB backgrounder on 20 July 2026 notes India is the only country growing all four cultivated cotton species, first in acreage and second in production and consumption. Provisional 2025-26 output is 290.91 lakh bales; consumption 328 lakh bales. The Mission for Cotton Productivity aims at 498 lakh bales by 2031.
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